Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark Quotes

“It is not possible to say too much about Christ. But it is quite possible to say too little about hell.”
― J.C. Ryle, Mark

“Our hearts are weak. Our sins are many. We need a Redeemer who is able to save to the uttermost and deliver from the wrath to come. We have such a Redeemer in Jesus Christ. He is the Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6).”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“If we saw His divine acts only, we might forget that He was man. If we saw His seasons of poverty and weakness only, we might forget that He was God.”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“Let us not fail to ask ourselves, as we leave this passage, whether we have risen with Christ and been made partakers spiritually of His resurrection. This, after all, is the one thing needful. To know the facts of Christianity with the head and to be able to argue for them with the tongue will not save our souls. We must yield ourselves to God as those alive from the dead (Romans 6:13). We must be raised from the death of sin and walk in newness of life. This and this only is saving Christianity.”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). This is to show the mind of Christ. This is the right way to heap coals of fire on an enemy’s head and to melt foes into friends (Romans 12:20).”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“Let us not only remember this rule but practice it too. We live in a world of sin and sorrow. The days of darkness in a man’s life are many. It needs no prophet’s eye to foresee that we shall all shed many a tear and feel many a heart-wrench before we die. Let us be armed with a formula against despair before our troubles come. Let us know what to do when sickness, or bereavement, or cross, or loss, or disappointment breaks in upon us like an armed man. Let us do as they did in Simon’s house at Capernaum. Let us at once tell the Lord.”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“Let us take heed that our faith be a faith of the heart as well as of the head. Let us see that our knowledge has a sanctifying influence on our affections and our lives. Let us not only know Christ but also love Him from a sense of actual benefit received from Him. Let us not only believe that He is the Son of God and the Savior of the world but also rejoice in Him and cleave to Him with purpose of heart. Let us not only be acquainted with Him by the hearing of the ear but also by daily personal application to Him for mercy and grace.”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“The mere belief of the facts and doctrines of Christianity will never save our souls. Such belief is no better than the belief of devils. They all believe and know that Jesus is the Christ. They believe that He will one day judge the world and cast them down to endless torment in hell. It is a solemn and sorrowful thought that on these points some professing Christians have even less faith than the devil.”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“Let us resolve to pray much for ministers. Their office is no light one if they do their duty. They need the help of many intercessions from all praying people. They have not only their own souls to care for but also the souls of others. No wonder Paul cries, Who is adequate for these things? (2 Corinthians 2:16). If we never prayed for ministers before, let us begin to do it this day.”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“is no disgrace to be poor. The laborer who serves Christ faithfully is far more honorable in God’s eyes than the nobleman who serves sin.”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“We may reach heaven without learning, or riches, or health, or worldly greatness. But we shall never reach heaven if we die impenitent and unbelieving. A new heart and a lively faith in a Redeemer are absolutely needful to salvation.”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“What do we think of Christ? Have we felt our need of Him and fled to Him for peace? Is He king over our hearts and all things to our souls? What do we think of the Holy Spirit? Has He wrought a saving work in our hearts? Has He renewed and changed them? Has He made us partakers of the divine nature? Life or death depend on our answers to these questions. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him (Romans 8:9).”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]

“what clear doctrine characterized John the Baptist’s preaching. He exalted Christ – “After me One is coming who is mightier than I.” He spoke plainly of the Holy Spirit – “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
― J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark: A Commentary [Updated]