Post by Landon Preston
In my last post I briefly commented on Ryle’s first 8 points on sanctification. I found each of these points to me so poignant, piercing, and convicting. Instead of commenting further, I think it is just as edifying to list some additional quotes from Ryle regarding each of these.
9. “Sanctification, is a thing which does not a prevent a man from having a great deal of inward spiritual conflict…A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within…The heart of the best Christian, even at his best, is a field occupied by two rival camps, and ‘the company of two armies.’”
10. “Sanctification, is a thing which cannot justify a man, and yet it pleases God…Just as a parent is pleased with the efforts of his little child to please him, though it be only picking a daisy or walking across a room, so is our Father in heaven pleased with the poor performances of his believing children.”
11. “Sanctification, is a thing which will be found absolutely necessary as a witness to our character in the great day of judgment… He that supposes works are of no importance, is a very ignorant Christian. Unless he opens his eyes, he will find to his cost that if he comes to the bar of God without some evidence of grace, he had better never have been born.”
12. “Sanctification, in the last place, is absolutely necessary in order to train and prepare us for heaven. Most hope to heaven when they die; but few, it may be feared, take the trouble to consider whether they would enjoy heaven if they got there.”
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