Be happy in our religion
I finished another chapter of Ryle again today (Faithfulness and Holiness from the Real Retreat) and wanted to post another quote from his chapter on Growth. If you have been this book too please Make Some Noise about what you have been learning!
“Let us know, furthermore, that ‘growth in grace’ is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness. He has graciously made it our interest to press on and aim high in our Christianity. There is a vast difference between the amount of sensible enjoyment which one believer has in his religion compared to another. But you may be sure that ordinarily the man who feels the most ‘joy and peace in believing,’ and has the clearest witness of the Spirit in his heart, is the man who grows.”
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April 28th, 2008 at 8:03 am
I just finished the first chapter in holiness, sin. But this quote reminds me of something Alistair said at evening service, something along the lines of, theres a difference between religion that rattles around in your head and does nothing, and Christianity which reaches out to others with love and thus brings spiritual growth.