Holiness Being Plain Papers On Its Nature Hindrances Difficulties And Roots

The twenty papers contained in this volume are a humble contribution to a cause which is exciting much interest in the present day-I mean the cause of scriptural holiness. It is a cause which everyone who loves Christ, and desires to advance His kingdom in the world, should endeavor to help forward. Everyone can do something and I wish to add my mite. The reader will find little that is directly controversial in these papers. I have carefully abstained from naming modern teachers and modern books. I have been content to give the result of my own study of the Bible, my own private meditations, my own prayers for light, and my own reading of old divines. If in anything I am still in error, I hope I shall be shown it before I leave the world. We all see in part, and have a treasure in earthen vessels. I trust I am willing to learn.

J. C. Ryle's "Holiness " is a lost treasure, written by one of the great Anglican priests and writers of the nineteenth century. Hendrickson reintroduces this classic text, largely unavailable today, on living a Christ-like life. "Holiness " is considered to be one of the most profound books on discipleship in the English language. Christians have recognized anew the critical importance of discipleship and spiritual formation to the life of the individual believer, the local church and to the Kingdom of God. Ryle's "Holiness " ranks among the core library of teachings on being a disciple of Jesus Christ. In this book, Ryle encourages the reader into a life of holiness, drawn completely from the Bible and not from contemporary books or preachers, or from any of the fads that were popular during his lifetime, much as they are today or in any era. He is writing about personal, or private, holiness, the life we live behind closed doors with our families and closest friends. "I have had a deep conviction for many years that practical holiness and entire self-consecration to God are not sufficiently attended by modern Christians in this country. Politics, controversy, or party-spirit, or worldliness, have eaten out the heart of lively piety in too many of us. The subject of personal godliness has fallen sadly into the background." --"J. C. Ryle "

J.C. Ryle’s Holiness has imparted a standing challenge to Christians for 130 years. In this new, slimmed-down series of excerpts from Ryle’s masterwork, we aim to present his original message to a whole new generation. Holiness, Ryle argued, was not simply a matter of believing and feeling, but of doing.

This book lays out the requirements and difficulties that will come with the pursuit of holiness in our Christian lives. Ryle starts out with the way to achieve holiness and the difficulties that arise with pursuing a holy life, and then going throughout the Bible giving true examples of the cost of holiness and the rewards it brings as the Bible promises us. To often we sing and pray for such a life without being willing to undergo the necessary life changes and adjustments to get there. This book lays out what we can expect in such a journey and what God will ask of each of us to get us to the point He wants us to be.

Complete edition of Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots by J.C. Ryle. Written for all men at all times, Ryle challenges and inspires serious readers to grow in Scriptural holiness, in this enlarged third edition from 1887. "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink." "The twenty papers contained in this volume are a humble contribution to a cause which is exciting much interest in the present day, -I mean the cause of Scriptural holiness. It is a cause which everyone who loves Christ, and desires to advance His kingdom in the world, should endeavor to help forward. Everyone can do something, and I wish to add my mite." All students of thought should get this historic book. This 1887 edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I: SIN II: SANCTIFICATION III: HOLINESS IV: THE FIGHT V: THE COST VI: GROWTH VII: ASSURANCE VIII: MOSES-AN EXAMPLE IX: LOT-A BEACON X: A WOMAN TO BE REMEMBERED XI: CHRIST'S GREATEST TROPHY XII: THE RULER OF THE WAVES XIII: THE CHURCH WHICH CHRIST BUILDS XIV: VISIBLE CHURCHES WARNED XV: "LOVEST THOU ME?" XVI: WITHOUT CHRIST XVII: THIRST RELIEVED XVIII: "UNSEARCHABLE RICHES" XIX: WANTS OF THE TIMES XX: "CHRIST IS ALL" XXI: EXTRACTS FROM OLD WRITERS

Originally published a century and a half ago, Holiness by J.C. Ryle remains a perennial classic that challenges Christians to a life of doing and not just believing and feeling. Considered to be one of the most profound books on Christian discipleship and sanctification, Holiness reminds us how the standard of Christian living has become painfully low and challenges us to "adorn the doctrine of God our Savior" (Titus 2:10), and to make it beautiful by our daily habits and tempers. Ryle's classic work on personal holiness is a must-read for every believer who desires to become more like Jesus Christ."J.C. Tyle is an evangelical champion...one of the bravest and best of men." -C.H. Spurgeon"Ryle, like his great masters, has no easy way of holiness to offer us, and no "patent" method by which it can be attained; but he invariably produces "that hunger and thirst after righteousness" which is the only indefensible condition to being filled." -D. Martyn Lloyd-JonesJohn Charles Ryle (1816-1900) began his service to the Lord as a minister of the Gospel. He labored in parish churches within the Church of England for almost forty years. He then became Bishop of Liverpool in 1880 and came to international prominence as a preacher, Bible expositor, and author. Today he is best known for his plain and lively writings on practical and spiritual themes. He deliberately used this style to reach ordinary people. The great aim of his ministry was to encourage strong and serious Christian living. His tracts and books were published in the millions in the late 1800s. Many of these have been republished in modern times.

Originally published in 1879, Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties and Roots is a timeless classic on holiness and among the best single works on the Christian life. In this book, Bishop Ryle, being driven by a deep conviction for many years that practical holiness and entire self-consecration to God are not sufficiently attended to by modern evangelicals in the country, addresses hard and trying subjects that most modern evangelicals have chosen to ignore: the power and depth of indwelling sin, the necessity of a holy life, the struggle and fight of faith, and counting the cost of following Christ, among others.