I fear it is sometimes forgotten that God has married together justification and sanctification. They are distinct and different things, beyond question, but one is never found without the other. All justified people are sanctified, and all sanctified people are justified. ... Tell me not of your justification, unless you have also some marks of sanctification. Boast not of Christ's work for you, unless you can show us the Spirit's work in you.
J. C. RylePeople may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life.
J. C. RyleElection is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election.
J. C. RyleThe Christianity that saves is a thing personally grasped, personally experienced, personally felt and personally possessed.
J. C. RyleWhat is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much.
J. C. Ryle