Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image of Christ' must be seen and observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings.
J. C. RyleThe hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop.
J. C. RyleThe person that goes regularly and intelligently to the Lord's Table finds it increasingly hard to yield to sin and conform to the world.
J. C. Ryle