The early Christians made it a part of their religion to look for His return. Backward they looked to the cross and the atonement for sin, and rejoiced in Christ crucified. Upward they looked to Christ at the right hand of God, and rejoiced in Christ interceding. Forward they looked to the promised return of their Master, and rejoiced in the thought that they would see Him again. And we ought to do the same.
J. C. RyleChristmas is a season which almost all Christians observe in one way or another. Some keep it as a religious season. Some keep it as a holiday. But all over the world, wherever there are Christians, in one way or another Christmas is kept.
J. C. RyleIf we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living.
J. C. RyleHow is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
J. C. Ryle