Moody – Holiness (Abridged)

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Most hope to go to heaven when they die; but few, it may be feared, take the trouble to consider whether they would enjoy heaven if they got there. A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within.

J.C. Ryle gets right to the point: "Are we holy? Shall we see the Lord? That question can never be out of season."
Beginning with the "exceeding sinfulness of sin." Ryle moves through justification and sanctification toward holiness, expounding on its attributes and its manifestation in the hearts and lives of men and women. From there, he goes on to the implications of being holy - the fight, the cost, the reward - all the while focusing on the One who alone is truly holy - the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Convicting yet comforting, Ryle's words challenge us to forgo bland satisfaction and strive for holiness.

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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.

JOHN CHARLES RYLE (1816-1900) was born in Cheshire County, England. He attended Eton and then went on to Oxford, finishing his Oxford studies in 1837. In 1841 Ryle was ordained as a minister in the Anglican Church, and in 1880 he was named the first Bishop of Liverpool. Throughout his ministry he became known and beloved as a defender of the evangelical reformed faith.