The Best Defense Against False Doctrine

20 Oct

“What is the best safeguard against false doctrine?  I answer in one word, ‘The Bible: the Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.’ If we want a weapon to wield against the devices of Satan, there is nothing like ‘the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God.’ But to wield it successfully, we must read it habitually, diligently, intelligently, and prayerfully. This is the point on which, I fear, many fail.”

~ J.C. Ryle

Warnings to the Churches, “Divers and Strange Doctrines”, 77, 78.


4 Responses to “The Best Defense Against False Doctrine”

  1. Justin Wainscott October 20, 2009 at 9:35 am #

    Erik,

    Thank you so much for this site. I check it daily and am always encouraged by the Ryle quotes. Keep up the good work…your labors are not in vain!

    Blessings,
    Justin Wainscott

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  2. Erik October 20, 2009 at 3:24 pm #

    Thank you kindly Justin. Glad to hear Ryle is ministering to you 109 years after his death. “Though he be dead, he yet speaks.”

    Reply
  3. Acidri November 4, 2009 at 4:23 am #

    Interesting blog. I do agree with you further more The Bible should remain the acid test for every lying and deceptive spirit…..please feel free to visit my blog. Leave a comment, cast a stone or draw a line in the sand.
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