Admitting fully that the foundations of Christian character are always the same and that all God's children repent, believe, are holy, prayerful and Scripture-loving, we must make allowances for wide varieties in their temperaments and habits of mind. We must not undervalue others because they are not exactly like ourselves. The flowers in a garden may differ widely, and yet the gardener takes an interest in them all. The children of a family may be curiously unlike one another and yet the parents care for all. It is even so with the Church of Christ. There are degrees of grace and varieties of grace; but the least, the weakest, the feeblest disciples are all loved by the Lord Jesus. Then let no believer's heart fail because of his infirmities and, above all, let no believer dare to despise and undervalue a brother.[J.C. Ryle]
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