A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
MARTIN LUTHER
MARTIN LUTHER
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If you see yourself as a “little sinner” you will inevitably see Jesus as a “little savior”.
Martin LutherMartin Luther I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!
Martin LutherMartin Luther All of a Christian’s life is one of repentance.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.
Martin LutherMartin Luther There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
Martin LutherMartin Luther A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
Martin LutherMartin Luther This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.
Martin LutherMartin Luther A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
Martin LutherMartin Luther He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
Martin LutherMartin Luther God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The kingdom of God does not consist in talk, but in power, that is, in works and practice. God loves the ‘doers of the word’ in faith and love, and not the ‘mere hearers,’ who, like parrots, have learned to utter certain expressions with readiness.
Martin LutherMartin Luther I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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