Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
MARTIN LUTHERWhoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father’s heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen
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Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.
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Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.
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God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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A gospel that doesn’t deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.
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One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, ‘Do this,’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘Believe in this,’ and everything is already done.
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Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.
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Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
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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.
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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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