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.
MARTIN LUTHERIf ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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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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If you see yourself as a “little sinner” you will inevitably see Jesus as a “little savior”.
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
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The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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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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When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
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Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
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The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.
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God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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It’s not what I don’t know that bothers me – it’s what I do know and don’t do!
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A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.
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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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If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
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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.
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The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
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Pray, and let God worry.
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The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.
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If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.
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There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.
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