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.
MARTIN LUTHERWhatever you love most, that is your god.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
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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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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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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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Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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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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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.
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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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God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
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A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.
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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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Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
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No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
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