God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
MARTIN LUTHERGod does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
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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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The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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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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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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If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.
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A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
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The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
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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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Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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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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