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.
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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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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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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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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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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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!
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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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Spare the rod and spoil the child – that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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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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If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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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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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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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.
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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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