God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
MARTIN LUTHERThere is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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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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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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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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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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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
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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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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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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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The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc; but how few acknowledge these as God’s special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.
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Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.
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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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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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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
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It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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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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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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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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Pray, and let God worry.
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Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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