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.
MARTIN LUTHERWe need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.
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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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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
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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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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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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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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 less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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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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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 religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
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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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