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.
MARTIN LUTHERIf we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
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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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God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
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Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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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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The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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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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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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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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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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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.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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