Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
MARTIN LUTHERI simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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All of a Christian’s life is one of repentance.
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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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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
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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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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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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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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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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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This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.
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Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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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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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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If 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.
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I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things pass away, His Word shall stand forever.
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A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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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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A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.
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