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.
MARTIN LUTHERThe 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.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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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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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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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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The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
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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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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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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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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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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.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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