God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
MARTIN LUTHERGod creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
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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If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
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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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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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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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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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People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.
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The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
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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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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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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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