Whoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father’s heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes.
MARTIN LUTHERHe [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.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
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A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.
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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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The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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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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Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
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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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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
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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 bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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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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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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