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.
MARTIN LUTHERA Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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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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He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
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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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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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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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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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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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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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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
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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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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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