We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
MARTIN LUTHERHe who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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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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Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.
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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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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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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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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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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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God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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A gospel that doesn’t deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.
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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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Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.
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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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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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