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.
MARTIN LUTHERHe who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
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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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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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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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They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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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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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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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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The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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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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It’s not what I don’t know that bothers me – it’s what I do know and don’t do!
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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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