God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
MARTIN LUTHERNo man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Whatever you love most, that is your god.
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God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
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The church that preaches the gospel in all of its fullness, except as it applies to the great social ills of the day, is failing to preach the gospel.
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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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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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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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It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.
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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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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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This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.
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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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