Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
MARTIN LUTHERChristianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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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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If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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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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Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
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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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When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
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The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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All of a Christian’s life is one of repentance.
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Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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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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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
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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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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, ‘Do this,’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘Believe in this,’ and everything is already done.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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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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The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
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God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
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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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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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