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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

Martin Luther

The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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Deserve Enough God Goodness Himself Ideas Live Men Mindset
No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
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Book Himself Man Religious Understand
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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Action Book Failure Greatness Prayer Religious
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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Body Change Forever God Myself Soul Trust Word World
I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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God Learning Myself Simplicity Word Writing
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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Choice Freedom God Lost Lying Save Sin Yourself
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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Carry God Hands Life Lost Myself Place
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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Children Family Gift Himself True
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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Comfortable Eyes Fools Help Man Need Neighbor Ourselves Poor Wisdom World
If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
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Born Happiness Heaven Laughter Perspective Place
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
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Book God Religious
If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Beginning Instruction Oneself Start Teaching Young
We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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Change Destination Growth Transformation
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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Generosity Price Religion Suffering Worth
Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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Deep Myself Religious Save Sin Strange
For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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God Himself Myself Need Thankful

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