We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
MARTIN LUTHERThe sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
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God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
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God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
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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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Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
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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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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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Whatever you love most, that is your god.
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If you see yourself as a “little sinner” you will inevitably see Jesus as a “little savior”.
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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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God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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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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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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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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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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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.
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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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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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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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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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