Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
MARTIN LUTHERIf ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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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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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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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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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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This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.
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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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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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Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.
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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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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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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
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Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.
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A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.
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Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
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A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.
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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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