Martin Luther Quotes
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So preach that those who do not fall out with their sins may fall out with thee.
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The first care of every Christian ought to be to lay aside all reliance on works, and strengthen his faith alone more and more, and by it grow in the knowledge, not of works, but of Christ Jesus, who has suffered and risen again for him.
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The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world; it is only understood by the plain and simple hearted.
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So great are the effectiveness and power of the Word of God that the more it is persecuted the more it flourishes and grows.
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It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.
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Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of devils in which sheer self-glory, conceit, lies, blasphemy, and defaming of God and men are practiced most maliciously and veheming his eyes on them.
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They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times.
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The law works fear and wrath; grace works hope and mercy.
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Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have wrought their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song.
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Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift.
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Should anyone knock at my heart and say, 'Who lives here?' I should reply, 'Not Martin Luther, but the Lord Jesus Christ.'
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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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An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.
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This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.
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Christian living does not mean to be good but to become good; not to be well, but to get well; not being but becoming; nor rest but training. We are not yet, but we shall be. It has not yet happened, but it is the way. Not everything shines and sparkles as yet, but everything is getting better.
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It is with all these qualities that we must stand before God and intervene on behalf of those who do not have them, as though clothed with someone else's garment. But even before men we must, with the same love, render them service against their detractors and those who are violent toward them; for this is what Christ did for us.
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A faithful and good servant is a real godsend; but truly 'tis a rare bird in the land.
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We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden.
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I shall not have it judged by any man, not even by any angel. For since I am certain of it, I shall be your judge and even the angels’ judge through this teaching (as St. Paul says 1 Cor. 6:3) so that whoever does not accept my teaching may not be saved - for it is God’s teaching and not mine.
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Nothing is easier than sinning.
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Before every great opportunity God gave me a great trial.
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The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death.
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I did not learn my theology all at once, but had to search constantly deeper and deeper for it. My temptations did that for me, for no one can understand Holy Scripture without practice and temptations...I t is not by reading, writing, or speculation that one becomes a theologian. Nay, rather, it is living, dying, and being damned that makes one a theologian.