Martin Luther Quotes
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Some people need a fig-leaf on their mouths.
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A fiery shield is God's Word; of more substance and purer than gold, which, tried in the fire, loses nought of its substance, but resists and overcomes all the fury of the fiery heat; even so, he that believes God's Word overcomes all, and remains secure everlastingly, against all misfortunes; for this shield fears nothing, neither hell nor the devil.
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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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To have peace and love in marriage is a gift which is next to the knowledge of the Gospel.
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The heavenly blessing is to be delivered from the law, sin and death; to be justified and quickened to life: to have peace with God; to have a faithful heart, a joyful conscience, a spiritual consolation; to have the knowledge of Jesus Christ; to have the gift of prophecy, and the revelation of the Scriptures; to have the gift of the Holy Ghost, and to rejoice in God.
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You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, That is God.
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For from the error of not knowing, or understanding, what sin is, there necessarily arises another error, that people cannot know or understand what grace is.
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Whatever man loves, that is his god. For he carries it in his heart; he goes about with it night and day; he sleeps and wakes with it, be it what it may - wealth or self, pleasure or renown.
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I have so many things to do today, I dare not ignore my time with God.
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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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Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?
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What the situation will be like in the world before the Lord returns, namely, Christ will be despised, and the preachers of the Gospel will be regarded as fools.
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It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.
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False preachers are worse than deflowerers of virgins.
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Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God.
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And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.
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I'd rather see heaven crash from the skies than one grain of God's truth die.
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At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the whole world in their hands can surely also guard our souls, that they make that last journey safely.
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We refuse to have our conscience bound by any work or law, so that by doing this or that we should be righteous, or leaving this or that undone we should be damned.
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We must calm the mind of the common man, and tell him to abstain from the words and even the passions which lead to insurrection.
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I have such hatred of divorce that I prefer bigamy to divorce. Anyway, I think we should see other people.
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Christ designed that the day of his coming should be hid from us, that being in suspense, we might be as it were upon the watch.
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Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.
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When the devil wants to cause offense against the true doctrine and faith, he does not do so through insignificant people, who do not rate highly with the world, but through those who are the very best, the wisest, the holiest, and the most learned.