Martin Luther Quotes
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You see then, that Diatribe truly possesses a free choice in her handling of Scriptures, so that words of one and the same type are for her obliged to prove endeavor in one place and freedom in another, exactly as she pleases.
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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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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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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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I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any.
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Here again you confuse and mix everything up in your usual way.
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I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.
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Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
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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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Although the Christian is thus free from all works, he ought in this liberty to empty himself, take upon himself the form of a servant, be made in the likeness of men, be found in human form, and to serve, help and in every way deal with his neighbor as he sees that God through Christ has dealt and still deals with him.
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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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Peter erred in life and in doctrine. Paul might have dismissed Peter's error as a matter of no consequence. But Paul saw that Peter's error would lead to the damage of the whole Church unless it were corrected. Therefore he withstood Peter to his face. The Church, Peter, the apostles, angels from heaven, are not to be heard unless they teach the genuine Word of God.
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Oh! how great and glorious a thing it is to have before one the Word of God! With that we may at all times feel joyous and secure; we need never be in want of consolation, for we see before us, in all its brightness, the pure and right way.
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To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes the preaching.
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To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.
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The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without trials and temptations we should never understand anything thereof; no, not although we diligently read and heard the same.
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A Christian has no need of any law in order to be saved, since through faith we are free from every law. Thus all the acts of a Christian are done spontaneously, out of a sense of pure liberty.
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He that will maintain that man's free will is able to do or work anything in spiritual cases, be they never so small, denies Christ.
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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
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When the gospel flourishes in the church, everything flourishes with it.
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This is that mystery which is rich in divine grace unto sinners: wherein by a wonderful exchange, our sins are no longer ours but Christ's; and the righteousness of Christ is not Christ's but ours. He has emptied himself of his righteousness that he might clothe us in it, and fill us with it: and he has taken our evils upon himself that he might deliver us from them.
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It seems to me that the most delightful walk of life is to be found in a household of moderate means, to live there with an obliging spouse and to be satisfied with little.
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes.