Martin Luther Quotes
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It cannot, indeed, be denied, that a good man is more worthy of love than a bad one.
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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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Albert Durer, the famous painter, used to say he had no pleasure in pictures that were painted with many colors, but in those which were painted with a choice simplicity. So it is with me as to sermons.
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We must not regard what or how the world esteems us, so we have the Word pure, and are certain of our doctrine.
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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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It hath been said, that there is of nothing so much in hell as of self-will. The which is true, for there is nothing else there than self-will, and if there were no self-will, there would be no Devil and no hell. When it is said that Lucifer fell from Heaven, and turned away from God and the like, it meaneth nothing else than that he would have his own will, and would not be at one with the Eternal Will. So was it likewise with Adam in Paradise. And when we say Self-will, we mean, to will otherwise than as the One and Eternal Will of God willeth.
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Music is to be praised as second only to the Word of God because by her all the emotions are swayed. That is why there are so many songs and psalms. This precious gift has been bestowed on men alone to remind them that they are created to praise and magnify the Lord.
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Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
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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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I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any.
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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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What do we older folks live for if not for the care of the young, to teach and train them?
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To Christoph Scheurl (Christophoro Scheurlo), March 5, 1518.
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You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, That is God.
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Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind.
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Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging.
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In Romans 7, St. Paul says, "The law is spiritual." What does that mean? If the law were physical, then it could be satisfied by works, but since it is spiritual, no one can satisfy it unless everything he does springs from the depths of the heart. But no one can give such a heart except the Spirit of God, who makes the person be like the law, so that he actually conceives a heartfelt longing for the law and henceforward does everything, not through fear or coercion, but from a free heart.
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Reason should be destroyed in all Christians.
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I have grounded my preaching upon the literal word; he that pleases may follow me; he that will not may stay.
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True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.
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The confidence and faith of the heart alone make both God and an idol. If your faith and trust be right, then is your god also true; and, on the other hand, if your trust be false and wrong, then you have not the true God; for these two belong together faith and God. That now, I say, upon which you set your heart and put your trust is properly your god.
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The law of God cannot be fulfilled by external obedience.
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Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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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.