Martin Luther Quotes
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I myself saw and touched at Dessay, a child of this sort, which had no human parents, but had proceeded from the Devil. He was twelve years old, and, in outward form, exactly resembled ordinary children.
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God wants our conscience to be certain and sure that it is pleasing to Him. This cannot be done if the conscience is led by its own feelings, but only if it relies on the Word of God.
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Whenever the true message of the cross is abolished, the anger of hypocrites and heretics eases and all things seem to be at peace.
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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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If you see yourself as a "little sinner" you will inevitably see Jesus as a "little savior".
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The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle but to procreate and bring up children, to support a household. This, of course, is a huge burden full of great cares and toils. But you have been created by God to be a husband or a wife and that you may learn to bear these troubles.
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That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing.
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Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen
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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.
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Despair makes priests and friars.
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I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.
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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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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
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The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart.
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Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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Christ's mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help in baptism and the Sacrament i.e., communion/Eucharist/Lord's supper, and incorporated it in the Word and preaching. To our eyes Baptism capitalized in original appears to be nothing more than ordinary water, and the Sacrament of Christ's body and blood simple bread and wine, like other bread and wine, and the sermon, hot air from a man's mouth. But we must not trust what our eyes see.
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When the Scripture speaks, God speaks.
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We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a woman.
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I often laugh at Satan, and there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to his face, and tell him that through God I am more than a match for him.
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There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.
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Let him who wants a true church cling to the Word by which everything is upheld.
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You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclinations in the flesh. For when you have faith, there will be a hundred more evil thoughts and a hundred more temptations than before.
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God has set the type of marriage through creation. Each creature seeks its perfection in another.
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Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.