Martin Luther Quotes
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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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Faith is the yes of the heart.
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It is false that the will, left to itself, can do good as well as evil, for it is not free, but in bondage...On the side of man there is nothing that goes before grace, unless it be impotency and even rebellion.
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Despair makes priests and friars.
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To Christoph Scheurl (Christophoro Scheurlo), March 5, 1518.
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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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When Jesus Christ utters a word, He opens His mouth so wide that it embraces all Heaven and earth, even though that word be but in a whisper.
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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It is a tremendously hard thing to pray aright, yea, it is verily the science of all sciences.
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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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May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope.
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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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Put thou thy trust in God; In duty's path go on; Fix on His word thy steadfast eye; So shall thy work be done.
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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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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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This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.
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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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Come, let us sing a psalm, and drive away the devil.
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In ourselves, we are sinners, and yet through faith we are righteous by the imputation of God. For we trust him who promises to deliver us, and in the meantime struggle so that sin may not overwhelm us, but that we may stand up to it until he finally take it away from us.
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Take a look at your own heart, and you will soon find out what has stuck to it and where your treasure is. It is easy to determine whether hearing the Word of God, living according to it, and achieving such a life gives you as much enjoyment and calls forth as much diligence from you as does accumulating and saving money and property.
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No man should be alone when he opposes Satan. The Church and the ministry of the Word were instituted for this purpose, that hands may be joined together and one may help another.
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I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.
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A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
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If God were willing to sell His grace, we would accept it more quickly and gladly than when He offers it for nothing.