Martin Luther Quotes
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Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.
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Let your holy Angel have charge concerning us, that the wicked one have no power over us.
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You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live according to it.
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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.
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Many demons are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark poolly places ready to hurt...people.
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Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.
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When I am assailed with heavy tribulations, I rush out among my pigs rather than remain alone by myself. The human heart is like a millstone in a mill: when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and bruises the wheat to flour; if you put no wheat, it still grinds on, but then 'tis itself it grinds and wears away. So the human heart, unless it be occupied with some employment, leaves space for the devil, who wriggles himself in and brings with him a whole host of evil thoughts, temptations, and tribulations, which grind out the heart.
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I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.
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I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.
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One Book is enough, but a thousand books is not too many!
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He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of more value than the comments of four authors.
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Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
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Faith is the yes of the heart.
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The confidence that God is mindful of the individual is of tremendous value in dealing with the disease of fear, for it gives us a sense of worth, of belonging, and of at homeness in the universe.
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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.
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Here again you confuse and mix everything up in your usual way.
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People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.
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Two devils rose from the water, and flew off through the air, crying, 'Oh, oh, oh!' and turning one over another, in sportive mockery.
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The priest is not made. He must be born a priest; must inherit his office. I refer to the new birth-the birth of water and the Spirit. Thus all Christians must became priests, children of God and co-heirs with Christ the Most High Priest.
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We must beat the Gospel into peoples' heads incessantly because it's the one thing we're prone to forget.
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You have as much laughter as you have faith.
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We should die relying on grace alone.
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One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, 'Do this,' and it is never done. Grace says, 'Believe in this,' and everything is already done.
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.