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• Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God.

  Martin Luther

  Church, Matter, Individual

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• Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with whom I have never become acquainted.

  Martin Luther

  Believe, Son, Christianity

  Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”, Concordia

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• I should have no compassion on these witches; I should burn them all.

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  Religious, Humor, Compassion

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• Daily there have to be many troubles and trials in every house, city, and country. No station in life is free of suffering and pain, both from your own, like your wife or children or household help or subjects, and from the outside, from your neighbors and all sorts of accidental trouble.

  Martin Luther

  Country, Children, Pain

  Martin Luther (1956). “The sermon on the mount and the magnificat”

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• Men have broad and large chests, and small narrow hips, and more understanding than women, who have but small and narrow breasts, and broad hips, to the end they should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children.

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  Children, Home, Men

  Table Talk 'Of Marriage and Celibacy'

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• Being by his faith replaced afresh in paradise and created anew, he (the believer)does not need works for his justification, but that he may not be idle, but that he may exercise his own body and preserve it. His works are to be done freely, with the sole object of pleasing God.

  Martin Luther

  Exercise, May, Doe

  Martin Luther (1896). “Luther's Primary Works: Together with His Shorter and Larger Catechisms”

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• All who call on God in true faith...will certainly be heard.

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  Prayer, Praying, Heard

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• Faith ever says, "If Thou wilt," not "If Thou canst.

  Martin Luther

  Ifs

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• The Pope is a mere tormentor of conscience. The assembly of his greased and religious crew in praying was altogether like the croaking of frogs, which edified nothing at all.

  Martin Luther

  Religious, Mentor, Frogs

  Martin Luther (1892). “Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther”

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• If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.

  Martin Luther

  Wise, Wisdom, Devil

  Martin Luther “Jesus, Remember Me: Words of Assurance from Martin Luther”, Augsburg Books

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• As concerning faith we ought to be invincible, and more hard, if it might be, than the adamant stone; but as touching charity, we ought to be soft, and more flexible than the reed or leaf that is shaken with the wind, and ready to yield to everything.

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  Yield, Wind, Touching

  Martin Luther, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Tischer, Samuel Simon Schmucker (1860). “A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians”, p.215

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• The fool will upset the whole science of astronomy, but as the Holy Scripture shows, it was the sun and not the earth which Joshua ordered to stand still.

  Martin Luther

  Upset, Earth, Scripture

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• It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word of God!

  Martin Luther

  Bible, Christian, Book

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• To worship God in spirit is the service and homage of the heart, and implies fear of God and trust in Him.

  Martin Luther

  Heart, Spirit, Worship

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• A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating.

  Martin Luther

  Reading, Thinking, Dying

  "Table Talk". Book by Martin Luther, 1566.

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• The great unthankfulness, contempt of God's word, and wilfulness of the world, make me fear that the divine light will soon cease to shine on man, for God's word has ever had its certain course.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Shine On, Light

  Martin Luther (2017). “Martin Luther's Table Talk”, p.84, Gideon House Books

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• God indeed tempteth no man; but yet we ask, in this petition, that he would keep and preserve us, lest the devil, the world, and our own flesh delude and draw us away from the true faith, and throw us into superstition, distrust, despair, and other grievous sins and wickedness; and that, if we should be tempted therewith even to the highest degree, we still may conquer, and at last triumph over them.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Despair, Devil

  Martin Luther (2017). “Martin Luther's Table Talk”, p.72, Gideon House Books

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• If by any effort of reason I could conceive how God, Who shows so much anger and iniquity, could be merciful and just, there would be no need of faith.

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  Anger, Effort, Would Be

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• what the situation will be like in the world before the Lord returns, namely, Christ will be despised, and the preachers of the Gospel will be regarded as fools.

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  World, Fool, Return

  Martin Luther, Eugene F. A. Klug (1996). “Sermons of Martin Luther: The House Postils”, Baker Publishing Group

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• Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all the earth.

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  New Year, Spiritual, Angel

  Martin Luther, “From Heaven Above To Earth I Come”

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• Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a law.

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  Believe, Law, Liberty

  Martin Luther (1967). “Selected Writings of Martin Luther: 1520 523”

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• I was born to fight devils and factions. It is my business to remove obstacles, to cut down thorns, to fill up quagmires and to open and make straight paths. If I must have some failing let me rather speak the truth with too great sincerity than once to act the hypocrite and conceal the truth.

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  Hypocrite, Cutting, Fighting

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• Works indeed are good, and God strictly requires them of us, but they do not make us holy.

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  Holy

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• I know that a Christian should be humble, but against the Pope I am going to be proud and say to him: "You, Pope, I will not have you for my boss, for I am sure that my doctrine is divine.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Humble, Boss

  Martin Luther (2007). “Commentary on Galatians”, p.28, Lulu.com

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• I am not permitted to let my love be so merciful as to tolerate and endure false doctrine. When faith and doctrine are concerned and endangered, neither love nor patience are in order....when these are concerned, neither toleration nor mercy are in order, but only anger, dispute, and destruction - to be sure, only with the Word of God as our weapon.

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  Love Is, Order, Weapons

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