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God is not a God of sadness, death, etc., but the devil is. Christ is a God of joy, and so the Scriptures often say that we should rejoice ... A Christian should and must be a cheerful person.

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Martin Luther
Age: 62 †
Born: 1483
Born: November 10
Died: 1546
Died: February 18
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I did nothing. The Word did it all.
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I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.
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God scorns and mocks the devil, in setting under his very nose a poor, weak, human creature, mere dust and ashes, yet endowed with the firstfruits of the Spirit, against whom the devil can do nothing.
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A unjust law, is no law at all.
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what is sought by means of free choice is to make room for merits.
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Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells.
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