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The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world it is only understood by the plain and simple hearted.

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Martin Luther
Age: 62 †
Born: 1483
Born: November 10
Died: 1546
Died: February 18
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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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So tenaciously should we cling to the world revealed by the Gospel, that were I to see all the Angels of Heaven coming down to me to tell me something different, not only would I not be tempted to doubt a single syllable, but I would shut my eyes and stop my ears, for they would not deserve to be either seen or heard.
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When some say that good works are forbidden when we preach faith alone, it is as if I said to a sick man: If you had health, you would have the use of all your limbs but without health, the works of all your limbs are nothing and he wanted to infer that I had forbidden the works of all his limbs.
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No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes.
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There are three conversions necessary (for the Christian life): the conversion of the heart, the mind, and the purse.
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Therefore we Christians, in turn, are obliged not to tolerate their wanton and conscious blasphemy.
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If obedience is not rendered in the homes, we shall never have a whole city, country, principality, or kingdom well governed. For this order in the homes is the first rule it is the source of all other rule and government.
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The slender capacity of man's heart cannot comprehend the unfathomable depth and burning zeal of God's love toward us.
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For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club.
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You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
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Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
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Can he who understands not God's word, understand God's works?
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Many sweat to reconcile St Paul and St James, but in vain. 'Faith justifies' and 'faith does not justify' contradict each other flatly. If any one can harmonize them I will give him my doctor's hood and let him call me a fool.
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