God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.

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I am much afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures, and engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place his child where the scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which means are not unceasingly occupied with the Word of God must be corrupt.

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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.

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The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.

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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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The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is Luther? The teaching is not mine. Nor was I crucified for anyone...How did I, poor stinking bag of maggots that I am, come to the point where people call the children of Christ by my evil name?

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The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.

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Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.

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No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.

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