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[christ's] Mission And Work It Is To Help Against Sin And Death, To Justify And Bring Life. He Has Placed His Help In Baptism And The Sacrament [i.e., Communion/eucharist/lord's Supper], And Incorporated It In The Word And Preaching. To Our Eyes Baptism [capitalized In Original] Appears To Be Nothing More Than Ordinary Water, And The Sacrament Of Christ's Body And Blood Simple Bread And Wine, Like Other Bread And Wine, And The Sermon, Hot Air From A Man's Mouth. But We Must Not Trust What Our Eyes See.

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[christ's] Mission And Work

Martin Luther

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[christ's] Mission And Work It Is To Help Against Sin And Death, To Justify And Bring Life. He Has Placed His Help In Baptism And The Sacrament [i.e., Communion/eucharist/lord's Supper], And Incorporated It In The Word And Preaching. To Our Eyes Baptism [capitalized In Original] Appears To Be Nothing More Than Ordinary Water, And The Sacrament Of Christ's Body And Blood Simple Bread And Wine, Like Other Bread And Wine, And The Sermon, Hot Air From A Man's Mouth. But We Must Not Trust What Our Eyes See.

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Procrastination

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One Book Is Enough, But A Thousand Books Is Not Too Many!

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.

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.

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.

As Long As There Is Poverty In This World, No Man Can Be Totally Rich Even If He Has A Billion Dollars.

Over Against The Devil And His Missionaries, The Authors Of False Doctrines And Sects, We Ought To Be Like The Apostle, Impatient, And Rigorously Condemnatory, As Parents Are With The Dog That Bites Their Little One, But The Weeping Child Itself They Soothe.

Christ Ought To Be Preached With This Goal In Mind--that We Might Be Moved To Faith In Him So That He Is Not Just A Distant Historical Figure But Actually Christ For You And Me.

It Is Impossible For A Man To Be A Christian Without Having Christ; And If He Has Christ He Has At The Same Time All That Is In Christ.

Faith Ever Says, "if Thou Wilt," Not "if Thou Canst.

It Is Not Necessary For A Preacher To Express All His Thoughts In One Sermon. A Preacher Should Have Three Principles: First, To Make A Good Beginning, And Not Spend Time With Many Words Before Coming To The Point; Secondly, To Say That Which Belongs To The Subject In Chief, And Avoid Strange And Foreign Thoughts; Thirdly, To Stop At The Proper Time.

I Shall Never Be A Heretic; I May Err In Dispute, But I Do Not Wish To Decide Anything Finally; On The Other Hand, I Am Not Bound By The Opinions Of Men.

This Is The Most Dangerous Trial Of All, When There Is No Trial And Every Thing Goes Well; For Then A Man Is Tempted To Forget God, To Become Too Bold And To Misuse Times Of Prosperity.

Let Whatsoever Will Or Can Befall Me, I Will Surely Cleave By My Sweet Savior Christ Jesus, For In Him Am I Baptized; I Can Neither Do Nor Know Anything But Only What He Has Taught Me.

No Man Understands The Scriptures, Unless He Be Acquainted With The Cross.

If We Esteem Them Too Highly, Good Works Can Become The Greatest Idolatry.

The Word And Works Of God Is Quite Clear, That Women Were Made Either To Be Wives Or Prostitutes.

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The Clergy Is The Greatest Hindrance To Faith.

I Pray That God Would Open The Mouth In Me And The Heart In You And That He Would Be The Teacher In The Midst Of Us Who May In Us Speak And Hear.

The Fruit Does Not Make The Tree Good Or Bad But The Tree Itself Is What Determines The Nature Of The Fruit. In The Same Way, A Person First Must Be Good Or Bad Before Doing A Good Or Bad Work.

A Preacher Must Be Both Soldier And Shepherd. He Must Nourish, Defend, And Teach; He Must Have Teeth In His Mouth, And Be Able To Bite And Fight.

No Other God Have I But Thee, Born In A Manger, Died On A Tree.

A Large Number Of Deaf, Crippled And Blind People Are Afflicted Solely Through The Malice Of The Demon. And One Must In No Wise Doubt That Plagues, Fevers And Every Sort Of Evil Come From Him.

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