Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther by Martin Luther
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Without the Cross we cannot attain to glory.
The Gospel cannot be truly preached without offence and tumult. The Holy Ghost maketh one not instantly complete, but he must grow and increase. We lose nothing by the Gospel, therefore we should venture thereupon all we have. To believe the Gospel, delivereth from sins. Works belong to the neighbour, faith to God. Those that censure and judge others, condemn themselves. Such as is the Faith, such is also the benefit. To doubt is sin and everlasting death. We know Christ when he himself is a schoolmaster in our hearts, and breaketh bread unto us. God's Word kindleth Faith in the heart. Faith is to build certainly on God's mercy. Christ requireth no seeming godliness, no hypocrisy nor dissembling, but the godliness of the heart. |
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