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> [Good news from heaven the angels bring, Glad tidings to the earth they sing: To us this day a child is given,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/good-news-from-heaven-the-angels-bring-glad-tidings-to-the-earth-they/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man would stake his life on it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/faith-is-a-living-daring-confidence-in-god-s-grace-so-sure-and/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/let-the-wife-make-the-husband-glad-to-come-home-and-let-him-make-her/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [I must remain a child and pupil of the Catechism, and am glad so to remain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/i-must-remain-a-child-and-pupil-of-the-catechism-and-am-glad-so-to/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [The faith towards God in Christ must be sure and steadfast, that it may solace and make glad the conscience, and put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-faith-towards-god-in-christ-must-be-sure-and-steadfast-that-it/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/glory-to-god-in-highest-heaven-who-unto-man-his-son-hath-given-while/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-fatuous-idea-that-a-person-can-be-holy-by-himself-denies-god-the/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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## Other authors on Glad

## More by Martin Luther

> [“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-was-easy-for-you-to-say-these-things-since-you-either-knew-you/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/in-a-delightful-garden-sowing-planting-or-digging-are-not-hardship/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-you-could-understand-a-single-grain-of-wheat-you-would-die-of/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/he-who-believes-in-god-is-not-careful-for-the-morrow-but-labors/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-made-man-out-of-nothing-and-as-long-as-we-are-nothing-he-can-make/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [“But the truth will win out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/but-the-truth-will-win-out/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-wants-us-to-pray-and-he-wants-to-hear-our-prayers-not-because-we/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-office-subjects-us-to-great-burdens-and-labors-dangers-and/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-faith-in-christ-does-not-free-us-from-works-but-from-false/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-works-of-the-righteous-would-be-mortal-sins-if-they-would-not-be/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/do-not-suppose-that-abuses-are-eliminated-by-destroying-the-object/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/for-we-maintain-that-a-man-is-justified-by-faith-apart-from-observing/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/there-are-only-two-days-on-my-calendar-today-and-the-day-of-judgment/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [ Antichrist is the pope and the Turk \[Muslim\] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/antichrist-is-the-pope-and-the-turk-muslim-together-a-beast-full-of/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-not-the-imitation-that-makes-sons-it-is-sonship-that-makes/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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