Martin Luther Quotes
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A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating.
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The will is not free to strive toward whatever is declared good.
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The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.
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This doctrine (justification) is the head and the cornerstone. It alone begets, nourishes, builds, preserves, and defends the church of God and without it the church of God cannot exist for one hour.
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Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
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The inner man cannot be forced to do out of his own free will, what he should do, except the grace of God change the heart and make it willing.
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As long as a man is persuaded that he can make even the smallest contribution to his salvation, he remains self-confident and does not utterly despair of himself, and so is not humbled before God. Such a man plans out for himself a position, an occasion, a work, which shall bring him final salvation, but which will not.
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To worship God in spirit is the service and homage of the heart, and implies fear of God and trust in Him.
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For God is wholly present in all creation, in every corner, he is behind you and before you. Do you think he is sleeping on a pillow in heaven? He is watching over you and protecting you.
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Human nature is like a drunk peasant. Lift him into the saddle on one side, over he topples on the other side.
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War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
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I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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Ein' feste burg is unser Gott,ein gute wehr und waffen.Er hilft uns frei aus aller not,die uns itzt hat betroffen.
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I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!
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Yes, would to God that I could persuade the rich and the mighty that they would permit the whole Bible to be painted on houses, on the inside and the outside, so that all can see it. That would be a Christian work... If it is not a sin but good to have the image of Christ in my heart, why should it be a sin to have it in my eyes? This is especially true since the heart is more important than the eyes, and should be less stained by sin because it is the true abode and dwelling place of God.
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All these things He must be in me, abiding, living, speaking in me; that I may be the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. v. 21); not in love, nor in gifts and graces which follow; but in Him.
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Jews and papists are ungodly wretches; they are two stockings made of one piece of cloth.
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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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To turn one's eyes away from Jesus means to turn them to the Law.
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I have lived to see the greatest plague on earth -- the condemning of God's word, a fearful thing, surpassing all other plagues in the world; for thereupon most surely follow all manner of punishments, eternal and corporal.
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It is as if a wolf devoured a sheep and the sheep were so powerful that it transformed the wolf and turned him into a sheep. So, when we eat Christ's flesh physically and spiritually, the food is so powerful that it transforms us.
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Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.
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The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.