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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I see a word that hates evil more than it loves good.
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To pray diligently is more than half the task.
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To turn one's eyes away from Jesus means to turn them to the Law.
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The universities only ought to turn out men who are experts in the Holy Scriptures, men who can become bishops and priests, and stand in the front line against heretics, the devil, and all the world. But where do you find that?
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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 one thousand times. This confidence in God's grace and knowledge of it makes men glad and bold and happy in dealing with God and with all creatures; and this is the work of the Holy Ghost in faith.
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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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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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The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.
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The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.
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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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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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However, they have not acquired a perfect mastery of the art of lying; they lie so clumsily and ineptly that anyone who is just a little observant can easily detect it. But for us Christians they stand as a terrifying example of God's wrath.
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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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The will is not free to strive toward whatever is declared good.
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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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I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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If I had to baptise a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words 'I baptise thee in the name of Abraham'.
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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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Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
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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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Let all the 'free-will' in the world do all it can with all its strength; it will never give rise to a single instance of ability to avoid being hardened if God does not give the Spirit, or of meriting mercy if it is left to its own strength.
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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.