Martin Luther Quotes
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There are three conversions necessary (for the Christian life): the conversion of the heart, the mind, and the purse.
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If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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As when my little son John offendeth: if then I should not whip him, but call him to the table unto me, and give him sugar and plums, thereby, I should make him worse, yea should quite spoil him.
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Great God, what do I see and hear! The end of things created! The judge of mankind doth appear On clouds of glory seated! The trumpet sounds; the graves restore, The dead which they contained before; Prepare, my soul, to meet Him!
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Christ desires nothing more of us than that we speak of him.
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The Holy Spirit has a way of His own to say much in few words.
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Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a law.
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Great thieves go Scott-free, as the Pope and his crew.
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Christ wants to slay reason and subdue the arrogance of the Jews.
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God does not work salvation for fictitious sinners. Be a sinner and sin vigorously... Do not for a moment imagine that this life is the abiding place of justice; sin must be committed.
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Thoughts are not subject to duty.
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Marriage is a civic matter. It is really not, together with all its circumstances, the business of the church.
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Every evening brings us nearer God.
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Singing has nothing to do with the affairs of this world: it is not for the law. Singers are merry, and free from sorrows and cares.
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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.
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What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our own neighbor who needs our service; God in heaven needs it not.
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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.
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Godly people are waiting for the Lord; therefore they live, therefore they are saved, therefore they receive what has been promised.
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No great saint lived without errors.
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If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.