Martin Luther Quotes
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God is a blank sheet upon which nothing is found but what you yourself have written.
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He who loses sight of the word of God, falls into despair; the voice of heaven no longer sustains him; he follows only the disorderly tendency of his heart.
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It is God who creates, effects, and preserves all things through his almighty.
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In truth you cannot read too much in Scripture; and what you read you cannot read too carefully, and what you read carefully you cannot understand too well, and what you understand well you cannot teach too well, and what you teach well you cannot live too well.
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God does not give grace freely in the sense that He will demand no satisfaction, but He gave Christ to be the satisfaction for us.
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If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
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No great saint lived without errors.
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Christ wants to slay reason and subdue the arrogance of the Jews.
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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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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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Works indeed are good, and God strictly requires them of us, but they do not make us holy.
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Divinity consists in use and practice, not in speculation.
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A unjust law, is no law at all.
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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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Now just behold these miserable, blind, and senseless people.
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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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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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The Holy Spirit has a way of His own to say much in few words.
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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.
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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.