Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
MARTIN LUTHERStrange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
MARTIN LUTHERPrayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
MARTIN LUTHERWe are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
MARTIN LUTHERUnthankfulness is theft.
MARTIN LUTHERA man cannot do good before he is made good.
MARTIN LUTHERGod creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
MARTIN LUTHERShow me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
MARTIN LUTHERAh, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
MARTIN LUTHERThe sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.
MARTIN LUTHERThe kingdom of God does not consist in talk, but in power, that is, in works and practice. God loves the ‘doers of the word’ in faith and love, and not the ‘mere hearers,’ who, like parrots, have learned to utter certain expressions with readiness.
MARTIN LUTHERA religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
MARTIN LUTHERTemptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.
MARTIN LUTHERWho waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
MARTIN LUTHERI know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.
MARTIN LUTHERMusic is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.
MARTIN LUTHERWhen Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
MARTIN LUTHER