One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, ‘Do this,’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘Believe in this,’ and everything is already done.
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.
More Martin Luther Quotes
-
-
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
MARTIN LUTHER -
I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things pass away, His Word shall stand forever.
MARTIN LUTHER -
Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.
MARTIN LUTHER -
Whatever you love most, that is your god.
MARTIN LUTHER -
If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
MARTIN LUTHER -
The 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 LUTHER -
You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
MARTIN LUTHER -
If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.
MARTIN LUTHER -
They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
MARTIN LUTHER -
The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.
MARTIN LUTHER -
The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
MARTIN LUTHER -
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
MARTIN LUTHER -
When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
MARTIN LUTHER -
Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
MARTIN LUTHER -
Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
MARTIN LUTHER