Martin Luther Quotes
He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
Martin LutherMartin Luther God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The 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 LutherMartin Luther I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc; but how few acknowledge these as God’s special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.
Martin LutherMartin 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 LutherMartin Luther Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
Martin LutherMartin Luther 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 LutherMartin Luther We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
Martin LutherMartin Luther A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.
Martin LutherMartin Luther We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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