Quotes from Martin Luther
God the Father has made everything to depend on faith, so that whosoever has it has all things, and he who has it not has nothing.
- Martin Luther
If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of those branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.
- Martin Luther
The love of God does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to it.
- Martin Luther
115. Learn, then, what a hypocrite is; namely, one who lays claim to the worship of God and to charity, and yet, at the same time, destroys the worship of God and slaughters his brother.
- Martin Luther
We cannot have justification urged upon us too often or too much. Even if we learn it and understand it well, none of us grasps it perfectly or believes it with his whole heart. Our flesh is so frail and is often disobedient to the Spirit.
- Martin Luther
It is easy to speak God's name and to record his glory on paper and walls; but to praise God with an upright heart, to bless him for his benevolence, to call upon him in every distress, and to seek consolation from him—those are truly the greatest works, though rarely seen, alongside faith. When
- Martin Luther
These two words, grace and peace, include all that belong to Christianity. Grace releases sin, and peace makes the conscience quiet. The
- Martin Luther
When the offense of the Cross ceases, when the rage of the enemies of the Cross abates, when everything is quiet, it is a sign that the devil is the door-keeper of the Church and that the pure doctrine of God's Word has been lost.
- Martin Luther
Outwardly you keep the law with works out of fear of punishment or love of gain. Likewise you do everything without free desire and love of the law; you act out of aversion and force. You'd rather act otherwise if the law didn't exist. It follows, then, that you, in the depths of your heart, are an enemy of the law.
- Martin Luther
We shall understand why a Christian observes laws: For the peace of the world, out of gratitude to God, and for a good example that others may be attracted to the Gospel.
- Martin Luther
No believing Christian can be coerced beyond Holy Writ
- Martin Luther
True freedom is being free from sin. How
- Martin Luther