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Martin Luther QUOTES

1 " We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone. "

― Martin Luther

2 " My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. "

― Martin Luther

3 " Everything that is done in this world is done by hope. "

― Martin Luther

4 " Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly. "

― Martin Luther

5 " Although it is very easy to marry a wife, it is very difficult to support her along with the children and the household. Accordingly, no one notices this faith of Jacob. Indeed, many hate fertility in a wife for the sole reason that the offspring must be supported and brought up. For this is what they commonly say: ‘Why should I marry a wife when I am a pauper and a beggar? I would rather bear the burden of poverty alone and not load myself with misery and want.’ But this blame is unjustly fastened on marriage and fruitfulness. Indeed, you are indicting your unbelief by distrusting God’s goodness, and you are bringing greater misery upon yourself by disparaging God’s blessing. For if you had trust in God’s grace and promises, you would undoubtedly be supported. But because you do not hope in the Lord, you will never prosper. "

― Martin Luther , The Sermons of Martin Luther: 7 Volumes

6 " I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen. "

― Martin Luther

7 " For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the
supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club. "

― Martin Luther

8 " To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing. "

― Martin Luther , Commentary on Galatians

9 " If God had not permitted the people of Jerusalem to be torn asunder and driven them from the land, but had let them keep it after before, no one could convince them that they are not God`s chosen people. "

― Martin Luther , The Jews and Their Lies

10 " Lo! my God, without merit on my part, of His pure and free mercy, has given to me (an unworthy, condemned, and contemptible creature) all the riches of justification and salvation in Christ.

For such a Father then, who has overwhelmed me with these inestimable riches of His, why should I not freely, cheerfully, with my whole heart and with an eager will, do all that I know will be pleasing to Him, and acceptable in His sight?

I will therefore give myself, as a sort of Christ, to my neighbor, as Christ has given Himself to me; and will do nothing in this life, except what I see will be needful, advantageous, and wholesome for my neighbor, since by faith I abound in all good things in Christ. "

― Martin Luther , On Christian Liberty

Martin Luther QUOTES

11 " You have as much laughter as you have faith. "

― Martin Luther

12 " I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth. "

― Martin Luther

13 " All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired. "

― Martin Luther

14 " Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God. "

― Martin Luther

15 " If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write. "

― Martin Luther

16 " I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. "

― Martin Luther

17 " All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word. "

― Martin Luther

18 " In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us.... More over, when we have repented, He instantly remits the sins as well as the punishments. In the same manner parents ought to handle their children. "

― Martin Luther

19 " The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn. "

― Martin Luther

20 " They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet. "

― Martin Luther