Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong, but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. Martin Luther More Quotes by Martin Luther More Quotes From Martin Luther 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 heartteacherinspirational Those who lapse from the Gospel to the Law are no better off than those who lapse from grace to idolatry. Martin Luther lapsesgracelaw If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright. Martin Luther gracemenjesus Original sin is in us like our beard. We are shaved today and look clean; tomorrow our beard has grown again, nor does it cease growing while we remain on earth. In like manner original sin cannot be extirpated from us; it springs up in us as long as we live. Martin Luther doespringlong This error of free will is a special doctrine of the Antichrist. Martin Luther doctrineerrorsspecial I have undertaken to translate the Bible into German. This was good for me; otherwise I might have died in the mistaken notion that I was a learned fellow. Martin Luther notiontranslatemight Reason is the enemy of faith. Martin Luther faithreasonenemy Does it follow from: 'turn ye' that therefore you can turn? Does it follow from "'Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart' (Deut 6.5) that therefore you can love with all your heart? What do arguments of this kind prove, but the 'free-will' does not need the grace of God, but can do all things by its own power....But it does not follow from this that man is converted by his own power, nor do the words say so; they simply say: "if thou wilt turn,telling man what he should do. When he knows it, and sees that he cannot do it, he will ask whence he may find ability to do it..." 164 Martin Luther graceheartmen When Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious of appellations. He called, her Eva--that is to say, the Mother of All. He did not style her wife, but simply mother--mother of all living creatures. In this consists the glory and the most precious ornament of woman. Martin Luther stylewifemother Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills. Martin Luther commandmentscommandfulfillment The inner man cannot be forced to do out of his own free will, what he should do, except the grace of God change the heart and make it willing. Martin Luther graceheartmen You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live according to it. Martin Luther biblicalreadingbible Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women? The sun, the moon, and the stars have been worshiped. Shall we then pluck them out of the sky? ...see how much he [God] has been able to accomplish through me, though I did no more than pray and preach. The Word did it all. Had I wished I might have started a conflagration at Worms. But while I sat still and drank beer with Philip and Amsdorf, God dealt the papacy a mighty blow. Martin Luther winestarsbeer A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting. Martin Luther skillsteachingshould-have He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved, as in sleep." They must work and watch, yet never be careful or anxious, but commit all to Him, and live in serene tranquility; with a quiet heart, as one who sleeps safely and quietly. Martin Luther sleepheartbelieve I frankly confess that even if it were possible I should not wish to have free choice given to me, or to have anything left in my own hands by which I might strive for salvation. Martin Luther choiceswishhands One Book is enough, but a thousand books is not too many! Martin Luther enougheducationbook My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. Martin Luther musicsickheart The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first take the sledge-hammer of the Law in His fists and smash the beast of self-righteousness and its brood of self-confidence, self wisdom, and self-help. When the conscience has been thoroughly frightened by the Law it welcomes the Gospel of grace with its message of a Savior Who came-not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoking flax-but to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to grant forgiveness of sins to all the captives. Martin Luther self-confidencelawideas What shall we do with...the Jews?...set fire to their synagogues or schools and bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them. Martin Luther humorreligiousschool
