I must remain a child and pupil of the Catechism, and am glad so to remain. Martin Luther More Quotes by Martin Luther More Quotes From Martin Luther You should be certain that angels are protecting you when you go to sleep. Yea, that they are protecting you also in all your business, whether you enter or leave your home. Martin Luther angel home sleep If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are not preaching the gospel at all. Martin Luther preaching-the-gospel aspect issues Let Christ's righteousness and grace, not yours, be your refuge. Martin Luther righteousness grace christ Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Martin Luther power wise men The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. Martin Luther should-have science sex Faith is under the left nipple. Martin Luther left nipples faith Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. Martin Luther strong prayer christian For God is not gracious and merciful to sinners to the end that they might not keep his Law, nor that they should remain as they were before they received grace and mercy; but he condones and forgives both sin and death for the sake of Christ, who has fulfilled the whole Law in order thereby to make the heart sweet and through the Holy Spirit to kindle and move the heart to begin to love from day to day more and more. Martin Luther heart sweet moving That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing. Martin Luther ransom rejoice reason This is the mystery of the riches of divine grace for sinners; for by a wonderful exchange our sins are now not ours but Christ's, and Christ's righteousness is not Christ's but ours. Martin Luther riches mystery grace Whenever the true message of the cross is abolished, the anger of hypocrites and heretics ceases.. and all things are in peace. This is a sure token that the devil is guarding the entry to the house, and that the PURE doctrine of God's Word has been taken away. The Church then, is in the BEST state when Satan assaileth it on every sideboth with subtle sleights, and outright violence. And likewise, it is in the WORST state when it is most at peace! Martin Luther hypocrite taken house The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God....Music is a gift and grace of God, not an invention of men. Thus it drives out the devil and makes people cheerful. Then one forgets all wrath, impurity, and other devices. Martin Luther wrath music men Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make people impatient, but proves that they are impatient. So everyone may learn from tribulation how his heart is constituted. Martin Luther heart patience people You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you. Martin Luther lord feelings believe We are at fault for not slaying the Jews. Martin Luther faults humor religious Your thoughts of God are too human Martin Luther humans What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and work flow. Martin Luther house heaven thinking Christian life consists of faith and charity Martin Luther christian-life charity christian When God works in us, the will, being changed and sweetly breathed upon by the Spirit of God, desires and acts, not from compulsion, but responsively. Martin Luther changed spirit desire To pray diligently is more than half the task. Martin Luther tasks half praying