Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten Martin Luther More Quotes by Martin Luther More Quotes From Martin Luther We believe that the very beginning and end of salvation, and the sum of Christianity, consists of faith in Christ, who by His blood alone, and not by any works of ours, has put away sin, and destroyed the power of death. Martin Luther beginnings-and-endsbelieveblood A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law. Martin Luther squareslawmen In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat. Martin Luther retreatplanningrevolution Let all the 'free-will' in the world do all it can with all its strength; it will never give rise to a single instance of ability to avoid being hardened if God does not give the Spirit, or of meriting mercy if it is left to its own strength. Martin Luther doegivingworld Dearest Jesus, holy child, make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, within my heart, that it may be a quiet chamber kept for thee. Martin Luther inspirationalchildrenjesus Let us keep to Christ, and cling to Him, and hang on Him, so that no power can remove us. Martin Luther removechrist As is the business of tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray. Martin Luther shoesprayerchristian When God creates faith in a man, that is as great a work as if He created heaven and earth all over again. Martin Luther earthmenheaven The Son of God did not want to be seen and found in heaven. Therefore he descended from heaven into this humility and came to us in our flesh, laid himself into the womb of his mother and into the manger and went on to the cross. This was the ladder that he placed on earth so that we might ascend to God on it. This is the way you must take. Martin Luther humilitymotherson My conscience is captive to the Word of God Martin Luther wormschristianbible What shall we do with...the Jews?...I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews. Martin Luther humorreligioussafe All our work in the field, in the garden, in the city, in the home, in struggle, in government-to what does it all amount before God except child's play, by means of which God is pleased to give his gifts in the field, at home, and everywhere? These are the masks of our Lord God, behind which he wants to be hidden and to do all things. Martin Luther strugglehomechildren Pure Christian love is not derived from the merit of the object. Martin Luther meritchristianlove-is Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God. Martin Luther musicwisdomart Is it not a thing most abominable, that God who feeds so many mouths, should be held in such low esteem by me, that I will not trust him to feed me? Yea, that a guilder, thirty-eight cents, should be valued more highly than God, who pours out his treasures everywhere in rich profusion. For the world is full of God and his works. He is everywhere present with his gifts, and yet we will not trust in him, nor accept his visitation. Martin Luther eightfaithworld A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing: our helper He amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. Martin Luther prevailingfortressesfailing To turn one's eyes away from Jesus means to turn them to the Law. Martin Luther eyemeanjesus Peter erred in life and in doctrine. Paul might have dismissed Peter's error as a matter of no consequence. But Paul saw that Peter's error would lead to the damage of the whole Church unless it were corrected. Therefore he withstood Peter to his face. The Church, Peter, the apostles, angels from heaven, are not to be heard unless they teach the genuine Word of God. Martin Luther errorsangelheaven Feelings come, and feelings go, and feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing. Martin Luther deceivingfeelingsbelieve To do so no more is the truest repentance. Martin Luther truestrepentance
