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Martin Luther Quotes - Page 27

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The spiritual rest, which God particularly intends in this Commandment, is this: that we not only cease from our labor and trade, but much more, that we let God alone work in us and that we do nothing of our own with

The spiritual rest, which God particularly intends in this Commandment, is this: that we not only cease from our labor and trade, but much more, that we let God alone work in us and that we do nothing of our own with all our powers.

Letting Go, Spiritual, Trade

Martin Luther (2015). “A Treatise on Good Works”, p.57, Sheba Blake Publishing

When God wants to speak and deal with us, he does not avail himself of an angel but of parents, or the pastor, or of our neighbor.

Angel, Past, History

Martin Luther, Jaroslav Pelikan, Helmut T. Lehmann (1955). “Works”

God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have faith will have nothing

Father, Doe, Have Faith

Martin Luther (2011). “Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing”, p.58, Anchor

God is ready to give more quickly, and to give more than you ask; yea, he offers his treasures if we only take them. It is truly a great shame and a severe chastisement for us Christians that God should still upbraid us for our slothfulness in prayer, and that we fail to let such a rich and excellent promise incite us to pray.

Christian, Prayer, Giving

Martin Luther (2007). “Through the Year with Martin Luther: A Selection of Sermons Celebrating the Feasts and Seasons of the Christian Year”, p.412, Hendrickson Publishers

Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.

Forever, Grace, Overcoming

Martin Luther (2007). “Commentary on Galatians”, p.8, Lulu.com

Even though they (women) grow weary and wear themselves out with child-bearing, it does not matter; let them go on bearing children till they die, that is what they are there for.

Children, Doe, Goes On

I have lived to see the greatest plague on earth -- the condemning of God's word, a fearful thing, surpassing all other plagues in the world; for thereupon most surely follow all manner of punishments, eternal and corporal.

Punishment, World, Earth

Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.

Art, Kings, Law

When my heart is cold and I cannot pray as I should I scourge myself with the thought of the impiety and ingratitude of my enemies, the Pope and his accomplices and vermin, and Zwingli, so that my heart swells with the righteous indignation and hatred and I can say with warmth and vehemence: 'Holy be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done!' And the hotter I grow the more ardent do my prayers become.

Prayer, Heart, Names

This doctrine (justification) is the head and the cornerstone. It alone begets, nourishes, builds, preserves, and defends the church of God and without it the church of God cannot exist for one hour.

Church, Doctrine, Hours

Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”

Christ designed that the day of his coming should be hid from us, that being in suspense, we might be as it were upon the watch.

Jesus, Watches, Suspense

Let us not flutter too high, but remain by the manger and the swaddling clothes of Christ, 'in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.'

Clothes, Christ, Fullness

The article of justification is fragile. Not in itself, of course, but in us. I know how quickly a person can forfeit the joy of the Gospel.

Joy, Forfeit, Justification

Martin Luther (1972). “A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians”, p.33, CCEL

Those who turn proud when their praise is sounded, who seek their own glory, not Christ's, or those who are moved by slanders and by infamy, had better leave the ministry of the Word.

Ministry, Proud, Christ

Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”

[The Psalms are] a Little Bible, wherein everything contained in the entire Bible is beautifully and briefly comprehended.

Littles, Psalms

We need not invite the Devil to our table; he is too ready to come without being asked. The air all about us is filled with demons.

Religious, Humor, Air

Martin Luther (1904). “The Life of Luther Written by Himself”

Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing

Use, Scripture, Spirit

Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”, Concordia

It is necessary to understand that Black Power is a cry of disappointment. The Black Power slogan did not spring full grown from the head of some philosophical Zeus. It was born from the wounds of despair and disappointment. It is a cry of daily hurt and persistent pain.

Hurt, Pain, Disappointment

Despair makes priests and friars.

Despair, Friars, Priests

Christ wants to slay reason and subdue the arrogance of the Jews.

Arrogance, Want, Christ

Martin Luther, Jaroslav Pelikan, Helmut T. Lehmann (1955). “Works”

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

Men, Hands, Wish

Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts.

Music, Heart, Evil

Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift .

Promise, Looks

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

What shall we do with...the Jews?...their homes also should be razed and destroyed.

Religious, Home, Humor

Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the first to put him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel.

Hurtful, Rebel, Doe

Martin Luther, Jene M. Porter (1974). “Luther: Selected Political Writings”, Philadelphia : Fortress Press

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