Category Martin Luther Quotes
Luther on Faith and Unbelief
The chief righteousness is faith; the chief wickedness is unbelief. Martin Luther, Sermon on Ascension Day Complete Sermons of Martin Luther II.203, 23
Sin, Righteousness, and Judgment according to Martin Luther
Sin is unbelief; righteousness is faith; the judgment is the holy cross. Martin Luther Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Easter Complete Sermons of Martin Luther, II.121
“To know Christ” according to Luther
What is it to know Christ, but to discern him as a gift and as an example? A gift given by God that is your own; so that when you see and hear him suffering or doing anything, you may not doubt that Christ himself in such suffering and works is yours; upon […]
Luther on the Gospels
When you open the book containing the gospels and read or hear how Christ comes here or there, or how someone is brought to him, you should therein perceive the sermon or the gospel through which he is coming to you, or you are being brought to him. For the preaching of the gospel is […]
Luther on Preachers
A good preacher should have these properties and virtues: first, to teach systematically; secondly, he should have a ready wit; thirdly, he should be eloquent; fourthly, he should have a good voice; fifthly, a good memory; sixthly, he should know when to make an end; seventhly, he should be sure of his doctrine; eighthly, he […]
Luther on Preaching
We have the jus verbi (right to speak) but not the executio (power to accomplish). We should preach the Word, but the results must be left solely to God’s good pleasure. Luther’s Works 51:76
Quotable Quote
But who are they that love God, and cleave not to gold and worldly possessions? Take a good look at the whole world, also the Christians, and see if they despise gold and riches. It requires an effort to hear the Gospel and to live according to it. God be praised, we have the Gospel; […]
Quotable Quote
The Gospel is a doctrine that should become a living power and be put into practice; it should strengthen and comfort the people, and make them courageous and aggressive. Martin Luther, Sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
Faith Sees the Unseen
Now concerning spiritual blessings, when we are about to die, I wish also to say: then we will find and see before our eyes very death, and yet we would gladly wish to live; then we will see before us very hell, and yet we would gladly wish to possess heaven; then we will see […]
Christian Love and Service
We are to live, speak, act, hear, suffer, and die each one in love and service for others and even for enemies, the husband for his wife and children, the wife for her husband, the children for their parents, the servants for their masters, the masters for their servants, the rulers for their subjects and […]
John 20:31 These things are written that you believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God 
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