More Quotes by Martin Luther
Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have God's Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.
When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
But know that to serve God is nothing else than to serve your neighbor and do good to him in love, be it a child, wife, servant, enemy, friend....If you do not find yourself among the needy and the poor, where the Gospel shows us Christ, then you may know that your faith is not right, and that you have not yet tasted of Christ's benevolence and work for you.
God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.
The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is Luther? The teaching is not mine. Nor was I crucified for anyone...How did I, poor stinking bag of maggots that I am, come to the point where people call the children of Christ by my evil name?
