Martin Luther Quotes About Grace

Quotes about: Grace

• Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times.

  Martin Luther

  God, Faith, Men

  "Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings".

• But Satan, the god of all dissension, stirreth up daily new sects, and last of all (which of all other I should never have foreseen or once suspected) he hath raised up a sect of such as teach that the Ten Commandments ought to be taken out of the church, and that men should not be terrified with the law, but gently exerted by the preaching of the grace of Christ.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Law, Grace

  "A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians".

• The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands

  Martin Luther

  Lying, Hands, Grace

• Grace was not given to heal the spiritually sick but to decorate spiritual heroes!

  Martin Luther

  Spiritual, Hero, Sick

  "Early theological works".

• Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen

  Martin Luther

  Loyalty, Kindness, Generosity

  Martin Luther “Jesus, Remember Me: Words of Assurance from Martin Luther”, Augsburg Books

• 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

  Grace, Riches, Mystery

• The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first take the sledge-hammer of the Law in His fists and smash the beast of self-righteousness and its brood of self-confidence, self wisdom, and self-help. When the conscience has been thoroughly frightened by the Law it welcomes the Gospel of grace with its message of a Savior Who came-not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoking flax-but to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to grant forgiveness of sins to all the captives.

  Martin Luther

  Self Confidence, Law, Ideas

• The law works fear and wrath; grace works hope and mercy.

  Martin Luther

  Wrath, Law, Grace

  Martin Luther (1962). “Early theological works”, London, S.C.M.,P

• 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

  Music, Men, Wrath

• A man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Order, Grace

  Martin Luther (2011). “Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing”, p.502, Anchor

• To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.

  Martin Luther

  Heart, Grace, Peace With God

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

  Martin Luther

  Forever, Grace, Overcoming

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

• One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, 'Do this,' and it is never done. Grace says, 'Believe in this,' and everything is already done.

  Martin Luther

  Believe, Law, Grace

  Martin Luther (2012). “Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings”, p.56, Fortress Press

• Christ is no Moses, no exactor, no giver of laws, but a giver of grace, a Savior; he is infinite mercy and goodness, freely and bountifully given to us.

  Martin Luther

  Law, Grace, Infinite

• God has surely promised His grace to the humbled: that is, to those who mourn over and despair of themselves. But a man cannot be thoroughly humbled till he realizes that his salvation is utterly beyond his own powers, counsels, efforts, will and works, and depends absolutely on the will, counsel, pleasure and work of Another -- God alone.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Effort, Grace

• The will of man without the grace of God is not free at all, but is the permanent prisoner and bondslave of evil since it cannot turn itself to good.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Evil, Grace

• This is that mystery which is rich in divine grace unto sinners: wherein by a wonderful exchange, our sins are no longer ours but Christ's; and the righteousness of Christ is not Christ's but ours. He has emptied himself of his righteousness that he might clothe us in it, and fill us with it: and he has taken our evils upon himself that he might deliver us from them.

  Martin Luther

  Spiritual, Taken, Evil

• Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man would stake his life on it one thousand times. This confidence in God's grace and knowledge of it makes men glad and bold and happy in dealing with God and with all creatures; and this is the work of the Holy Ghost in faith.

  Martin Luther

  Faith, Christian, Men

  Martin Luther, J. Theodore Mueller (2003). “Commentary on Romans”, p.17, Kregel Publications

• If God were willing to sell His grace, we would accept it more quickly and gladly than when He offers it for nothing.

  Martin Luther

  Grace, Accepting, Willing

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

• If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.

  Martin Luther

  Jesus, Men, Grace

• This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.

  Martin Luther

  Strong, Lying, Men

• Night and day I pondered until I saw the connection between the justice of God and the statement that 'the just shall live by his faith.' Then I grasped that the justice of God is that righteousness by which through grace and sheer mercy God justifies us through faith. Thereupon I felt myself to be reborn and to have gone through open doors into paradise.

  Martin Luther

  Night, Justice Of God, Doors

• Our preaching does not stop with the law. That would lead to wounding without binding up, striking down and not healing, killing and not making alive, driving down to hell and not bringing back up, humbling and not exalting. Therefore, we must also preach grace and the promise of forgiveness - this is the means by which faith is awakened and properly taught. Without this word of grace, the law, contrition, penitence, and everything else are done and taught in vain.

  Martin Luther

  Healing, Mean, Law

  "The Freedom of a Christian" by Martin Luther, 1520.

• We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force.

  Martin Luther

  Hate, Soul, Grace

• 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

  Sweet, Moving, Heart

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