Martin Luther Quotes About Holy Spirit

Quotes about: Holy Spirit

• When Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious of appellations. He called, her Eva--that is to say, the Mother of All. He did not style her wife, but simply mother--mother of all living creatures. In this consists the glory and the most precious ornament of woman.

  Martin Luther

  Mother, Wife, Style

  Martin Luther, Jules Michelet (1846). “The Life of Luther”, p.262

• The Holy Ghost has called me by the gospel and illuminated me with his gifts and sanctified and preserved me in the true faith.

  Martin Luther

  Spirit, Ghost, Holy

  Martin Luther (1896). “Luther's primary works: together with his shorter and larger catechisms”

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

  Martin Luther

  Use, Scripture, Spirit

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

• The believing man hath the Holy Ghost; and where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, He will not suffer a man to be idle, butstirreth him up to all exercises of piety and godliness, and of true religion, to the love of God, to the patient suffering of afflictions, to prayer, to thanksgiving, and the exercise of charity towards all men.

  Martin Luther

  Prayer, Believe, Exercise

  Martin Luther (2002). “Commentary on Galatians, Luther”, p.158, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

• The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience the Holy Spirit is active, and has taught us in the flash of a moment the deep secret of joy. You will have as much joy and laughter in life as you have faith in God.

  Martin Luther

  Faith, Laughter, Heart

• 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

• Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favour that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. Such confidence and knowledge of God's grace makes you happy, joyful and bold in your relationship to God and all creatures. The Holy Spirit makes this happen through faith. Because of it, you freely, willingly and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of things, love and praise the God who has shown you such grace.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Grace, Risk

• The Holy Spirit is no Skeptic, & the things He has written in our hearts are not doubts or opinions, but assertions - surer & more certain than sense & life itself.

  Martin Luther

  Heart, Doubt, Spirit

• The Holy Spirit has a way of His own to say much in few words.

  Martin Luther

  Way, Few Words, Spirit

  Martin Luther “Commentary on Peter and Jude”, Kregel Publications

• The Holy Spirit is no skeptic. He has written neither doubt nor mere opinion into our hearts, but rather solid assurances, which are more sure and solid than all experience and even life itself.

  Martin Luther

  Heart, Doubt, Spirit

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