Quotes from Martin Luther

Feelings come, and feelings go, and feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing.

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.

This is true faith, a living confidence in the goodness of God.

Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.

Whatever man loves, that is his god. For he carries it in his heart; he goes about with it night and day; he sleeps and wakes with it, be it what it may - wealth or self, pleasure or renown.

God is entirely and personally present in the wilderness, in the garden, in the field.

God is not hostile to sinners, but only to unbelievers.

Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.

We are nothing with all our gifts be they ever so great, except God assist us.

God freely forgives us on account of Christnot on account of our works, contrition, confession, or satisfactions.

Our loving God wills that we eat, drink and be merry.

God is not a God of sadness, death, etc., but the devil is. Christ is a God of joy, and so the Scriptures often say that we should rejoice ... A Christian should and must be a cheerful person.

Whoever does not accept my teaching may not be saved - for it is God's teaching and not mine.

Even if all the world were to combine forces, they could not bring about the conception of a single child in any woman's womb nor cause it to be born; that is wholly the work of God.

Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind.

Lord God...use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all.

Sin is essentially a departure from God.

How is God's name hallowed among us? When both our doctrine and living are truly Christian.

Our Lord God doesn't do great things except by violence, as they say

The worship of God....should be free at table, in private rooms, downstairs, upstairs, at home, abroad, in all places, by all peoples, at all times

What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our own neighbor who needs our service; God in heaven needs it not.

The curses of the ungodly are more pleasing to God's ears than the hallelujahs of the pious

To worship God in spirit is the service and homage of the heart, and implies fear of God and trust in Him.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.