--- title: "14 Crosses Quotes By Martin Luther" description: "14 Crosses quotes by Martin Luther. Plus more from Martin Luther and more Crosses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/martin-luther-106_cross_the-cross-alone-is-our-theology-454546_454546.jpg" --- > [The cross alone is our theology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-cross-alone-is-our-theology/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/martin-luther-106_cross_the-cross-alone-is-our-theology-454546_454546.jpg) > [God can be found only in suffering and the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-can-be-found-only-in-suffering-and-the-cross/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/martin-luther-106_crosses_god-can-be-found-only-in-suffering-and-t_1111564.jpg) > [No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/no-man-understands-the-scriptures-unless-he-be-acquainted-with-the/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/martin-luther-106_bible_no-man-understands-the-scriptures-unless_2582359.jpg) > [What man, if he were God, would humble himself to lie in the feedbox of a donkey or to hang upon a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/what-man-if-he-were-god-would-humble-himself-to-lie-in-the-feedbox-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/martin-luther-106_cross_what-man-if-he-were-god-would-humble-him_257921.jpg) > [Believest thou? then thou wilt speak boldly. Speakest thou boldy? then thou must suffer. Sufferest thou? then thou shalt be comforted. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/believest-thou-then-thou-wilt-speak-boldly-speakest-thou-boldy-then/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/martin-luther-106_confession_believest-thou-then-thou-wilt-speak-bold_1344615.jpg) > [No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/no-man-ought-to-lay-a-cross-upon-himself-or-to-adopt-tribulation-as/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/martin-luther-106_adversity_no-man-ought-to-lay-a-cross-upon-himself_1979855.jpg) > [The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-christian-shoemaker-does-his-duty-not-by-putting-little-crosses/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/martin-luther-106_christian_the-christian-shoemaker-does-his-duty-no_1127796.jpg) > [Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-faith-is-an-astounding-thing-astounding-that-i-should-believe-him/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/martin-luther-106_believe_our-faith-is-an-astounding-thing-astound_1835883.jpg) > [Whenever the true message of the cross is abolished, the anger of hypocrites and heretics eases and all things seem to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/whenever-the-true-message-of-the-cross-is-abolished-the-anger-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/martin-luther-106_all-things_whenever-the-true-message-of-the-cross-i_1331886.jpg) > [Our suffering is not worthy the name of suffering. When I consider my crosses, tribulations, and temptations, I shame myself almost to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-suffering-is-not-worthy-the-name-of-suffering-when-i-consider-my/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/martin-luther-106_blessed_our-suffering-is-not-worthy-the-name-of_2944744.jpg) > [Our most merciful Father, seeing us to be oppressed and overwhelmed with the curse of the law . . . sent his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-most-merciful-father-seeing-us-to-be-oppressed-and-overwhelmed/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/martin-luther-106_apples_our-most-merciful-father-seeing-us-to-be_3195731.jpg) > [The Son of God did not want to be seen and found in heaven. Therefore he descended from heaven into this humility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-son-of-god-did-not-want-to-be-seen-and-found-in-heaven-therefore/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/martin-luther-106_crosses_the-son-of-god-did-not-want-to-be-seen-a_498904.jpg) > [Hereby we may understand that God, of His special grace, maketh the teachers of the gospel subject to the Cross, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/hereby-we-may-understand-that-god-of-his-special-grace-maketh-the/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/martin-luther-106_all-kinds_hereby-we-may-understand-that-god-of-his_1650867.jpg) > [Whenever the true message of the cross is abolished, the anger of hypocrites and heretics ceases.. and all things are in peace.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/whenever-the-true-message-of-the-cross-is-abolished-the-anger-of-2/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/martin-luther-106_all-things_whenever-the-true-message-of-the-cross-i_2591336.jpg) ## Other authors on Crosses ## More by Martin Luther > [“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-was-easy-for-you-to-say-these-things-since-you-either-knew-you/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/in-a-delightful-garden-sowing-planting-or-digging-are-not-hardship/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-you-could-understand-a-single-grain-of-wheat-you-would-die-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/he-who-believes-in-god-is-not-careful-for-the-morrow-but-labors/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-made-man-out-of-nothing-and-as-long-as-we-are-nothing-he-can-make/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“But the truth will win out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/but-the-truth-will-win-out/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-wants-us-to-pray-and-he-wants-to-hear-our-prayers-not-because-we/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-office-subjects-us-to-great-burdens-and-labors-dangers-and/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-faith-in-christ-does-not-free-us-from-works-but-from-false/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-works-of-the-righteous-would-be-mortal-sins-if-they-would-not-be/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/do-not-suppose-that-abuses-are-eliminated-by-destroying-the-object/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/for-we-maintain-that-a-man-is-justified-by-faith-apart-from-observing/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/there-are-only-two-days-on-my-calendar-today-and-the-day-of-judgment/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [ Antichrist is the pope and the Turk \[Muslim\] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/antichrist-is-the-pope-and-the-turk-muslim-together-a-beast-full-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-not-the-imitation-that-makes-sons-it-is-sonship-that-makes/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crosses/martin-luther/#itemlist", "name": "14 Crosses Quotes By Martin Luther", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The cross alone is our theology.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-cross-alone-is-our-theology/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/martin-luther-106_cross_the-cross-alone-is-our-theology-454546_454546.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/martin-luther-106_cross_the-cross-alone-is-our-theology-454546_454546.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/martin-luther-106_cross_the-cross-alone-is-our-theology-454546_454546.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The cross alone is our theology.” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God can be found only in suffering and the cross.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-can-be-found-only-in-suffering-and-the-cross/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/martin-luther-106_crosses_god-can-be-found-only-in-suffering-and-t_1111564.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/martin-luther-106_crosses_god-can-be-found-only-in-suffering-and-t_1111564.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/martin-luther-106_crosses_god-can-be-found-only-in-suffering-and-t_1111564.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God can be found only in suffering and the cross.” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/no-man-understands-the-scriptures-unless-he-be-acquainted-with-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/martin-luther-106_bible_no-man-understands-the-scriptures-unless_2582359.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/martin-luther-106_bible_no-man-understands-the-scriptures-unless_2582359.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/martin-luther-106_bible_no-man-understands-the-scriptures-unless_2582359.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What man, if he were God, would humble himself to lie in the feedbox of a donkey or to hang upon a cross?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/what-man-if-he-were-god-would-humble-himself-to-lie-in-the-feedbox-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/martin-luther-106_cross_what-man-if-he-were-god-would-humble-him_257921.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/martin-luther-106_cross_what-man-if-he-were-god-would-humble-him_257921.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/martin-luther-106_cross_what-man-if-he-were-god-would-humble-him_257921.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What man, if he were God, would humble himself to lie in the feedbox of a donkey or to hang upon a cross?” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Believest thou? then thou wilt speak boldly. 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When I consider my crosses, tribulations, and temptations, I shame myself almost to death, thinking what are they in comparison of the sufferings of my blessed Savior Christ Jesus.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-suffering-is-not-worthy-the-name-of-suffering-when-i-consider-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/martin-luther-106_blessed_our-suffering-is-not-worthy-the-name-of_2944744.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/martin-luther-106_blessed_our-suffering-is-not-worthy-the-name-of_2944744.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/martin-luther-106_blessed_our-suffering-is-not-worthy-the-name-of_2944744.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our suffering is not worthy the name of suffering. 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