Grace Quotes by Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

We should die relying on grace alone

— Martin Luther

Faith is a living, daring, confidence in God's grace.

— Martin Luther

Let Christ's righteousness and grace, not yours, be your refuge.

— Martin Luther

The inner man cannot be forced to do out of his own free will, what he should do, except the grace of…

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

The saved are singled out not by their own merits, but by the grace of the Mediator.

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

We find no rest for our weary bones unless we cling to the word of grace.

— Martin Luther

The will of man without grace is not free, but is enslaved, and that too with its own consent.

— Martin Luther

This is the mystery of the riches of divine grace for sinners; for by a wonderful exchange our sins are now not…

— Martin Luther

Hereby we may understand that God, of His special grace, maketh the teachers of the gospel subject to the Cross, and to…

— Martin Luther

All the passages in the Holy Scriptures that mention assistance are they that do away with "free-will", and these are countless...For grace…

— Martin Luther

If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace,…

— Martin Luther

One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, 'Do this,'…

— Martin Luther

If any man ascribes anything of salvation, even the very least thing, to the free will of man, he knows nothing of…

— Martin Luther

“We teach that all men are naturally depraved. We condemn man's free will, his strength, wisdom, and righteousness. We say that we…

— Martin Luther

A man who has no part in the grace of God, cannot keep the commandments of God, or prepare himself, either wholly…

— Martin Luther

Satan, the god of all dissension, stirreth up daily newsects and last of all, which of all other I should never have…

— Martin Luther

Our preaching does not stop with the law. That would lead to wounding without binding up, striking down and not healing, killing…

— Martin Luther

For God is not gracious and merciful to sinners to the end that they might not keep his Law, nor that they…

— Martin Luther

The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the…

— Martin Luther

This is that mystery which is rich in divine grace unto sinners: wherein by a wonderful exchange, our sins are no longer…

— Martin Luther

Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favour that it would risk death a thousand times…

— Martin Luther

God has surely promised His grace to the humbled: that is, to those who mourn over and despair of themselves. But a…

— Martin Luther

But Satan, the god of all dissension, stirreth up daily new sects, and last of all (which of all other I should…

— Martin Luther

The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first…

— Martin Luther

Does it follow from: 'turn ye' that therefore you can turn? Does it follow from "'Love the Lord thy God with all…

— Martin Luther

Those who lapse from the Gospel to the Law are no better off than those who lapse from grace to idolatry.

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it…

— Martin Luther

God does not give grace freely in the sense that He will demand no satisfaction, but He gave Christ to be the…

— Martin Luther

Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes

— Martin Luther

If God were willing to sell His grace, we would accept it more quickly and gladly than when He offers it for…

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“Christ is no Moses, no law-giver, no tyrant, but the Mediator for sins, the Giver of grace and life.”

— Martin Luther

The will of man without the grace of God is not free at all, but is the permanent prisoner and bondslave of…

— Martin Luther

This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace…

— Martin Luther