--- title: "7 Sermons Quotes By Martin Luther" description: "7 Sermons quotes by Martin Luther. Plus more from Martin Luther and more Sermons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/martin-luther-106_inspirational_he-that-has-but-one-word-of-god-before-h_427933.jpg" --- > [He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/he-that-has-but-one-word-of-god-before-him-and-out-of-that-word/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/martin-luther-106_inspirational_he-that-has-but-one-word-of-god-before-h_427933.jpg) > [I have many times essayed thoroughly to investigate the ten commandments, but at the very outset, "I am the Lord thy God,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/i-have-many-times-essayed-thoroughly-to-investigate-the-ten/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/martin-luther-106_commandments_i-have-many-times-essayed-thoroughly-to_1317869.jpg) > [It is an unsufferable blasphemy to reject the public ministry or to say that people can become holy without sermons and Church.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-an-unsufferable-blasphemy-to-reject-the-public-ministry-or-to/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68f/martin-luther-106_blasphemy_it-is-an-unsufferable-blasphemy-to-rejec_1641043.jpg) > [Albert Durer, the famous painter, used to say he had no pleasure in pictures that were painted with many colors, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/albert-durer-the-famous-painter-used-to-say-he-had-no-pleasure-in/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/martin-luther-106_choices_albert-durer-the-famous-painter-used-to_1693228.jpg) > [It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-not-necessary-for-a-preacher-to-express-all-his-thoughts-in-one/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/martin-luther-106_chiefs_it-is-not-necessary-for-a-preacher-to-ex_2131680.jpg) > [ \[Christ's\] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/christ-s-mission-and-work-it-is-to-help-against-sin-and-death-to/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/martin-luther-106_air_christ-s-mission-and-work-it-is-to-help_2225886.jpg) > [Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/some-plague-the-people-with-too-long-sermons-for-the-faculty-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/martin-luther-106_christian-ministry_some-plague-the-people-with-too-long-ser_2363081.jpg) ## Other authors on Sermons - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-max-lucado-65870.jpg) Max Lucado 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/max-lucado/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/charles-spurgeon/) - [Shannon L. 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Moody 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/dwight-l-moody/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vance-havner-93139.jpg) Vance Havner 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/vance-havner/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-green-ingersoll-79794.jpg) Robert Green Ingersoll 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/robert-green-ingersoll/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/mahatma-gandhi/) ## 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/sermons/martin-luther/#itemlist", "name": "7 Sermons Quotes By Martin Luther", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/he-that-has-but-one-word-of-god-before-him-and-out-of-that-word/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/martin-luther-106_inspirational_he-that-has-but-one-word-of-god-before-h_427933.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/martin-luther-106_inspirational_he-that-has-but-one-word-of-god-before-h_427933.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/martin-luther-106_inspirational_he-that-has-but-one-word-of-god-before-h_427933.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a…” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have many times essayed thoroughly to investigate the ten commandments, but at the very outset, \"I am the Lord thy God,\" I stuck fast; that very one word, I, put me to a non-plus. 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