Quotes about Redemption
Be a sinner and sin mightily, but more mightily believe and rejoice in Christ.
— Martin Luther
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
— Martin Luther
God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
— Martin Luther
Preach [and live] as if Jesus was crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today, and is returning tomorrow.
— Martin Luther
This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.
— Martin Luther
Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
— Martin Luther
To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes the preaching.
— Martin Luther
He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
— Martin Luther
All we who believe on Christ are kings and priests in Christ.
— Martin Luther
I frankly confess that even if it were possible I should not wish to have free choice given to me, or to have anything left in my own hands by which I might strive for salvation.
— Martin Luther
If you try to deal with sin in your conscience, let it remain there, and continue to look at it in your heart, your sins will become too strong for you. They will seem to live forever. But when you think of your sins as being on Christ and boldly believe that he conquered them through his resurrection, then they are dead and gone. Sin can't remain on Christ. His resurrection swallowed up sin.
— Martin Luther
Everything bad in the Old Testament (and there's a lot) is there to point out our sin, while everything good in the Old Testament is there to point us to our Savior.
— Martin Luther