Quotes about Power
For the will is of no more power, and does no more with the Word, if the Spirit to move within be wanting; nor is it of less power, nor does it do less without the Word, if the Spirit be present, seeing that, all depends upon the power and operation of the Holy Spirit.
— Martin Luther
Even if those in authority are evil or without faith, nevertheless the authority and its power is good and from God…. Therefore, where there is power and where it flourishes, there it is and there it remains because God has ordained it.
— Martin Luther
For He has His strength in His mouth, not a sword in His hand.
— Martin Luther
The gospel is a powerful word, but it cannot do its work without trials. No one will discover its power unless they experience it. The gospel can show its power only where there is a cross and where there is suffering.
— Martin Luther
That's why God imposes the cross on all believers. He wants us to experience and demonstrate God's power.
— Martin Luther
For the Spirit blows where He wills (John 3:8), not where we will.
— Martin Luther
The Ten Commandments have no right to condemn that conscience in which Jesus dwells, for Jesus has taken from the Ten Commandments the right and power to curse us.
— Martin Luther
and whatever good Germany has is not the result of her own power, virtue, or wisdom, but has been received from those rejected, despised, and accursed people who are called Christians
— Martin Luther
For this is the judgment of God: "He hath cast down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.
— Martin Luther
For if "Free-will" cannot of itself will good, but wills good by grace alone, (for we are speaking of "Free-will" apart from grace and inquiring into the power which properly belongs to each) who does not see, that that good will, merit, and reward, belong to grace alone.
— Martin Luther
His righteousness rises above the sins of all men; His life is more powerful than all death; His salvation is more unconquerable than all hell.
— Martin Luther
The Lord who has given us power to teach and to hear, let Him also give us the power to serve and to do.
— Martin Luther