Quotes about God
Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.
— Martin Luther
So our Lord God commonly gave riches to those gross asses to whom he vouchsafed nothing else.
— Martin Luther
The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns.
— Martin Luther
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
— Martin Luther
Pray, and let God worry.
— Martin Luther
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
— Martin Luther
The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience the Holy Spirit is active, and has taught us in the flash of a moment the deep secret of joy. You will have as much joy and laughter in life as you have faith in God.
— Martin Luther
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
— Martin Luther
Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music.
— Martin Luther
This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.
— Martin Luther
When God's righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God's action of declaring righteous the unrighteous sinner who has faith in Jesus Christ. The righteousness by which a person is justified (declared righteous) is not his own but that of another, Christ.
— Martin Luther
The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.
— Martin Luther