Quotes about Grace
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
The sin and wrath which Moses arouses through his ministry that Prophet cancels through righteousness and grace by His ministry.
— Martin Luther
But whoever wants to call upon God, regardless of where he may be in the world, must turn His face heavenward to Christ and thus come to God through Christ, the real and true temple. For Christ is the proper mercy seat (Rom 3:25), with whom sheer mercy, love, and kindness are found. But whoever seeks God apart from Christ will find the God described by Moses as 'a devouring fire' (Deut. 4:24).
— Martin Luther
Sinners are attractive because they are loved; they are not loved because they are attractive.
— Martin Luther
The love of God does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to it.
— Martin Luther
These two words, grace and peace, include all that belong to Christianity. Grace releases sin, and peace makes the conscience quiet. The
— Martin Luther
True freedom is being free from sin. How
— Martin Luther
God will not permit all men to enter heaven; those who are his own he will receive with all readiness.
— 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
God wants to give us more than we ask for, not just fulfill our weak prayers. Joseph
— 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 is acquired by works.
— Martin Luther
But grace has changed my nature for the better, to keep me from joining them and shedding innocent blood.
— Martin Luther