It is not I that smite, stab, and slay, but God and my prince, for my hand and my body are now their servants.
Martin LutherFather and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.
Martin LutherFaith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man would stake his life on it one thousand times. This confidence in God's grace and knowledge of it makes men glad and bold and happy in dealing with God and with all creatures; and this is the work of the Holy Ghost in faith.
Martin LutherThe first care of every Christian ought to be to lay aside all reliance on works, and strengthen his faith alone more and more, and by it grow in the knowledge, not of works, but of Christ Jesus, who has suffered and risen again for him.
Martin Luther