Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills.
Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
We are but the instruments or assistants, by whom God works.
The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.
I almost feel like throwing Jimmy into the stove, as the priest in Kulenberg did.
One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, 'Do this,' and it is never done. Grace says, 'Believe in this,' and everything is already done.