We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, "They shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

When the gospel flourishes in the church, everything flourishes with it.

Every doer of the law and every moral worker is accursed, for he walketh in the presumption of his own righteousness.

If I had to baptise a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words 'I baptise thee in the name of Abraham'.

I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.

A dairymaid can milk cows to the glory of God