Quotes by Ludwig Hofacker

Ludwig Hofacker (1798–1828) — Erweckungsprediger · Pietismus · Deutschland

Ludwig Hofacker (1798–1828) war ein württembergischer Pfarrer und ein zentraler Repräsentant der pietistischen Erweckungsbewegung des 19. Jahrhunderts. Bekannt wurde er durch seine existenzielle, buß- und kreuzeszentrierte Verkündigung, deren gedruckte Predigtsammlungen eine breite Leserschaft erreichten, von Zeitgenossen der theologischen Aufklärung jedoch als einseitig kritisiert wurden. Für Bibelleser steht er heute für eine kompromisslose Auslegung, die persönliche Leiderfahrungen mit dem Ernst von Sünde und Gnade verbindet.

Era: Revival & the 19th Century

Recurring topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Faith & Trust, Grace & Redemption, Meaning & Identity, Love, Courage & Strength, Grief & Comfort, Humility & Pride

Quotes by Ludwig Hofacker

Yes, wherever even a tiny mustard seed of faith is found in a heart, one may be certain: the Savior sees it and tends it.

Ludwig Hofacker

To heal, to still, to comfort, to gladden and to bless, and to meet our soul as a friend — this is Jesus’ delight.

Ludwig Hofacker

If the Lord has held us so dear and precious, then we too should hold ourselves dear and precious.

Ludwig Hofacker

You are the object of his love, his watchful care, his tending; he thinks of you, he goes after you day and night.

Ludwig Hofacker

But man has higher needs within him: God has put eternity into his heart.

Ludwig Hofacker

We are to look up to Jesus, exalted on the cross, and to keep looking up until it is given to us to believe that our sin and the sin of the whole world was atoned for there.

Ludwig Hofacker

It must be revealed in the heart that Jesus Christ, God’s Lamb, truly died on the trunk of the cross.

Ludwig Hofacker

To truly believe in the cross of the Son of God is not something we can achieve from ourselves; it is a creation of the regenerating Spirit of Jesus Christ himself.

Ludwig Hofacker

The ocean can be drained, but not the love of God.

Ludwig Hofacker

God does not force us. We must surrender our will to it and follow his call and his drawing.

Ludwig Hofacker

It is at our favorite passion that the devil likes best to attack us; through it he seeks most to bring us down, because there we are weakest.

Ludwig Hofacker

You say: I have a Savior. I confess him, I honor him, I love him. If that is truth, then blessed are you!

Ludwig Hofacker

Even here below on earth, everything serves and must serve the glorification and honor of the Creator.

Ludwig Hofacker

A main cause of our ingratitude toward God is probably the natural blindness and unbelief of our heart, in other words, our estrangement from God.

Ludwig Hofacker

Once one has become a partaker of Christ through sincere, earnest asking, one must also take care to remain in him.

Ludwig Hofacker

Sources: verlag-linea.de, bibelbund.de, schillerstadt-marbach.de, crossload.org

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