Love for the Word and Luther

Here is an excerpt from a book called "Rediscovering Expository Preaching."

Martin Luther (1483–1546) spoke of the supreme importance of the Word when he wrote, “The Word comes first, and with the Word the Spirit breathes upon my heart so that I believe.” He also noted, "Let us then consider it certain and conclusively established that the soul can do without all things except the Word of God, and that where this is not there is no help for the soul in anything else whatever. But if it has the Word it is rich and lacks nothing, since this Word is the Word of life, of truth, of light, of peace, of righteousness, of salvation, of joy, of liberty, of wisdom, of power, of grace, of glory, and of every blessing beyond our power to estimate."