Five Solas: Sola Gratia (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
Sola Gratia “By Grace Alone” Grace is a very precious reality. Today, I would guess that the average person likens grace to the beautiful movement of an ice skater. Then they might say grace is a short prayer before meals. And finally, they might say grace is undeserved kindness. What is the doctrine of Justification by Grace through Faith Alone: Read Ephesians 2:1-10 It is by God’s Grace (unmerited favor), therefore, that salvation is granted to man, on the condition that we put our faith (piðstiv, meaning belief or confidence, in other words, trust) in Jesus Christ as...
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Scripture – Part 2 (Mark Driscoll) The Duty of Searching the Scriptures Author: George Whitefield “Search the Scriptures.” – John 5:39 Our blessed Lord, though he was the eternal God, yet as man, he made the scriptures his constant rule and guide. And therefore, when he was asked by the lawyer, which was the great commandment of the law, he referred him to his Bible for an answer, “What readest thou?” And thus, when led by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil, he repelled all his assaults, with “it is written.” A sufficient confutation this,...
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We’re doing a five-week study on the Gospel using the Five Solas of the Reformation as the framework: The Five Solas are five Latin phrases (or slogans) that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the Reformers’ basic theological beliefs in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day. The Latin word sola means “alone” in English. The five solas were what the Reformers believed to be the only things needed in their respective functions in Christian salvation. Listing them as such was also done with a view to excluding...
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