Five Solas: Solus Christus (Christus Victor)
Christ on the Cross: [CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD SERMON] Jesus Died to Crush Our Enemies (Christus Victor) “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.” C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters Slavery to our Enemy Scripture attributes many names to Satan including the Dragon, Serpent, Enemy, Devil, Tempter, Murderer, Father of Lies, Adversary, Accuser, Destroyer, and the Evil One. His knowledge, presence, and power are limited...
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Christ on the Cross: Jesus Died in Our Place (Substitutionary Atonement) “…Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.” 1 Corinthians 15:3 Nearly 2,000 years ago a poor, homeless, single man in his early 30′s was executed by crucifixion like many other common criminals. He never wrote a book, never traveled more than 200 miles from his home, never held a political office, never married or had children, and never ran a company. His name is Jesus Christ and history is divided into the periods before and after his life, Time magazine named him “Man of...
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-The Five Solas of the Reformation- Solus Christus From Wikipedia: Solus Christus is one of the five solas propounded to summarise the Reformers’ basic beliefs during the Protestant Reformation; it is a Latin term referring to salvation through Christ alone. The emphasis was in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day. The Protestants characterize the dogma concerning the Pope as Christ’s representative head of the Church on earth, the concept of meritorious works, and the Catholic idea of a treasury of the merits of saints, as a denial that Christ...
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