Soli Deo Gloria
Selected Scriptures
April 8, 2018
Tonight we come to our final of the 5 SOLAS
We are discussing SOLI DEO GLORIA
It of course means, “The Glory of God Alone”
And here is what you need to understand at the outset.
THIS IS THE PRIMARY SOLA
In fact, if you were forced to pick only 1 of the 5
As the one upon which you would stand, it must be this one.
To put it another way, the first 4 SOLAS all exist to make this one known.
Perhaps you remember that analogy we gave back at the beginning of our study about the 3 pillared building.
• We said the foundation is SOLA SCRIPTURA
• Then we said there are 3 pillars which are SOLA GRATIA, SOLA FIDE,
SOLUS CHRISTUS
• But the roof and pinnacle is SOLI DEO GLORIA
THE OTHERS ALL SUPPORT THIS ONE.
In fact, we can also say it like this.
If SOLI DEO GLORIA is true then all of the other 4 must be true as well.
But if any of the other 4 are not true then this one cannot be true either.
In order to believe SOLI DEO GLORIA
• Then you must believe that salvation is by grace alone apart from any merit
or ability found in the sinner.
• Then you must believe that salvation is by faith alone apart from any works
performed by the sinner.
• Then you must believe that salvation is in Christ alone apart from any
righteousness added by the sinner.
Because if you add any merit to the equation
Or if you add any works to the equation
Or if you add any righteousness to the equation
THEN GOD DIDN’T DO IT ALL
AND THEREFORE HE CANNOT RECEIVE ALL THE GLORY.
He might be able to receive most of the glory,
But if He didn’t do it all, then He can’t receive it all.
This is why we have held so closely to
That tremendous passage in 1 Corinthians 1
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 “For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no man may boast before God. But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it is written, “LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.”
• But if it’s the smart who come to Christ, then they at least get a little bit of credit for being smart enough to receive Him.
• Or if it’s the noble who come to Christ, then they at least get a little bit of credit for desiring good things over detestable ones.
• Or if it’s the strong who come to Christ, then they at least get a little bit of credit for being strong enough to resist the temptations of the world.
And that’s why God didn’t choose them.
He was making the point that salvation
Is a matter of His glory and His glory alone.
Paul made the point again to the Romans:
Romans 3:21-27 “But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.”
There Paul reminds of the mystery of justification by faith alone.
• God saved men apart from their work, but purely through His grace.
• God satisfied His own holy wrath through the death of His Son.
• Man contributed nothing to the salvation process.
This made God alone just.
And this made God alone the justifier.
Man can’t take any credit for either of those things.
To which Paul asks the question:
“Where then is boasting? It is excluded.”
If SOLI DEO GLORIA is true
Then all of the other SOLAS must be as well.
As R.C. Sproul put it:
“No semi-Pelagian can ever say with authenticity: “To God alone be the glory.” For the semi-Pelagian, God may be gracious, but in addition to God’s grace, my work of response is absolutely essential.”
https://www.ligonier.org/blog/soli-deo-gloria-god-alone-be-glory/
If you don’t remember the term semi-Pelagian…
It stemmed from that debate between Augustan and Pelagius.
It was Augustine who prayed: “Oh God, grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou dost desire,”
• Pelagius hated the notion of asking God to grant what He commanded.
• Pelagius wanted man to bear some of the responsibility.
• Pelagius was deemed a heretic, but semi-Pelagianism survived.
It is that belief that man isn’t dead by reason of the fall,
He’s just really really really sick, but he still has in him the ability to choose good
And therefore the moral responsibility to choose good.
The semi-Pelagian does not say that salvation is by grace alone
Because they believe man must also work towards regeneration.
And therefore if salvation is not by grace alone
It cannot be to the glory of God alone.
No semi-Pelagian can ever say “To God Alone be the glory.”
Nor can any Armenian say that
For they also don’t believe that salvation is a work of pure grace.
To further understand it, consider this question.
Do you know anyone who heard the same gospel you heard, but who is still lost? (of course you do)
The question then is this:
Why did you respond positively to Christ and them negatively?
• Would you say it’s because you are smarter than them? (no)
• Would you say it’s because you are more righteous than them? (no)
But think about it.
• If it’s a matter of free-will, you made the right decision, and they made the
wrong decision,
• So how else could you consider it than to say that you are saved and they are
not because you are more righteous than them?
• You make right decisions when they make wrong ones.
That’s absurd!
But that’s what Armenians and semi-Pelagians basically say.
Actually they don’t say it but that’s what makes their theology inconsistent.
But if that is true then salvation cannot be to the glory of God alone.
And that is the real problem.
BUT THAT IS ALSO THE PRIMARY REASON
THAT THE CHURCH TODAY RUNS INTO ARMENIANISM.
The church today is running so quickly into semi-Pelagianism
& Armenianism because deep down they want a piece of the glory
THERE IS NO GLORY TO BE HAD FOR US
If we believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
But if there is one sliver of human assistance in there
Then all of a sudden I find where I can share in the glory.
• And I can get glory for making the decision to follow Jesus
• And I can get glory for being a good enough preacher to persuade you to
follow Jesus
• And we can get glory for being a good enough church to make you want to
follow Jesus
We’ll sing “To God be the Glory”
We just don’t want God to get all the glory.
It is the most blatant idolatry of the current American church.
That is why I say this SOLA is the most important.
Not only does it require the first 4 to be true,
But it also most directly confronts the fallacy of the American church.
I think this is an area in which we have so badly missed the point.
I actually heard a preacher (on a video debate) the other day
Make this statement.
That, “The primary message of the Bible from Genesis to maps is ________________”
And what do you think he said?
I’ll bet you can answer it.
He said the main message is REDEMPTION.
That sounds good doesn’t it?
Now what if I tell you that that is the wrong answer?
The primary message of the Bible is not redemption,
The primary message of the Bible is the glory of God.
As David VanDrunen said:
“Nevertheless, many writers have suggested that Soli Deo Gloria is in fact the central strand that holds all of the Reformation solas together. I’m inclined to think they’re correct. Consider the main point of the other solas. They communicate that salvation does not come by our own works, no matter how noble, and that the final authority for Christian faith and life is never our own word, no matter how wise. God is the one who saves, and God is the one who speaks pure and life-giving truth. But this is another way of saying that all honor and renown belongs to God, not to ourselves. Only the Lamb who was slain is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll (Rev 5:1-7)—“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever” (Rev 5:13)!
This reminds us that the heart of the Christian message is not that the Bible is God’s inspired word or that salvation comes by grace through faith in Christ, as crucial as these truths are. The heart of the Christian message, in other words, is God himself, not how we are saved or what source of wisdom we seek.
This is always a timely message for us, who are inclined toward a variety of vices that keep turning our sights sinfully inward.”
https://zondervanacademic.com/blog/common-places-the-five-solas-soli-deo-gloria/
THE HEART OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE IS GOD HIMSELF.
Now, is God glorified in redemption? ABSOLUTELY
Consider that chapter we just looked at a couple of weeks ago
While talking about being IN CHRIST
TURN TO: EPHESIANS 1
We remember there in verse 3 how Paul began by saying:
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”,
• Certainly that is a statement reflecting Glory.
But then Paul went on to say how God chose us in Christ.
He spoke of election and predestination.
Do you remember why God chose us?
(READ VS. 4-6)
God did that “to the praise of the glory of His grace.”
Paul also spoke about us having an inheritance in Christ.
Do you remember why God gave us an inheritance?
(READ VS. 10b-12)
“to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.”
Paul also spoke about our security in Christ and how we were sealed in Him.
Do you remember why God sealed us in Christ?
(READ VS. 13-14)
“to the praise of His glory”
Yes, God is certainly glorified in redemption.
God’s glory is the whole point of redemption.
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL that God is glorified in,
And therefore redemption is not the only point of Scripture.
Let me give you a couple of others this evening.
GOD IS ALSO GLORIFIED IN CREATION.
Psalms 19:1-6 “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course. Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.”
Or consider what Paul wrote in Romans 1
Romans 1:18-20 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.”
David looked at creation and said:
Psalms 8 “O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens! From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty! You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!”
When God responded to Job from the middle of the storm, do we not remember God’s rebuke?
TURN TO: JOB 38:4-38
God was speaking of the glory that is due Him simply because of creation.
But that’s still not the only way in which God glorifies Himself.
GOD ALSO GLORIFIES HIMSELF IN JUDGMENT OF THE WICKED
Isaiah 5:16 “But the LORD of hosts will be exalted in judgment, And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.”
Ezekiel 28:22 “and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, And I will be glorified in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments in her, And I will manifest My holiness in her.”
Ezekiel 39:21 “And I will set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them.”
Consider Revelation 19 and what is referred to as the Hallelujah Chorus where all of heaven glorifies God because of His destruction of the wicked.
Revelation 19:1-5 “After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and HE HAS AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS ON HER.” And a second time they said, “Hallelujah! HER SMOKE RISES UP FOREVER AND EVER.” And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!” And a voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.”
God is certainly glorified in the salvation of sinners
But He is equally glorified in the judgment of sinners.
This is why we say that the glory of God is the main point of Scripture.
It’s not just redemption even though that is a tremendous point.
The main point of Scripture is the glory of God.
The Bible is about Him, not you.
And this is really a problem that I think the church must remedy.
The shift I see taking place so often in the American church
Is that Bible stories and Bible doctrines
Are taking on a much more narcissistic feel.
We tend to think it’s about us.
We tend to think it all revolves around us.
God’s existence is for our happiness…
• He is there to heal us when we hurt…
• He is there to protect us when we are in danger…
• He is there to provide for us when we are in need…
• He is there to comfort us when we are mourning…
We tend to think the story is about the sovereignty of man and his little genie named God who exists for the sole purpose of making man happy.
But nothing could be more backward.
Have you ever for once even considered your own insignificance?
Look at what you are in the context of CREATION.
Consider how small a part of it you are.
Are you really supposed to look at the grandeur of creation and come to the conclusion of your own importance?
Absolutely not!
John Piper wrote:
“This universe is not intended to portray the importance of man. It is intended to give some inkling to the grandeur of God. And it is an understatement!”
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/soli-deo-gloria
Steven Curtis Chapman wrote in his song “Much of You”
“How could I stand here And watch the sun rise Follow the mountains Where they touch the sky Ponder the vastness And the depths of the sea And think for a moment The point of it all was to make much of me?”
Or we remember the famous lyrics by Stuart K. Hine
“O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds Thy hands have made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed. Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee; How great Thou art, how great Thou art!”
Or the song by Laura Story
“From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea Creation revealing Your majesty. From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring; every creature unique in the song that it sings. all exclaiming, Indescribable, uncontainable, You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name. You are amazing God. All powerful, untameable, awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim You are amazing God. Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go, or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow? Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light, yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night? None can fathom.”
You ought to be able to look at creation and see that
It DOES NOT EXIST to reveal your greatness.
David said:
Psalms 95:1-5 “O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God And a great King above all gods, In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land.”
When you contemplate the very world in which we live,
You should quickly see that it’s not about you.
Colette Goodall “You are not the center of the universe.”
In fact, I’d shock you even further by reminding you that
Even the rock on which you dwell is not the center of the universe.
Creation is not about you or your glory.
You don’t have free reign over creation,
• God has set a boundary for your habitation.
You’ll never grasp the far expanses of space,
• God alone dwells in immortality and unapproachable light.
When you ponder creation, it’s not about you.
Now consider who God is in regard to creation.
Isaiah 40:12 “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?”
After building the temple Solomon confessed:
2 Chronicles 2:6 “But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to burn incense before Him?”
Isaiah continues:
Isaiah 40:21-26 “Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the storm carries them away like stubble. “To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing.”
Now you tell me who creation is meant to glorify.
Creation glorifies God, and we know that.
Or ponder your own insignificance in REGARD TO JUDGMENT
Are you really to assume that the reason millions are cast into hell and undergo the tortures of judgment for all eternity is because of the way they offended you?
• Does hell exist because you have been offended?
• Does hell exist because you have been wronged?
• Was the flood because men had offended Noah?
• Was the judgment of Sodom because men had offended Lot?
Of course not, that is absurd!
Hell is there because men have offended God.
Judgment is because men have rebelled against God.
Romans 1:18-21 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”
It is not primarily about you.
And certainly you understand that.
Judgment is the place where God demonstrates
His unfailing justice in the destruction of the wicked
Who have dared to rebel against His sovereign rule.
Judgment, like creation, is about the glory of God.
• Your glory was not at the center of creation.
• Your glory is not at the center of judgment.
And I think we know both of those things.
So why do so many in the church today
Think that redemption is all about them?
IT IS NOT.
It is not about these valuable little humans who are so important that God just couldn’t bear to exist without them.
Redemption is about the glory of a God who chose to save
The most wicked and vile and detestable part of His creation;
Namely sinful man.
• It is a testimony to His grace, not your value.
• It is a testimony to His mercy, not your desirability.
• It is a testimony to His power, not your worth.
Just consider for a moment what a little part you are in the grand scheme of the story of redemption.
How did James say it?
James 4:14 “Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.”
Psalms 39:4-5 “LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. “Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.”
Psalms 144:3-4 “O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him? Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow.”
Ponder for just a moment what a small speck you are in the story.
God’s plan of redemption is not revolving around you.
• You are not the center of the universe.
• You are not the reason for judgment.
• And you are not the pinnacle figure of God’s redemption.
God is not bound to bring about any form of result in your lifespan.
• Consider how He didn’t put Moses into service until he was 80 years old.
• Consider how Joseph was forced to endure years of slavery and prison.
• Consider how Isaiah was sent to a people who couldn’t hear.
• Consider how John the Baptist or the apostles were martyred early.
The story wasn’t about them.
They were merely people God used under His own sovereign prerogative to glorify Himself.
It wasn’t about them, and it’s not about us.
Redemption is certainly all about the glory of God.
That is why in heaven people don’t sit around in groups
And discuss how much they deserve to be there.
• They aren’t running from one heavenly golf course to the next…
• They aren’t pulling slots in some heavenly casino…
• They aren’t fishing in some heavenly lake…
• As though the creation of heaven had anything to do with the gratification of
their human flesh.
In heaven there is no confusion regarding who gets the glory.
Revelation 4:8-11 “And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY,WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME.” And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”
Revelation 5:8-14 “When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. “You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.” Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.” And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.” And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.”
Revelation 19:1-6 “After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and HE HAS AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS ON HER.” And a second time they said, “Hallelujah! HER SMOKE RISES UP FOREVER AND EVER.” And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!” And a voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.” Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.”
God is being glorified.
• Glorified for creation
• Glorified for salvation
• Glorified for judgment
If we could just say it clearly and plainly.
IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU.
• It’s not about your glory
• It’s not about your happiness
• It’s not about your fulfillment
• It’s not about your comfort
• It’s not even about your salvation
(Yes those things are bi-products which we certainly receive from God)
BUT THE PURPOSE OF ALL THINGS IS THE GLORY OF GOD.
The Westminster Confession states it beautifully:
“Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.”
It was precisely what the Psalmist said:
Psalms 115:1 “Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.”
The story of Scripture is not the story of the value of man.
The story of Scripture is the story of the glory of God.
IT IS NOT THE STORY of how wonderful and important man is
And how God loved them so much that
He just couldn’t bear to go through eternity without them.
THE STORY OF THE BIBLE IS ABOUT how wonderful and important and gracious and majestic and holy God is.
He proves grace through the salvation of sinners
And He proves justice through the destruction of sinners.
It is important to note that:
God does not exist because of man,
But rather man exists because of God.
As Paul wrote:
1 Corinthians 8:6 “yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.”
And really tonight I didn’t want to do anything more
Than remind you of that.
EVERYTHING IS ABOUT SOLI DEO GLORIA.
• This is the pinnacle
• This is the chief end
• This is the purpose of it all
Everything God does He does for His own glory.
• This includes creation
• This includes the fall of man
• This includes the period of the patriarchs, the judges, the kings, and the exile.
• This includes the sending of Christ and the redemption of the cross.
• This includes the rejection of Israel, the grafting in of Gentiles.
• This includes the return of Christ and His glorious reign
• This includes the judgment of the wicked
It’s all about the glory of God.
And to that end let me remind you of a very important aspect of this.
Isaiah 42:8 “I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.”
Isaiah 48:11 “For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another.”
GOD DOES NOT SHARE HIS GLORY.
This is actually one of the reasons we are so confident that
SOLA GRATIA, SOLA FIDE, and SOLUS CHRISTUS are in fact accurate.
Because only through them does God actually receive all the glory.
And God would have it no other way.
So tonight I just put that out there for you and we’ll talk some more about it next time.
