Soli Deo Gloria

1. Soli gratia
By “grace alone”: By the grace of God are we allowed to know the person of Christ, and come to salvation. Out of his sheer grace faith is allowed to us. Out of His sheer grace He gave us His Son. Out of his sheer grace we awoke this morning. And still by His sheer grace you take breath as you read this. Amazing grace must be our song until we encounter Him, for how else can we describe how humanity lingers on in our wallow of sin? I must cry grace, for it is all I will ever truly know.
Substantiating texts:
Proverbs 3:34 “He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.”
Jonah 2:8 “Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.”
John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, Full of grace.”
1:16 “From the fullness of his grace, we have all received one blessing after another.”
1:17 “for the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”
Acts 15:11 “No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
Acts 18:27 “… He was a great help to those who by grace had believed.”
Romans 5:20 “Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.”
6:14 “ For sin shall not be you master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.”
Romans 11:5 “So too, there is a remnant chosen by grace.”
1 Corinthians 15:10 “By the grace of God I am what I am…”
2 Corinthians 8:9 “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.”
12:9 “My grace is sufficient for you, my strength made perfect in weakness.”
Ephesians 1:6 “to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us the One he loves.”

2. Soli fides
By “faith alone”: Do we come to the point of reconciliation (however, not crossing the point). After we have been given the grace to have faith in Christ then can we finish.
Substantiating texts:
Proverbs 28:20 “ A faithful man will be richly blessed…”
Isaiah 26:2“Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nations that keeps faith.”
Habakkuk 2:4 “Behold the proud his soul is upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.”
Matthew 9:2 “Some men brought to him a paralytic man when he say their faith, he said to the paralytic, ‘take heart son, your sins are forgiven you.’ “
9:22 “ …Your faith has healed you…”
9:29 “ …according to your faith it will be done to you.”
15:28 “ ‘Women you have great faith! Your request is granted.’ And her daughter was healed from that very hour.”
21:21 “I tell you if you have faith and do no doubt not only can you do what is done to the fig tree, but also can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself in the sea.’ And it will be done.”
Mark 11:22 “Have faith in God.”
Luke 22:32 “ But I have prayed for you, Simon, that you faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
Acts 3:16 “ By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see.”
Acts 11:24 “ He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and great number of people were brought to the Lord.”
Acts 15:9 “ He mad no distinction between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.”
Acts 20:21 “ I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Romans 1:17 “ For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous shall live be faith.”
Romans 3:22 “This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, there is no difference.
Romans 3:26 “ He did not demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be the just and the justifier of those who have faith in Jesus.
3:28 “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.
2 Corinthians 5:7 “We live by faith not by sight.”
Galatians 3:24 “The law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.”
3:26 “All you are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 2:8 “it is by grace you have been saved through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is a gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.”

3. Soli Cristo
By “Christ alone”: Are we saved, no other can save us. Only through the person of Christ, who, surely, bore our transgressions upon the cross, reconciling the elect to God. Causing Salvations effect to take full hold, a hold that can never be loosed.

Substantiating Texts:
Isaiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Recap: By the grace of God can we come to the saving faith in God, and by Jesus is Salvation made whole.

4. Soli Deo Gloria
To God alone is the glory. We receive no glory from our own salvation. The part we play is little, if any. Salvation is far to big a thing for a mere mortal selfish human to receive any of its glory. God is the instigator as well as the close of salvation. There is nothing that merits those that He chooses, nothing to separate them from the crowd, if there was something to separate you from the crowd then you are a far better person than I can ever hope to be. He chooses the elect out of His sheer pleasure, that He might receive the total summation of the glory that comes form being saved. If man were entrusted with salvation then (at lest for me) he would chose himself every time, due to his sin nature. But, once again, by the grace of God is not left up to us, He picks His elect, that he might receive the glory and that we might receive the grace.