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 It's truly a pleasure to be here today.

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 Thank you, Jason, for inviting me down.

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 Would you please bow with me as we go to the Lord in prayer?

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 Almighty gracious Father, since our whole salvation depends on our true understanding of your holy word,

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 grant that our hearts, freed from worldly affairs, may hear and understand your word with all diligence and faith,

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 so that we may rightly discern your gracious will, cherish it, and live by it with all earnestness.

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 To your praise and honor, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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 Would you please turn in your copy of God's word to Romans chapter 5, and we will read verses 1 and 2.

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 And please stand for the reading of God's word.

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 And when I'm done reading, I will say, this is the word of the Lord, and your reply will be, thanks be to God.

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 Romans 5, 1 and 2 says this,

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 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Through him, we have also obtained access by faith into his grace in which we stand,

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 and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 Political activist Marcus Garvey said this,

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 A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.

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 Friends, today we're going to take a brief look at our history and roots as God's covenant people.

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 The verses in Romans we just read summarize well the heart of the Protestant Reformation.

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 And there's no better day than Reformation Sunday,

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 and no better place than Reformed Heritage Church,

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 to talk about our legacy that was birthed in the unlikely place of Germany.

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 Now, while tomorrow most of the nation will be celebrating Halloween,

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 we as Protestants must remember that October 31st stands as one of the most important days in our history for the past 505 years.

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 Why is this?

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 Because it was October 31st, 1517, that a young German monk named Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses,

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 which was a challenge to the Roman Catholic Church doctrine,

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 to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany,

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 sparking the move known as the Protestant Reformation.

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 So why the church door?

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 Because at the time, the church door acted as a type of town bulletin board,

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 a medieval Twitter, if you will.

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 And Luther's 95 Thesis was an invitation to public debate with his fellow university professors

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 over the sale of indulgences.

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 And because the printing press had recently been invented,

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 Luther's ideas were printed and spread rapidly throughout Europe.

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 So what prompted Luther?

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 So visually picture this.

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 A church built in the 4th century.

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 It's called the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran Church

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 and was built in honor of John the Baptist.

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 Above the entrance, the builders engraved these words,

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 the mother and head of all the churches in Rome and all the world.

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 And these engraved words accurately express the authority that the Roman Catholic Church

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 held over Europe for more than a thousand years.

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 And at the time, for Luther, there was no other church in Europe.

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 And the Western world was dominated by the power of the Roman Catholic Church.

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 It controlled and shaped all religious activity and heavenly influence politics in Europe

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 since approximately 476 AD.

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 Now, despite its power, there was a darkness within the ranks of the Roman Catholic Church.

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 It was characterized by political intrigue, moral corruption, and Burdesen ritual.

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 The church had replaced the authority of Scripture with its own traditions

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 and obscured the message of the gospel

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 by making grace only available to the sinner if you did your part by works.

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 Now, as Luther studied the Scriptures, these corruptions troubled him.

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 But his breaking point came through the work of a Dominican friar by the name John Tetzel.

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 Now, Tetzel was commissioned by the church to raise money for the ongoing construction

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 of St. Peter Basilica in Rome.

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 And Tetzel, like a door-to-door salesman, would move from town to town selling indulgences.

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 Now, indulgences were written promises from the Pope

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 that if you purchased one, you or a loved one would get time reduced in purgatory.

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 Tetzel would call out in an authoritative voice,

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 As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs.

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 Now, Tetzel's falsity spurred Luther into action.

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 So, let's take a minute to understand who Luther was.

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 Throughout history, Martin Luther has been portrayed as a simple or obscure monk.

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 But in reality, at the time he posted his 95 Thesis,

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 he was head of his monastery and the district superior over 11 other monasteries.

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 He had a master of arts and a doctorate in theology.

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 Luther was known as a great preacher, lecturer, and teacher at Wittenberg University.

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 He was the first professor in Germany to lecture in the Bible's original languages of Hebrew and Greek.

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 And he was also one of the first professors in Germany to lecture in the German language

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 instead of the traditional Latin that was advocated by the Roman Catholic Church.

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 No, Luther was not a simple or obscure monk.

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 So, what was his 95 Thesis?

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 The 95 Thesis reflected Luther's great theological mind

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 and would later become the foundation of the Reformation itself.

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 It was written in a remarkably humble and academic tone,

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 questioning rather than accusing,

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 and the overall thrust of the document, nonetheless, for the time, was quite provocative.

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 The first two points of his Thesis contained Luther's central idea.

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 One, that God intended believers to seek repentance,

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 not penance, but repentance.

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 And second, that faith alone and not deeds would lead to salvation.

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 The other 93 Thesis that followed supported these first two

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 with a number of them directly criticizing the practices of indulgences.

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 Again, the 95 Thesis was intended to spark debate,

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 to stir some soul-searching among his fellow brothers in the church.

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 And the 95 Thesis sparked far more than just a debate.

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 It revealed the church was far beyond rehabilitation.

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 It needed reformation.

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 The church and the world would never be the same.

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 The Protestant Reformation itself was a callback to biblical Christianity,

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 to acknowledge that the authority on all matters,

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 both for the church and believers,

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 is God's word alone,

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 and that sinful man is reconciled with God by faith in Christ alone.

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 It literally changed the European cultural, religious, social, and political landscape,

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 and is often referred to as the birth of the modern age.

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 Although there were earlier movements in response to the corruption of the church,

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 modern technology in the form of the printing press

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 allowed for the dissemination of Protestant literature

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 and the publication of the Bible in the vernacular,

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 resulting in widespread support for the movement.

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 This brought an end to the monolithic religious, cultural, and political authority

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 that the Roman Catholic Church had held on Europe.

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 This evident corruption of the Roman Catholic Church

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 had left the church's theological landscape

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 as dry tinder,

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 waiting for combustion,

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 and Luther was the match.

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 Though Luther ignited the fire that started the Reformation,

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 God used Luther's work to influence other men in other countries.

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 In the Swiss city of Zurich,

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 Ulrich Zwingli was introducing reform

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 on the basis of citizens reading the Bible.

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 In England, William Tyndale was influenced by Luther's ideas,

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 and he was working on translating the Bible into English,

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 which actually he'd be burned at the stake for.

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 John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland,

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 was writing and reforming the city into a literal city of God.

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 John Knox in Scotland adopted Luther's position on justification

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 and helped write the Scottish Confession.

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 Thomas Cranmer, Theodore Beza, Philip Melanchthon,

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 and other scholars and churchmen

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 contributed to the Protestant Reformation

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 that would reform all of Europe and the Western world.

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 Now, in the following years of Luther's ministry,

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 he would continue to challenge the most powerful organization in the world

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 on their authority and on their doctrine.

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 At the historic interrogation of Luther,

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 at the Diet of Worms in 1521,

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 where he was summoned by the church to recant of his writings,

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 he answers his accusers this way,

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 unless I am convinced by Scripture of the clear reason,

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 of by clear reason,

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 for I do not trust either in the Pope or councils alone,

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 since it is well known that they have erred and contradicted themselves,

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 I am bound by the Scriptures that I have quoted,

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 and my conscience is captive to the Word of God.

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 I cannot and will not retract anything,

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 since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience.

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 I cannot do otherwise.

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 Here I stand.

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 May God help me.

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 Now, Luther's dramatic performance at the Diet of Worms

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 ended any hope of reconciliation with the Roman Catholic Church.

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 He was officially declared a heretic and an outlaw,

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 which effectively was a death sentence at the time.

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 Yet, despite this burden,

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 Luther would go on to develop and refine his view of ecclesiology

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 and the doctrines that would fuel the Protestant Reformation.

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 Now, although not written down in a tidy list as we have them today,

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 what flowed out of Luther's writings and the writings of other reformers

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 is what we know as the five solas.

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 These five Latin statements serve as a summary of the core beliefs

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 that separate Protestantism from Roman Catholicism.

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 And it captures the core of the gospel in all its graciousness

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 and Christ-centeredness,

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 just as we read about it in Scripture.

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 The five solas show the glory of God's gracious way of salvation

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 in a way that sets the tone for us to have true theology,

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 resounding in how we think and live in this world.

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 Therefore, it's worth us studying and knowing them.

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 Now, for clarity, the term sola in Latin simply means alone.

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 So it's in these five scriptural points alone that we are saved,

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 and they work together collectively.

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 So let's take a quick, brief look at these five statements.

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 Our first sola, and the most important sola, I would say,

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 is sola scriptura.

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 That Scripture alone is our standard.

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 So would you please turn with me to 2 Timothy 3.

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 I'll read 14 through 17.

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 Just follow along as I read.

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 But as for you,

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 continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed,

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 knowing from whom you've learned it,

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 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings,

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 which are able to make you wise for salvation

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 through faith in Christ Jesus.

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 All Scripture is breathed out by God

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 and profitable for teaching,

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 for reproof, correction,

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 and for training in righteousness,

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 that the man of God

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 may be complete, equipped

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 for every good work.

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 Friends, our theology

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 must be scripturally grounded.

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 God's life-giving speech

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 reveals to us his salvation

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 and calls us to faith

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 and repentance.

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 The doctrine that the Bible alone

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 is the ultimate authority

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 was the formal principle

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 of all the reformers during the Reformation.

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 The God that commands light

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 to shine out of darkness

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 shines in our hearts,

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 giving us the light of the glory of God

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 in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 We see that in 2 Corinthians 4.

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 God always does this

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 by the Spirit working through the Word.

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 The Holy Spirit is the author of the Scriptures,

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 and He speaks through the Scriptures.

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 The Scriptures teach us everything

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 that we need to make us wise

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 for salvation through faith in Christ,

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 and to be thoroughly equipped

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 for every good works.

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 Yet without the Spirit,

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 even the Scriptures cannot help us.

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 We're dead in our trespasses and sins,

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 and our minds and hearts are darkened.

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 And we need someone to raise us from the dead

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 and turn on the lights.

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 We see that in Ephesians 5.

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 If Scripture is sufficient

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 to make us wise for faith and life in Christ,

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 then Scripture alone

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 can be our guide to walking with God.

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 Our second sola is sola fide,

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 that our justification is by faith alone.

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 Please turn to Galatians 3,

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 and I'll read verses 6 through 11.

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 Just as Abraham believed God,

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 and it was counted to him as righteousness,

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 know then that it is those of faith

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 who are sons of Abraham.

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 And the Scriptures,

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 foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,

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 preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham,

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 saying,

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 In you shall all the nations be blessed.

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 So then,

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 those who are of faith

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 are blessed along with Abraham,

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 the man of faith.

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 For all who rely on the works of the law

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 are under a curse,

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 for it is written,

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 Cursed be everyone who does not abide

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 by all things written in the book of the law,

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 and do them.

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 Now,

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 it is evident that no one is justified

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 before God by the law,

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 for the righteous shall live by faith.

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 Again,

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 church,

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 theology must be faith-driven.

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 Without faith,

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 it is impossible to please God.

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 We see that in Hebrews 11, 6.

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 Like the hand,

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 like the empty hand of a beggar,

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 faith reaches out

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 to receive Christ.

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 By faith,

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 we believe that he who is promised

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 is able to perform that which he promises.

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 God will fulfill his purposes,

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 but if we do not believe,

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 then we will not be established in his ways.

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 We are justified by faith

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 without the works of the law,

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 and we are not saved by good works,

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 but are saved for good works.

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 Knowledge of Christ through Scripture,

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 assent to these truths in our minds,

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 and spirit-wrought trust from our hearts

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 characterize saving faith.

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 So knowledge,

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 assent,

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 and trust

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 characterize

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 saving faith.

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 And we live by faith

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 in the Son of God

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 who loved us

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 and gave himself for us.

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 We see that in Galatians 2, 20.

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 Our third sola

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 is sola gratia,

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 meaning salvation

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 is by grace alone.

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 Please turn to Ephesians 1,

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 and I'll read

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 verses 3 through 8.

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 Blessed be the God

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 and Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who has blessed us

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 with every spiritual blessing

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 in the heavenly places,

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 even as he chose us in him

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 before the foundation of the world,

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 that we should be holy

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 and blameless before him.

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 In love,

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 he predestined us

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 for adoption

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 to himself as sons

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 according to the purpose

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 of his will,

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 to the praise

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 of his glorious grace,

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 with which he has blessed us

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 in the beloved.

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 In him,

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 we have redemption

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 through his blood,

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 the forgiveness

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 of our trespasses,

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 according to the riches

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 of his grace,

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 which he lavished upon us

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 in all wisdom

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 and insight.

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 Again, church,

00:19:25.860 --> 00:19:26.600
 our theology

00:19:26.600 --> 00:19:28.660
 must be grace-saturated.

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 If we are saved

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 by faith,

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 then we are saved

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 by grace alone,

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 not by works.

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 Grace is God's

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 generous disposition

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 by which he lavishes us

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 with good things

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 that we do not deserve.

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 Everything we receive

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 from God

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 is by grace

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 from our daily bread

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 to our final resurrection.

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 The grace of God

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 is vested in Christ,

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 and he alone

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 gives saving grace.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 teaches us

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 through Scripture

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:05.200
 that salvation

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 is by grace alone

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 because salvation

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 is by faith

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 in Christ alone.

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 Grace is not

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 a sentimental idea

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 leading us

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 to ignore our sins,

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:17.000
 nor caring

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 for how we live.

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 For the grace

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 of God

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 has appeared,

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 bringing salvation

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 for all people,

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 training us

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 to renounce

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 ungodliness

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 and worldly passions,

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 and to live

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 self-controlled,

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 upright,

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 and godly lives

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 in this present age.

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 We see that

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 in Titus 2.11.

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 Our fourth sola

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:45.119
 is Solos Christo.

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 By Christ's work alone

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 are we saved.

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 Please turn

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 to 1 Timothy 2.

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 We'll look at

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 verses 5 and 6.

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 For there is

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 one God,

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 and there is

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 one mediator

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 between God

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 and men,

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 the man

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who gave himself

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 as a ransom

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 for all,

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 which is the

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 testimony given

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 at the proper time.

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:27.060
 Again, church,

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.160
 our theology

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.960
 must be Christ-focused.

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.180
 Christ is in the

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.760
 main point

00:21:32.760 --> 00:21:33.380
 of the Bible,

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 and the whole Bible

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 itself testifies

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 to him.

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 Without the Spirit,

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 we could not

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:41.000
 receive God's

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:42.220
 testimony in Scripture,

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 and without Christ,

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.980
 even God's word

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 could not save us.

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 Theology is

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:50.320
 Christ-focused

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 because no one

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:52.600
 comes to the Father

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 apart from him.

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 We see that

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 in John 14, 6.

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 And because the Spirit

00:21:58.520 --> 00:21:59.860
 seeks to glorify him

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.820
 for our salvation,

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 Jesus is truly God

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 and truly man.

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 He alone

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 can reconcile

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 God and man,

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 killing the animosity

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 between us

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 and creating friendship.

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 the Father.

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 The Father is well

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 pleased with his Son,

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 and he is well

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 pleased with us

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 only when we are

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 in the Son.

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 And he is well

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 pleased with us.

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 Excuse me.

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 Jesus alone

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 can save his people

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 from their sins

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 because he alone

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 is our prophet,

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 revealing to us

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 by his word

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 and spirit

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 that the will of God

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 is for our salvation.

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.740
 He alone

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.639
 is our priest

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 who offered himself

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:42.040
 as a sacrifice

00:22:42.040 --> 00:22:43.020
 to satisfy

00:22:43.020 --> 00:22:43.860
 divine justice

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 for us.

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 And he alone

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 is our king

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 who rules

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 and defends us.

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 There is no fellowship

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.580
 with God

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.540
 apart from Christ,

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 and we count

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 all things as loss

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.920
 compared to the

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.580
 excellencies

00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:00.860
 of the knowledge

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.660
 of Christ Jesus,

00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:02.259
 our Lord.

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.860
 Philippians 3, 8.

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 Our fifth

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.500
 and final sola,

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.819
 the sole

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.859
 Deo Gloria,

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 for to God alone

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 be the glory.

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 Please turn

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.419
 to Romans 11,

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.899
 verse 36.

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 For from him

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.659
 and through him

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.720
 and to him

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:35.380
 are all things.

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:37.080
 To him be glory

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.540
 forever.

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:38.759
 Amen.

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.360
 The Reformation

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.100
 reclaimed

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:44.040
 the scriptural

00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:44.580
 teachings

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.759
 of the sovereignty

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.420
 of God

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:48.300
 over every aspect

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:49.300
 of the believer's

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:49.640
 life.

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.740
 All of life

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.640
 is to be lived

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.160
 to the glory

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.700
 of God,

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 and the Westminster

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.480
 Shorter Catechism

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.160
 asked this,

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.500
 what is the

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.440
 chief end of man?

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.900
 The answer being,

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.880
 man's chief

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:04.200
 end is to glorify

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.640
 God and enjoy

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.240
 him forever.

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.380
 Because we have

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.080
 nothing that we

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.940
 have not received,

00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:11.000
 we should do

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.960
 all things in the

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.680
 name of the Lord

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.560
 Jesus Christ,

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.040
 keeping thanks to

00:24:15.040 --> 00:24:15.800
 God the Father

00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:16.780
 through him.

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.840
 Colossians 3, 17.

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:24.339
 So if we go back

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.839
 to the beginning

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.419
 of our lesson

00:24:25.419 --> 00:24:25.779
 today,

00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:27.059
 and we think

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.579
 back to what

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.279
 Marcus Garvey

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.659
 said,

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.199
 a people

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:30.839
 without the

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.419
 knowledge of

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:31.899
 their past

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.399
 history,

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:33.500
 origin,

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.740
 and culture

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:36.299
 is like a tree

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.099
 without roots.

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.779
 These five

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.519
 statements of the

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.980
 Reformation

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.539
 are our history,

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.639
 steering us back

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.480
 to our roots

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:46.059
 in our faith,

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.819
 and these

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.700
 teachings and

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.900
 beliefs are the

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.920
 collective pillars

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:51.680
 which uphold the

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.599
 biblical revelation

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.819
 of God's plan of

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:55.380
 redemption and the

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.360
 execution of that

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.700
 plan.

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.240
 The five

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.960
 solas work

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.940
 together collectively,

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.279
 affirming through

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.759
 scripture,

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:04.680
 teaching us that

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.380
 the person and

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.799
 work of Christ are

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.640
 the sinner's only

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.620
 hope of escape

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.799
 from God's wrath.

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:09.839
 self.

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:12.279
 The only way

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.399
 that any sinner

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.319
 receives the benefit

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.139
 of this work

00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:16.619
 is through the

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:18.279
 application of it

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.119
 by the power of

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.819
 the Holy Spirit.

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.139
 Effectively,

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.500
 the Father

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.519
 plans redemption,

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:26.700
 the Son fulfills

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.579
 all the requirements

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.299
 for redemption,

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:30.539
 and the Spirit

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.940
 applies the benefits

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.539
 of redemption

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:34.099
 to each and every

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:35.039
 sinner who

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.599
 receives it.

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.919
 The historicity

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.700
 of these statements

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.819
 should be known

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.380
 and studied

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.440
 because through

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:41.980
 them we know

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.980
 our family history

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.880
 is Protestants

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:45.080
 and the deep

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:47.259
 roots that

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.860
 provide the

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.600
 foundation of

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.039
 our saving

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.400
 faith.

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.819
 Let us pray.

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.840
 Heavenly Father,

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:02.120
 thank you for

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:03.019
 our family history

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.740
 and thank you

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.279
 for the men

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.720
 and women

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.500
 throughout your

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.940
 history who

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.820
 you have used

00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:09.640
 to bring your

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.340
 flock back

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:11.039
 to be centered

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.920
 on you.

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.880
 For from you

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.279
 and through you

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.680
 and to you

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.059
 are all things.

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.240
 To you, Lord,

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:21.039
 be the glory of God

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.460
 forever.

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.539
 Amen.