Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church · Sermon study sheet
Sola
Bryan Schneider · October 30, 2021
Romans 3:21-31
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Summary
- Scripture alone is the final authority revealing the gospel sinners need.
- Justification is by grace alone through faith alone, excluding boasting and every claim of human merit.
- Christ alone is the object and foundation of saving faith because his righteousness and satisfaction reconcile sinners to God.
- God alone receives glory for salvation from beginning to end.
- Grace-created believers then perform good works in every calling for God's glory, never as the basis of acceptance.
Reflection and discussion
- What authority finally governs my belief about salvation?
- Is Christ alone the object of my confidence before God's judgment?
- Where am I smuggling personal merit into God's free justification?
- How can my ordinary calling display gratitude and God's glory?
Key terms
- Five solas
- Scripture alone, faith alone, grace alone, Christ alone, and glory to God alone as a summary of Reformation gospel convictions.
- Justification
- God's free pardon and acceptance of sinners through Christ's imputed righteousness received by faith.
- Soli Deo gloria
- The confession that salvation and all Christian life exist for God's glory alone.