12. According to David Barrett et al, editors of the "World
Christian Encyclopedia:
A comparative survey of churches and
religions - AD 30 to 2200:
" there are 34,000 separate Christian
groups in the world today. "Over half
of them are independent churches
that are not interested in linking with
the big denominations." 1
13. A powerful call for
change!
“In 1517 AD, Martin
Luther triggered the
Protestant
Reformation.”
14. The date most historians would say
as the starting gun of the
Reformation when
Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses
to the church door atWittenburg,
GERMANRY
A date generally regarded as the
birthday of the Protestant
Reformation.
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19. A Doctrinal Sermon on Ecclesiology
By
PTR. BRIAN TRACY L. DOMINGUEZ
Hope In The Word Ministries, International
31 January
Anno Domini 2010
20. SOLA - The Latin word sola means
"alone" or "only" in English.
The 5 SOLAS - The five solas
articulated five (5) fundamental
beliefs of the Protestant Reformation,
pillars which the Reformers believed to
be essentials of the Christian life and
practice.
21. The 5 Solas of the Protestant Reformation
is the TOUCHSTONE of Evangelical
Christianity.
It is the test of genuine truths and beliefs in
the midst of an ocean of beliefs and
multiple religious mysteries and teachings.
The 5 Solas stands as the guidepost for all
TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE AND PRACTICE.
22. The Scripture Alone is the Standard
In 1521 at the historic interrogation of Luther at the
Diet of Worms, he declared his conscience to be
captive to the Word of God saying, "Unless I am
overcome with testimonies from Scripture or with
evident reasons -- for I believe neither the Pope nor the
Councils, since they have often erred and contradicted
one another -- I am overcome by the Scripture texts
which I have adduced, and my conscience is bound by
God's Word."
23. But continue thou in the things which thou hast
learned and hast been assured of, knowing of
whom thou hast learned them;
And that from a child thou hast known the holy
scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto
salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly
furnished unto all good works.
25. By Christ's Work Alone are We Saved
Hebrews 9:23-28
1 Timothy 2:5-7
Hebrews 9:11-15
John 3:16
Solus Christus is the teaching that CHRIST is the only
mediator between God and man, and that there is
salvation through no other (hence, the phrase is
sometimes rendered in the ablative case, solo Christo,
meaning that salvation is "by Christ alone").
26. Sola gratia is the teaching that salvation comes by
God’s grace or "unmerited favor" only — not as
something merited by the sinner. This means that
salvation is an unearned gift from God for Jesus' sake.
All men are sinful and falls short of God’s glory!
(Romans 3:10-12)
1 Kings 8:46; Matthew 15:19; Job 14:1-4; Proverbs 20:9;
Romans 8:7-8;Jeremiah 13:23 ; 1 Corinthians 2:13;
Jeremiah 17:9; Ephesians 4:17-24
27. Tit 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men,
Tit 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and
godly, in this present world;
Tit 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious
appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar
people, zealous of good works.
Tit 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with
all authority. Let no man despise thee.
28. “Christ hath redeemed us from
the curse of the law, being
made a curse for us: for it is
written, Cursed is every one
that hangeth on a tree.”
29. Perhaps no other doctrine caused as
much turmoil during the Reformation
as Sola Fide.
It was the very doctrine that prompted
Martin Luther in his 95 theses to
challenge the Catholic position of
indulgences.
The starting point of the
REFORMATION.
30. Sola fide is the teaching that JUSTIFICATION (interpreted
in Protestant theology as, "being declared right by God",
and assumed to mean exactly "salvation"), is received by
FAITH only, without any mixture of or need for good
works, though in classical Protestant theology, saving faith
is always evidenced by good works. Some Protestants see
this doctrine as being summarized with the formula "Faith
yields justification and good works" and as contrasted with
the Roman Catholic formula "Faith and good works yield
justification."
31. Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for
Israel is that they may be saved.2 For I bear them
witness that they have a zeal for
God, but not according to knowledge.3 For they
being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and
seeking to establish their own
righteousness, have not submitted to the
righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness
to everyone who believes (sola fide).
32. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his
seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none
effect:
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to
all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of
Abraham; who is the father of us all,
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom
he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which
be not as though they were.
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations,
according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was
about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving
glory to God;
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus
our Lord from the dead;
33. The distinction here can best be summarized by the
notion that the Scripture declares that we are saved
by grace
through a faith that works rather than faith and works.
Or another way to think of Sola Fide is that we are
saved by grace through
faith alone but not through a faith that is alone. It is
faith alone that is the basis for our salvation, but our
salvation is made
clearly evident by our works.
34. For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth
(sola fide) in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
35. Ephesians 2:1-10 declares that the basis of our salvation
is the grace of God in the perfect fulfillment of the law
in His Son.
This perfect righteousness, which is the righteousness
from God, is imputed to us through faith. Knowing that
the heart is deceitfully wicked, God knew that some
might be tempted to boast even in this faith.
Therefore, God, protecting grace (sola gratia), provided
the faith necessary for salvation as a gift so that even
the faith could not be the object of boasting.
Our boasting is then in the Lord alone.
36. Soli Deo gloria is the teaching that all glory is to be due to
God alone, since salvation is accomplished solely through
His will and action — not only the gift of the all-sufficient
atonement of Jesus on the cross but also the gift of faith in
that atonement, created in the heart of the believer by the
Holy Spirit.
The reformers believed that human beings—even saints
canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, the popes, and
the ecclesiastical hierarchy—are not worthy of the glory
that was accorded them.
That is that one should not exalt such humans for their
good works, but rather praise and give glory to God who is
the author and perfecter of these people and their good
works.
37. We come to this last of the five Solas because truly the
other four are summed into the fifth. It is the
Scriptures alone that are our only ultimate and
infallible source of authority. This is so because God in
His mercy and faithfulness has seen fit to preserve the
Scriptures down through the centuries.
The proper roles of Church tradition or the teachings
of the officers within the church are the same; all in
submission to the ultimate authority of the Scriptures.
God is therefore glorified alone.
38. Psalm 148:13;
Romans 16:27;
1 Timothy 1:16;
Jude 25;
Revelation 15:4
The Scriptures declare that God is a jealous God and
requires that nothing else be worshipped in His place.
Whether we substitute the church or ourselves, any
substitution of the ascribing of greatness and declaring
glory is idolatry.
39. In 1 Corinthians 10:31 Paul teaches that whatever it is
that we do whether mundane or extraordinary, all should
be done by faith to the glory of God.
They also used the term talent to be that given by God for
the purpose of accomplishing work.
The Reformers made no distinction between the spiritual
or temporal; sacred or secular. They believed that God had
created us to be workers or producers and that whether
you were in the pulpit, orchard, or kitchen all that we do
when done by faith would bring glory to God.
Isaiah 60:21.
40. 1. Sola Scriptura
2. Solus Christus
3. Sola Gratia
4. Sola Fide
5. Soli Deo Gloria
41. Religion: CHRISTIAN
Meta-group:
Evangelical (a.k.a. Protestant)
Wing:
MAINLINE / PROGRESSIVE
By religious family: Pentecostal
(Holy Spirit Emphasis / Experiential)
By Theological Belief: Arminianism
By Denomination / Organization: National
Council of Christian Community Churches;
Local Church: HOPE IN THE WORD MINISTRIES,
INTERNATIONAL , Antipolo Main / Central
