Introduction to Reformation Teaching

The Place of the Solas (Part 3)

Sola Scriptura – Scripture Alone – A Statement of Its authority

Solus Christus – Christ Alone – A Statement of Its Nerve Center

Sola Gratia – Grace Alone – A Statement of Its Gospel’s Foundation

Sola Fide – Faith Alone – A Statement of Its Experiential Means

Soli Deo gloria – God’s Glory Alone – A Statement of Its Ultimate and Enduring
Purpose

I. Sola Scriptura

II. Solus Christus

III. Sola Gratia

● Summary

A. The Condemnation of All Men: The Need for Grace (3:19-20)

1. The Law Condemns (3:19)

2. The Law Cannot Justify (3:20)

● justified (dikaioo) – judged to be good or reckoned to be just

● knowledge (epignosis) – to know (as it really was)

B. The Justification of Some Men: The Ultimate Expression of Grace (3:21-24)

1. The Meaning of the “Righteousness of God” (3:12)

● manifested (phaneroo) – to make known, reveal, visible

● revealed (apokalupto) – to reveal or uncover

● righteousness – right standing

● witnessed – to testify, to give evidence

2. The Medium of Faith (3:22)

3. The Matter of Sin (3:23)

4. The Means of Grace (3:24a)

● gift – without payment, costless, free, without cause

5. The Medium of Purchase (3:24b)

● redemption (apolutrosis) – release, liberate, or set free