Grace Alone
As we approach our celebration of Reformation Day, we are exploring the five "solas," Latin phrases that summarize what the Reformation recovered about the Christian faith. We have considered sola scriptura, Scripture alone as our final authority, and sola fide, faith alone as the means by which we are made right with God. Now we come to sola gratia: grace alone. Grace means undeserved favor. It is God giving what we could never earn.
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Faith Alone
Last week we began our journey toward Reformation Day by considering sola Scriptura: the conviction that Scripture alone is our final authority for what we believe and how we live. That conviction is not an end in itself. It is a means. Once we determine that the Bible alone governs the church, the next question naturally follows: what does the Bible actually say about how a sinner is made right with God?
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