The Five Solas of the Reformation

Vital to the Theology of the Protestant Reformation, The Five Solas are rarely taught in Evangelical churches anymore.  For your edification, here they are:

Sola Fide

The righteous shall live by faith

Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame

Sola Scriptura

This truth is itself revealed in scripture. Scripture alone should be our authority for true doctrine.

Sola Gratia

if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

It is God who justifies

Solo Christus

Much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Soli Deo Gloria

From him to him and through him are all things. To him be glory forever.

But is it biblical?  You bet!

Soli Deo Gloria

Sing to the LORD, all the earth!
          Tell of his salvation from day to day.
      Declare his glory among the nations,
          his marvelous works among all the peoples!
      For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised,
          and he is to be held in awe above all gods.
      For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
          but the LORD made the heavens.
      Splendor and majesty are before him;
          strength and joy are in his place.
     Ascribe to the LORD, O clans of the peoples,
          ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
      Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
          bring an offering and come before him!
     Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness;
           tremble before him, all the earth;
          yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
      Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,
          and let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”
      Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
          let the field exult, and everything in it!
      Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy
          before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.
      Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
          for his steadfast love endures forever!

 (1 Chronicles 16:23-34 ESV)

     Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

     “For who has known the mind of the Lord,

          or who has been his counselor?”

      “Or who has given a gift to him

          that he might be repaid?”

      For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

(Romans 11:33-36 ESV)

Solo Christo

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

(Acts 4:12 ESV)

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

(1 Timothy 2:5-6 ESV)

Sola Scriptura

     The law of the LORD is perfect,

          reviving the soul;

     the testimony of the LORD is sure,

          making wise the simple;

 (Psalm 19:7 ESV)

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

(2 Timothy 3:14-17 ESV)

Sola Fide

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

(Romans 5:1-2 ESV)

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

(Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV)

Sola Gloria

so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

(Titus 3:7 ESV)

But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

(Romans 5:15 ESV)