Equipping the saints through sound biblical teaching!

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    Sunday School @ 9:30 a.m.  

Here We Stand: 

The Five Solas of the Reformation

The Reformation was not just a moment in history—it was a recovery of the gospel itself. The Five Solas teach that Christians are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, as revealed by Scripture alone, to the glory of God alone. 

Join our adult Sunday School class as we journey through Scripture and history together, exploring the Five Solas and discovering why they remain life-giving truths for our faith today.

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Grace Alone (Sola Gratia)
We are saved only by God’s grace—not by our works, efforts, or merits. Because of sin, we are spiritually dead and powerless to save ourselves (Eph. 2:1-5). Salvation is a gift of God’s free favor in Christ, given to the undeserving (Rom. 3:23-24). Grace means that everything we have in Christ is not earned but received. “By the grace of God I am what I am” (1 Cor. 15:10).

Faith Alone (Sola Fide)
We are justified before God through faith in Christ alone—not by works of the law (Gal. 2:16). Faith is the instrument by which we receive Christ’s righteousness, His perfect obedience, and His finished work on the cross (Rom. 3:28). Even this faith is God’s gift, not our doing (Eph. 2:8). In Christ, God pardons our sins and declares us righteous, not because of anything we accomplish, but solely because of Christ’s righteousness counted to us. “The righteous shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:17).

Christ Alone (Solus Christus)
Our salvation rests in Christ alone. He is the only mediator between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5). By His perfect life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection, He secures our justification, sanctification, and eternal life (Acts 4:12). We look to no other—Christ alone is our Prophet who reveals God’s truth, our Priest who offered Himself for our sins, and our King who reigns and defends His people. “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).

Scripture Alone (Sola Scriptura)
God’s Word is our final and sufficient authority for faith and life. The Scriptures are inspired, inerrant, and infallible, revealing everything necessary for salvation and godliness (2 Tim. 3:16-17). We cannot add to or take away from God’s Word (Deut. 4:2). The Bible alone binds our conscience and directs our worship, doctrine, and obedience. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Ps. 119:105).

Glory to God Alone (Soli Deo Gloria)
Because salvation is by God’s grace alone, He alone deserves all the glory. From beginning to end, He is the author and finisher of our faith (Heb. 12:2). God reveals His glory in creation, in redemption, and supremely in Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory (1 Cor. 2:8). As His people, we are called to live for His honor— “whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Cor. 10:31).

Wednesday Evenings @ 6:00 p.m.

Exodus: Let My People Go

The second act of God's plan of redemption

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A broad overview of the Old Testament in which we'll look at three things from each passage: 

1) what the passage tells us about God

2) what the passage tells us about ourselves

3) how it points to our Savior

If the goal of our discipleship is conformity to Christ, then the way we approach God’s Word should reflect that goal. Rather than reading Scripture asking, “What am I supposed to do?” we would do better asking, “What am I to become?” The only way we can truly discover what we are to become is by gazing upon the person of Jesus, for it is through beholding the glory of the Lord, that we are transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another (2 Corinthians 3:18). And the place we behold the light of the knowledge of the glory of God is in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6).

    Now if Jesus doesn’t show up until the New Testament, you and I have a serious problem with what we are to do with the first four-fifths of this book, the Bible. Because the only way we are conformed to Christ’s image is by gazing upon him. So, either the greater part of the Old Testament is irrelevant to us as Christians (which we know is not the case) or since all Scripture is indeed profitable to make us complete (2 Timothy 3:16-17), Jesus must be visible within the pages of the Old Testament just as he is in the New. Jesus is not just visible in a mere smattering of passages sprinkled throughout the Old Testament but is vividly displayed in every text. We just need to learn how to look for him.

    That is the goal of our current study: Finding Jesus in the Old Testament: How Every Passage Points to Christ. Join us Wednesday evenings at 6pm at Grace Bible Church as we walk through the opening chapters of Exodus, looking for Jesus.