Pr. Nick preached on Faith Alone from Galatians 1:6-10, 2:15-21 in our sermon series: The Solas.  

Faith is the only passage by which we receive what this man Jesus has done for us…. 

…Faith is not a convincing of ourselves, its' God convincing or compelling us

…Faith is not an ability of our own, it’s the ability of God

…Faith is not blind reaching it is our letting go of our own control

No one had to teach us how to come up with ways to justify our own actions. But there is no justifying wrong - we can try, though that is not just. We cannot change what we have done. 

How does God remove the guilt, shame, condemnation and sin from us and receive us back into relationship with Him?

We have been born into sin, its apart of our very nature. If God is to remove it from the world He would have to remove us. We see this happen in the account of Noah and the flood. The only way to stop the cycle was to start over…

…But God being gracious and merciful preserved a remnant through the family of Noah. Through this family we could be spared and one day a Savior would come and has come to take away the condemnation, guilt and shame through the forgiveness of since by one perfect sacrifice. 

The doctrine of justification by faith alone is that God declares ungodly sinners righteous by giving us Christ's righteousness. This happens apart from anything we do. 

God came done from heaven to become the sin we committed, so we could become His children. We are justified through faith in Christ. 

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