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THE FIVE SOLAS

The Theological Pillars of the Protestant Reformation

1. Sola Scriptura: By the Scriptures Alone

2. Sola Fide: By Faith Alone

3. Sola Gratia: By Grace Alone

4. Solus Christus: Because of Christ Alone

5. Soli Deo Gloria: To God Alone Be the Glory

 •    The Remnant call on God 

    •    The Remnant walk with God 

    •    This Remnant build for God 

I.  Faith Moving Forward: Marks of faith!  

    1.    Abel worshiped - 

    2.    Seth called - 

    3.    Enoch walked - 

    4.    Noah walked -  Noah found favor with God - This means God was pleased with the way Noah walked!

    •    Hebrew for “walk” is halak. Walking with God as used in Genesis 5:24 & Genesis 6:9 

“signifies an intimate, ongoing relational fellowship with life lived in loyalty and devotion to Creator God”.  When the term is “walking in His ways” (common theme in Deuteronomy), then it represents active obedience, adherence to divine instruction, and patterning one’s life after God’s character

    •    Genesis 5:24 & 6:9 - 

    •    Genesis 17:1 - God commanded Abraham how to walk before Him

    •    Exodus 16:4 - The manna was a test to see if the people would walk in God’s Law

    •    Deuteronomy 10:12 - unpacked what walking with God looks like

    •    Joshua 22:5; Psalm 1:1-2; Isaiah 40:31; Micah 6:8

• History

• Beliefs

-Authority

-Sin and Salvation

-Eucharist

-Life after death

-Lord's Supper/Communion/Mass

I. The Righteous Reminders (1/2)   - This comes right after men CALLED ON THE NAME OF THE LORD!

II. The Scriptural Significances (3/32) It is a…

  1.  Historic timeline 

  2.  Holy line - connecting to the Future Seed; Genesis 4 & 5; I Chronicles 1:1-27; Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38.

  3.  Harsh line (the reign of death) - “and he died”; Romans 3:23; 6:23; Genesis 2:15-17; Hebrews 9:22; John 11:25-26; I Cor 15:20-28, 50-58

  4.  Hopeful line (the way of life; 18/24) - Enoch “walked” with God; Enoch “pleased” God (Hebrews 11) - physical death doesn’t mean there can’t be spiritual life!

  5.  Help line (28/32) - Noah 120 years (Rescue) - references to Noah (52x in OT (36 in Genesis alone; 8x in NT); ISAIAH 54 (v. 10); EZEKIEL 14:12-23MATTHEW 24:37-38 (Luke 17:26-27); Luke 3:36; Hebrews 11:7; I Peter 3:20; II Peter 2:25

I. The Parallels of Nahum to Jonah 

1. Just as Jonah declared that God is long suffering and gracious (4:2), so Nahum acknowledged divine grace while affirming the Lord is also jealous and avenging (1:3).

2. In Jonah, God appointed a storm and then calmed the sea (1:4, 15-16; 2:10-3:5), and in Nahum, God directed the rivers to flood Nineveh in order to destroy the city (1:8; 2:6).

3. In Jonah, God allowed the prophet to reach dry land (2:10), and in Nahum, God rebuked the sea and made it dry in judgment (1:4).

4. In Jonah, the common people were spared (3:5-10), but in Nahum, all the people were scattered (1:2; 3:18).

5. In Jonah, the message reached the king, and he repented (3:5-10), but in Nahum, God addresses the king and describes his demise (3:18-19).

6. In Jonah, both the sailors and the prophet offered vows to God (1:16; 2:9), so Nahum called Israel to pay their vows and give praise to the Lord for His judgment (1:15).

7. In Jonah, the book ends with a question (4:11), so the Book of Nahum ends with a question (3:19). The only two books in the Bible that do that. BTW - They are two very different questions! 

8. Nahum’s description of the Ninevites mourning at the fall of their city intended to evoke the prophet Jonah and his hopeful mission. Nahum described the woman moaning like doves (2:7), that is what Jonah’s name means (“dove”). Nahum means “comfort,” and he was true to his name, for God comforts those decimated by the evil of others.

I.  The RISE of Assyria (History)

II. The RESCUE of Assyria(Jonah)

III. The FALL of Assyria (Babylon)

•  The Character of God 

= Exodus 34 (again) - Jonah 4:2; Joel 2:13; Nahum 1:4

= Sin must be punished (“guilty”)

= Wrath & Grace - “The Lord is good” - Psalm 1:5; 9:16; 19:9 (NASB); 36:6; 51:4; 105:5; 119:120 

•  The Judgment of God 

= against Assyria (by Babylon) 

= against Babylon (by Persia)

= against Persia (by Greece)

= against Greece (by Rome)

•  The Comfort of God 

= for Judah 

= until Babylon (587 BC)

= Then Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, & Malachi 

= Comfort in the Bible - II Thess. 1:5-12; Revelation 11:15-18

III. The Faith moving forward - 

  •  The First Statement of Faith - 

  •  The Kingdom of man vs.

  •  The Kingdom of God (25/26)

  1.  Adam & Eve had a third son 

  2.  Seth had a son (Enosh) - 

  3.  At this time people began to call on the name of of the Lord

    •  The Name of the Lord - All we do we do for His Name / for His glory / for His honor 

     •  Highlight those who called on the name of the Lord:

    •  Lowlight first - Gen. 11:4

    •  Abram/Abraham - Gen. 12:8; 21:33

    •  Moses - Deut. 4:7; 28:10

    •  David - II Samuel 6:2

    •  Elijah - I Kings 18:23-26

    •  Solomon - II Chronicles 7:14

    •  Daniel - 9:16-19 

    •  Joel 2:32 (Acts 2:21; Ro 10:13)

  •  You must CALL ON HIS NAME to be saved: Luke 24:44-47; John 3:16-18; 20:31; Acts 2:16-21; 4:7-12; Romans 10:9-13; I Cor. 6:9-11; I John 5:13-14

  •  You must CALL ON HIS NAME in baptism: Mt. 28:18-19; Acts 19:4-5

  •  CALL ON HIS NAME in praise: Luke 19:36-40; Heb 13:15

  •  CALL ON HIS NAME in prayer: Mt. 6:9; John 15:16

  •  CALL ON HIS NAME to be a missionary: III John 7

  •  CARE ABOUT HIS NAME to fight off division in His Church - I Cor. 1:10-13

  •  CALL ON HIS NAME even when persecuted: Acts 5:41; 21:13; I Peter 4:14

  •  CARE ABOUT HIS NAME in all that you do: Col. 3:17

  •  You can’t CALL ON HIS NAME when living in sin: II Tim. 2:19

  •  All will one day CALL ON HIS NAME - Phil. 2:9-11

Reading: James 1:19-27

IV. The Lord - Chapter 4

1. Jonah is angry at God

2. Jonah prays to God

3. Jonah’s prayer is a praise to God: Exodus 34:6-7; Psalm 103:8; Joel 2:13; *Nahum 1:3

• You are gracious

• You are merciful

• You are slow to anger

• You are abounding in steadfast love

• You relent from disaster

= Jonah had the words of Moses, of David, of Joel but he didn’t have their hearts

= We should be like God - Proverbs 14:29; 15:18; 16:32; 19:11; James 1:19-20

https://bibleproject.com/videos/character-of-god-compassion/

- Chapter 3 started the snowball rolling downhill / Started the dominoes knocking down God’s original design and purpose one after another.

• Secular means “worldly”; “earthly” rather than sacred and spiritual 

• In Worship - Cain then Babel then Nicodemus - Jesus converts the religious into the righteous (many need the clarity of the Scriptures) 

• In Marriage - monogamy was the foundation of God’s plan - the opponents of God say monogamy is a late reality. It was the first and the foundational 

• The Technological, Agricultural, & In Musical - advancing yes but it’s not progressing when you leave God out of the equation 

• Psalm 73:1-17 (prospering)

• General Douglas MacArthur wanted to send missionaries and Bibles to Japan asap - something would fill that void.  

• Here we see 2 Kingdoms being established & developed 

- The Righteous vs The Religious: 

• Hypocrisy, Apostasy, Worship 

• True, False, & Vain Worship

I. The Faith of the firstborn 

II. The Folly of vain worship 

• Cain’s Offering - I Jn 3:10-12

• Balaam’s Bribe (Numbers 22)

• Korah’s Rebellion (Numbers 16); Dathan & Abiram) 

• Judas 

I. The Kingdom of man - The Cainites

1. He started a family (17) - 

2. He built a city (18) - Enoch

3. His family multiplied (19)

4. Lamech violated God’s marriage law (2:24) 

5. Lamech’s wives (20-24)

• Adah - Jabal (father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock - herding and breeding); Jubal (father of all those who play the lyre & pipe - string and wind instruments.

• Zillah - Tubal-Cain (forger of all instruments of bronze and iron (metallurgy); His sister was Naamah 

II. The Kingdom of God (25/26)

1. Adam & Eve had a third son (Seth) - God gave after Cain took! Luke 3:38

2. Seth had a son (Enosh) - 

3. At this time people began to call on the name of the Lord.

• God’s people built cities  

• God’s people invented things

• God’s people help advance civilizations 

• God’s people did it for God - In Philippians 3:17-21 Paul says “our citizenship is in Heaven”; in 1 Peter 1:1 Peter calls God’s people exiles/aliens 

4. The Name of the Lord - All we do we do for His Name / for His glory / for His honor 

5. Not many people mentioned. Not much information given. It won’t be long before the number of those who truly call on the Lord is fewer than 10. Only 8 got in the Ark. Only Enoch & Noah called men of God till chapter 12!

6. Not long after the flood will be the massive project to build the Tower of Babel - “to get to heaven without the help of God”. We continually see 2 kingdoms clashing - 2 kingdoms in conflict. Today!

• You must CALL ON HIS NAME to be saved: Luke 24:44-47; John 3:16-18; 20:31; Acts 2:21; 2:38; 4:7-12; 8:12; Romans 10:9-13; I Cor. 6:9-11; I John 5:13

• You must CALL ON HIS NAME in baptism: Matthew 28:18-19; Acts 19:4-5

• You must CALL ON HIS NAME in praise: Lk 19:38; Heb 13:15

• You must CALL ON HIS NAME in prayer: Mt. 6:9; John 15:16

• You must CALL ON HIS NAME to be a missionary: III John 7

• You must CARE ABOUT HIS NAME to fight off division in His Church - I Cor. 1:10

• You must CALL ON HIS NAME even when persecuted: Acts 5:41; 21:13; I Peter 4:14

• You must CARE ABOUT HIS NAME in all that you do: Col. 3:17

• You can’t CALL ON HIS NAME when living in sin: II Tim. 2:19

• All will CALL ON HIS NAME one day: Phil. 2:9-11

• The NAME OF GOD and the judgment of mankind: II Thess. 1:5-12

Reading: Matthew 5:38-48 (It rains on the just and the unjust - bc of God’s love)

The Covenant w/ God - A light to the nations (Isaiah 49:5-7)

The Outline of Jonah:

• The Refusal

• The Rescue

• The Recommissioning

• The Revival/Regret

I. The Sailors - Chapter 1

1. Crisis on the sea (4)

2. Prayer to Yahweh (14)

3. Delivered from the storm (15)

4. Sacrifice & vows to God (16)

II. The Prophet - Chapter 2

1. Crisis in the sea (3-6a)

2. Prayer to Yahweh (2, 7)

3. Delivered from drowning (6b)

4. Sacrifice & vows to God (9)

III. The Assyrians - Chapter 3

1. The Word of the Lord (1-2)

2. The Walk of the prophet (3)

3. The Warning of the Lord (4)

4. The Repentance (5-8)

5. The Reasoning (9)

6. The Relenting (10)

The pockets are grace from Genesis 3 can’t hide the horrible effects of sin on

humanity seen in Genesis 4. The (Wrong) Way of Cain / Genesis 4:1-16 / 09-5/6-2026

- The Righteous vs The Religious

Hypocrisy is doing the Devil’s work in God’s uniform (MH)

Apostasy is…

True, False, & Vain worship

I. Fleeting Joy of the firstborn

  1.  Eve credited God (positive) -

  2.  Cain worked the ground -

  3.  Cain brought an offering to the Lord (act of worship)

  4.  God accepted Abel’s offering but rejected Cain’s offering

  5.  Cain is angry & his face fell (internal / external reaction)

  6.  The Lord warns Cain - 2nd example of bib counseling (first was Gen 3:9-11)

  7.  Cain kills Abel - v. 8

  8.  Cain lies to God - v. 9

  9.  God curses Cain - vv. 10-12

  10.  Cain questions his consequences - vv. 13-14

  11.  God protects Cain - example

  12.  Cain leaves God’s presence

II. Lineage of Hypocrisy/Apostasy

  1.  Cain - Jude 1:8-13

  ⁃  Cain’s Offering - I Jn 3:10-12

  ⁃  Balaam’s Bribe (the donkey) - Numbers 22:7, 22-35

  ⁃  Korah’s Rebellion (the ground) - Numbers 16:1-50 (Dathan & Abiram) vv. 1-5 (v. 3) -

  ⁃  Judas (the box & the kiss) -

  2.  Israel - Isaiah 29:13

  3.  Pharisees - Mark 7:6-7 TFV

  4.  Judas - The Hypocrisy (nard); The Kiss (betrayal) - “on the night He was betrayed took

  5.  bread”); The Anguish “wept bitterly” as did Peter after three denials - II Cor 7:10); Mt

  6.  26:47-50

  7.  Peter exposes them - I Peter 2:4-8; II Peter 2:1-22;

  8.  Paul exposes them - I Timothy 1:6-7; 4:1-5; 5:8; 6:3-5, 9-10; II Timothy 3:1-9; 4:1-5

  9.  The Writer of Hebrews 11:3-4 (BY FAITH we believe God created the universe & BY FAITH

  10.  Abel offered God a commendable & righteous sacrifice. His offering still speaks to the

  11.  faithful today!

+ John 3:16-20