SOLA SCRIPTURA (by Scripture Alone)

2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 – All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

HEBREWS 4:12 – For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Sola (Latin) – Alone

The five solas:

1. Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone)
2. Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
3. Sola Gratia (Grace Alone)
4. Solus Christus (Christ Alone)
5. Soli Deo Gloria (To the Glory of God Alone)

1. The Necessity of Scripture

2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 – All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

θεόπνευστος (theopneustos) – God breathed.

2 Types of Revelation:

1. General Revelation
2. Special Revelation

General Revelation – God revealing Himself to everyone through the universe.

PSALM 19:1 – The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

ROMANS 1:20 – For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Special Revelation – God revealing Himself in particular ways to particular people (the Bible).

HEBREWS 1:1-2 – Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

ROMANS 10:17 – So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

II. The Authority of Scripture

JEREMIAH 17:9 – The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

III. The Sufficiency of Scripture

2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 – All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

2 PETER 1:3 – His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.

IV. The Clarity of Scripture

PSALM 119:130 – The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

PSALM 119:105 – Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.