Sola Gratia
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Sola Gratia means: You are saved “by grace alone.”
Out of the whole of damned humanity, God chose his children before creation to be holy and blameless in his sight. Is this not grace? Ephesians 1:4 “even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love”
God predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ; is this not grace? Ephesians 1:5 “he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,”
The second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ, stepped up and became the perfect sacrifice for our sin, paying a debt we could not pay, is this not grace? Ephesians 1:7 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,”
The third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, is a seal that guarantees that we receive full rights as heirs in God’s kingdom. The adoption papers are full and complete, sealed, so nothing can remove us from His family. Is this not grace? Ephesians 1:13-14 “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.”
Just as God breathed into lifeless dust to give life to Adam, the Lord gives spiritual life to those who were spiritually dead. Is this not grace? Ephesians 2:5 “even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—”
God raised us up spiritually into his kingdom to be his subjects. But even more, he seated us in the throne room, a place of victory, power, and intimate relationship with God. Is this not grace? Ephesians 2:6 “and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,”
The faith we have to believe and trust God is of him. Grace is of him; faith is of him; our union with Christ is of him; even the works we do are of him as well as the desire to do them. There is nothing in or through us that prompts God to save us. No one has anything to boast about. Is this not grace? Ephesians 2:8-10 “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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”