Christ Alone - The 5 Solas Of The Reformation (Part 4)

Catholic.com “The ‘treasury of the Church’ is the infinite value, which can never by exhausted, which Christ’s merits have before God….This treasury includes as well the prayers and good works of the Blessed Virgin Mary….In the treasury, too, are the prayers and good works of all the saints.” Tetzel – As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs.” Samson – “I can pardon all sins…Heaven and hell are subject to my power, and I sell the merits of Christ to any who will purchase them by buying an indulgence for ready money.” Anselm – “When we have recourse to this divine Mother, not only we may be sure of her protection, but that often we shall be heard more quickly, and be thus preserved, if we have recourse to Mary and call on her holy name, than we should be if we called on the name of Jesus our Saviour” for… “to Jesus as a judge, it belongs also to punish; but mercy alone belongs to the Blessed Virgin as a patroness.” Pope Pius X stated in 1904 “Jesus ‘sitteth on the right hand of the majesty on high’…Mary sitteth at the right hand of her Son—a refuge so secure and a help so trusty against all dangers that we have nothing to fear or to despair of under her guidance, her patronage, her protection.” Pope John Paul 2 – “Mary is the Mother of Mercy because it is to her that Jesus entrusts His church and all humanity.” Roman Catholic prayer – O Mother of Perpetual Help, thou art the dispenser of all the goods which God grants to us miserable sinners, and for this reason He has made thee so powerful, so rich, and so bountiful, that thou mayest help us in our misery. Thou art the advocate of the most wretched and abandoned sinners who have recourse to thee. Come then, to my help, dearest Mother, for I recommend myself to thee. In thy hands I place my eternal salvation and to thee do I entrust my soul.” Calvin “We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ [Acts 4:12]. We should therefore take care not to derive the least portion of it from anywhere else.” Zwingli – “Christ who was once offered upon the cross, is the sacrifice and victim, that had made satisfaction for the sins of believers to all eternity.” Zwingli – “Christ has borne all our pain and travail. Hence, whoever attributes to works of penance what is Christ’s alone, errs and blasphemes God.” What is your only comfort in life and in death? That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death— to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to Him, Christ, by His Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him. “What is my hope in life and death, Christ alone, Christ alone, what is my only confidence, that my soul to Him belongs. Who holds my days within His hands. What come apart from His command. And what will keep me to the end, the love of Christ in which I stand” TBC North Value Statement – Since the good news of the Person and Saving Work of Jesus Christ is the central message of the Bible, we will endeavour to focus on following Christ as our crucified Saviour, risen Lord, and coming King. John Newton – “Jesus my Shepherd, Brother, Friend, my Prophet, Priest, and King, My Lord, my life, my way, my end, accept the praise I bring.” John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:18 No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father's side, He has made Him known. Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 Corinthians 11:3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. Colossians 1:23 If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.