Soli Deo Gloria
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Introduction
Introduction
This 31 of October 2017 marks 500 years of the Protestant Reformation.
This is an event that forever changed the course of humanity.
People were living, growing, maturing, and eventually dying without any assurance that they would go to heaven after death.
The Lord used Martin Luther to change the course of humanity forever!
Through the course of this month we have examined the following battle cries of the Protestant Reformation
Scripture alone is our authority / La Escritura es nuestra autoridad
Salvation because of grace alone / Somos salvos sólo por gracia
Salvation by faith alone / Somos salvos mediante la fe en Cristo
Christ Alone saves / Sólo Cristo salva
Today we will consider the last battle cry of the Protestant Reformation:
Glory be to God alone! / La gloria sea sólo para Dios
We will consider this marvelous truth by considering:
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
“Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”
“Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”
For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen.
¡Qué profundas son las riquezas de la sabiduría y del conocimiento de Dios!
¡Qué indescifrables sus juicios
e impenetrables sus caminos!
«¿Quién ha conocido la mente del Señor,
o quién ha sido su consejero?»
«¿Quién le ha dado primero a Dios,
para que luego Dios le pague?»
Porque todas las cosas proceden de él,
y existen por él y para él.
¡A él sea la gloria por siempre! Amén.
I. The riches of God’s wisdom / Las riquezas de la sabiduría de Dios
I. The riches of God’s wisdom / Las riquezas de la sabiduría de Dios
Up to this point Paul has written 11 chapters of this letter to the Romans. Paul has considered many marvelous truths that God revealed by his Holy Spirit.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
A la verdad, no me avergüenzo del evangelio, pues es poder de Dios para la salvación de todos los que creen: de los judíos primeramente, pero también de los gentiles.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
En consecuencia, ya que hemos sido justificados mediante la fe, tenemos paz con Dios por medio de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. También por medio de él, y mediante la fe, tenemos acceso a esta gracia en la cual nos mantenemos firmes. Así que nos regocijamos en la esperanza de alcanzar la gloria de Dios.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Por lo tanto, ya no hay ninguna condenación para los que están unidos a Cristo Jesús, pues por medio de él la ley del Espíritu de vida me ha liberado de la ley del pecado y de la muerte.
Paul has also finished writing chapters 9-11 where the main question is: Why don’t the Jews believe in the jewish Messiah?
I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race, the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.
Me invade una gran tristeza y me embarga un continuo dolor. Desearía yo mismo ser maldecido y separado de Cristo por el bien de mis hermanos, los de mi propia raza, el pueblo de Israel. De ellos son la adopción como hijos, la gloria divina, los pactos, la ley, el privilegio de adorar a Dios y el de contar con sus promesas. De ellos son los patriarcas, y de ellos, según la naturaleza humana, nació Cristo, quien es Dios sobre todas las cosas. ¡Alabado sea por siempre! Amén.
The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), .
He knows they are the people of the promise. They are the chosen people of God according to the promise God gave to Abraham.
The Jewish Messiah - Jesus - came to his people and yet they did not receive him. They rejected the Messiah and put him to death.
We must also realize throughout the centuries there have been very few people of Jewish blood that have come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Their hearts have been hardened to the Gospel.
However, in we learn that all of this is part of God’s plan.
In Paul declares that God has not rejected his chosen people.
I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Por lo tanto, pregunto: ¿Acaso rechazó Dios a su pueblo? ¡De ninguna manera! Yo mismo soy israelita, descendiente de Abraham, de la tribu de Benjamín.
God has not rejected his people. All of this is part of God’s plan. Surely the Jews have rejected their Messiah.
Because of this salvation his come to the gentiles. We who were not part of the people of Israel are also given the free offer of the Gospel.
We are given the opportunity to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through our belief in Jesus Christ we become part of the people of God such that the Jewish people will become jealous of the salvation we now enjoy in Jesus Christ.
Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.
Romans
Ahora pregunto: ¿Acaso tropezaron para no volver a levantarse? ¡De ninguna manera! Más bien, gracias a su transgresión ha venido la salvación a los gentiles, para que Israel sienta celos.
In the beautiful, marvelous, awesome, incredible plan of God he will continue to save gentiles; and when the time of the Gentiles has been completed he will bring many Jews to the knowledge of the Gospel and will be saved.
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written:
“The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
“Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”
Hermanos, quiero que entiendan este misterio para que no se vuelvan presuntuosos. Parte de Israel se ha endurecido, y así permanecerá hasta que haya entrado la totalidad de los gentiles. De esta manera todo Israel será salvo, como está escrito:
«El redentor vendrá de Sión
y apartará de Jacob la impiedad.
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So, although we see many Jewish people not believing in the Gospel of Jesus Christ there will come a day when God will have saved all the gentiles that will believe and then we will see many Jews coming to faith in the Jewish Messiah. They will believe in our Lord Jesus and both Jew and Gentile will be joined as the one people of God.
Paul sees the plan of God. He sees the mercy of God in how he is bringing many gentiles to faith in the Lord Jesus.
We were not part of the people of God. We were lost and without hope.
The Jews rejected their Messiah but God had a plan for the entire world through the death of his Son.
All those who believe in him shall be saved. This is his promise. There is no Jew and there is no gentile. We will all be saved by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
In his own life, Paul sees the marvelous plan of God. He took a fanatic Jew who was only interested in destroying the church of God. He would go from town to town putting christians in prison and if it was possible put them to death.
But Paul, will forever be remembered as the apostle to the gentiles. He brought the gospel of Jesus Christ to many places where gentiles lived and worked. He preached the gospel to these people who were not the people of God and saw many come to salvation.
So Paul what God has done throughout the ages and cannot continue writing. Paul must stop and praise God for his wonderful plan of salvation.
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
¡Qué profundas son las riquezas de la sabiduría y del conocimiento de Dios!
¡Qué indescifrables sus juicios
e impenetrables sus caminos!
Romans 11.33
The first thing he does is recognize how deep and how rich is the wisdom and knowledge of God.
God’s knowledge is so profound. We simply cannot know as much as God. He knows everything. He knows the past, the present, and the future. God’s knowledge is exact. He knows everything that there is to know.
Secondly Paul recognizes how God manifests his wisdom and knowledge in his judgements and paths.
Human plans can fail. Many times we do not plan adequately for different situations. However, God never fails. His paths are sure. God’s plan for the ages is 100% guaranteed.
II. God is greater than any mortal / Dios es más grande que cualquier mortal
II. God is greater than any mortal / Dios es más grande que cualquier mortal
Paul goes on to quote to verses from the Old Testament. He quotes and .
“Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”
“Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”
«¿Quién ha conocido la mente del Señor,
o quién ha sido su consejero?»
«¿Quién le ha dado primero a Dios,
para que luego Dios le pague?»
Paul declares that there is no human who could’ve given God counsel or advice. Neither has any human been able to give to God so that God would be in his debt. In other words, God is so great, so marvelous, so wise, so just, so self-sufficient, so grand, he is GOD!
We serve a great, great, great God. We serve the creator of the universe. We serve him who spoke and creation came into existence. We serve a God who needs no air, no food, no water, he does not even need our worship. God is all knowing. He is all powerful.
None of us could’ve have come up with the plan of salvation.
We serve him who before all eternity determined to create a wonderful planet
Who could have though of God sending his son to be born of a virgen? He was not born of a great princess of the ancient world.
Who could have though that this son would be born amongst the poor in a small insignificant village called Bethlehem? He was not born in a palace nor amongst the rich.
Who could have though that this son would have chosen 12 fishermen? He didn’t choose none of the great rabbi’s in Israel.
Who could have though that this son would die upon a cross, abandoned, suffering the rejection of men, suffering the tortures of crucifixion?
Who would have though that he would be buried and his body put in a tomb?
Who would have though that he would be raised on the third day by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Only God! This is entirely of God’s doing. This is the plan of redemption!
III. All praise belongs to God / Toda la alabanza le pertence a Dios
III. All praise belongs to God / Toda la alabanza le pertence a Dios
Paul comes to one conclusion. In light of the fact that has displayed his wisdom, his knowledge, his power, his grace, his mercy, his love to sinners such as us declares:
Romans 11.
For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Porque todas las cosas proceden de él,
y existen por él y para él.
¡A él sea la gloria por siempre! Amén.
Romans 11.36
Because everything that exists finds their origin him...
God is the creator of everyone and everything.
He is who gives life to everything that exists.
Because everything exists because of him...
God sustains his creation by the power of his word.
The only reason why our planet does not disintegrate, the only reason why our hearts continue to beat, the only reason why the sun rises every morning is because our loving God continues to sustain the creation by the power of his word.
Because everything exists for him...
Since God is the creation then everything was created for the purpose of existing for him.
God is the creator and everything that exists was created for pleasing God.
Why are there giraffes? Why are their sharks? Why are their roses? Why are there mountains? Everything that exists was created for God’s purposes.
Man’s only response in light of God’s plan, because we understand God exists, because we have come to understand that God is a marvelous, all-wise, all-knowing, all-powerful God - we cannot have any other response but to give him glory. This is why the apostle Paul completes this moment of joyous praise by declaring all glory to God alone.
This is the reason for the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation taught men:
Read the Bible. The Bible teaches you about God. Religion will never lead you to God. The Bible teaches you the way of salvation. The Bible teaches you that you can be saved, it teaches you how you can be right with God.
God is a God of grace. God desires to save men. God will save men because of grace. God saves men not because of their good works, he saves them not because of what they have done. God saves men because of his glorious grace.
We must trust Jesus / have faith in Jesus in order to be saved. God will not save anyone without them placing their absolute trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and what he did for them on the cross.
We must trust Jesus and him alone. We cannot be saved if we trust in ourselves. We cannot be saved if we do not abandon our sin and surrender ourselves entirely to Jesus Christo.
If we are saved…we must declare our allegiance, our worship, our praise to God and God alone - who is worthy to be praised!
How could I not worship God if today I can be sure that I am saved by grace!