Sola Scriptura Should Sanctify You | Sermon Highlight

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But we need to go beyond that if we believe in Sola Scriptura. The essence of it is that God has condescended and He's spoken.

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And this before us represents the very speech of God to me. And so this is something where I can go to the

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Word of God and say, God, I need to hear your voice. God, I need to understand. I need to have my mind changed.

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I need to be renewed. And you'll notice, and I hope I've done a good job of communicating this, because I think to me, especially at this stage in my life, knowing what

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God does in His people, and us being sanctified, and the wisdom we need to grow in, and the knowledge of God we need to grow in.

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When I was a young man, Sola Scriptura was the obvious doctrine from the pages of Scripture.

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Clearly, this is where we need to stand. And it was all about learning the apologetic arguments against those who would contradict.

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But if we really believe the essence of Sola Scriptura, that this is God speaking, then in reality, this series on Sola Scriptura should be the sanctifying moment in your life, where you recognize this is

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God speaking, condescending, telling us what's true about the world, about Jesus, about ourselves.

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And that means that we have to yield to this truth. We can't just stand on Sola Scriptura to refute our

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Roman Catholic friends and family in terms of the doctrinal failures of Rome and say, essentially, see, that's what

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God says, you're wrong, you're refuted, gotcha. No, in reality, if you understand this, you should understand it, and I should understand it first in light of me, and my sin, and my failure.

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My failure as a father. My failure as a son. My failure as a husband.

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My failure as a brother. My failure as a pastor. These are the words of God to me.

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And I can't just stand on it so I can refute the ones who oppose out there. I have to say, if these are the words of God, then

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I need to be able to get my own emotions under control. I need to be able to see my own sin for what it is and actually repent of it.

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I need to be able to let this change me as a man, as a Christian, as a father, as a husband.

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Are you seeing it now? So I hope, as we depart from this portion of the series, that the most important thing you've gotten from this series is not just what we have to say to those out there in terms of what this biblical doctrine is, but I hope this changes us to the point where we say, you know what, this is actually

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God speaking. I really believe that. If I want a word from God, I'm going to open this book. And I'm going to believe what it says.

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And I'm going to let it challenge me in my deepest, darkest places. I may have been holding on to sin for the last 20 years as a follower of Christ.

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I may have been having secret sin buried away or just areas where I just thought God's never going to get a hold of that.

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I'm always going to be a prideful person. I'm always going to be a gossip. I'm always going to have loose tongue.

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I'm always going to try to get over it on somebody. I'm comfortable with slander. I have unequal weights and measures in how

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I judge things. Whatever the case may be, we're willing to say, I've sinned. I've fallen down.

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God, forgive me. Jesus, I cling to you. And God, use me. Transform me and change me.

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Make me completely new. I just want to ask you to consider that as a final word on this point.

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If these are the words of God and you're a follower of Jesus, these are the words of God. Which means we have to be renewed.

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All of us. Renewed in our minds. Transformed by these very words. And so I want to ask you to reflect on that.

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What areas of your life as a follower of Jesus you know God has been trying to convict you of for years?

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As a wife, as a husband, as a son or a daughter, whatever the case may be, what areas have you been failing in?

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And you've just accepted, this is just how I am. I'll ignore those verses that challenge me. I'm not going to let them heal me or renew me.

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I'm just, this is just, yeah, I'm saved. I love God. I believe these are words of God, but I'm not going to be changed in this area. Will you, will

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I be willing to let the words of God truly change us, transform us and make us new? Because again, if we're just learning this doctrine of solo scriptura to debate and fight out there, then your pursuit of learning this doctrine is arrogance.

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You want to win, not be changed. We should want to be changed and to proclaim the truth.