To The Glory of God Alone

Trinity Church of Portland - Sermons

Welcome to the sermon podcast of Trinity Church of Portland. This week, we continued our current sermon series to carry us through Christmas: Light After Darkness: A Sermon Series on the Five Solas. In the midst of the Advent season, when traditions and cultural expectations often take center stage, Light in the Darkness invites us to return to the Gospel’s true meaning through the Reformation’s Five Solas: Scripture Alone, Faith Alone, Grace Alone, Christ Alone, and God’s Glory Alone. These foundational truths reveal the hope, peace, and joy that Jesus—the Light of the World—brought into our darkness. Join us as we root ourselves in God’s Word, celebrate the gift of grace, and remember the Savior who transforms and fuels our worship.

In our sermon this morning we looked at Soli Deo Gloria (To the Glory of God Alone) from Romans 5:1-2. We heard God's glory defined, and we saw that God's glory fills the earth and that all things must point to God and his glory. We learned that salvation is entirely from God which means that we do not share in His glory. This then leads us to always seek to display God's glory in the way we live knowing all things point to God's glory. We often fall short of this because we have an on-going struggle with sin that causes us to exchange God's glory for lesser glory. But there is good news, God forgives our sin and all the ways we have failed to properly glorify God. This is why Advent places the focus on the coming of Christ who alone gives us hope that we will someday be destined for glory.