You Gotta Have Faith, Faith, Faith....Sola Fide

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   Welcome to the sermon podcast for September 17th, 2017 from First Lutheran Church in Shelby, Ohio with Pastor Rus Yoak. When is faith not faith, and when is the law not the law?  Listen in this week as we look at the meaning of the second sola:  Sola Fide. 

The sermon format is a little different this week since Libsyn, our podcast hosting company, says I have reached my storage limit for the month.  I must need to shorten up my sermons...LOL. But, if you click on the link above you can still hear the sermon. 

Romans 4:1-8:

1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, discovered in this matter? 2If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about-but not before God. 3What does Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." 4Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. 5However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. 6David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7"Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 8Blessed is the one whose sin the LORD will never count against them."