“Sola Fide (By Faith Alone)” by Dr. Simon Huang on 8th March 2020

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The preacher Dr. Simon Huang started his sermon by using an example to demonstrate how faith works in our daily lives. He said when we go to consult a physician in the event that we are not well, the physician just prescribed medication for us and we obediently take them. He added that at times some of us may not have not seen the physician’s certificate as proof that he is a qualified physician, but we take it based on faith. So he asked, “Seeing is believing? Blessed are those who have not seen him but believe. So what is faith? Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1),” he said, He observed that Abraham (The father of Faith) believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness (Rom 4:3). He added that if we declare with our mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believed in our heart that God raised Him from the dead, we will be saved. Dr. Simon Huang believed that for it is with our heart that we believe and are justified, and it is with our mouth that we profess the faith and we will be saved (Romans 10:9-10). “So why is Sola Fide crucial? Romans 3:10 says, “As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one”. What is demanded by God is righteousness. Salvation is by grace through faith.  Works follows automatically after that. That price is paid by Jesus Christ on the cross. Sola Fide is justification by faith in Jesus Christ. Faith is what saved us from eternal condemnation,” he said. He opined that faith of salvation is not blind. He noted that throughout the Bible, we have a cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1) such as Abraham and Joseph who shared the same faith with us that there is a God. He pointed out that salvation is not just for the Jews. Besides that, he opined believing in Christ is not by just obeying the laws that have been created. Moreover, he believed justification has nothing to do with works for instance justification preceded work but of course good works follows after genuine faith. Therefore, he urges us to keep the faith when what we hope for has yet to happen.