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  • It Is Written: The Old Testament of Scripture Alone | Rom. 3:1-2, Acts 7:37-39, Luke 24:25-27, 44-49

    It Is Written: The Old Testament of Scripture Alone | Rom. 3:1-2, Acts 7:37-39, Luke 24:25-27, 44-49
    Dec 28 2025
    Lord's Day: December 28, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: It Is Written: Scripture Alone Topic: Scripture Scripture: Romans 3:1–2; Acts 7:37–39; Luke 24:25–27, 44–49; John 10:27–28; 1 Corinthians 14:21; John 1:45; Matthew 22:40; Romans 3:21–22; Acts 13:15; 10:43 1Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God. Romans 3:1–2 Opponents of Protestantism falsely claim that there is no evidence in the early church for the Protestant Old Testament canon. This betrays history, church history, and the competing criteria that were used—especially in the early church—to recognize the books of the Old Testament. I. There were two primary competing criteria in the early church used to identify the Old Testament: 1. Which books were part of the Hebrew canon that the Jews used, and which Christ and His Apostles affirmed? Rom. 3:1-2, Acts 7:37-39, etc. 2. Which books did the (early) churches read in church and deemed edifying?[1] This is less precise. The church does not define God’s Word—God’s Word defines the church. II. The Protestant Canon of the Old Testament The overwhelming testimony of the Jews was that they held to an exclusive, 22/24 book canon of the Old Testament, matching the Protestant canon—apart from any "infallible" authority/council defining their canon—and Jesus and the Apostles quoted it to them repeatedly and demonstrated how He fulfilled it, refuted them with it, appealed to it as the highest authority, held them accountable to it, without ever debating which books were inspired.See “The Apocrypha Disproves Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy,” https://faithalone.net/topical-articles/articles/catholicism/apocrypha.html. III. Hebrew Bible—Tanakh—has three sections: Torah (Law), Nevi’im (Prophets), Ketuvim (Writings) Apocrypha are not included in the Hebrew Bible. IV. The 22/24 Hebrew canon and threefold subdivision of the Old Testament is found in numerous ancient Jewish and Christian sources, and in the Old and New Testaments. Anglican John Cosin (1594-1672) lists over 76 Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox sources, authorities, councils which rejected/distinguished the Apocrypha, in A Scholastical History of the Canon of the Holy Scripture, https://confessionalbibliology.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/The_Works_Of_John_Cosin_Scholastical_his.pdf. V. The New Testament uses synecdoches and shorthand phrases like “the Law and the Prophets” to denote the entire Old Testament. Also "the Law," “the Prophets,” “all the Prophets,” "the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms" Old Testament also uses canonical synecdoches. We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations marked LSB are from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com [1] John D. Meade and Peter J. Gurry, Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible (Crossway, 2022), p. 120.
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  • The Logos Became Flesh | John 1:1-18

    The Logos Became Flesh | John 1:1-18
    Dec 21 2025

    Lord's Day: Dec 21, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: Seasoned with Grace Topic: Christ Scripture: John 1:1–18; Luke 2:19–20; Romans 12:1; Hebrews 13:15–16; 1 John 2:2; Isaiah 53:5–11; John 1:28–29, 35–37; Matthew 1:18–25; Isaiah 7:14; Luke 2:21–24; Leviticus 12:1–8

    And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

    • Note: A part of the sermon was lost at around 50 minutes of the recording. We restored and merged the recordings that we did have.
    • Jesus is our treasure, our marvel, our wonder, which we ponder in our hearts and bring praise, glory, and honor to Him by our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, offering our entire lives as a living sacrifice unto Him (Luke 2:19-20; Rom. 12).

    I. The twfold meaning of Christmas: Two big picture, bookend truths

    • The Hypostatic Union of Christ and the Gospel

    II. What is the Hypostatic Union?

    • Truly God, truly Man: “We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God. Begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made (John 1). For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human.” (Nicene Creed)
    • Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man in one Person. The word “hypostatic” comes from the Greek hupostasis (ὑπόστασις), meaning “substance.” Both natures operate in harmony—without confusion, change, division, or separation.
    • The Chalcedonian Definition
    • God the Son is the subject and Person of the Incarnation, not the human nature of Christ: anhypostasis, enhypostasis.

    III. The Gospel of God’s Propitiation

    • Isaiah 53; 1 John 2:2; John 1:28-29, 35-37

    IV. That is the second truth about Christmas—why Jesus was born

    • The Virgin Birth: Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:21-24, Leviticus 12:1-8

    We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:

    • ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church
      4712 Montana Ave
      El Paso, Texas 79903

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    Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com
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  • It Is Written: One Canon, Two Testaments | 2 Peter 3:1-2, 14-18

    It Is Written: One Canon, Two Testaments | 2 Peter 3:1-2, 14-18
    Dec 14 2025
    Lord's Day: December 14, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: It Is Written: Scripture Alone Topic: Scripture Scripture: 2 Peter 3:1–2, 14–18; Genesis 3:1; Acts 17:11; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; 1 Timothy 3:15; Matthew 15:3; 1:23–25; 12:47; John 10:27–28 1This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles,... 14Therefore, beloved, since you are looking for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, 15and consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest you, having been carried away by the error of unprincipled men, fall from your own steadfastness, 18but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 2 Peter 3:1–2, 14-18 Both Peter’s audience and the unstable men understood that Paul’s letters were Scripture beforehand.The Church Canon has two canons: Old Testament canon and New Testament canon I. We can be certain as to what the Divine Canon of Scripture is without requiring any other “infallible” authority… …as long as we use the means and criteria and authorities that God gave us to identify and receive the books which He wrote down for His churchScripture alone in conjunction with Progressive Revelation II. Another testament to the early church recognizing and proliferating the New Testament canon without any other top-down hierarchy or normative authority... Which books did the early Christians copy the most? By far?“Persecution of the church began as early as Acts 4, when Herod executed James, the brother of John (Acts 12:2). By the time of Emperor Diocletian (AD 303–312), it was illegal even to own copies of the Bible.”[1] III. The canon of Scripture is one of the greatest testaments of how God uses His church in history to be the “pillar and support of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15). The early church distinguished between authoritative apostolic tradition and all other church traditions, and she recognized the apostolic tradition that was written down to be the exclusive canon of the New Testament. IV. Even if it were true that the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox church “gave” us the Bible, as they both claim, and therefore you must rely on them as your authority… Scripture alone would still refute them in the end, because it teaches us what Scripture teaches us to interpret Scripture in a logical, harmonious, consistent manner that does not violate or nullify the Word of God for the sake of extrabiblical, unbiblical traditions (Matt. 15:3).Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy teach that Mary remained a perpetual virgin, even during and after Christ’s birth, even though the Bible teaches that Christ’s birth was fully natural and that Mary had other children with Joseph after Christ.Protoevangelium of JamesGod has clearly shown us His church’s recognition and preservation of the Old and New Testaments in history, by His Spirit working through His people, for all to bear witness and see His providence in action. We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations marked LSB are from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com [1] William D. Mounce, Why I Trust the Bible: Answers to Real Questions and Doubts People Have about the Bible, Kindle (Zondervan, 2021), p. 99.
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  • It Is Written: The First Principle of Scripture Alone | Matthew 4:1-11

    It Is Written: The First Principle of Scripture Alone | Matthew 4:1-11
    Dec 7 2025
    Lord's Day: December 7, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: It Is Written: Scripture Alone Topic: Means of Grace Scripture: Matthew 4:1–11; Genesis 3:1–5; Acts 17:23–31; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Matthew 16:17; Revelation 2:4–5 1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. 3And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” 4But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:1–4 Our first principle is powerfully illustrated and practiced by our Lord and Master, when facing the enemy of all good, in the Wilderness Temptation of Christ.Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines destiny: “a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency” I. The devil tempts us both to question the final authority of God’s Word—“Hath God really said?”—and to depend on other authorities that contradict God. He uses religious antichrists which the Apostles repeatedly warned against,[1] who claim to speak authoritatively for God, claim to be equal to or above Scripture.Normative authority is authority that has the power to bind consciences, to direct us to what we ought to do, to command us.1689 Baptist Confession, 1.10: “The supreme judge by which all religious controversies are to be settled, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and individual thinkers (private spirits) are to be examined, can be none other than the Holy Scriptures delivered by the Spirit. In the verdict of Scripture our faith is finally determined.” II. We trust God alone, and the means He has revealed to us. Scripture and reason are not two first principles, but one: “God and logic are one and the same first principle, for John wrote that the [Logos] Logic was God.”[2] III. How do you settle competing interpretations of Scripture? God cannot contradict Himself, Scripture cannot contradict itself, they are logically consistent with all the propositions and doctrine of Scripture, “for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints” (1 Cor. 14:33).Confessing Protestants affirm other normative authorities for believers and the church (creeds, confessions, catechisms, elders, pastors, church discipline, church councils, etc.)—but Scripture is supreme over all. IV. God’s instituted system of checks and balances Believers must “judge for ourselves” whether a church is true or false, whether a teaching is sound or not, by examining it logically with the Scriptures, and by using the historic, faithful, and living church that is most consistent with Scripture, to guide our understanding and application of Scripture. V. Even “the purest churches under heaven are subject to mixture and error” (LBCF 26.3). Churches can start out as true, faithful churches, but, if they do not stay the course, and persistently, sinfully deviate from Scripture, God will remove His lampstand from it (Revelation 2:4-5). We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations marked LSB are from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com [1] See Carlos E. Montijo, “Those Who Went Out Were Never In”: Apostolic Admonitions Against Antichrist | 1 John 2:18-19, First John (ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church, 2024) [accessed 17 December 2025]. See also sermons on the End Times, https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/end-times. [2] Gordon H. Clark, ‘God and Logic’, The Trinity Review, December 1980 [accessed 7 July 2024].
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  • It Is Written: The Canon of Scripture Alone | Isa 55:7-11, Rom 15:4-6, 1Tim 3:15

    It Is Written: The Canon of Scripture Alone | Isa 55:7-11, Rom 15:4-6, 1Tim 3:15
    Nov 30 2025
    Lord's Day: Nov 30, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: It Is Written: Scripture Alone Topic: Scripture Scripture: Isaiah 55:7–11; Romans 15:4–6; 1 Timothy 3:15; Luke 1:67–70; 2 Timothy 3:16; Isaiah 40:7–8; 1 Corinthians 4:6–7; Hebrews 1:1–2; Romans 3:2–4; Ephesians 2:19–22; Jude 3 7Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to Yahweh, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. 8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares Yahweh. 9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts. 10“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what pleases Me, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:7–11 4For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through the perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5Now may the God of perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, 6so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 15:4–6 15but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. 1 Timothy 3:15 These passages tell a story of God’s providence and means of how he gave His Word to His people.Use the Jesus Test (Mark 7), the Berean Test, the Scripture Test, the “It is written” Test, the “Do not go beyond what is written” Test—no matter how divinely inspired or infallible a tradition may claim to be. I. How do we as Protestants know what Scripture is? The word canon means something straight, or something to keep straight; and hence also a rule, or something ruled or measured, a standard. II. There are three canons of Scripture The Divine Canon and the Church Canon—they must be distinguished.The Church Canon has two canons: Old Testament Canon and New Testament Canon, because God used different means and criteria to give each one to His people.God called, sanctioned, ordained prophets with authority, divine predictions, miracles, signs, and wonders in the Old Testament to confirm that the words were from God Himself, and similarly called, sanctioned, ordained apostles and prophets with authority, miracles, signs, and wonders to confirm the divine origins of the preaching, teaching, and writings of the Apostles and their prophetic associates. III. We can have certainty as to what the Divine Canon of Scripture is, using the means and criteria that God gave us to identify and receive the books He wrote down. What criteria did the early church use to identify and collect the New Testament?Generally, it was a bottom-up process, not top-down hierarchy.[1]Early church elders used Apostolicity (apostolic authorship and authenticity) to recognize what was God-breathed Scripture.Progressive Revelation IV. The canon of Scripture is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, shining examples of how God uses His church in history to be the “pillar and support of the truth.” The church is not the truth itself, nor is the church infallible. God delegated authority to her, primarily through apostles and prophets, so that the church could receive and collect God’s ultimate authority, the final written Scriptures, and the church is thus tasked by God to teach it, preach it, confess it, live it, apply it—to uphold the same faith that was delivered once and for all to the saints (Jude 3). We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations marked LSB are from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com [1] Michael Marlowe, ‘A Brief Introduction to the Canon and Ancient Versions of Scripture’, Bible Research, n.d. [accessed 30 November 2025].
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  • It Is Written: “Do Not Go Beyond What Is Written” | 1 Cor 4:6-7, 2 Pet 1:19-21

    It Is Written: “Do Not Go Beyond What Is Written” | 1 Cor 4:6-7, 2 Pet 1:19-21
    Nov 23 2025
    Lord's Day: Nov 23, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: It Is Written: Scripture Alone Topic: Scripture Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:6–7; 2 Peter 1:19–21; Acts 4:19; 3 John 9–12; James 1:17–18; Matthew 7:24–27; Mark 7:6–13; 2 Peter 3:16; Psalm 119:89; Romans 15:4–6 6Now these things, brothers, I have applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to go beyond what is written, so that no one of you will become puffed up on behalf of one against the other. 7For who regards you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? 1 Corinthians 4:6–7 19And we have as more sure the prophetic word, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. 20Know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes by one’s own interpretation. 21For no prophecy was ever made by the will of man, but men being moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. 2 Peter 1:19–21 I. Scripture alone does not mean solo Scriptura or nuda Scriptura Meaning Scripture and nothing else at all, no other church authorities at all, which ironically contradicts Scripture, but rather sola Scriptura, that Scripture is our only final, ultimate, infallible authority.Unbiblical rejection of any other spiritual authorities in the life of Christians and the church, including Biblical authorities ordained by God through human means within the church.So-called “Protestant” movements that caricature Scripture alone are plagued by pietism, emotionalism, shallowness, ignorance, lack of decency and order and qualified leadership.Sound very pious, but are types of spiritual/church anarchy, disorder, divisiveness, anti (human) authority. II. We believe, teach, confess, and maintain a careful, systematic balance of these bookend doctrines Puritan principle: The Bible alone and the Bible in its entirety is the Word of God written, and to it nothing may be added nor from it may anything be taken away.Subject every and any truth claim (tradition) to the Berean Test, Scripture Test, “It is written” Test, “Do not go beyond what is written” Test, Jesus Test (Mark 7:9-13)—Does it nullify or contradict the Word of God, at any point?Whenever people become puffed up with conceit, to the point of placing other traditions or authorities above God and His Word, or equal to God’s Word, and abandon the sole ultimate authority of Scripture alone, and exchange the solid rock foundation of Christ’s own words, “these words of Mine,” for the imbalanced, contrary, unstable traditions of sand (Matt 7:24-29), it creates a domino effect leading to an avalanche of errors. III. The more permanent prophetic word 2 Peter 1:19-21Weymouth: “And in the written word of prophecy we have something more permanent.” We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations marked LSB are from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com
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  • It Is Written: God’s Words Alone | Acts 17:10-13, 2 Timothy 3:15-17

    It Is Written: God’s Words Alone | Acts 17:10-13, 2 Timothy 3:15-17
    Nov 16 2025
    Lord's Day: Nov 16, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: It Is Written: Scripture Alone Topic: Scripture Scripture: Acts 17:10–13; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Colossians 2:2–3; Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:18; John 17:17; Psalm 119:160; Hebrews 8:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; Jude 3; Titus 1:1–3 10And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12Therefore many of them believed, along with not a few prominent Greek women and men. 13But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, shaking up and disturbing the crowds. Acts 17:10–13 15and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be equipped, having been thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:15–17 These are among the clearest passages which reveal to us the ultimate authority of Scripture alone, of what God breathed out and wrote down.The Bereans practiced the same Reformation principle that we do today as Protestants—Scripture alone—because they examined and submitted what they heard from others, even the oral preaching, teaching, tradition of the Apostles themselves, which became the New Testament writings, to the written words of God.Sign the Reformation Day Statement & the Declaration: https://www.trinityfoundation.org/state.phphttps://www.trinityfoundation.org/state_declaration.php I. Sola Scriptura: The “It is written” principle What is written by God Himself is the most authoritative word, this is the doctrine of sola Scriptura."The Holy Scriptures are the only sufficient, certain and infallible rule for saving knowledge, faith, and obedience."Many who oppose the Protestant faith (including professing Protestants) distort what the doctrine of Scripture alone actually meansScripture is our first principle of knowing, our ultimate authority for all knowledge, because Scripture grounds and justifies all our knowledge, all truth, because in Christ, who is the full knowledge of God’s mystery, are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col. 2:2-3). II. The Bereans had examined the Scriptures that they already had. Even though the New Testament was still being written at the time, even though it took time for the early church to compile what the Apostles and their companions had handed down to them.Progressive Revelation: Scripture alone means that the Scriptures which had been revealed to the people of God at that specific time, even during the Old Testament, those written Scriptures are the final authority of God’s Word, even when the full biblical canon was not yet completed. III. But don’t we need both the oral and the written traditions? “Whether by word of mouth or by letter”? Correction: I meant 2 Thessalonians 2:15, not 2 Timothy 2:15.Irenaeus (ca. 130-203), Against Heresies (ca. 180AD): “III.I.1. We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the gospel has come down to us [the Apostles], which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground and pillar of our faith." IV. All Scripture is God’s breath 2 Timothy 3:15–17There is no difference between the oral and written traditions revealed in Scripture, except that the written is more permanent.The Apostles and their associates wrote down and passed on to the early church as the ultimate, God-breathed, sufficient authority “for every good work”—Scripture alone.Examine any and all extra biblical traditions with the Berean Test, the Jesus Test (Mark 7). We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations marked LSB are from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com
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  • Remembering the Reformation: Scripture Alone | Acts 17:10-12

    Remembering the Reformation: Scripture Alone | Acts 17:10-12
    Nov 9 2025
    Lord's Day: Nov 9, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: Remembering the Reformation Topic: Scripture Scripture: Acts 17:10–12; 1 Samuel 17:26, 40–45; Isaiah 8:19–20; 1 Timothy 2:5; Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Hebrews 5:12–14 10And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12Therefore many of them believed, along with not a few prominent Greek women and men. Acts 17:10–12 This passage echoes the first principles of the Reformation, and is one of the many reasons why it is important for us to remember the Reformation.See Reformation Evangelism at a Roman Catholic Church on 28 Oct 2025 | Romans 3:28Sign the Reformation Day Statement & the Declaration: https://www.trinityfoundation.org/state.phphttps://www.trinityfoundation.org/state_declaration.php I. What was (and still is) the main conflict with Rome? Luther knew how to ask the right questions, probing questions, questions that would get to the bottom of the issue.Like the young David, Luther was executing a lifetime of God’s preparation.With David on God’s side—Goliath did not stand a chance. II. The main issue, as Luther began to see and later saw more clearly, was that of a different giant. His giant was, ultimately, the Goliath of Rome—the magisterium and the pope of Rome, the papacy and its claims of absolute spiritual authority.“The Pope is Goliath, clad in the armor of human traditions… We are David, with the sling of the Holy Scriptures.”With Luther on God’s side—Rome did not stand a chance. III. Luther did what many others fail to do—He discerned the main issue, the main conflict with Rome, and responded with Scripture and reason. Isaiah 8:19-20God alone is the Mediator of truth and life—Christ alone (1 Tim. 2:5).Contacting the dead for guidance (including departed Christians) is foolish and idolatrous, unequivocally condemned by God (Dt. 18:10-12) IV. We must trust God’s law and testimony—we need the ultimate authority of Scripture alone. Many fail to see the main issues affecting the church in our own day. V. Why is it so challenging for Christians to discern the main issues in the church today? VI. Scripture teaches: Discernment is a holy lifestyle that requires constant practice. This is how Luther was able to discern the main issues and kindle the Reformation.Discernment is a distinguishing mark of a mature, godly believer. VII. All believers are called to be good, mature, discerning Bereans We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana Ave El Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com Scripture quotations marked ESV are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked LSB are from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com
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