Revelation 7:9-12

⁹ “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰ and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ¹¹ And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹² saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

As the Lord allows, this coming Lord’s Day morning I will speak on the 5^th of the “5 Solas” of the doctrines of salvation. As we have previously seen, Salvation is From Scripture Alone; By Grace Alone; Through Faith Alone; In Christ Alone; and, this Sunday I will preach that it is… To the Glory of God Alone!

As we consider the salvation we have in Jesus Christ, we see more and more of how simple, and yet multi-faceted it actually is. In our Text this week, we can see three key things about this salvation:

First, God’s gift of salvation to sinners glorifies God by revealing the inclusiveness of it! To the glory of God, heaven will be home to multitudes of saved people from every Nation, people, tribe, and tongue! There is only one requirement to be a candidate for salvation – you must be a sinner!

Second, God’s gift of salvation to sinners glorifies God by revealing the exclusiveness of it! Of course, I realize that this sounds like an immediate contradiction to my first point, but it is not. Let me explain! Salvation is HIS! It is exclusively HIS! It is HIS to give or not to give; it is HIS salvation and HE alone can provide salvation to lost sinners.

Finally, God’s gift of salvation to sinners tells us much about HIM! There are at least six specific things about the Person and Character of God that are demonstrated in the above verses:

– God’s gift of salvation to sinners demonstrates the blessings of God!

– God’s gift of salvation to sinners demonstrates the glory of God!

– God’s gift of salvation to sinners demonstrates wisdom of God!

– God’s gift of salvation to sinners demonstrates the benevolence of God!

– God’s gift of salvation to sinners demonstrates the honor of God!

– God’s gift of salvation to sinners demonstrates the power of God!

It is indeed a humbling thing to know that even our salvation is not about us! Our salvation is really God’s salvation freely given to us in Jesus. It is HIS and it is to HIS glory!

I hope that you will take the time to read through these verses and comments, pray over them, and ask God to speak to you through the sermon this Sunday as you prepare your spirit to hear the preaching of God’s Word.

As my good friend Tom Rains often says, “I hope to see you Sunday with your Bible in your hand, a smile on your face, and your family and friends by your side!”