on the Five Solas

For those who don;t know what are the Five Solas, you can check out below Wiki link for a brief intro:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_solas

I never knew what the Five Solas are, except in passing. Decided to Wiki Sola Fide, after Pastor Ann used it in "This Week's Heartbeat" in last week's church bulletin. So it just blew me away, to read about the simplicity and beauty of these Five Solas,

Sola scriptura ("by Scripture alone")

Sola fide ("by faith alone")

Sola gratia ("by grace alone")

Solus Christus ("Christ alone")

Soli Deo gloria ("glory to God alone")

haha, I asked my friend what are the possible ways you can arrange in random order*. He told me there can be a 5x4x3x2x1combination.

So take a piece of paper, jot down the five solas, and start arranging them in any random order. Here are two examples from me:

Sola scriptura, Sola fide, Sola gratia, Solus Christus, Soli Deo gloria

Through Scriptures, by faith alone, through God's grace, through His Son Jesus Christ only, glorifying God alone

Soli Deo gloria, Solus Christus, Sola gratia, Sola fide, Sola scriptura 

Glorifying God alone, through Jesus Christ, by His grace, through faith only, revealed in the scriptures

Haha, get the picture? OK, go find the rest of the 5x4x3x2x1 - 2 combinations. :D

I think after a while, you'll see 

Solus Christus = Soli Deo gloria = Sola scriptura = Sola fide =  Sola gratia 

Jesus Christ is the Glory of God, and He is the Word, and the Faithfulness of God and Grace Incarnate.

Have fun!~

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* actually that's not how I asked him initially. I go and ask him "I got 5 variables, how many ways can you permutate them?" :D Trying to sound cheemz, when my maths and maths terminology cannot make it :p