{"id":1227,"date":"2011-08-20T12:11:43","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T12:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2011-08-20T12:11:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T12:11:43","slug":"%e2%80%9csovereign-grace-hated-by-the-modern-religionist%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1227","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSovereign Grace Hated by the Modern Religionist\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSovereign Grace Hated by the Modern Religionist<\/strong>\u201d
\nBy C H Spurgeon
\nIf anything is hated bitterly, it is the out-and-out gospel of the
\ngrace of God, especially if that hateful word \u201csovereignty\u201d is
\nmentioned with it. Dare to say \u201cHe will have mercy on whom
\nhe will have mercy, and he will have compassion on whom he
\nwill have compassion\u201d (Romans 9:15), and furious critics will
\nrevile you without stint.<\/p>\n

The modern religionist not only hates the doctrine of sovereign
\ngrace, but he raves and rages at the mention of it. He would
\nsooner hear you blaspheme than preach election by the Father,
\natonement by the Son, or regeneration by the Spirit.<\/p>\n

If you want to see a man worked up till the Satanic is clearly
\nuppermost, let some of the new divines hear you preach a
\nfree grace sermon. A gospel which is after men will be
\nwelcomed by men; but it needs divine operation upon the
\nheart and mind to make a man willing to receive into his in
\nmost soul this distasteful gospel of the grace of God. My
\ndear brethren, do not try to make it tasteful to carnal minds.<\/p>\n

Hide not the offense of the cross, lest you make it of none effect.
\nThe angles and corners of the gospel are its strength to pare them
\noff is to deprive it of power. Toning down is not the increase of
\nstrength, but the death of it.<\/p>\n

Learn, then, that if you take Christ out of Christianity,
\nChristianity is dead. If you remove grace out of the gospel,
\nthe gospel is gone. If the people do not like the doctrine
\nof grace, give them all the more of it.<\/p>\n

I preach the doctrines of grace because I believe them to be true;
\nbecause I see them in the Scriptures; because my experience endears
\nthem to me; and because I see the holy result of them in believers.<\/p>\n

The doctrine which I preach to you is the doctrine of Paul, the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. The Author and Finisher of our faith himself taught the
\nmost blessed truth which well agreed with our text-
\n\u201cFor by grace are you saved through faith;
\nand that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.\u201d\u00a0Eph 2:8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cSovereign Grace Hated by the Modern Religionist\u201d By C H Spurgeon If anything is hated bitterly, it is the out-and-out gospel of the grace of God, especially if that hateful word \u201csovereignty\u201d is mentioned with it. Dare to say \u201cHe will have mercy on whom he will have mercy, and he will have compassion on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-h-spurgeon","category-gospel-offence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1228,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions\/1228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}