{"id":6684,"date":"2024-05-22T10:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6684"},"modified":"2024-05-22T10:12:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:12:45","slug":"secondary-importance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=6684","title":{"rendered":"SECONDARY IMPORTANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SECONDARY IMPORTANCE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I have noticed that the main issue that men grapple with over the doctrine of election is not whether or not the Scripture teaches it.&nbsp; Any honesty at all will make a man admit the Scriptures do teach this doctrine. What men grapple with is whether or not it is essential to believe this doctrine and preach this doctrine.&nbsp; Most preachers will admit the Bible does teach election, but they relegate it to a doctrine of secondary importance. (Judgment day will reveal the motive behind such actions.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But will the Scriptures support such a position?&nbsp; In Exodus 33:18, Moses said to God, \u201cShow my Thy glory\u2026.\u201dTo which God replied, &nbsp;\u201c\u2026. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious.\u201d &nbsp; &nbsp;Paul quotes this in Romans 9 to answer the carnal mind\u2019s objection to election (Romans 9:14-15).&nbsp; According to Scripture, God\u2019s glory and election go together.&nbsp; If the glory of God can be thought to be a doctrine of secondary importance, so can the doctrine of election.&nbsp; But we know the glory of God is of primary importance. What does that make God\u2019s electing mercy in Christ? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u2013 Henry Mahan&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SECONDARY IMPORTANCE &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I have noticed that the main issue that men grapple with over the doctrine of election is not whether or not the Scripture teaches it.&nbsp; Any honesty at all will make a man admit the Scriptures do teach this doctrine. What men grapple with is whether or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-henry-mahan","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684","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=6684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6685,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684\/revisions\/6685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}