Election - A Mystery to Rejoice In

There is no profounder truth than election. Yet there is no doctrine in Scripture that is not more disputed and reviled. Many of us might have wrestled with this truth or still be wrestling with it. We may have backed off it but been compelled by Scripture to come back to it, almost against our will. This truth is for the praise of the glory of God's grace, although you would not think this from the controversy that swirls around it. It should not be a doctrine to be preached as though there was no other truth in the Bible. Neither is it to be preached by riding roughshod over the issues that it presents or spoken of in an unsympathetic and unnecessarily combative manner towards those who have a strong alternative view. What might we say about it?

Main Headings:

1: This is reason for praise
2: Paul knew it
3: God is too small without this truth
4: It is all of mercy