@fmf said
What are the implications of being "secondary while important" for "salvation"?
Jesus Christ is not a variable before men that we have to identify correctly. He is the
Word of God made flesh, God! You are right with Him; the rest is all secondary and
will work out in time as you walk with Him. Sin will be something shunned and
repented of; doctrine will be corrected, grievances will be settled in grace, and love
will replace hate. The fruit of the Spirit will become within the believer walking with
God is more evident as the walking in the flesh becomes more and more distasteful.
We can divide ourselves into things that don't matter in the long run; we can put
anything above God to our ruin, we can treat people as objects for consumption
until we are done with them. The perspective of God as we walk with Him brings to
light those things we all see right away, stealing, lying, and things like that and
more and more of our fallen nature in us comes to light, and in our walk with
the Lord, His sanctification work in us, changes us in ways not so apparent, even
our thought life is affected.