Over the years I’ve heard a lot of “GRACE STORIES” – wonderful testimonies about how God transformed a life through faith in Jesus Christ! They run the gambit too… all the way from the guy who was a murderer, thief, and mobster who encountered God and experienced forgiveness and became a Gospel preacher… All they way to the “good Sunday school kid, raised in a Christian family, who one day in Church became aware of His sin, asked the Lord forgive him and now fifty years later is still faithfully serving the Lord (a person kept from a life of sin)… and everything in between! Both extremes – and everything in between – are miraculous and wonderful!!
All of those wonderful “GRACE STORIES” came to mind as I read Apostle Paul’s testimony this today… (In fact, if the truth were told, His story is all of our stories who know the Lord – a testimony in microcosm… Here it is…
“I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life!.
“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.!” (1 Timothy 1:12–17 NIV)
Hey, you can have a “GRACE STORY!” … You got one? Thank God for it! Share it! And end up making verse 17 your personal expression of praise!
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