Grace Changed My Story: Paul's Transformation

``If he doesn't remember it because of what Jesus did, why do we remember it? Jesus did the thing for us so that we don't have to sit in it anymore. We don't have to worry about it anymore so that we can be freed in Christ and to move forward and become the people he's called us to be through the power of the holy spirit. So that when people see us, they go, thank god. God has has done something amazing in this person's life. Man, if god could do that in their life, he could do it in my life. That is the story that Paul has. [01:14:32] (34 seconds)  #FreedInChrist

Religions around the world say, hey. This is what you have to do to receive god. You have to go on a pilgrimage. You have to go on a walk. You have to do this. You have to say so many that. You have to do this, that, and yet they they give you a list of what you have to do. But Christianity says that the lord was already there pursuing you from the beginning. Amen. He's right there behind you as you're walking away. He's just walking with you, waiting for you to turn around and say, I can't do this anymore. [00:53:00] (32 seconds)  #GodPursuesYou

Grace is still finding people today. The gospel doesn't just forgive us as sinners. He transforms to become more like him. He loves you so much that he doesn't want you to stay where you are. He wants you to grow and mature. That's a story of holiness in the church. It's not anything that you're doing. It's what he's doing. So my invitation to you is this. Maybe you're carrying shame. Maybe you're carrying guilt, failure, carrying just a variety of things, things that you're just going through in your head. But what Paul's story reminds us is that it doesn't matter because Jesus already paid for it. Jesus already paid for it. [01:18:34] (55 seconds)  #GraceTransformsLives

Well, there was nothing different in his education. There was nothing different in his family upbringing. What was the main difference in his life? Jesus. Nothing else changed in Saul's life to become Paul. The only thing that changed, he had an encounter with the living God. He had an encounter with Jesus. And so we see this moment in this church. We see this moment in the scriptures of Paul's life being transformed by the holy spirit, by God. [00:49:00] (37 seconds)  #EncounterChangesEverything