1. "Bad news is that our sin leaves us stained. The good news is the blood still works. And so what do you mean that it leaves you stained? When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, we ask that all this stand. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, they ran from God. They ran from God for three reasons. They ran from God because of the shame of sin. They knew they were naked. They ran from God because of the stain of sin. God would no longer sin. He would no longer be able to look at them the same. But then they ran from God because of the sentence of sin. He said, the day you eat of that tree, you shall surely die. The blood of Jesus washes away the stain of sin. It breaks the shame of sin. And it pardons us from the sentence of sin."
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2. "While Jesus Christ is on the earth, children of God, he chooses 12 disciples. These 12 men were just ordinary, but they were chosen to fulfill an extraordinary task. For three and a half years, these men would walk with Jesus. They would work with Jesus. But ultimately, they would become witnesses for Jesus. 12 ordinary men. Men that when Jesus calls them, he knows all of their sins. But he's not turned off about who they are, because he knows by his power, they can become who he's called them to be."
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4. "Paul gives an honest assessment of his past. He uses his past. How do you know it? Listen to the verses. Verse 9, for I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. This is an honest assessment of his past. Paul said, no, you ain't got to ask nobody about me. I'll tell you who I used to be. Paul subsequent passage and read it again. I've persecuted the Lord's church. I kicked against it. I draw people from church so that they may be tortured for their faith."
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5. "Paul gives an honest assessment of his past in verse 9, but notice when we break down the clauses, the A, the B, and the C, notice he gives an assessment of his place. Listen to what he says, says, for I am the least of the apostles. Paul didn't desire to place himself ahead of other people or to be more deserving than others. Paul knew that God had spared his life, and Paul knew that in the kingdom of God, there's no place for title seekers. Paul wanted those that he was preaching to to have the proper estimation of him. I'm the least. I'm the last. I'm not top nothing. I'm bottom."
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6. "Paul is aware of grace, but in the rest of the verse, Paul is appreciative of grace. How do you show that you're appreciative of grace? Listen to what Paul says. I labored, I worked, I toiled, but it was not me. It was the grace of God that was with me. Listen to me. Paul says, I don't preach, I don't serve God out of obligation. I do it out of gratitude. There's a difference in people that do it out of obligation and people that do it out of gratitude."
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8. "Grace takes people that once ran from God and gives them the opportunity to run for God. Grace takes enemies and makes them friends. You're never too contaminated or broken to be saved by God. That's the good news of the gospel. It's that the worst person you know this morning is qualified for salvation. Let me put a pin there. The worst person you know ain't the person sitting beside you. The worst person you know is the person living within you. And if God could save you, there's hope for anybody else."
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9. "The word grace here means to be kind, kind, loving, courteous to someone who doesn't deserve it. It's God's unmerited, undeserving, unconditional, and unwavering favor. God had been kind and loving and courteous to a sinner like Paul. I believe in this church this morning that there should be people that can testify that there should be people that can testify that God has been kind. He's been courteous. He's been loving to a sinner like me. And every opportunity I get, I will tell God, thank you for his grace."
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10. "I want to suggest to you this morning that if you can't celebrate God for his saving grace, you ought to celebrate God for his sustaining grace, and if you can't celebrate God for his sustaining grace, you ought to celebrate God for the sufficiency of his grace. What am I saying to you? I'm saying that in spite of everything you've been through, it can be summed up like this. The only reason you and I are here this morning is because of you. I'm saying that in spite of everything you've been through, it can be summed up like this. Because God's been keeping us."
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