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THE BENEFITS OF GRACE
4. All personal growth comes by grace. 2 Peter 3:18 "Grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." The more you rely on God's grace, the more you're going to grow. 1 Cor. 15:10 Paul's speaking here. He's giving a testimony. "But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And His grace to me was not without affect. No, I worked harder than all of them, yet not I but the grace of God that was with me." Paul's talking about his own growth. Was there a change in Paul's character? Was there! From persecutor to apostle! I'm sure people -- early Christians -- looked at Paul and said, "That guy's hopeless! He's killing us. He's fighting us." I'm sure some people today say "Madeline Murray O'Hare is hopeless." She's not! God's grace can reach even the person who's persecuting the church. Paul says, "I grew not because I worked real hard and pulled myself up by my own bootstraps and forced myself to change to be a nice guy!" The change in his life was made by grace. That's where the growth comes from. "By the grace of God, I am what I am."
4. All personal growth comes by grace. 2 Peter 3:18 "Grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." The more you rely on God's grace, the more you're going to grow. 1 Cor. 15:10 Paul's speaking here. He's giving a testimony. "But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And His grace to me was not without affect. No, I worked harder than all of them, yet not I but the grace of God that was with me." Paul's talking about his own growth. Was there a change in Paul's character? Was there! From persecutor to apostle! I'm sure people -- early Christians -- looked at Paul and said, "That guy's hopeless! He's killing us. He's fighting us." I'm sure some people today say "Madeline Murray O'Hare is hopeless." She's not! God's grace can reach even the person who's persecuting the church. Paul says, "I grew not because I worked real hard and pulled myself up by my own bootstraps and forced myself to change to be a nice guy!" The change in his life was made by grace. That's where the growth comes from. "By the grace of God, I am what I am."
THE BENEFITS OF GRACE
4. All personal growth comes by grace. 2 Peter 3:18 "Grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." The more you rely on God's grace, the more you're going to grow. 1 Cor. 15:10 Paul's speaking here. He's giving a testimony. "But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And His grace to me was not without affect. No, I worked harder than all of them, yet not I but the grace of God that was with me." Paul's talking about his own growth. Was there a change in Paul's character? Was there! From persecutor to apostle! I'm sure people -- early Christians -- looked at Paul and said, "That guy's hopeless! He's killing us. He's fighting us." I'm sure some people today say "Madeline Murray O'Hare is hopeless." She's not! God's grace can reach even the person who's persecuting the church. Paul says, "I grew not because I worked real hard and pulled myself up by my own bootstraps and forced myself to change to be a nice guy!" The change in his life was made by grace. That's where the growth comes from. "By the grace of God, I am what I am."
