I Received Mercy

I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the foremost. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 1:12-17

None of us are good enough to get into heaven on our own. It is God’s grace that we are forgiven at the moment we accept His Son Jesus Christ as our personal Savior. No one is good enough to get into heaven. Eternal life is a gift. Receive Jesus by faith.

No one is good enough to save himself;

no one is so bad that God cannot save him.

Our Daily Bread – September 20, 2008