The Real Story of Christmas

The Real Story of Christmas – 1 Timothy chapter 1, verses 12 to 17

• A Famous Rescue Story
• The Ultimate Rescue Story
  • “Proud Pharisee rescued!” (and grows downward in humility)
• The Unlimited Patience of Jesus
• The Great and Only King (Who dies for you and me)
• The Enjoyment of God (“The enjoyment of God is the is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied.” – Jonathan Edwards)

¹² I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, ¹³ though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, ¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. ¹⁶ But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. ¹⁷ To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 1:12-17 English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.