Bible Study August 9, 2024
Galatians 1:24 (LSB)
22 “And I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which are in Christ; 23 but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith which he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they were glorifying God because of me.”
I have read books by Lee Stroebel who was a former atheist and as result of searching and studying the scriptures he came to the Jesus. There are many people who have followed the same path.
Paul wrote to Galatians and in the last verse it might be better said, “And they were glorifying God because of God in me.” Paul as you know was the great persecutor of the church who in his encounter with God found himself blinded. His life was radically changed.
God has numerous ways of getting our attention. In Lee Stroebel it was searching trying to prove God did not exist, to Paul persecuting the church to you and me who have our own stories of encounters with God.
Grace, God finds us where we are and it is His miracle of grace that intercepts us and transforms us. What is your story of God’s amazing grace and how it radically changed your life because it will.
“Grace must find expression in life; otherwise it is not grace.” Karl Barth.
God Bless.
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