3|15 As to One Untimely Born
Notes
From ruthless persecutor of the church to tireless apostle — no one saw Paul coming.
In this week’s message, we meet Saul of Tarsus: zealous Pharisee, Roman citizen, and fierce enemy of Christ. Then the risen Jesus meets him on the Damascus road and everything changes. Paul calls himself the least of the apostles, unworthy, “one untimely born” — yet by the grace of God, he becomes what he is.This sermon is a powerful reminder that God’s grace doesn’t just pardon — it transforms, empowers, and puts us to work for His kingdom. Grace is not in vain. It turns enemies into servants and persecutors into preachers.
Whether you feel too far gone, too unqualified, or too aware of your past — the same grace that reached Paul reaches you. The same gospel they preached is the one we still believe.
"Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed" (1 Co 15:8–11).
