Derek Thomas
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Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
Who enabled him to be drawn to Christ?
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
It was the gracious, sovereign hand of my heavenly Father.
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
You notice again in verse 15, when he who had set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace.
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
We saw it in the first lesson and here it is again.
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
As he thinks about who he is and what he is,
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
It's a story of grace from beginning to end.
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
When we think of who we are as Christians, we tend to use John 3.
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
We tend to use Jesus' words to Nicodemus about being born again.
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
You must be born again, Jesus said to Nicodemus.
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
But there's a sense, and that's a John way of seeing it, if I can put it that way.
Renewing Your Mind
The Apostle’s Defense
But for Paul, Paul sees it using a different metaphor.