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This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: 
"Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" - and I am the worst of them.
1 Timothy 1:15 CSB
Paul is keeping it real here, he's not looking anywhere else but in the mirror, and knows that without Jesus love in action, he too would be lost. 
Jesus came for us. 
Even though we were not perfect, not sorted, he came for us anyway. 
Jesus came on mission. 
Jesus mission was and is to save. To save us. 
Paul's emotions say that he is the worst. Because that's how he feels. 
"I'm the worst".
And he holds onto the Truth that Jesus came for sinners, for him. 
No matter how we feel about ourselves in any moment, Jesus love in action says that you and I are the reason for Jesus mission.
We are the ones Jesus came for. 
You are. 
I feel like I'm the worst, and Jesus loves me. 
Tim Keller put it this way:
"The gospel says you are more sinful and flawed than you ever dared believe, but more accepted and loved than you ever dared hope."
Jesus love in action says that you are dearly loved, worth loving.
Let the Truth speak to your heart today.
#lettertoTim
#dearlyloved

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