Paul calls himself "the worst of sinners." I'm not sure that we can really come up with a contiuum of "best to worst" sinners -- but if we could, I wouldn't put Paul at "the worst." He undoubtedly did some terrible things...but he just listed sinners who "kill their fathers or mothers, murderers, adulterers and perverts, slave traders and liars and perjurers." He's obviously has some pretty nasty sins on his mind...and he calls himself the worst of those.
The truth be told, I usually think of myself as a pretty decent person. Which isn't true. And as a result I don't live my life with a daily appreciation of how indebted I am to Grace. I live in the American culture of self-reliance - and breathe the air of self-sufficiecy. The truth of grace penetrates from time to time - but I have not yet progressed to the point where it is my air.
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