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1Tim.1:11 according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 1:12 And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service; 1:13 although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Many Christian's today would have you believe that parts of the old law are still over the body of Christ. But the apostle Paul here makes an defense proving its not. Paul was a great leader in the Jewish faith zealous for the law, so zealous he murdered Christ followers, what tool did he uses to convicted them of death? The Law, but Paul calls himself a former blasphemer of the truth, of God, and Christ Jesus. Under the law of Moses a blasphemer was put to death.

Rom.7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God. 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

Thus, if Paul was convicted under the law as a blasphemer, and if grace did not supersede the old law Paul himself should have been stoned as those he had stoned by uses of the law. In other words, the law convicted Paul of murdering Christ disciples, it convicted him of blaspheming God's chosen one publicly stoning them too death by his mistaken zeal for the law.

Acts 7:58 They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 8:1 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

Acts 8:3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.

Acts 9:1 But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Acts 9:4 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

Ultimately, God uses the foremost sinner against his name to tell us we are under undeserved kindness that Christ fulfilled the law, and unmerited kindness is in effect over the body of Christ, if not Paul would have been killed by God Himself for such arrogance against righteous blood. Here than is the depth of God unmerited kindness, this is why none of us can earn it, we could not at its deep depth imagines the forgiveness of the apostles Paul murderous blasphemy against God's love.

Rom.2:9 But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him."{Isaiah 64:4}

Romans 11:33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

Now many of these brothers and sister wanted to return to the inferior mundane law which was created for the wicked, not the righteous. These brothers and sisters had been made righteous and sinless not by the law for the wicked, but the unmerited love of God towards mankind in his Son Christ Jesus. Yes, they were raised far above the sins and death in this world into a precious life of Christ Jesus in true holiness. Their life, and their righteousness came from above, not from below by a law that condemned them as unrighteous, they needed to sober up to true righteousness and cling to it in faith!

1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

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