Sermon
Redemption & Commission
Mercy Hill Church - Cincinnati
Speaker: Dylan Gilbert
September 3, 2023 · 32 min
Summary
Through Saul's encounter with Jesus on the Damascus road, the sermon demonstrates that no one is too far from God's grace. Despite Saul's violent persecution of Christians, Jesus confronts him with mercy rather than judgment, transforms him into Paul, and uses an ordinary disciple, Ananias, to complete his redemption—illustrating that God uses broken people to accomplish extraordinary purposes.
Highlights
God loves to use broken people because that's all he has to work with anyway.
The most loving thing God can do is confront you in your sin, because now you have to deal with what's going on in your life.
When your life has been forever changed by the power of Jesus Christ, you begin to turn from your old life, and even though some of your friends and family may not understand it, you have been saved, you have come from death to life.