The Comfortable Passage of 1 Timothy 1

Turn to 1 Timothy 1. I'm going to talk about this passage because this is one of these passages that gets me up in the morning and gives me reason to continue. Verse 12: Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, insolent opponent, but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The same is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.