Saved To Save Others

1Timothy 1:16 "Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy,that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering,for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting".

The notion is common that Paul's conversion was something uncommon and not to be expected to be of the norm.But the very reason for his salvation was that he might be able to convert others of like thinking. When the Lord saved Paul, he had an eye to use Paul in the salvation of others.His conversion would tend to interest and convience other Pharisees and Jews.His salvation would be used in his preaching to convert others.Your testimony is your greatest witnessing tool.Would encourge Paul to hope for others, and would cause him to seek others.We are each saved for the purpose of leading others to Christ.

His entire life was spent speaking to others.He was foremost in sin and also in grace,and thus his life speaks to the extremes on each side.(In sin); His conversion proves that Jesus receives great sinners.He was a blasphemer,a persecutor,and injurious.He went as far as one could in his hatred of Christ and his people.Yet the grace of God changed him and forgave him.(In grace);He proved the power of God to sanctify and preserve.He was faithful in ministry,clear in knowledge,fervent in spirit,patient in suffering, diligent in service, and all this even with what he use to be.God can save the greatest sinner and make him the greatest of witness to his wonderful saving power.

Each of us was called out of darkness, called from a particular life style that went against God's word, will and his way.We were called out of the various lives to be witnesses to those still trapped in darkness, of the saving power of God.He saved me a drug addicted whoremonger because there are still others trapped in that prison.He saved the lost mother,because there are other lost mothers.So no matter what you use to be, there are others still stuck in that life,and God wants your life to be a witness that he can save all who seek his salvation.Are you making the fullest use of your salvation? For whose sake are you saved?