Kootenai Church Sunday School

Simon Pranaitis examines how Paul's conversion testimony reveals three essential ways the gospel continues to work in believers' lives decades after salvation. Writing to Timothy thirty years after his Damascus Road encounter, Paul demonstrates that the gospel isn't just for new converts—it's the ongoing source of spiritual strength, evangelistic motivation, and worshipful joy. Simon walks through 1 Timothy 1:12-17, showing how Paul never forgot what God rescued him from. The gospel strengthens believers for service by keeping them grateful for God's deliberate choice to regard sinners as faithful. It motivates gospel proclamation by crystallizing the simple truth that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, with Paul identifying himself as foremost among them. And it draws Christians into deeper worship of the eternal, immortal, invisible King. Simon challenges listeners to write down their testimony, discuss it frequently with others, and rehearse gospel truths regularly—because no one outgrows their need for the gospel that transforms persecutors into apostles through God's perfect patience and super-abundant grace.