Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. What is your biggest problem in life?

Is it your finances? A bad diagnosis? A wayward child?

In this week's connecting clip of the week,

we'll hear a portion of Paul's conversation with Shelby Abbott

on the latest episode of the Connecting podcast.

In this clip, Paul and Shelby make the argument

that your biggest problem in life is you.

To hear more from Paul and Shelby, don't miss the entire episode

on the Paul Trip podcast, episode 405. You can also watch the video on YouTube or Facebook.

Here's Paul and Shelby on this week's connecting clip of the week.

I always think that one of the important questions when we talk about rescuing grace is to ask the question, what am I being rescued from?

And the ultimate biblical answer of that is I'm being rescued from me.

From my own self.

My problem is not just external evil.

It's only ever the evil inside of me that hooks me to the evil outside of me.

I am a sinner, therefore I sin.

I love this way this is presented in Titus 2.

This is just such a magnificent passage.

It's one of those that I don't think I'll ever reach the depth of.

For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce

ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright,

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