today on Summit Life with J.D.

God's not trying to pay you back.

He's trying to bring you back.

What God is doing for you is not retribution.

It's restoration.

God gave the retribution to Jesus

so that what he could give to you was loving discipline

to bring you back to himself

and I know it's painful and I know some of you have been going through that.

It's not about God hating you, it's about him loving you, it's not about him paying you back,

it's about him bringing you back and I just got to ask are you. It's not about him paying you back, it's about him bringing you back and I just got to ask, are you listening? Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer.

As always, I'm your host Molly Bitevich.

I think it's safe to say that when most people think of the apostle Paul, they think of this bigger than life champion of the faith.

He's probably about six foot seven, rugged, beautiful, and a model citizen.

But today, Pastor J.D. explains that before Paul's encounter with Jesus

on the road to Damascus, he was a pretty undesirable character,

maybe even like you and I used to be. Today we are rejoining our teaching series called Scent,

that we began earlier this year

as we discover God's transformational grace.

Now, if you missed the first half of this study back in April or if you'd like to download the full sermon transcripts to catch up

Visit us at Jidegrier.com

Now let's get started with today's teaching simply titled Paul.

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