“I am chief.”
1 Timothy 1.15
Three little words…
When we see it like that, and read it like that, it sounds like this person thinks a lot of himself to make such a claim… “I am chief.”
But actually the opposite was true. It is the Apostle Paul and he is telling us what he thinks of himself, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners…”
“of whom I am chief.”
Like the song says, “Only a sinner… saved by grace”
And the other song, “Chiefest of sinners, all will be there…
“I am chief… Chief of sinners…” Now I must ask myself what I think of myself… what am I “chief” of? Could I also say I am “chiefest of sinners”?
Luke 7:47 tells us, “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.”
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners;
of whom I am chief.”