Acts 2:21 King James version 1611 And it shall come to passe, that whosoeuer shall call on the Name of the Lord, shalbe saued.
Acts 2:21 NKJV
- And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
The man seemed beyond redemption. His crimes included eight shootings (killing six) and starting nearly 1,500 fires that terrorized New York City in the 1970s. He left letters at his crime scenes taunting the police, and he was eventually apprehended and given consecutive sentences of twenty-five years to life for each murder.
Yet God reached down to this man. Today he is a believer in Christ who spends time daily in the Scriptures, has expressed deep regret to his victims’ families, and continues to pray for them. Although imprisoned for more than four decades, this man who seemed beyond redemption finds hope in God and claims, “My freedom is found in one word: Jesus.”
Scripture tells of another unlikely conversion. Before he met the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, Saul (who later became the apostle Paul) was “breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples” (Acts 9:1). Yet Paul’s heart and life were transformed by Jesus (vv. 17-18), and he became one of the most powerful witnesses for Him in history. The man who once plotted the death of Christians devoted his life to spreading the hope of the gospel.
Redemption is always a miraculous work of God. Some stories are more dramatic, but the underlying truth remains the same: None of us deserve His forgiveness, yet Jesus is a powerful Savior! He “[saves] completely those who come to God through him” (Hebrews 7:25).
By James Banks
REFLECT & PRAY
Dear Jesus, thank You for loving us so much You died to bring us into a relationship with You.
Raynette K. Weiss Ministries would like to give you encouragement and the chance to become a child of God.
If you want to be one of God’s children, all you have to do is look up and pray the following: Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner, please forgive me, I repent. I give you my life, Come into my heart and give me the courage and boldness to change, and walk with you in the way you want me to. Amen.
Note: Ways to contact us are the following: Phone number for our ministry is 202-412-5672. You may call this number for any information about us, and also prayer requests, and someone will be glad to pray with you right then. We are not on the air, so you can talk directly to us and the public will not know. Confidentiality is very important to us. Also, we are just an online ministry, not a church. We had just started as of May 27, 2020. New things will be coming to the website soon, so be on the look out for it.
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Definitions of words used by us commonly that you may not know:
First word; Repent-(feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one’s wrongdoing or sin.)