DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- ANYTHINGS IS POSSIBLE WITH GOD

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH GOD

"Then Ananias answered, 'Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on our name.' But the Lord said to him, 'Go, for he is chosen vessel of mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.' " (Acts 9:13-15)

Is anyone beyond the grace of God? From the natural viewpoint, it would seem that some people are beyond the point of ever being saved. Saul had a reputation as one of those people. He, by his own admission, was the chiefest of sinners (I Timothy 1:15). He was a great persecutor of Christians, and by his own admission, caused much harm by binding believers and putting them in prison, and even killing people of The Way (Acts 22:4).

So Saul, later renamed Paul, had a horrible reputation among Believers. No wonder that Ananias balked at the thought of going to Saul. Saul might end up putting him in prison or worse. Ananias ended up submitting to the Lord and went to minister to Saul.

Are there people you can think of whom you think are too far gone? How about Chuck Schumer or Nancy Pelosi or Vladimir Putin? Are they so far down the road that there is no chance of them being saved?

I have to remember the words of the Lord Jesus. When the disciples asked, "Who then can be saved?," Jesus answered, ' "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible" (Mark 10:26-27).

If I am ever tempted to think that God cannot reach the vilest of sinners, then I need to remember Saul. Even if Jesus has to appear in a vision to them, they can still be saved. Who knows what plans God may have for them to accomplish in His kingdom. As the Gospel songs says, "Vilest of sinners, Jesus will save. All He has promised, that will He do." Thank God for His mercy.

Love, Dad