Ever met someone and thought, "Even God couldn't save this one". Come on; admit it. We all look around in our comings and goings and see people that we feel are lost causes. Here is a story that reminds us who is really in control.
At the Grubstake days, a women and man walked up to take the two question test (Are you going to heaven?). When they handed their tests to Alex, and he read her answer, he tapped me and said "you may want to join us". She was wearing black, with dark makeup, and had nail earrings. If that wasn't cause enough to doubt if the Lord would reach her, her answers did. When asked if she was going to heaven, her answer was "No". Her answer to why was what got Alex's attention; "I love Satan", was her reason.
Alex response was obviously from the Lord. He asked "Since you believe in Satan, you must also believe in God and the Bible that tells us about Satan?" She answered "yes". Alex then said he didn't understand then why she loved Satan. Her answer was that Satan allowed her to have fun, and she wasn't to have fun while she could. Alex then questioned her about why she was willing to trade eternity in hell for a few years of fun. Little did we know it, but she had been prepared at that point to really consider her fate.
We then shared the Ten Commandments, and they both admitted to breaking them, and that they would have to plead guilty, if God judged them by His Commandments. The Law had now plowed through their thawing heart. The Gospel was then truly God's Good News about His love and forgiveness. To our surprise, both prayed and accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
One minute she came up loving Satan; 15 minutes later she left as a "born again" believer. God is certainly in control, and His ways are not our ways. I know that I learned to never discount anyone coming to know the Lord, because it is He that calls them. Our job is to trust His Word (Holy Bible) and its power unto salvation. This was just another example that "The Law of the Lord, is perfect in converting the soul" Psalm 19:7 It awakens the soul to it's fate, and prepares the way of the Gospel to not sound foolish, nor as a stumbling block, but the power of God unto salvation.
Jack Jackson
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