Jesus appears to and claims a man named Saul as his own. He is akin to an Ivy League, Summa Cum Laude Rhodes Scholar from a blue-blood-family who also happened to be killing Christian men, women and children.
“I said, ‘Who are you, Master?’
“The
voice answered, ‘I am Jesus, the One you’re hunting down like an
animal. But now, up on your feet—I have a job for you. I’ve handpicked
you to be a servant and witness to what’s happened today, and to what I
am going to show you.
“‘I’m sending you off to open the eyes of the outsiders so they can see the difference between dark and light, and choose light, see the difference between Satan and God, and choose God. I’m sending you off to present my offer of sins forgiven, and a place in the family, inviting them into the company of those who begin real living by believing in me.’
And Jesus also appears to and claims a named who calls himself Legion as his own. He is a akin to a a man possessed by five hundred demonic spirits who lives in a cave outside a cemetery because that is what he was when Jesus met him.
“‘I’m sending you off to open the eyes of the outsiders so they can see the difference between dark and light, and choose light, see the difference between Satan and God, and choose God. I’m sending you off to present my offer of sins forgiven, and a place in the family, inviting them into the company of those who begin real living by believing in me.’
Acts 26:15-18
And Jesus also appears to and claims a named who calls himself Legion as his own. He is a akin to a a man possessed by five hundred demonic spirits who lives in a cave outside a cemetery because that is what he was when Jesus met him.
"Those
tending the pigs, scared to death, bolted and told their story in town
and country. People went out to see what had happened. They came to
Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had been sent, sitting
there at Jesus’ feet, wearing decent clothes and making sense. It was a
holy moment, and for a short time they were more reverent than curious.
Then those who had seen it happen told how the demoniac had been saved.
Later, a great many people from the Gerasene countryside got together and asked Jesus to leave—too much change, too fast, and they were scared. So Jesus got back in the boat and set off. The man whom he had delivered from the demons asked to go with him, but he sent him back, saying, “Go home and tell everything God did in you.” So he went back and preached all over town everything Jesus had done in him."
Later, a great many people from the Gerasene countryside got together and asked Jesus to leave—too much change, too fast, and they were scared. So Jesus got back in the boat and set off. The man whom he had delivered from the demons asked to go with him, but he sent him back, saying, “Go home and tell everything God did in you.” So he went back and preached all over town everything Jesus had done in him."
Luke 8:35-39
Power over demons, healing of possession, lover of the discarded and feared, the elite and the invisible. This is the character of God. He came to claim his own, to heal them and make them whole.
The least likely and the most likely are all given the chance.
It just always seems that the mostly likely depart while the least likely claim the new life
The least likely and the most likely are all given the chance.
It just always seems that the mostly likely depart while the least likely claim the new life
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