It’s always interesting what you can hear on a college
campus.
While working at MSU I worked with this really cool guy.
We were student supervisors together and honestly, it was a
blast when we worked together.
We had way more fun than we should of, but always got the
work done and done well.
Often at times it would be slow and it would allow us to
talk more.
One day we started to talk about faith.
In this conversation we talked and I told him that I used to
never attend church and thought everyone was a hypocrite.
Now I was pretty active in the Church.
He told me about the fact that he used to go to church.
He loves God and Jesus very much, but he’s just having too
much fun right now and don’t think God would approve of his lifestyle right now.
He told me he know he will eventually get back into going to
church, but right now he is happy having fun.
I come across this with talking to people about faith.
They feel like they are far from God.
I have talked to people that have graciously served our
country in the military, some of which have confirmed kills in war.
A couple of these people have told me, I honestly don’t know
if I will ever go to heaven because of what I have done in war.
They were some people that have confirmed kills in war.
They have trouble living with that.
Some people think because of what they have done, they never
have a chance to get to heaven.
It’s a sad story, but there are murders and people who were
far from God in heaven.
At the end of Acts chapter 7, Stephen ticked off the religious
leaders of the time and they stoned him to death.
One of the people behind the stoning of Stephen was a guy by
the name of Saul.
This is what it says about Saul in a brief verse, Acts 8:1…
“And Saul was there, giving approval to his death.”
Approval for his death?
Yes.
Saul was very much against the Church, Jesus and the
ministry the early disciples were doing.
He was the one that hated Christians and there ministry.
In the next couple of blogs I will take a deeper look at
this man named Saul, how far he was from Christ and what changed in him that
made him a faithful follower.
No matter where you are at in your life, you are not as far
from God as you think.
If a murderer can still go to heaven, you can too.
It’s not too late and no matter what Jesus Loves You.
Have a great day.
