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(Five Men who Seemed beyond God’s Reach.) (Five Men Not Beyond God’s Reach.) Five Unlikely Conversions. 1. Insignificant -Luke 23:39-43 2. Isolated -Acts 8:25-39 4. Insulated -Acts 16:25-34 3. Insensitive -Acts 9:1-20 5. Incredulous -John 20:24-29 Five Unlikely Converts: 1. An ‘insignificant’ person. A thief on a Roman cross. The thief on the cross, who repented. Luke 23 2. An isolated person. A eunuch riding a chariot in the desert. The Ethiopian eunuch who believed. Acts 8 3. An insensitive person. Saul of Tarsus. The Stoning of Stephen. Acts 7 Saul of Tarsus becomes Paul the Apostle. Acts 9 4. An insulated person. A jailer, working for the Romans. The Philippian jailer who relented, and repented. Acts 16 5. An incredulous person. A follower of … Jesus Christ of Nazareth! Thomas the disciple who doubted…… then worshipped. John 20 Lessons: 1. God’s love can reach the condemned & dying. 2. God’s message can speak to the searcher. 4. God’s sovereignty can penetrate the darkest hole. 3. God’s personhood can break the hardest heart. 5. God’s patience can change the skeptic’s mind. 1. Does God need me in order to save people? Questions: 2. Is there anything more meaningful than helping another person find God? 3. If you yourself know not the salvation of Christ, what will it take for God to get your attention? Maranatha