Thought of the Day 02.03.10

Consider three salvation stories from the book of Acts:

The apostle Paul is riding along one day when Jesus vividly confronts him Himself. There are no intermediaries. Looking at this, someone might say that this is how God saves.

But then there’s the example of Cornelius, to whom God also gives a vision. But instead of revealing Himself, the angel tells him to fetch the apostle Peter (the recipient of his own message from God), who preaches him into salvation. So maybe two visions and an apostle is how it’s done.

But yet another example is the Ethiopian Eunuch. No vision to the lost soul at all this time. Instead, God orders Phillip to go find the man and the evangelism technique is expository preaching from the book of Isaiah.

So which of these three is the “correct” mechanism by which God saves? All of them, obviously. Why doesn’t God use just one formula? You might as well ask why there are different varieties of flowers or both sparrows and eagles. They’re an artist, you see.