Redemptive Acts Parts I & II: An Inspirational Second Chance Story

Whether these past dreams are realized or not, just the thought of someone getting a second chance in life is one to which nearly everyone can relate. But second chances in life go beyond career choices, and the Bible is full of stories that show how God provides them. Here are seven great reminders of a gracious God who gives second chances.

The Bible is clear and consistent when it refers to Rahab —she was a prostitute. Even 3, years ago that was not considered an honorable profession. And to make matters even worse, she was a Gentile who lived in the city of Jericho in the land of Canaan at a time when the nation of Israel was about to conquer the land.

But this Gentile woman of ill repute had heard about the God of Israel and His greatness. So when spies from Israel showed up at her house, she put her life on the line to hide them. And God granted her a second chance.

When Jericho was completely destroyed, only Rahab and her family survived its destruction. God gave Moses a second chance to return to Egypt and set His people free. The life of Moses is an amazing story of second chances — two of them to be exact. He was born in Egypt during a dangerous time for young Jewish boys. When other infant boys in Israel found death early in life, Moses was raised with—and as—royalty.

But when he killed an Egyptian taskmaster to save a Hebrew young man, the wrath of Pharaoh drove him out of Egypt for fear of his life. Yet 40 years later God gave Moses a second chance to return to Egypt and set His people free. He was also an adulterer and murderer—both of which were capital offenses according to the Law of Moses.

The story of his affair with Bathsheba and his attempt to hide his sin by having her husband, Urriah, killed by putting him on the front line in battle is one of the most appalling tales of sin in Scripture. At the time of Christ tax collectors were even more despised than they are now. Most were greedy, dishonest men who had the power and authority to take advantage of the poor and become rich at their expense.

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Zacchaeus was just this kind of man. Why would Jesus, obviously a man of God, choose to even associate with this sinner? This is just the kind of person Jesus came to save—and to give a second chance. In every group there always seems to be someone who just has to blurt out the first thing that comes into their mind. When it came to the disciples of Jesus, Peter was that person. James, John, Andrew and the rest of the disciples could always count on Peter to open his mouth and insert his foot.

But Jesus knew better and before the son could even rise again, Peter emphatically denied Christ to save his own life. Yet Jesus had plans to use Peter in a mighty way to build His church and gave him a second chance to show his love for Jesus. There may be no greater need for a second chance than when you have spent your living for yourself and come face to face with death for the things you have done.

The two men crucified on either side of Jesus were those kind of men. They lived their lives in such a way that they were deserving of death. And so they hung, nailed to a cross, next to Jesus. One of the men joined the crowds and soldiers in mocking Christ. But the other realized who it was being crucified next to him and, with death nearby, asked for mercy. This simple act of faith , this humble request was heard and answered as Christ promised him a second chance in eternity.

All of us need a second chance, and God is willing to give it.

Paul says it so well in his letter to the church at Ephesus. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith.

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And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

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That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift. The Way of Kings. The Secret Life of Bees. The reader of today looks for this motion, and rightly so, but what he has forgotten is the cost of it. His sense of evil is diluted or lacking altogether, and so he has forgotten the price of restoration. When he reads a novel, he wants either his sense tormented or his spirits raised.

He wants to be transported, instantly, either to mock damnation or a mock innocence. Howard Gardner , professor Harvard University. Rational capacities depend upon it. It is our chief means of looking into the future, or predicting, of planning, and of explaining. We all live in a network of stories. We come with it. Rowling , novelist, screenwriter and film producer. Stories are our primary tools of learning and teaching, the repositories of our lore and legends.

They bring order into our confusing world. Think about how many times a day you use stories to pass along data, insights, memories or common-sense advice. Boats on the Rive r. At its very core, marketing is storytelling. The best advertising campaigns take us on an emotional journey — appealing to our wants, needs and desires — while at the same time telling us about a product or service. Kaspar, Offending the Audience. The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection.

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Where there is perfection there is no story to tell. The Famished Road , Wild. La monnaie de l'absolu. If you want to change the world, you need to change your story. This truth applies both to individuals and institutions. I always felt like I was in a story, yes, but not like I was the author of it, or like I had any say in its telling whatsoever. The Sky Is Everywhere.