Saving Jeffrey Dahmer
"One of the most common questions put to me about Jeff has to do with the sincerity of his faith. And I usually hear this from Christians. They ask if Jeff was truly sincere in his desire for baptism and in his Christian life. My answer is always the same: Yes, I am convinced he was sincere."
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St. Paul said: "This is a faithful saying and worhty of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief." I Timothy 1.15
If Paul was chief of sinners(as the persecutor of the early Church), then Jeffrey Dahmer cannot be -vile and perverted though he was. We are each of us wretched sinners, in our own way, and stand in need of the same grace that saved a viiolent persecutor or a murderous cannibal.
Only God knows what transpired in the heart of Dahmer. And He knows what's transpiring in my heart and yours. If God chose to change my rebel heart, He can certainly save a Jeffrey Dahmer - anyone. After all, St. Paul assures us that "the Gospel is the POWER of God unto salvation." If God can't save Dahmer, then Paul and the whole Church has been in error. I'll cast my lot with the inspired Apostle.
Posted on December 4, 2006 7:57 PM
He can beLIEve whatever trips his trigger as long as they keep him locked up.
Posted on December 5, 2006 10:32 AM
Shouldn't be a problem, RS. He died in prison in 1994. [:>
Posted on December 5, 2006 12:04 PM