The Bible records the stories of two infamous sinners, both of whom repented of their sins. One was King David, the man after God's own heart, who nonetheless stumbled severely and became an adulterer and a murder. Scripture tells us the things he did greatly displeased God, and God brought him to repentance. His sins had consequences to his family and to himself, yet God never abandoned him. The second was Saul, who as a young man persecuted the church and presided over the unjust stoning of Saint Stephen, who so courageously spoke to the mob before his death. But Saul, too, was brought to repentance and restoration through direct intervention of Jesus, and he became the one appointed by God to preach the Gospel far and wide.
