Throughout the Bible, God uses the most unlikely people to do extraordinary things. Abraham was old, yet God made him the father of many nations. Jacob was a cheater and a liar, but through God, he was a king. Thomas doubted God’s faithfulness, but he was one of Christ’s trusted 12 disciples. Paul was a murderer who killed Christians, but God changed his heart, gave him a new name, and he became one of the greatest church planters of all time.
When God calls, he also equips.
Nothing could be more true for Good Samaritan Stephen Jones—a homeless man who was sleeping on the sidewalk outside of Manchester Arena on Monday night when a suicide bomb explosion went off inside. The blast following an Ariana Grande concert killed 22 and injured more than 119 others.
The 35-year-old jumped to action, rushing to provide help for those fleeing the 20,000 person arena. He found “a lot of children with blood all over them crying and screaming.”
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Stephen told ITV news, “We were having to pull nails out of their arms, and a couple out of this little girl’s face.”
He wasn’t alone in his selfless pursuit. Another homeless man, Chris Parker, also rushed to the scene. The 33-year-old says he regularly begs for money outside of Manchester Arena as people are exiting events.
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“[The blast] knocked me to the floor, and then I got up and instead of running away my gut instinct was to run back and try and help,” Chris told local news.
The first victim he helped had lost her legs in the explosion.