Thief On The Cross

Excerpt from:  That Moment In Time

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³⁹ One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

⁴⁰ But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

⁴² And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!”

⁴³ And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”
–Luke 23:39-43

Nothing religious was done by the thief. He merely

(1) confessed his sinfulness, and

(2) acknowledged Jesus as “the Christ”.

And on the basis of that alone – Jesus Himself said,

“Truly I say to you,
today
you
shall be with Me
in Paradise.”  ¹

In that moment in time, that thief became totally acceptable to God and was welcomed into His Kingdom. He did not “do” anything. He confessed and acknowledged.

See video about The Thief on the Cross

THIS is what happens in that moment when one accepts Christ as Lord.

17 Therefore
if anyone
is in Christ,
he is a new creature;
the old things passed away;
behold,
new things have come.
– 2 Corinthians 5:17

 

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FOR MORE:

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Thief. Articles at this site mentioning “Thief“:

The rest of the story of the thief on the cross

See video (on facebook) about The Thief on the Cross… very worth watching (and funny)

Jesus warned us not to be dishonest with Him

Farther along we’ll understand why

Oh what a day that will be!

So, God sent His Son into the world. Do you know why?

The Christ, Jesus

Getting Right With God

That Moment In Time

 

Time as it really is

About Time

 

Approach God with a true and sincere heart

Signs of an unrepentant heart

Ready to lose it?

Jesus can save your soul for all eternity

 

This is salvation in Christ

The ABCs of Salvation

Up and out of the miry clay

I thank God every day that He brought me up, out of the miry clay.  I am sure as Hell that you have seen the miry clay, the sins.  Have you, sure as Heaven, personally experienced the mind-bending, clean-up, brand new making  power of Jesus – Creator God?

 

Are you ready to meet your Maker?

One thing you lack

Oh regret

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1. Understand better how the thief, and all of us, see Him “immediately” at death by reading more about “Time as it really is“.