LUKE 23:34\u201343<\/b><\/p>\n
Then he said, \u201cJesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
(Luke 23:42)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
As Jesus was hanging between the two criminals, one of them hurled insults at Him: \u201cAren\u2019t You supposed to be the Messiah? Why don\u2019t You save Yourself!\u201d This is what everyone was saying. The people were saying it (Luke 23:35), the Roman soldiers were saying it (v. 36), and Pilate had a notice put on the cross saying, \u201cThis is the King of the Jews.\u201d The criminal added, of course, \u201cAnd save us, too!\u201d<\/p>\n
But the other criminal rebuked him, and said, \u201cAren\u2019t you afraid of God? We deserve what we are getting, but this man has done nothing wrong.\u201d This is an amazing testimony to the grace of God. My experience in prison work has shown me that our prisons are filled with guilty men who claim innocence. Sadly, this means that the few truly innocent men in prison cannot get a decent hearing. At any rate, it is a very rare thing in this world for a guilty person to admit his guilt and to admit that his punishment was deserved.<\/p>\n
Beyond this, consider the agonizing pain that this man was experiencing at this moment. When we are in pain our instinct is to lash out at others and at God. But this man confessed his sin and the justice of his punishment, in the midst of a torturous death.<\/p>\n
The penitent thief asked Jesus to remember him when He entered His kingdom. Jesus assured him, \u201cI tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise\u201d (v. 43). This text proves that at the point of death, the believer goes to heaven to be with Jesus. Contrary to what some groups maintain, there is no such thing as \u201csoul sleep.\u201d We do not sleep until the resurrection. We go to heaven, and there we are conscious in the presence of God while we wait for the resurrection of the body and the new world to come.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Hosea 12\u201314<\/p>\n
Revelation 4<\/p>\n
The three crosses on Calvary portray the three kinds of human beings. Jesus had sin on Himself, but not in Himself. The penitent thief had sin in himself, but thanks to Jesus\u2019 sacrifice, did not have sin on himself. The impenitent thief had sin both in and on himself. As a criminal deserving of death, consider which cross you carry.<\/p>\n
For further study: John 18:33\u201336; Revelation 5; tape #B57INT.94\/95<\/i><\/p>\n
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