The gospel of Luke records,
"One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence?
We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.'"
Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:39-43.
The crucifixion illustrates how we get to heaven.
During Chris’s crucifixion two criminals hung with him. One hurled insults at him telling him if he was the Christ to save himself and them.
The other believed Jesus was the Christ confessed that he was a sinner and asked Jesus to remember him when he came into his kingdom.
To which Jesus replied,
“I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise”
The apostle John wrote,
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives." 1 John 1:9,10.
The condemned man admitted he was a sinner, that he had done wrong. He believed Jesus to be who he said he was, The Son of God and asked Jesus to simply remember him when He entered his Kingdom.
Have you confessed your sin large or small to God?
If not why not do so today?
Please think about it.
