The thief who got into heaven
"Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him (Jesus) to be executed.
When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left....
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 23:32,33,39-43.
I heard this the other day. A man walks up to the gates of heaven and is asked, “Why are you hear?”
He replies, “The man on the cross told me to come”
Though it is just a story about the criminal who believed in Jesus getting into heaven. What he did while hanging on the cross is something we all are called to do.
First of all he believed Jesus was innocent and that Jesus was who He said He was the Son of God.
“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom”
Second he confessed his sins saying,
“We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
In reply Jesus said,
"I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
Do you believe Jesus is the Son of God Saviour of all who believe in Him?
Will you confess your sins directly to God right now. The apostle John writing,
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”1John 1:9.
John also writing,
“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” John 1:12,13.
The criminal on the cross that day with Jesus believed who Jesus was confessed his sins and was forgiven. Thus giving him entry into heaven.
Please think about it.
