This week, we continued our series on the last words of Jesus. The second statement from the cross is one that give us all great hope. "Today, you will be with me in Paradise."
Have you wondered if you have done enough? Have you wondered what you are missing before you can enter into the Kingdom of Heaven? How much more is enough? If you ever wondered any of these questions, this passage can give you hope.
The criminal on the cross that Jesus spoke these words to never did anything. Yet Jesus said, "Today, you will be with me in Paradise." He never even attended a synagogue service that we know of, never served on committee, never reached out to the poor at all, unless it was steal something.
In Jesus' words, He is telling us that those aren't the things that get you into heaven. It's faith, and only faith, that allows us to enter the Kingdom. And the man came to faith while hanging on the cross...
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