Posted on 11/21/2016 7:34:49 AM PST by Salvation
Which thief are you? Are you the one who accepts the cross and is willing to die outside the gate with Christ, or are you the one who insists that the cross must go?
I’d probably ask Christ to free me, like the one thief did, but when that fell through I’d hopefully ask to take me with Him.
“Suffering is not meaningless. It brings wisdom, humility, perspective, strength, and trust.”
Yes! I would just add: this is true when suffering is offered to and shared with God.
Monsignor Pope Ping!
“Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”
“Amen I say to you, this very day thou shalt be with Me in paradise.”
Why? Because.
God almost never answers why questions.
We needed the lesson that there is nothing we can do to be saved except to receive Him by faith;
"Lord, remember me"
and have His personal answer (by the indwelling of the Holy Ghost)
"This day thou shalt be with Me"
Yes, it IS that simple.
God did not pat us on the head and say, "Good luck kid ... hope y'MAKE it"
They mention Isaiah 53:9, but leave out 53:12, which is referenced in Mark 15:28 and Luke 22:37, especially the phrase “and he was numbered with the transgressors”.
Also, the thief did not look down at Mary and ask, “Will you petition your Son to let me into paradise with him?”
For the same reason as to why he was put in a manger between two animals. Isaiah 1:3.
And that, boys and girls, is why the ox and donkey are included in Nativity Sets (which we’ll see all over the place in a couple of weeks). There’s also a verse about this (although it only says “beasts” or “animals”) in the Septuagint version of Habakkuk.
he could have petitioned Mary...
your point is?
If he did petition Mary, and it was important to our salvation, God would have ensured it was part of the text.
My point is we can go directly to Christ for our salvation, as He is our Intercessor to God the Father. No other is required.
nor did he say to the thief on the right, hey, you need to say a sinner’s prayer first with specific words and then accept me as your personal lord and savior, and only promise to have faith alone and scripture alone.....
(see, we can all play that game)
What the thief said is far closer to the sinner’s prayer than “Hail Mary, Mother of God...”
put it in as part of the text??? what text exactly, since this is 33 a.d, most of the known world is illiterate and there are no bibles, even edited KJV’s.....
Plus, I don’t subscribe to a sinner’s prayer formulation.
really? what sarah said to mary when mary visted? actual scriptural text as well? that is closer? how so?
and im sorry, if that is closer, why isnt that the required usual ‘sinners prayer’ that is always advised (and appears nowhere in the bible)?
The writers of the Gospels would have recorded it in their texts, especially John’s Gospel. THAT is the text I am referring to.
aaaaah, but the evangelical world has been for years and years...being that there is no such prayer ever uttered in sacred scripture, frankly, im surprised....but again, traditions of men....what are ya going to do?
Why would a punk that got the book refer to Jesus as "Lord" ?
Because he believed Jesus IS LORD.
By grace are ye saved through FAITH, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God
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