I’ve always thought it interesting that the thief on the cross was forgiven by Christ and taken to Paradise, when:
1. He didn’t confess his sins or ask forgiveness.
2. He didn’t “walk the sawdust trail”.
3. He didn’t demur and refuse to respond through 5 stanzas of Just As I Am.
4. He didn’t raise his hand and/or repeat the “sinner’s prayer”.
According to the Scripture, BOTH thieves initially railed on Jesus and mocked Him, because the plural is used..
5. But, the one thief apparently came to his senses and cried out to Christ, “Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
And Christ replied, “Today you will be with me in Parsdise.” OTOH, The Donald takes Communion whenever possible. The Lord, through the Apostle Paul said in 1st Corinthians 11, that “...as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show forth the Lord’s death until He comes back.” That indicates to me a faith a mite bigger than a mustard seed; since some people want to split hairs.
One thing we need to remember. Christ said that a teeny tiny little bit of faith, no bigger than a mustard seed, could move a mountain. I’m certain He’s more interested in saving souls than He is in moving mountains, per se. He said, “The Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost.” So He is definitely aiming to get us INTO Heaven; not trying to keep us out. And that includes His choice servant, The Donald.
I very happily believe that the Lord is using, and intends to continue using Donald Trump to salvage America. I also believe He’s preparing Teddy Cruz’s heart to say YES when Trump offers him the Veep gig.
TRUMP/CRUZ
2016
Yes he did...
"And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong."