God did not make the thief sin or preprogrammed the thief to sin, He simply used the situation that was at hand and the thief freely asked Christ to forgive Him.
Sin belongs to man and never to God
...And God does use unfortunate situations such as illness and other things to allow man to freely Choose Him.
Catholic’s/Orthodox don”t believe God sets up a stage play of puppets.
God reacts to everything in one NOW ,one event!
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