I was merely pointing out that works don’t save us. And I don’t think Dismas professed Jesus as his Lord and Savior nor came up for an altar call. Doubtful he was baptized and certainly did not receive the sacraments.
But let’s admit that the Bible is difficult to figure out and that’s why I defer to authority. For example, I have trouble reconciling the goat and sheep parable with the apparent salvation of Dismas. Doubtful that Dismas clothed the naked. Doubtful that he visited the imprisoned nor fed the hungry. The list goes on, but you get the idea.
I think we Papists and you Protestants have a lot more in common than we care to admit.
Pax!
Because you look past the fact that the goats and sheep were separated before they got to that judgement. Surely there were many goats who had clothed the poor, fed the hungry etc. But the separation had been done based on the faith of the individual. The 'good' work of the goats brought them nothing because it wasn't a result of faith.
But he did: Luke 23:42King James Version (KJV)
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
That is the context of the hymn you mentioned in a prior post.