How frustrating can it be when we see people get rewards when we are certain they don't deserve them? Our flesh tells us that this is wrong, but that is exactly what God's grace does for each of us. Pastor Adam Barnett takes a look at the final minutes of ones man's life, and his eternity changing encounter with Jesus.
Dismas
Disqualified | Week 4
September 11, 2016 | Adam Barnett
Luke 23:32 (NIV)
32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him [Jesus] to be executed.
Luke 23:33-38 (NIV)
33 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals – one on his right the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” 38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Luke 23:39-41 (NIV)
39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
Mark 15:31-32 (NIV)
31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! 32 Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
Luke 23:42 (NIV)
42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
Luke 23:43 (NIV)
43 Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
