Joshua 9:16-27, Joshua 10, Luke 23:26-56, Psalm 70
Luke 23: 40-43 (ESV)
“But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God,
since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly,
for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing
wrong.” And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And
he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
In verses 40 through 43 from Luke 15, we read about the
reactions of the man who was was being crucified next to Jesus. An author of a
Bible study I read wrote that this is first example of a recorded death-bed
conversion. I remember reading and hearing about this man who asked Jesus to
remember him while they were both being crucified, and I never thought of it as
a death-bed conversion. Even at the end of his life, Jesus was always kind to
sinners. Jesus told the man that he would be saved and they would see each other
in paradise. In these verses we read that there is always a chance to repent
and be saved before you die. God is so merciful and graceful to us that even if
we wait to the absolute last minute before we truly repent, we will be with God
in paradise when our end comes.
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