Death...... You deserve it!

Luke 23:41 We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.”

If you can comprehend this one little sentence out of the Bible, you can understand what entire book is about.

These words come from a man who had been convicted of, and sentenced to death for crimes he committed. He knew he was guilty and yet he knew Jesus was innocent. Not only did he know Jesus was innocent. He knew who Jesus was and trusted in Him and because of that Jesus assured him that very day that he would be with Him in Paradise.

Once you understand that you too deserve to die and that Jesus was the perfect sacrifice for your crimes and that he paid the penalty for your sins. Then repent of those sins and trust in Jesus who is not dead but alive at the right hand of God. You too will maybe not today, but someday will be with Jesus in paradise also. But again you have to understand that you have sinned and do truly deserve to die and that there is NOT ONE THING that you can do to fix it. You have to understand that only by the grace of God and the death of Jesus can you get to Paradise. In a sense God is the travel agent who arranged everything and Jesus is the only mode of transportation that can get you where you want to go.

I know the title today may have been a little much. But we do deserve death and thankfuly we can avoid it by the grace of God.

Here is more of the account of the men who were crucified with Jesus.
³² Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him. ³³ When they came to a place called The Skull,^[e] they nailed him to the cross. And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left. ³⁴ Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”^[f] And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.³⁵ The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” ³⁶ The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. ³⁷ They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” ³⁸ A sign was fastened to the cross above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”³⁹ One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!” ⁴⁰ But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die? ⁴¹ We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.” ⁴² Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” ⁴³ And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”