NLH Church Message 04 - 10 - 22: Conversations from the Cross by Rev. Dorothy Grant - a podcast by NLH

Luke 23:38–43 is a conversation between Jesus and the criminals crucified alongside Him, and it is in the Bible because crucifixion was slow. There was time to talk. This conversation is surely one of the most extraordinary in the Bible. It shows us the similarities of these three dying men, and yet, at the same time, how very different Jesus is.
What’s the result of this conversation between three crucified men?The first criminal bears Roman condemnation on the cross and then God’s condemnation forever. And he deserves both.

The second criminal bears Roman condemnation on the cross but no condemnation from God forever. He deserves the first, while the second is a free gift.Jesus, though He deserves neither Rome’s condemnation nor God’s condemnation, bears both on the cross. And so He secures for the second criminal — who is every bit as bad as the first — the free gift of eternal life.

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