MATTHEW 27:38-44 RECORDS THAT BOTH OF THE THIEVES CRUCIFIED WITH JESUS RIDICULED HIM AND MOCKED HIM. THEN SOMETHING CHANGED SEE LUKE 23:40-42. ONE OF THE CRIMINALS BESIDE HIM SCOFFED HIM AND SAID "SO, YOU'RE THE MESSIAH, ?PROVE IT, SAVE YOURSELF AND ALSO SAVE US IF YOU ARE FOR REAL. THE OTHER CRIMINAL SAID TO ' DON'T YOU FEAR GOD EVEN NOW WHEN YOU ARE SENTENCED TO DIE? I DESERVE TO DIE BUT JESUS HAS DONE NOTHING TO DIE FOR. RECOGNIZING HIS NEED FOR FORGIVENESS HE SAID "JESUS REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM". TODAY ASK JESUS TO REMEMBER YOU NOW THAT HE IS IN HIS KINGDOM BECAUSE HE IS AT THE FATHER'S RIGHT HAND MAKING INTEERCESSION FOR YOU AND ME.
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