I was reading through Luke and came upon the story of the crucifixion.
Jesus was hanging on the cross. There were two criminals hanging on a cross. One to the left, one to the right. One criminal started hurling insults and asked "Arent you the Christ? Save yourself and us."
But the other criminal rebuked him. and said "Dont you fear God, since you are under the same sentence? We are getting what we deserve but He has done nothing wrong."
Then he said "Jesus, remember me when you enter your kingdom."
Jesus showed the ultimate example of Grace by saying "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.
There are some things that boggle my mind. Some things that just dont make sense to me. This criminal had nothing to offer. He was about to die and could not make up for his past. But Jesus just wiped his sins aways and said, you will enter my kingdom. Unbelievable!
I guess we dont have to understand it, we just get to accept it.
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