Blessing's to you in Jesus'name,
This Blog entry will quickly cover the experience that 2 men had at the cross...These two men could not escape the reality of there situations in which they faced, yet both of them chose two different outcomes.
These two men were the two theives at either side of Jesus....Both men were destined by man too be crucified according to the roman law of the time. However, in this moment of dispear, God gave both men the oppurtunity to recieve forgivness in the hope of eternal life.
What happend at the cross opened my understanding to why some will choose the sacrifced lamb of God(Jesus....whilst others will utterly reject him. You see, every man women & child who has lived or is still living has been given the FREE WILL to choose life or death.
Both theives were given this oppurtunity like you & i at a crucial time in there lives.....so crucial it was life & death! Yet only one theif choose life(JESUS), whilst the other theif despised & rejected life(JESUS). I can safely say that this senario that took place at the cross has not changed today in modern society.
What truely amazes me was that both thieves did not hear about Jesus from a complete stranger, nor did they hear about him afar off. But both theives were within close
proximity of the very presence of Jesus himself! Jesus was embarking on a life changing course of time, by preparing himself as the perfect & last sacrifce to his father(GOD)
Yet, still only one man rejected Jesus to his face & even mocked him(JESUS) whith his last dying breaths! How can one man recieve forgivness & another man totaly reject it? We have all seen & can testify of this in our own lives when we have shared about the gospel of Jesus to friends, family & collegues at work. I have even witnessed people whom have gone to the alter (CROSS) & supposedly asked for forgivness like the one thief who did. Yet, there lives go unchanged or at least appears that way.
I cannot judge another man except myself againts the word of God...It is my belief after the lord revield to me the simple truth of the two theives at the cross with him, that God looks at the hearts of men and not the appearance of men. I realise most readers can already identify with this truth, but it's always a blessing when God reveals this truth through the actions of two men at the cross of Jesus. If men can accept & deny Jesus at the cross, then be prepared for the same to happen to you.
