“Jesus, Remember Me”
Two other men were
also led out with Jesus to be killed. Both of them had broken the law. The
soldiers brought them to the place called The Skull. There they nailed Jesus to
the cross. He hung between the two criminals. One was on his right and one was
on his left.
Jesus said,
"Father, forgive them. They don't know what they are doing." The
soldiers divided up his clothes by casting lots.
The people stood
there watching. The rulers even made fun of Jesus. They said, "He saved
others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."
The soldiers also
came up and poked fun at him. They offered him wine vinegar. They said,
"If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."
A written sign had
been placed above him. It read, “this is the king of the Jews.”
One of the criminals
hanging there made fun of Jesus. He said, "Aren't you the Christ? Save
yourself! Save us!"
But the other
criminal scolded him. "Don't you have any respect for God?" he said.
"Remember, you are under the same sentence of death. We are being punished
fairly. We are getting just what our actions call for. But this man hasn't done
anything wrong."
Then he said,
"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
Jesus answered him,
"What I'm about to tell you is true. Today you will be with me in
paradise."
Luke
23:32-43
Have you found the
peace of God in your life? No matter what you have gone through, God makes His
peace available to you.
True
peace is not the absence of war; it is the presence of God.
Our Daily Bread –