As we come to this second word of saving mercy by Jesus as He was dying on the cross, we must remember that the two murderous thieves both had to have heard Him say more than once, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Both Matthew and Mark tell us that both thieves were initially both equally engaged in mocking Jesus originally. Matthew 27: 44 declares, “And the robbers who were crucified with Him also reviled Him in the same way…as the scribes and the elders mocked Him.” Mark 15: 32, which Pastor Larry read, states, “Those who were crucified with Him also reviled Him.” The setting for this second saying of Jesus from the cross is couched in an awful time of passers-by, Jewish leaders and the robbers being crucified, all included in one period of joining together in mocking our Lord. So think about what you do when you are mocked? How do you respond when you are mocked, reviled and when with wagging heads, folk mock you and cast the same in your teeth? That’s the setting for this second saying from the cross. As I have studied this amazing word of Jesus, I see many lessons we all need to learn from this amazing conversation between Jesus and one of the thieves with whom He was crucified. I feel constrained to preach on the whole setting of Jesus crucified between two thieves. I see seven astounding lessons that are still forever true, which Christ inaugurated at Calvary with the repentant thief.
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