We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds
deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong. Then he said,
"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus
answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in
paradise."
Luke 23:41-43
I was reading Dave Walkers blog: God in the ICU http://godintheicu.wordpress.com and in one of his stories he tells is about praying with a patient. He shares how he didn't teach the four spiritual laws and try to lead him in a sinners prayer. What was important was the man's heart attitude toward God while he lay recovering in the ICU.
I felt some conviction as I read Dave's blog because I have a way of complicating things sometimes. It's not that I mean to do wrong, just that I get to caught up in the things that just don't really matter. I don't want to leave anything undone, any stone unturned.
As I recall, my own conversion experience, it was simple and uncomplicated. A little child could have understood what The Holy Spirit was telling me.
Today if you haven't made your relationship right with God, through His only Son Jesus Christ it's really very simple. Like the one hanging on a cross beside Jesus, realize that you have done wrong. Yes, it's humbling but at the same time freeing to know that you don't have to hide anything before God anymore (He knows it all anyway). Then to ask "Jesus, remember me..."
If your heart was right before Him (and only you and He really knows) you can have confidence that Jesus will make you the same promise he did to the thief on the cross "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
Luke 23:41-43
I was reading Dave Walkers blog: God in the ICU http://godintheicu.wordpress.com and in one of his stories he tells is about praying with a patient. He shares how he didn't teach the four spiritual laws and try to lead him in a sinners prayer. What was important was the man's heart attitude toward God while he lay recovering in the ICU.
I felt some conviction as I read Dave's blog because I have a way of complicating things sometimes. It's not that I mean to do wrong, just that I get to caught up in the things that just don't really matter. I don't want to leave anything undone, any stone unturned.
As I recall, my own conversion experience, it was simple and uncomplicated. A little child could have understood what The Holy Spirit was telling me.
Today if you haven't made your relationship right with God, through His only Son Jesus Christ it's really very simple. Like the one hanging on a cross beside Jesus, realize that you have done wrong. Yes, it's humbling but at the same time freeing to know that you don't have to hide anything before God anymore (He knows it all anyway). Then to ask "Jesus, remember me..."
If your heart was right before Him (and only you and He really knows) you can have confidence that Jesus will make you the same promise he did to the thief on the cross "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
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