Lord, We Pray For Your Remembrance And Protection. Amen
As Christians, most of the time, we concentrate on the words of Jesus from the cross, but the words of others hold meaning for us also. One should always have a keen eye, a listening ear, and an open mind, for we learn from others.
So as we listen to those other men on the crosses by Jesus, we find some surprising lessons. The Bible tells us that when Jesus was hanging on the cross, one of the criminals being crucified with Him insulted Him. This man was degrading to Jesus by saying: “If you can do so much, and if you can do what they say you can do, why don’t you get yourself off that cross and then come and get me off?” Think about a person trying to degrade someone far better than he is. “If you are God and can do so much, why don’t you get us out of this mess?”
This thief is teaching us how to have the wrong attitude toward Jesus, for him not to save us. If you want to be saved by Jesus, you need to have the right attitude toward Him. He was not praying to Jesus; he was seemingly bossing Jesus, telling Him what to do instead of asking Him to help him. We do that in our prayers sometimes–telling God what to do; instead of asking Him for will for our lives.
Like many of us today, this man’s only concern was to use Jesus to get himself out of a mess. Jesus is not a tool to be used. Not a person to manipulate or use to get what you want. Jesus is to be trusted, reverenced, obeyed, and not used as a tool to get what we want. Now check out the attitude of this other thief and the results he received because of his attitude. He had respect and reverence for God. He said to the first thief, “Don’t you have any respect for God?” This man saw God in Jesus. This man, at least, was God-conscious, and he respected God. Some people live as if there is no God. This man, though he was dying, called his partner to the fact that he should, at least, respect God.
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