Bible Discussion Thread

It is recorded in the scriptures that two thieves were crucified on either side of the Lord .

A careful and prayerful reading of the gospels reveals that at the beginning both thieves reviled the Lord .

There was no difference between them.

But as time passed ,things were said and done it made one thief THINK .

He thought of his past ,not good .

He thought of his present .not good .

He thought of the little future he had .not good .

Then he got really concerned for he saw his coming death and him standing before God .

When the other thief began to mock the Lord again ,this thinking thief " rebuked him and said ,"do you not fear God"?

We are are here for all our sins and fully deserve our fate . He judged himself and spoke the truth about himself .

But this man he continued " has done nothing worthy of death " . He judged Christ and spoke the truth about Him .

I hazard the thought no man speaks the truth about himself or of the Lord until he catches a real glimpse of Calvary .

Then this thief did a remarkable thing ,he turned ( his head at least) to the Lord and said " Lord remember me when though cometh into thy kingdom ".

Clearly the man has gone mad !?

For he is talking to a man in far worse agony than himself .

Mental agony : My God myGod why hast thou forsaken me ?" The Lord knew full well why The Father had forsaken Him .yet the mind of the man could not understand it . Not only was it real but scripture and it's fulfilment became one .

Physical agony : forget about the Turin shroud with its few artistic stripes of blood . His back had been so badly whipped " it looked like a ploughed field" his head pressed down with huge thorns . His face mot some handsome rugged man but one where his beard had "been plucked " from his face and who's face was so marred it was hardly recognisable as a man.

Spiritual agony : "He who knew no sin became sin" all the sin of the world ,past present and future was laid on Him .

Yet in spite of all