Jesus, remember me…
With all the news of Michael Jackson’s death being broadcasted on every stem of the media tree, it’s easy to get caught up in the world and it’s concerns – “was he in debt?”, “was he sick”, “did his doctor have something to do with MJ’s early demise?”
Here’s the question I propose – did he get a chance to repent of his sins and ask Jesus to be his Savior?
Who among us is privy to a person’s final thoughts?
Who knows what transpires in those last moments?
Are we sure that no prayer was offered?
Eternity can bend the proudest knees.
Could anyone really stare into the wide canyon of death without whispering a plea for mercy?
And could our God, who is partial to the humble, resist it?
He couldn’t on Calvary.
But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 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 23:40-43
The confession of the thief on the cross was both a first and final one.
But Christ heard it. Christ received it.
We don’t know if Michael cried out to God because we didn’t hear him.
But maybe Jesus heard him.
Grace and Peace
I continually refer back to the words of the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:9 that God’s grace is sufficient for us! I once did a quick word study on the word “sufficient”. It literally means “adequate for the purpose”. I believe God’s grace is adequate for the purpose. Our sin may look a little different or maybe a lot different, but there is one thing I truly believe. His grace reaches far beyond my understanding of who He is and far beyond my mistakes and He loves me and washes me and makes me as white as snow. I believe God’s grace is adequate for the young teenager who falls to peer pressure and steals a pair of shoes to the woman who betrays her husband and leaves her children all the way to the one who commits murder on innocent lives. The power is not in our sin, but in the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:39)!
chrishitte said this on June 27, 2009 at 5:00 am
I cant stop praying is for his children.
Please everyone I encourage you to pray for
his children, thay are going to need God’s
comfort and peace.
That who ever become their caretaker lead them
to OUR SAVIOR.
Ephesians 3:14-21
Miracle said this on June 27, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Jesus gave that guy up to the very last minute of his life to epent, and when he did he welcomed him into paradise. There is no one who is disqualified from the amazing love of Christ.
David Daniel said this on July 11, 2009 at 1:40 am
God is amazing because He does give us up until the last second to choose our eternal destiny, but does that mean that we should wait until then to choose? Absolutly NOT! Today is the day of salvation. If you have heard the Gospel and choose not, (scary for me to think about it,) that may be your only opportunity. We don’t know what the future holds, that’s God’s business. We should live for today because tomorrow is not promised. “Choose you THIS DAY whom you will serve. As for me and my house we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15
Judi said this on July 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm