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| Name | THE PENITENT THIEF |
| Aliases | THE DYING CRIMINAL / WHO REBUKED HIS FELLOW / WHO BELIEVED ON THE CROSS |
| Status | DECEASED / RECEIVED PARADISE AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR / SAVED BY FAITH ALONE |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE DYING MAN WHO CONFESSED THE KING |
| Place of Birth | JUDEA | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | UNRECORDED | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | UNRECORDED | People | THE CONDEMNED OF ROME |
| Occupation | CRIMINAL / MALEFACTOR | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | CRUCIFIED BESIDE THE LORD | Calling | THE SINNER SAVED IN HIS LAST HOUR |
| Primary Mission | NONE (A CONDEMNED CRIMINAL) | Known Signs | THE REBUKE OF HIS FELLOW / THE PLEA TO REMEMBER HIM |
| Covenant Role | A WITNESS TO SALVATION BY FAITH ALONE | Divine Access | DIRECT / SPOKE WITH THE LORD FROM THE CROSS |
| Divine Encounter Level | DIRECT | Discipular Classification | THE DYING BELIEVER |
| Covenant Status | SAVED BY FAITH AT THE LAST | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | CONFIRMED | Threat Assessment | HIS OWN GUILT AND JUST CONDEMNATION |
| Mission Status | SAVED / PROMISED PARADISE THAT DAY | Archive Category | GOSPEL / GRACE |
What he confessed about his own sentence: WE ARE PUNISHED JUSTLY, THIS MAN DID NOTHING
The Lord's answer to his plea: TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE
The subject was one of two criminals crucified beside Jesus. At first both reviled Him, but one came to see the truth as he hung dying.
When the other mocked, saying, Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us, the subject rebuked him, asking whether he did not fear God, since they were under the same sentence.
He confessed that they were justly condemned, receiving the due reward of their deeds, but that this man had done nothing wrong.
Then he turned to Jesus and said, Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom, a startling confession of faith in a King who was Himself being put to death.
Jesus answered, Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise. So at the eleventh hour, with no deeds to offer and no time to prove himself, the subject was saved by faith alone, and entered Paradise that very day.
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- It is never too late to turn to Christ and be received by Him.
- Salvation is by faith alone, apart from works we could never offer.
- A humble plea to be remembered by the King is answered with Paradise.
