Luke 23.35-43
At that time, the people were to see, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others, save himself, he is the Messiah of God, the Chosen One."
The soldiers also mocked him, and they drew near to offer, and said: "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself." There was also an inscription over him, "This is the king of the Jews.
One of the criminals hanging there abused him: "Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us." But the other rebuked him: "Do you not fear God, since you pay the same sentence? We indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; But this man has done nothing wrong. "He added:" Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom. "
replied," Verily I say unto thee, Today thou shalt be with me in paradise. "
At that time, the people were to see, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others, save himself, he is the Messiah of God, the Chosen One."
The soldiers also mocked him, and they drew near to offer, and said: "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself." There was also an inscription over him, "This is the king of the Jews.
One of the criminals hanging there abused him: "Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us." But the other rebuked him: "Do you not fear God, since you pay the same sentence? We indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; But this man has done nothing wrong. "He added:" Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom. "
replied," Verily I say unto thee, Today thou shalt be with me in paradise. "
COMMENT
C ' is a kingdom where the King of love for his subjects do you order wrongly to their own worth. The salvation and happiness of his subjects depends on one thing: accept that he had sinned and deserve punishment, not yelling and screaming and looking for a justice impossible, to see that all human nails penalty marched from the hands and feet. Impossible and unjust justice. Because it misses the real problem, the heart. What good would see sense and granted a pardon that feel-good hairy and free from pain and the consequences of sins without really changing my heart?
The United absolutely everything shines in his new king, who, like his subjects, and in this world but not of this world. And 'our King, He who agree to be pierced by our own effort. Our King takes our sins and brings up to make our pain your pain, our cross of His Cross. Of blood and glory, death and life. He, says St. Paul, became a curse for us because we might become His righteousness.
Cross hung on the words "This is the King of the Jews" to indicate the mercy seat of his kingdom, from which flowed the precious blood has washed all their sins. His Cross is the door that takes us inside each death due to our sin already victorious, to be forgiven, as new men. The miracle is to remain with the Crucified Christ in history, infinite territory of his kingdom, without running away, and your nails like a seal to make us His children. Children where everything and everyone, high priests outraged religious and secular soldiers and sarcastic, always have to doubt and scorn. Sons in the Son, where the Son is the Son . Crucified with Him
And there on the Cross, as Abraham and Isaac on Moriah, who enjoy the intimacy of heaven, in full confidence, and you look right deep in his eyes: "Today, now will be with me in Paradise, in the eternal Kingdom, in the infinite." On the Cross our hearts are changed by His mercy. A heart of flesh, yet heavenly, crucified and resurrected yet, but dying alive and reigning with Christ.
Our responsibility is only the holy fear, a total surrender and trust to his heart, which does not disappoint. Never. Even at the worst time. Even among the deafening cries of a world that encourages us to get off Cross captivated by the question of "if you really are a child ...." With Him in Paradise today.
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