WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.480 Has anyone tried booking a holiday with lastminute.com ever? 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:10.439 ! Anybody do that? And did it work? Did you get a holiday? Did you get there? 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:15.419 ! It's possible to leave things to the last minute, isn't it, including holidays. 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:18.780 And, as we'll see, more important things as well. 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:27.100 As Paul said, Sue and I went down to Devon and looked after a church there for about five years. 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:32.060 And the first person who was saved, the first person who became a Christian there, 00:00:32.660 --> 00:00:39.079 because our church secretary befriended him and explained the gospel about Jesus to him, 00:00:39.160 --> 00:00:41.100 was a man called Norman. 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:50.120 Six weeks later, Norman died in St. Vincent's Nursing Home in Plymouth. 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:58.439 And this guy, Norman, had had a reputation for being rather a nasty, selfish piece of work. 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:02.479 And he died after six weeks, having become a Christian. 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:06.759 And I was asked to take his funeral, and as is normal, when you take a funeral, 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:09.819 you go around and you talk to the family beforehand. 00:01:09.819 --> 00:01:17.059 And I was quite surprised, or I shouldn't have been, and I was amazed to hear about how his family said 00:01:17.059 --> 00:01:27.219 this man, Norman, had changed utterly in the last six weeks of his life, and changed for the better. 00:01:28.979 --> 00:01:31.619 Lastminute.com, or what? 00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:37.219 In particular, his attitude, and that's a key word for this morning, 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:42.100 his attitude to the death of the Lord Jesus Christ had changed. 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:44.420 His attitude to Jesus totally had changed. 00:01:44.820 --> 00:01:49.580 But particularly to Jesus' death on the cross. 00:01:49.579 --> 00:01:58.900 Why else would a previously irreligious and ungodly man choose a hymn for his own funeral 00:01:58.900 --> 00:02:00.519 with the words, 00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:02.920 I love that old cross, 00:02:03.579 --> 00:02:05.219 where the dearest and best 00:02:05.219 --> 00:02:07.780 for a world of lost sinners 00:02:07.780 --> 00:02:08.960 was slain. 00:02:10.699 --> 00:02:12.840 And I believe that it was because Norman 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:14.240 had met 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:16.439 the Lord Jesus Christ 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:19.340 right at the very end of his life, 00:02:19.580 --> 00:02:22.420 and that's rather like what happened 00:02:22.420 --> 00:02:24.700 to one of the thieves, the criminals, 00:02:25.420 --> 00:02:26.920 who died with the Lord Jesus 00:02:26.920 --> 00:02:27.939 on the cross 00:02:27.939 --> 00:02:29.800 in Luke chapter 23, 00:02:30.700 --> 00:02:32.760 on page 884 00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:34.020 of your pew Bibles, 00:02:34.180 --> 00:02:35.200 your chair Bibles, 00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:36.320 your church Bibles. 00:02:36.740 --> 00:02:38.020 Do keep that passage open, 00:02:38.100 --> 00:02:38.960 we're going to look at 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:40.100 what happened. 00:02:44.740 --> 00:02:46.380 I mentioned earlier about how 00:02:46.380 --> 00:02:48.540 Norman's attitude to Jesus 00:02:48.540 --> 00:02:49.260 had changed. 00:02:49.580 --> 00:02:51.700 And as Jesus was dying on the cross, 00:02:52.340 --> 00:02:53.780 having been crucified there, 00:02:54.200 --> 00:02:56.340 in verse 32 and verse 33 00:02:56.340 --> 00:02:57.740 of our passage, 00:02:57.860 --> 00:02:58.920 Luke chapter 23, 00:02:59.180 --> 00:03:00.580 there were lots of different attitudes 00:03:00.580 --> 00:03:01.320 to Jesus. 00:03:01.760 --> 00:03:03.140 And some of those attitudes 00:03:03.140 --> 00:03:03.980 were dire, 00:03:04.140 --> 00:03:05.560 they were really awful 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:07.020 attitudes to Jesus. 00:03:07.140 --> 00:03:08.680 So let's look at what was going on, 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:11.300 and compare their attitudes to him, 00:03:11.300 --> 00:03:12.700 with his own attitude 00:03:12.700 --> 00:03:14.180 to them, 00:03:14.340 --> 00:03:14.800 as well, 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:15.580 indeed to us. 00:03:15.640 --> 00:03:16.780 Let's look at some careless 00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:17.939 attitudes 00:03:17.939 --> 00:03:19.420 to the Lord Jesus 00:03:19.420 --> 00:03:21.360 in verses 32 to 39. 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:23.740 So there were all these attitudes around. 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:24.659 In verse 32, 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:25.620 we discover that there were 00:03:25.620 --> 00:03:26.600 two other men, 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:28.180 both of them criminals, 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:29.319 who were also 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:30.620 led out 00:03:30.620 --> 00:03:31.420 with Jesus 00:03:31.420 --> 00:03:32.500 to be 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:33.360 crucified. 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.480 And they came to this place 00:03:35.480 --> 00:03:36.000 called 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:37.180 the skull, 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:38.780 and they crucified 00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:40.280 all three of them there. 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:41.040 So it's Jesus 00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:42.480 with the criminals, 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:44.800 traditionally known as 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:45.860 the two thieves, 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:46.260 of course. 00:03:46.640 --> 00:03:47.700 There was Jesus crucified 00:03:47.700 --> 00:03:49.000 on a cross in the middle, 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:50.199 and on his left 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:51.520 and on his right 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:52.699 were two 00:03:52.699 --> 00:03:53.759 actual 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:54.659 criminals, 00:03:54.780 --> 00:03:55.680 traditionally known 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:57.039 as thieves. 00:03:57.580 --> 00:03:58.419 And whereas Jesus 00:03:58.419 --> 00:03:59.500 in verse 34 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:00.300 says, 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:01.099 Father, 00:04:01.419 --> 00:04:02.199 forgive them, 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:04.020 for they do not know 00:04:04.020 --> 00:04:04.780 what they're doing, 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:05.759 he's actually praying 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:06.479 God's blessing 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:07.819 on those Roman soldiers 00:04:07.819 --> 00:04:08.520 who were actually 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:09.680 at that point in time 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:10.520 crucifying 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:11.620 Jesus Christ, 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:12.819 the Son of God. 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:13.740 That was Jesus' 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:15.039 attitude to them. 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:16.279 What was their 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:17.540 attitude to Jesus? 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:17.779 Well, 00:04:17.819 --> 00:04:18.420 if you carry on 00:04:18.420 --> 00:04:19.660 reading in verse 34, 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:21.500 you discover that 00:04:21.500 --> 00:04:22.420 they divided up 00:04:22.420 --> 00:04:23.460 his clothes 00:04:23.460 --> 00:04:25.300 by casting 00:04:25.300 --> 00:04:26.480 lots. 00:04:27.220 --> 00:04:27.840 In other words, 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:28.879 they cared more 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:29.620 about Jesus' 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:30.480 clothes 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:31.840 than they did 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:32.680 about Jesus. 00:04:33.200 --> 00:04:33.360 Now, 00:04:33.400 --> 00:04:34.120 that has got to be 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:34.639 a fairly 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:36.280 disgusting attitude 00:04:36.280 --> 00:04:37.220 to the Lord Jesus, 00:04:37.340 --> 00:04:37.819 hasn't it? 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:39.180 By any standards. 00:04:39.939 --> 00:04:40.620 Contrast that 00:04:40.620 --> 00:04:41.139 with Jesus' 00:04:41.379 --> 00:04:42.360 attitude to them, 00:04:42.980 --> 00:04:43.879 to the Roman soldiers. 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:44.460 Mercy, 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:45.300 kindness, 00:04:45.860 --> 00:04:46.420 and forgiveness 00:04:46.420 --> 00:04:47.280 as he prays, 00:04:47.340 --> 00:04:47.680 Father, 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:48.879 forgive them. 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:50.079 That's amazing, 00:04:50.259 --> 00:04:50.720 isn't it? 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:51.980 Then, 00:04:52.139 --> 00:04:53.060 in verse 35, 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:53.660 we see that there 00:04:53.660 --> 00:04:54.160 were people 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:55.139 standing there 00:04:55.139 --> 00:04:57.060 watching Jesus 00:04:57.060 --> 00:04:58.740 dying on the cross. 00:04:58.959 --> 00:04:59.680 And the Jewish 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:00.560 rulers were there 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:01.420 and they sneered 00:05:01.420 --> 00:05:01.939 at Jesus 00:05:01.939 --> 00:05:02.860 and they said, 00:05:03.060 --> 00:05:04.519 he saved others. 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:06.160 Ha, ha, ha. 00:05:06.220 --> 00:05:06.840 They were mocking, 00:05:07.019 --> 00:05:07.360 you see. 00:05:07.620 --> 00:05:08.620 Let him save 00:05:08.620 --> 00:05:09.259 himself. 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:10.240 If he could save 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:10.639 others, 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:11.740 let him save himself. 00:05:11.840 --> 00:05:12.620 They thought that had 00:05:12.620 --> 00:05:13.699 quite a pleasant 00:05:13.699 --> 00:05:14.620 symmetry to it. 00:05:14.620 --> 00:05:15.199 They thought they were 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:15.960 being a little bit 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:16.779 clever there, 00:05:17.180 --> 00:05:17.579 you know. 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:19.379 They were mocking him. 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:21.019 If he saved others, 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:22.159 let him save himself. 00:05:22.539 --> 00:05:24.279 If he is God's Messiah, 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:26.000 the chosen one. 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:28.199 And those Jewish 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:29.079 scribes and 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:30.680 Pharisees were sure 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:31.579 that if Jesus 00:05:31.579 --> 00:05:32.819 was now dying, 00:05:33.599 --> 00:05:34.199 he could not 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:35.019 possibly be 00:05:35.019 --> 00:05:36.519 God's Messiah. 00:05:36.779 --> 00:05:37.560 What kind of 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:39.019 Messiah would end 00:05:39.019 --> 00:05:40.439 his life in such 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:42.639 ugly failure 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:44.719 according to them. 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:46.839 And it's interesting 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:47.680 that the Greek word 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:48.600 for saved, 00:05:48.660 --> 00:05:49.439 as in he saved 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:49.740 others, 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:50.680 is the same 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:51.319 as the one 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:52.139 that's used for 00:05:52.139 --> 00:05:53.540 healed as well. 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:54.500 So presumably 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:55.279 they knew about 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:56.420 Jesus' healing 00:05:56.420 --> 00:05:57.259 miracles. 00:05:57.860 --> 00:05:58.620 So when they say 00:05:58.620 --> 00:05:59.399 he saved others, 00:05:59.459 --> 00:06:00.079 they probably mean 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:01.000 he healed others. 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:02.199 Let him save 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:02.839 himself, 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:03.579 you see. 00:06:03.659 --> 00:06:04.159 So they thought 00:06:04.159 --> 00:06:04.740 they were being 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:05.439 clever. 00:06:05.620 --> 00:06:06.180 They even knew 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:06.659 Greek. 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:07.620 They did, 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:08.019 of course. 00:06:08.019 --> 00:06:10.959 And then there 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:11.839 were the soldiers 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:13.819 in verse 36. 00:06:13.919 --> 00:06:14.639 They came up 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:15.139 to Jesus 00:06:15.139 --> 00:06:16.939 and mocked him. 00:06:17.159 --> 00:06:18.019 Everybody seems 00:06:18.019 --> 00:06:19.139 to want to mock 00:06:19.139 --> 00:06:20.879 Jesus as he 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:21.819 dies on the cross. 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:22.779 They offer him 00:06:22.779 --> 00:06:23.819 some wine vinegar, 00:06:24.259 --> 00:06:25.039 which was probably 00:06:25.039 --> 00:06:26.459 bitter or sour 00:06:26.459 --> 00:06:27.060 or gone off 00:06:27.060 --> 00:06:27.799 as part of the 00:06:27.799 --> 00:06:28.219 mockery. 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:29.259 And they said 00:06:29.259 --> 00:06:30.299 the same sort of 00:06:30.299 --> 00:06:30.479 thing. 00:06:30.539 --> 00:06:31.339 If you are the 00:06:31.339 --> 00:06:32.240 king of the Jews, 00:06:32.579 --> 00:06:33.479 like the sign 00:06:33.479 --> 00:06:34.680 over your head 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:35.359 says, 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:36.439 the king of the 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:36.579 Jews, 00:06:36.659 --> 00:06:37.240 if you are the 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:37.979 king of the Jews, 00:06:38.019 --> 00:06:39.899 save yourself. 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:40.699 The same sort 00:06:40.699 --> 00:06:41.319 of mockery. 00:06:43.099 --> 00:06:43.680 And you know, 00:06:44.139 --> 00:06:44.919 Jesus could have 00:06:44.919 --> 00:06:45.719 saved himself. 00:06:46.039 --> 00:06:46.539 Have a look on 00:06:46.539 --> 00:06:46.959 your handout 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:47.839 at the quotation 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:48.339 there from 00:06:48.339 --> 00:06:49.259 Matthew 26, 00:06:49.339 --> 00:06:50.120 verse 53. 00:06:51.099 --> 00:06:51.979 Matthew records 00:06:51.979 --> 00:06:52.859 that Jesus says, 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:53.859 do you think 00:06:53.859 --> 00:06:54.539 I cannot call 00:06:54.539 --> 00:06:55.180 on my father 00:06:55.180 --> 00:06:55.620 and he will 00:06:55.620 --> 00:06:56.240 at once put 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:57.000 at my disposal 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:57.519 more than 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:58.620 twelve legion 00:06:58.620 --> 00:06:59.199 of angels? 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:01.319 Jesus could 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:01.759 have saved 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:02.120 himself. 00:07:02.339 --> 00:07:03.539 He could have 00:07:03.539 --> 00:07:04.819 asked angels 00:07:04.819 --> 00:07:05.680 to do it for him, 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:06.060 couldn't he, 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:06.479 in fact. 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:08.259 But Jesus 00:07:08.259 --> 00:07:08.780 goes on 00:07:08.780 --> 00:07:09.280 and he says, 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:10.520 but how then 00:07:10.520 --> 00:07:11.180 would the 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:11.640 scriptures 00:07:11.640 --> 00:07:12.920 be fulfilled? 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:14.900 It had to 00:07:14.900 --> 00:07:15.319 happen 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:16.860 in this 00:07:16.860 --> 00:07:17.300 way. 00:07:17.660 --> 00:07:18.040 In other 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:18.379 words, 00:07:18.520 --> 00:07:18.840 Jesus 00:07:18.840 --> 00:07:19.759 had 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:21.300 to die 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:22.680 for God's 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:23.220 plan of 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:23.860 salvation 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:25.300 to work. 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:26.819 And then we 00:07:26.819 --> 00:07:27.220 get to the 00:07:27.220 --> 00:07:28.020 criminals that I 00:07:28.020 --> 00:07:28.360 mentioned, 00:07:28.540 --> 00:07:29.180 the traditional 00:07:29.180 --> 00:07:30.140 thieves who 00:07:30.140 --> 00:07:30.680 were there on 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:30.939 Jesus' 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:32.000 left and 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:32.220 right. 00:07:32.300 --> 00:07:32.800 One of them, 00:07:32.860 --> 00:07:33.400 let's say it's 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:33.739 the one on 00:07:33.739 --> 00:07:34.120 the left, 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:35.099 in verse 39. 00:07:35.620 --> 00:07:36.179 One of those 00:07:36.179 --> 00:07:36.759 criminals who 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:37.099 hung their 00:07:37.099 --> 00:07:38.139 whole insults 00:07:38.139 --> 00:07:38.419 at him, 00:07:38.779 --> 00:07:39.679 railed at him, 00:07:39.699 --> 00:07:40.179 it says in 00:07:40.179 --> 00:07:41.479 your church 00:07:41.479 --> 00:07:41.919 Bibles. 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:43.039 Aren't you the 00:07:43.039 --> 00:07:43.519 Messiah? 00:07:44.579 --> 00:07:45.039 And then he 00:07:45.039 --> 00:07:45.560 comes up with 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:46.699 the same thing 00:07:46.699 --> 00:07:47.799 as the others 00:07:47.799 --> 00:07:48.099 who have 00:07:48.099 --> 00:07:48.879 insulted Jesus. 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:49.959 Save yourself 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:52.379 and us. 00:07:53.259 --> 00:07:53.779 Now that's 00:07:53.779 --> 00:07:54.560 slightly different, 00:07:54.659 --> 00:07:55.159 isn't it? 00:07:55.379 --> 00:07:56.479 Save yourself, 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:57.060 Jesus, 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:59.039 and us. 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:01.280 And the 00:08:01.280 --> 00:08:01.780 and is 00:08:01.780 --> 00:08:02.660 important there, 00:08:02.740 --> 00:08:03.000 you know, 00:08:03.460 --> 00:08:04.240 because that 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:04.760 was the one 00:08:04.760 --> 00:08:05.240 thing that 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:05.800 Jesus could 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:06.280 not do. 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:06.700 He could 00:08:06.700 --> 00:08:07.500 not both 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:08.660 save himself 00:08:08.660 --> 00:08:12.100 and other 00:08:12.100 --> 00:08:13.080 people. 00:08:13.520 --> 00:08:13.740 And this 00:08:13.740 --> 00:08:14.120 is very 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:14.680 important. 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:15.700 You see, 00:08:17.020 --> 00:08:17.400 he could 00:08:17.400 --> 00:08:18.259 turn water 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:19.400 into wine. 00:08:20.460 --> 00:08:20.980 He could 00:08:20.980 --> 00:08:21.980 calm storms. 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:23.160 He could 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:24.580 feed 5,000 00:08:24.580 --> 00:08:25.379 people just 00:08:25.379 --> 00:08:26.040 like that. 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:26.820 He could 00:08:26.820 --> 00:08:27.939 raise Lazarus 00:08:27.939 --> 00:08:28.759 from the 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:29.079 dead. 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:29.920 He could 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:30.800 heal thousands 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:31.459 of people, 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:32.360 but he 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:32.940 could not 00:08:32.940 --> 00:08:34.120 save himself 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:37.700 and other 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:38.220 people. 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:40.539 You see, 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:41.179 Jesus had 00:08:41.179 --> 00:08:41.720 to stay 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:42.200 on that 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:43.539 cross and 00:08:43.539 --> 00:08:45.059 die so 00:08:45.059 --> 00:08:45.620 that you 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:47.059 and me 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:48.139 and many 00:08:48.139 --> 00:08:49.220 others can 00:08:49.220 --> 00:08:50.059 escape hell 00:08:50.059 --> 00:08:50.639 so that we 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:51.620 can be saved. 00:08:52.299 --> 00:08:52.879 Jesus had 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:53.820 to be 00:08:53.820 --> 00:08:54.940 unsaved, 00:08:55.139 --> 00:08:55.740 didn't he? 00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:55.879 saved. 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:57.600 And we 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:58.000 must not 00:08:58.000 --> 00:08:58.519 be like 00:08:58.519 --> 00:08:59.500 the soldiers 00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:00.980 or the 00:09:00.980 --> 00:09:01.940 Jewish leaders 00:09:01.940 --> 00:09:02.720 or any 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:03.019 of the 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:03.360 other 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:04.139 mockers. 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:05.759 You must 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:06.159 not be 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:06.639 like that 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:07.120 because you 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:07.740 understand 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:08.200 now, 00:09:08.620 --> 00:09:08.960 if you 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:09.200 didn't 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:09.759 understand 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:10.460 before, 00:09:10.680 --> 00:09:11.340 why Jesus 00:09:11.340 --> 00:09:12.700 had to 00:09:12.700 --> 00:09:13.200 die and 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:13.580 why he 00:09:13.580 --> 00:09:14.180 could not 00:09:14.180 --> 00:09:14.919 have been 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:15.340 saved. 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:15.840 He could 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:16.340 not save 00:09:16.340 --> 00:09:16.879 himself 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:18.419 so that 00:09:18.419 --> 00:09:18.799 you 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:20.200 can be 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:20.659 saved. 00:09:20.659 --> 00:09:23.319 you 00:09:23.319 --> 00:09:23.819 perhaps 00:09:23.819 --> 00:09:24.419 heard that 00:09:24.419 --> 00:09:25.679 people say 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:26.079 that the 00:09:26.079 --> 00:09:26.959 single event 00:09:26.959 --> 00:09:28.139 that defined 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:28.959 the 20th 00:09:28.959 --> 00:09:30.699 century was 00:09:30.699 --> 00:09:31.159 the 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:31.579 Holocaust 00:09:31.579 --> 00:09:33.199 when 00:09:33.199 --> 00:09:33.959 something like 00:09:33.959 --> 00:09:34.779 7 million 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:35.699 people died 00:09:35.699 --> 00:09:36.279 seemingly 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:37.500 pointlessly. 00:09:39.059 --> 00:09:39.279 Well, 00:09:39.299 --> 00:09:39.519 you know, 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:40.159 the event 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:40.899 that defined 00:09:40.899 --> 00:09:41.319 not just 00:09:41.319 --> 00:09:41.939 the 20th 00:09:41.939 --> 00:09:42.319 century, 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:43.019 the event 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:43.620 that defined 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:44.519 the whole 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:45.459 of time 00:09:45.459 --> 00:09:46.419 and indeed 00:09:46.419 --> 00:09:47.639 all of 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:48.360 eternity, 00:09:49.220 --> 00:09:49.860 that event 00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:50.759 is Jesus 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:52.039 dying on 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:52.580 the cross 00:09:52.580 --> 00:09:53.639 to save 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:54.800 others. 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:56.379 And we 00:09:56.379 --> 00:09:56.820 must make 00:09:56.820 --> 00:09:57.159 sure that 00:09:57.159 --> 00:09:57.379 we do 00:09:57.379 --> 00:09:57.720 not have 00:09:57.720 --> 00:09:58.279 a mocking 00:09:58.279 --> 00:09:59.340 wrong 00:09:59.340 --> 00:10:00.360 or even 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:00.820 just a 00:10:00.820 --> 00:10:01.200 careless 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:01.720 attitude 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:03.000 to Jesus 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:04.220 dying on 00:10:04.220 --> 00:10:04.740 the cross. 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:05.899 So we've 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:06.200 looked at 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:06.840 some careless 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:07.519 attitudes 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:08.360 to Jesus 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:09.259 and careless 00:10:09.259 --> 00:10:10.000 attitudes 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:10.720 to him 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:11.200 dying on 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:11.620 the cross, 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:12.080 haven't we? 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:12.960 Obviously we 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:13.500 now need to 00:10:13.500 --> 00:10:14.000 look and see 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:14.340 if we can 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:14.920 find in this 00:10:14.920 --> 00:10:15.879 passage a 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:16.800 right attitude 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:18.240 to Jesus 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:18.639 and his 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:18.879 deaths, 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:19.279 don't we? 00:10:19.860 --> 00:10:20.800 Let's look 00:10:20.800 --> 00:10:21.139 at verses 00:10:21.139 --> 00:10:22.080 40 to 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:22.779 42. 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:25.080 What then 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:25.820 is the 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:26.460 right attitude 00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:27.159 for us 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:27.740 to have 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:28.700 to Jesus 00:10:28.700 --> 00:10:29.259 dying on 00:10:29.259 --> 00:10:29.620 the cross? 00:10:29.860 --> 00:10:30.259 Well in 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:30.899 verse 40 00:10:30.899 --> 00:10:31.519 we discover 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:31.940 that the 00:10:31.940 --> 00:10:32.659 other criminal, 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:33.139 so we've 00:10:33.139 --> 00:10:33.399 had the 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:33.940 first one 00:10:33.940 --> 00:10:34.259 on my 00:10:34.259 --> 00:10:34.539 left, 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:35.340 the other 00:10:35.340 --> 00:10:35.539 one, 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:35.940 the second 00:10:35.940 --> 00:10:36.240 one, 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:36.580 say, 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:37.600 on Jesus' 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:38.259 right, 00:10:38.779 --> 00:10:39.480 rebukes 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:40.100 the first 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:40.620 criminal, 00:10:40.779 --> 00:10:40.980 says, 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:41.399 don't you 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:41.899 mock him, 00:10:42.180 --> 00:10:42.460 don't you 00:10:42.460 --> 00:10:43.120 fear God, 00:10:43.539 --> 00:10:44.080 since you 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:44.500 and I 00:10:44.500 --> 00:10:44.879 are both 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:45.340 under the 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:45.720 same 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:46.539 sentence 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:47.960 of death. 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.040 And although 00:10:50.040 --> 00:10:50.740 one dying 00:10:50.740 --> 00:10:51.420 thief had 00:10:51.420 --> 00:10:51.759 had a 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:52.620 very bad 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:53.280 attitude to 00:10:53.280 --> 00:10:53.519 Jesus, 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:54.379 even insulting 00:10:54.379 --> 00:10:55.139 him in 00:10:55.139 --> 00:10:55.940 verse 39, 00:10:56.460 --> 00:10:56.759 and the 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:57.080 other one 00:10:57.080 --> 00:10:57.420 did at 00:10:57.420 --> 00:10:57.879 first as 00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:58.040 well, 00:10:58.120 --> 00:10:58.759 we understand 00:10:58.759 --> 00:10:59.180 from the 00:10:59.180 --> 00:10:59.340 other 00:10:59.340 --> 00:10:59.840 gospels, 00:11:00.820 --> 00:11:01.200 yet this 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:01.660 other one 00:11:01.660 --> 00:11:02.180 says in 00:11:02.180 --> 00:11:03.139 verse 41, 00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:05.080 we are 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:05.940 being punished 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:07.100 justly, 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:08.400 for we are 00:11:08.400 --> 00:11:08.920 getting what 00:11:08.920 --> 00:11:09.540 our deeds 00:11:09.540 --> 00:11:10.660 deserve, 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:12.120 that this 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:12.540 man has 00:11:12.540 --> 00:11:12.820 done, 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:13.660 this man 00:11:13.660 --> 00:11:13.980 Jesus, 00:11:14.280 --> 00:11:14.800 has done 00:11:14.800 --> 00:11:16.500 nothing wrong. 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:17.700 Now what 00:11:17.700 --> 00:11:18.100 kind of 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:18.740 attitude is 00:11:18.740 --> 00:11:19.379 this second 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:20.860 thief showing 00:11:20.860 --> 00:11:22.679 us to 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:23.039 the Lord 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:23.379 Jesus? 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:23.940 What kind 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:24.360 of attitude 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:24.919 is that? 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:25.279 It's an 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:25.940 attitude of 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:26.480 humility, 00:11:26.700 --> 00:11:27.120 is it not? 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:28.779 It's an 00:11:28.779 --> 00:11:29.500 attitude of 00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:31.039 awareness of 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:31.600 his sin. 00:11:32.419 --> 00:11:32.779 It's an 00:11:32.779 --> 00:11:33.779 attitude of 00:11:33.779 --> 00:11:34.600 awareness of 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:35.200 justice, 00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:36.759 God's justice, 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:37.399 I think, 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:37.720 too, 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.200 isn't it? 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:39.580 And we 00:11:39.580 --> 00:11:40.059 know that 00:11:40.059 --> 00:11:40.519 because in 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:41.340 verse 42, 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:41.980 then he 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:42.299 says, 00:11:42.700 --> 00:11:43.080 Jesus, 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:45.100 he somehow 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:46.019 turns himself 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:46.659 and addresses 00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:47.659 Jesus. 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:49.019 Jesus, 00:11:49.199 --> 00:11:50.079 remember me 00:11:50.079 --> 00:11:51.539 when you 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:52.539 come into 00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:54.120 your kingdom. 00:11:55.319 --> 00:11:55.620 So, 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:56.439 in addition to 00:11:56.439 --> 00:11:57.039 his attitude 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:57.879 of humility, 00:11:58.100 --> 00:11:58.659 awareness of 00:11:58.659 --> 00:11:58.879 sin, 00:11:58.980 --> 00:11:59.460 and awareness 00:11:59.460 --> 00:12:00.120 of God's 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:00.539 justice, 00:12:01.079 --> 00:12:01.679 this second 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:02.399 criminal, 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:03.399 second thief, 00:12:03.819 --> 00:12:04.759 also has an 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:06.259 awareness that 00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:07.079 Jesus is the 00:12:07.079 --> 00:12:07.539 saviour, 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:08.879 that Jesus is 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:09.720 the king. 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:11.579 The sign 00:12:11.579 --> 00:12:12.179 above Jesus' 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:12.899 head said 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:13.240 so. 00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:15.000 In verse 38, 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:15.799 the king 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:16.120 of the 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:16.480 Jews. 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:17.539 And somehow 00:12:17.539 --> 00:12:18.419 he knows 00:12:18.419 --> 00:12:19.000 that the 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:19.580 only one 00:12:19.580 --> 00:12:19.919 who can 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:20.679 save him 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:21.940 now from 00:12:21.940 --> 00:12:22.419 God's 00:12:22.419 --> 00:12:22.799 justice, 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:23.720 from all 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:24.200 his sin 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:24.360 and 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:25.000 criminality, 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:25.759 the only 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:26.080 one who 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:26.519 can save 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:26.940 him now 00:12:26.940 --> 00:12:28.399 is Jesus. 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:29.340 And you 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:29.960 know perhaps 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:30.539 that Jesus' 00:12:30.820 --> 00:12:31.860 name itself 00:12:31.860 --> 00:12:33.419 means God 00:12:33.419 --> 00:12:34.620 saves. 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:35.320 So he 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:35.879 turns to 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:36.240 him and 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:36.500 says, 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:37.500 Jesus, 00:12:38.299 --> 00:12:39.019 God saves, 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:40.759 remember me 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:41.139 when you 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:41.580 come into 00:12:41.580 --> 00:12:42.139 your kingdom. 00:12:42.139 --> 00:12:42.279 them. 00:12:42.939 --> 00:12:43.360 And so he 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.240 urgently wants 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.439 to be saved 00:12:45.439 --> 00:12:45.759 and he 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:46.500 urgently wants 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:46.939 to make 00:12:46.939 --> 00:12:48.100 the knowledge 00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:48.460 that he 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:49.000 has been 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:49.580 saved, 00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:50.720 that he 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:51.220 will be 00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:51.580 forgiven, 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:52.879 that he 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:53.500 is forgiven, 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:54.460 personal. 00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:55.080 And so he 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:55.480 doesn't just 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:55.699 say, 00:12:55.819 --> 00:12:56.059 Jesus, 00:12:56.439 --> 00:12:56.879 remember, 00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:57.439 he says, 00:12:57.519 --> 00:12:57.779 Jesus, 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:00.039 remember me, 00:13:00.299 --> 00:13:00.819 doesn't he? 00:13:00.939 --> 00:13:01.620 You notice that 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:02.220 little word, 00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:02.580 Jesus, 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:04.220 remember me. 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:05.840 And somehow, 00:13:06.059 --> 00:13:06.500 I suppose, 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:07.159 by the working 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:07.679 of the Holy 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:08.500 Spirit in his 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:09.120 heart and what 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:09.679 he's previously 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:10.220 heard and 00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:10.639 understood, 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:12.039 he now 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:12.659 understands 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:13.399 that Jesus 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:14.100 was dying 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:14.879 so that his 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:15.360 sins, 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:16.100 this career 00:13:16.100 --> 00:13:17.120 thief's sins 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:18.360 could be 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:19.559 forgiven. 00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:20.899 And that is 00:13:20.899 --> 00:13:21.299 the right 00:13:21.299 --> 00:13:22.080 attitude for 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:22.399 him to 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:23.179 model and 00:13:23.179 --> 00:13:24.120 for us to 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:24.740 have as well, 00:13:24.819 --> 00:13:25.220 isn't it? 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:26.699 We must have 00:13:26.699 --> 00:13:27.379 that same 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:28.199 humble, 00:13:28.939 --> 00:13:29.559 urgent, 00:13:30.319 --> 00:13:31.019 personal, 00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:32.679 trusting 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:34.100 attitude to 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:34.759 Jesus and 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.679 especially to 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:37.639 Jesus dying 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.620 on the 00:13:38.620 --> 00:13:39.019 cross. 00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:39.679 Have you 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:40.200 got that 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:40.640 kind of 00:13:40.640 --> 00:13:41.340 attitude to 00:13:41.340 --> 00:13:42.740 Jesus and 00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:43.259 his death 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:43.620 on the 00:13:43.620 --> 00:13:43.980 cross? 00:13:45.640 --> 00:13:46.000 We've 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:46.320 looked at 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:47.160 bad attitudes 00:13:47.160 --> 00:13:47.660 to Jesus, 00:13:47.780 --> 00:13:48.140 haven't we? 00:13:48.520 --> 00:13:48.800 We've 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:49.140 looked at 00:13:49.140 --> 00:13:49.660 the right 00:13:49.660 --> 00:13:50.360 attitude that 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:51.060 this second 00:13:51.060 --> 00:13:52.020 thief, 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:52.620 criminal, 00:13:53.020 --> 00:13:53.400 exhibited 00:13:53.400 --> 00:13:54.240 towards Jesus. 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:55.160 Thirdly, 00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:55.400 then, 00:13:55.460 --> 00:13:56.379 look specifically 00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:57.660 at verse 00:13:57.660 --> 00:13:58.600 43 and 00:13:58.600 --> 00:13:59.220 we'll see 00:13:59.220 --> 00:13:59.879 Jesus' 00:14:00.140 --> 00:14:01.300 promise to 00:14:01.300 --> 00:14:02.140 this dying 00:14:02.140 --> 00:14:02.600 criminal, 00:14:02.780 --> 00:14:03.040 Jesus' 00:14:03.300 --> 00:14:03.920 promise to 00:14:03.920 --> 00:14:04.580 all of us 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:05.540 in this 00:14:05.540 --> 00:14:05.840 room, 00:14:05.920 --> 00:14:06.340 in fact. 00:14:07.920 --> 00:14:08.180 So, 00:14:08.280 --> 00:14:08.920 verse 43, 00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:09.220 then. 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:10.120 How do we 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:10.660 know that 00:14:10.660 --> 00:14:11.200 the second 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:11.779 thief, 00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.480 criminal, 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:13.220 on the 00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:13.600 cross, 00:14:13.920 --> 00:14:14.120 who had 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.519 lived his 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:15.300 whole life 00:14:15.300 --> 00:14:16.060 in sin, 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:16.860 at that 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:17.759 very last 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:18.440 moment, 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:20.860 lastminute.com 00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.200 you might 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:21.540 say, 00:14:21.920 --> 00:14:22.960 was saved 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:23.740 by Jesus. 00:14:23.800 --> 00:14:24.200 How do we 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:24.740 know he 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:25.259 was saved 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:25.860 by Jesus? 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:27.560 Well, 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:28.080 we know it 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:28.720 because of 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.700 verse 43. 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:31.000 Jesus somehow 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:32.080 turns to him 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:32.680 and he answers 00:14:32.680 --> 00:14:33.180 him and he 00:14:33.180 --> 00:14:33.420 says, 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:34.099 truly, 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:35.039 amen, 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:36.899 I tell you, 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.779 today, 00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:39.139 you will 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:40.219 be with 00:14:40.219 --> 00:14:41.699 me in 00:14:41.699 --> 00:14:43.079 paradise, 00:14:43.199 --> 00:14:43.620 not just 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.279 on holiday, 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.479 but in 00:14:45.479 --> 00:14:46.639 paradise, 00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:47.439 in heaven, 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:47.879 you see. 00:14:48.459 --> 00:14:49.039 And so right 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:49.699 at the end 00:14:49.699 --> 00:14:50.319 of his life, 00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:50.879 this second 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:52.199 criminal turns 00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:52.959 to Jesus 00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:54.419 and says, 00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.079 save me in 00:14:55.079 --> 00:14:55.360 effect, 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:55.779 doesn't he? 00:14:55.979 --> 00:14:56.620 And Jesus 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.500 somehow turns 00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:58.759 to him and 00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.299 he saves him, 00:14:59.379 --> 00:14:59.679 doesn't he? 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:00.299 He makes this 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:01.120 amazing promise. 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:01.600 Truly, 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.259 I tell you, 00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.019 today, 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:04.379 you will 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:04.759 be with 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:06.340 me in 00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:07.220 paradise, 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:07.700 the very 00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:09.279 opposite of 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.480 dying on 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.060 a cross. 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:12.620 And that 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.240 happened right 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:13.639 at the end 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.220 of this man's 00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:14.480 life, 00:15:14.560 --> 00:15:14.879 didn't it? 00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:16.220 Right at the 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:16.519 end, 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:17.840 lastminute.com. 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:18.460 Now the 00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.159 Bible also 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.840 warns us, 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:20.220 do you remember 00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:20.879 what it says 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:22.060 in Ecclesiastes 00:15:22.060 --> 00:15:23.039 chapter 12 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:24.139 verse 1? 00:15:25.180 --> 00:15:26.259 Very wise 00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:27.080 advice is 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:27.680 given to us, 00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.340 and indeed 00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:28.860 not just 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.419 advice, 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.440 but a 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:30.779 command, 00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:31.419 remember 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:31.740 your 00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:32.279 creator 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:33.120 in the 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:33.659 days of 00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.439 your youth, 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:35.919 before the 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.919 days of 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:37.360 trouble 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:38.039 come. 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.220 I bet that 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:40.839 thief wished 00:15:40.839 --> 00:15:41.339 he'd taken 00:15:41.339 --> 00:15:42.079 notice of 00:15:42.079 --> 00:15:42.860 that advice, 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.559 that wisdom 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:44.579 earlier. 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.139 But, 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.139 we have 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:47.819 Luke chapter 00:15:47.819 --> 00:15:48.360 23, 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:48.899 don't we? 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:49.779 And God 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.199 has given 00:15:50.199 --> 00:15:50.659 us this 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.179 thief on 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:51.720 the cross, 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.360 this criminal, 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:53.839 to teach 00:15:53.839 --> 00:15:54.379 us that we 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.000 can be 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:55.459 saved, 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:55.919 we can 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.519 be forgiven, 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.539 whatever 00:15:57.539 --> 00:15:58.720 our past 00:15:58.720 --> 00:15:59.279 lives have 00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.799 been like, 00:15:59.839 --> 00:16:00.199 and even if 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.480 we don't 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:00.860 have any 00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.200 future 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:01.900 life to 00:16:01.900 --> 00:16:02.460 speak of 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:03.000 less as 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.259 well. 00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:04.860 And it's 00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:05.240 an amazing 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.560 thing, 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:05.879 isn't it, 00:16:05.900 --> 00:16:06.340 that every 00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:06.759 now and 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.060 then, 00:16:07.520 --> 00:16:08.379 God shows 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:09.180 his mercy 00:16:09.180 --> 00:16:10.280 to someone 00:16:10.280 --> 00:16:11.520 foolishly 00:16:11.520 --> 00:16:13.379 late in 00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:13.879 life. 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:14.620 Now, 00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:14.879 I'm not 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.820 recommending it, 00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:17.960 God has 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:18.500 to have 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:18.740 to have 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.080 a lot of 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:19.720 things. 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.080 But, 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:19.100 it does happen 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:19.700 sometimes. 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.360 And I hope 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:20.800 that was what 00:16:20.800 --> 00:16:21.400 happened to 00:16:21.400 --> 00:16:22.540 Norman in 00:16:22.540 --> 00:16:23.160 Devon that I 00:16:23.160 --> 00:16:23.820 told you about 00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:24.320 at the beginning 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:25.080 of this message. 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.400 God had 00:16:26.400 --> 00:16:27.140 mercy on him 00:16:27.140 --> 00:16:28.020 very late 00:16:28.020 --> 00:16:29.280 in his life. 00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:30.940 I also had 00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:31.800 two granddads, 00:16:31.900 --> 00:16:32.420 one was called 00:16:32.420 --> 00:16:33.340 Darby Grandad, 00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:34.220 one was called 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:35.260 London Grandad, 00:16:35.420 --> 00:16:36.100 I'll leave you to 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:36.900 work out why. 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.300 And it seems 00:16:39.300 --> 00:16:40.440 that London Grandad, 00:16:40.520 --> 00:16:41.500 my London Grandad, 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.820 also turned to 00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:43.460 the Lord Jesus 00:16:43.460 --> 00:16:44.200 Christ in 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:44.659 repentance, 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.340 more or less, 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:46.320 on his very 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:47.559 deathbed. 00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:49.440 So, 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.139 that seems 00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.620 to be what's 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.299 happened to 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:52.419 Norman in 00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:52.759 Devon, 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:53.940 the thief on 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.419 the cross, 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.320 and even my 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:56.759 London Grandad. 00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.679 And you say, 00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:58.840 well, 00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.360 what exactly 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.740 happened at 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.360 these last 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:02.100 moments in 00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.919 people's lives? 00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.179 Well, 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.659 let's look at 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:04.279 what happened 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:05.700 to this second 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.220 thief, 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.500 as in 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.920 verse 43 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.480 and verse 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.839 42 of our 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.299 passage. 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.920 And I need 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:14.140 a big book, 00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:14.960 a big black 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.380 book, 00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:16.819 to do with a 00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.460 much heavier, 00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:19.140 more sinister 00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:19.880 coloured book 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.380 really than 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:20.799 this one, 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:21.180 I think. 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.640 Two things 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.079 happened in 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.980 verse 43. 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.599 One is this, 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.420 God took 00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:30.680 that criminal, 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:31.559 that second 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.859 thief's 00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.519 worthless, 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.839 sinful life. 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:38.059 All his bad 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.900 record of 00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:39.599 everything he'd 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:39.900 done. 00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:42.460 and he gave 00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:43.440 it to 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:43.840 Jesus. 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:48.019 That's the 00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:48.560 first thing. 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.540 All his sin 00:17:49.540 --> 00:17:50.360 was transferred 00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:51.820 to Jesus, 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.440 who at that 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:52.960 very moment 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:53.640 was dying, 00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:55.019 paying for it 00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:56.460 on the cross. 00:17:59.140 --> 00:17:59.540 And there 00:17:59.540 --> 00:17:59.980 was a second 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.680 thing I said. 00:18:00.800 --> 00:18:01.060 Yes, 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:01.920 the other 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:02.200 thing, 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.620 the second 00:18:02.620 --> 00:18:03.280 thing that 00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:03.940 God did at 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.480 that moment 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:04.940 in his 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.640 justice was 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:06.259 he took 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:07.819 Jesus' 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:09.319 perfect life, 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.099 he took 00:18:10.099 --> 00:18:10.740 all Jesus' 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.740 innocence 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:13.519 and his 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.519 perfect record, 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:16.000 and he gave 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.740 that to 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.299 this second 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.759 thief on 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:20.359 the cross. 00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.039 Those two 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.720 things happened. 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.359 And Jesus 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:25.900 has promised 00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.500 to you, 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.500 right now in 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:27.740 fact, 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.579 is that if you 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:29.640 humbly cry 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.460 out to him, 00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.900 remember me, 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.359 even from in 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:33.720 heaven, 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.660 where Jesus is 00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:34.960 now, 00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:36.740 he will take 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.259 you to be 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.700 with him 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.640 in paradise 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.779 if you die 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.920 before Sunday 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:41.740 lunch today, 00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:43.700 or if you 00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.320 die in 80 00:18:44.320 --> 00:18:44.680 years' 00:18:44.800 --> 00:18:45.000 time. 00:18:45.080 --> 00:18:45.380 It doesn't 00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:45.940 really matter, 00:18:46.040 --> 00:18:46.380 does it? 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.720 But Jesus 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.800 can and will 00:18:49.800 --> 00:18:50.460 do the same 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.580 for you if 00:18:51.580 --> 00:18:52.160 you turn to 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.700 Jesus like 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.180 that thief 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.380 did. 00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.500 Jesus, 00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:56.759 remember me. 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.200 You put 00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.620 your trust 00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.040 in him. 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.400 So, 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:04.820 in conclusion 00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.160 then, 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.840 that really 00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.700 raises three 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.140 things. 00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:09.180 Here's the 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.820 first one. 00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.720 Excuse me. 00:19:14.080 --> 00:19:15.100 Maybe you 00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:15.900 have had a 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:17.180 rather mocking, 00:19:17.560 --> 00:19:18.259 dare I say, 00:19:19.040 --> 00:19:20.040 or at least 00:19:20.040 --> 00:19:20.700 a careless 00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:22.340 attitude to 00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:23.160 Jesus and 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:24.840 his blood-bought 00:19:24.840 --> 00:19:25.940 salvation. 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.400 Maybe that's 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:27.759 you this 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.060 morning. 00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:29.200 Maybe you 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:31.080 sniggered when 00:19:31.080 --> 00:19:31.759 you saw a 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.300 car bumper 00:19:32.300 --> 00:19:32.920 sticker that 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.460 said something 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.800 like, 00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.779 Jesus saves, 00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.400 but Harry 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.519 Kane scores 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.940 on the 00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.340 rebound. 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.000 I think 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.539 that's roughly 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.100 up to date, 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.560 isn't it? 00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:41.380 Maybe you 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.840 laughed at 00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.080 that. 00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:42.980 Well, 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.340 that means 00:19:43.340 --> 00:19:43.560 that you 00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:43.880 have a 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:44.240 careless, 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.220 perhaps even 00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:45.680 a mocking 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.620 attitude to 00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.880 Jesus and 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:48.680 his salvation. 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.660 But, 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:50.880 you know, 00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.460 your attitude 00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.140 to Jesus, 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.720 especially to 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.340 his saving 00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:54.740 death, 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.860 is the 00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:57.100 most important 00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:57.480 thing. 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.400 Nothing 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:00.019 matters more. 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:01.039 that's the 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.579 first thing. 00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.779 Secondly, 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.079 maybe you've 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.819 not quite 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.379 had the 00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:07.279 confidence to 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:08.119 trust Jesus 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.619 personally, 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.019 so you're 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.599 certainly not 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.319 mocking Jesus, 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.740 you're not 00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.279 taking his 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:11.799 death on the 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.519 cross lightly, 00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.579 but you have 00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.460 somehow not 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:16.220 yet relied on 00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:16.639 him, you 00:20:16.639 --> 00:20:17.119 have somehow 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:18.519 not yet cried 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.139 out to him, 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.660 Jesus, 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.019 remember me 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:22.299 and save me. 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.740 Maybe you're a 00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.359 little bit like 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:25.160 the audience 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.660 of one 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:28.019 Charles Blondin 00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.320 who was 00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:29.140 actually French, 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:29.840 I think his 00:20:29.840 --> 00:20:30.380 name is 00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.820 Charles Blondin, 00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:32.660 he had an 00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.340 audience in 00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.340 1859, 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.680 see the 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.040 picture, 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.820 see what he's 00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:38.340 doing there? 00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:39.140 The picture's on 00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.820 your handouts 00:20:39.820 --> 00:20:40.240 as well. 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.540 He's crossing 00:20:41.540 --> 00:20:42.680 the Niagara Falls 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.480 because he is a 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.300 tightrope 00:20:44.300 --> 00:20:45.759 walker, 00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:47.180 and he's doing 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.600 it with a 00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.320 wheelbarrow in 00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:48.820 front of him 00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.259 as well, 00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.100 and the 00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.660 crowd is 00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.800 oohing and 00:20:51.800 --> 00:20:52.380 aahing as 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:52.940 he stops in 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.640 the middle and 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.560 pretends 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.039 nearly to 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.579 fall off 00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:55.919 and that 00:20:55.919 --> 00:20:56.359 kind of 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:56.619 thing. 00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.700 And he 00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.119 gets to the 00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.599 other side 00:20:59.599 --> 00:20:59.940 where the 00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.759 audience are. 00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.379 There's 00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:03.379 Charles Blondin, 00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.419 Charles Blondin, 00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:06.240 and he says, 00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:07.059 do you believe 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.039 I can carry a 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.899 person across 00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:09.899 the Niagara Falls 00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.339 in this 00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:11.059 wheelbarrow? 00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.200 Now no doubt 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.819 some people 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.899 kept very 00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:16.259 quiet at that 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.679 point, 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.619 because they 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:17.980 could see 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.399 where this 00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:18.879 was going. 00:21:19.919 --> 00:21:20.240 But there 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.639 were others 00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.119 who were just 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.759 there for the 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.279 entertainment, 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.879 and they said, 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.259 yes, 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:23.980 yes, 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.660 you were the 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.039 greatest 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.660 tightrope 00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.220 walker there 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.880 ever was. 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.539 Okay, 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.539 says Mr. 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:30.000 Blondin, 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.299 or his 00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.900 manager did, 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.180 get into 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:33.160 the wheelbarrow. 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.839 And nobody 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.279 did, 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.099 at least on 00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.660 that occasion 00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.059 anyway, 00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.759 because they 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.420 lacked the 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.680 confidence to 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:43.180 trust Monsieur 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.940 Blondin. 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.880 Personally, 00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.380 you see, 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.940 they somehow 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:48.360 weren't quite 00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:49.759 prepared to 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.420 put their 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.059 bodies where 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.700 their mouths 00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:51.920 were, 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.360 sort of 00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:52.620 thing. 00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:54.740 Now, 00:21:54.800 --> 00:21:55.120 the thief 00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.420 on the 00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.860 cross was 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.380 not like 00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:56.800 that at 00:21:56.800 --> 00:21:57.039 all. 00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:57.600 And the 00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.100 thief on 00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.660 the cross 00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.820 is in 00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:00.279 the Bible 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.779 to give 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.060 you and 00:22:02.060 --> 00:22:03.200 me complete 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.800 confidence 00:22:03.800 --> 00:22:04.840 that even 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.460 if we cry 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.860 out at the 00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.480 very last 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.200 moment with 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.720 a life of 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.640 sin behind 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.000 us and 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.660 nothing else, 00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:10.720 Jesus, 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.920 remember me, 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.640 that not only 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.920 can he save 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.440 you, 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.900 but he will. 00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.700 He promises 00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:18.279 to save you, 00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:18.660 you see. 00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:19.759 Even today, 00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.100 if you 00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:20.540 died, 00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.440 you would 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.860 be with 00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:23.120 him in 00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:23.779 paradise. 00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:24.220 If you 00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.800 died before 00:22:24.800 --> 00:22:25.279 lunch, 00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:25.900 you would 00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.380 go straight 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.920 to be with 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.259 Jesus. 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:27.980 And the 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.519 question has 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:28.820 to be, 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.300 are you 00:22:29.300 --> 00:22:30.259 ready to 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.860 get into 00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.240 Jesus' 00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.720 wheelbarrow, 00:22:32.820 --> 00:22:33.120 so to 00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:33.480 speak? 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.480 And thirdly, 00:22:40.540 --> 00:22:40.700 then, 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.440 maybe you 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.500 understand what 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.259 Jesus did 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.620 when he 00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.300 deliberately 00:22:44.300 --> 00:22:45.300 sacrificed 00:22:45.300 --> 00:22:46.200 himself on 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.620 the cross. 00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:48.259 maybe you 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.719 are actually 00:22:48.719 --> 00:22:49.219 ready to 00:22:49.219 --> 00:22:49.939 make Jesus' 00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:50.759 salvation 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:52.159 personal for 00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.719 yourself. 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.019 In which 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.339 case, 00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.939 with that 00:22:54.939 --> 00:22:55.619 dying thief, 00:22:55.699 --> 00:22:56.259 I urge you 00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.759 to say, 00:22:56.939 --> 00:22:57.419 I urge you 00:22:57.419 --> 00:22:57.979 to pray, 00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:58.939 Jesus, 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.919 remember me, 00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.719 Jesus, 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:03.439 forgive me, 00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.539 save me, 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.679 I'm sorry I 00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.359 left it till 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.799 now, 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.639 but I 00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.119 remember there's 00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.659 another verse 00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:09.139 in the Bible 00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:09.819 that says that 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.659 now is the 00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.599 day of salvation, 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.399 so please, 00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:13.539 save me, 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.299 now, 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.979 and then I 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.299 will live 00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.680 the rest 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:16.960 of my 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.460 life for 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.720 you. 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.620 It might 00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.220 be short, 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.099 or I 00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.579 might die 00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.059 in 80 00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.539 years. 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.120 That's 00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.360 what we 00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.660 need to 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:24.940 pray, 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.360 isn't it? 00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:25.839 Should we 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.140 do that 00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.599 right now?