You’re In The Picture!

If we’re honest, we know that we are most interested in the pictures we’re in! A lot of people have never taken a deeply personal look at the most important picture in history. Until they realize that they are in the picture. I hope you’ll be able to see yourself in this picture today as you’ve never seen it before.

The scene is the brutal death of Jesus Christ on a Roman cross. You can probably bring up a mental image of that scene in your mind. The old spiritual asks the question, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" Actually, you were – all of us were. Represented by one of two men. If you can figure out which one is you, you can figure out whether you’re going to heaven when you die.

Jesus is crucified between two hardened criminals. In Luke 23 beginning in verse 39, our word for today from the Word of God, the Bible says, "One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at Him: ‘Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!’ But the other criminal rebuked Him. ‘Don’t you fear God’, he said, ‘since you are under the same sentence? We are…getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing.’ Then he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.’ Jesus answered him,. .Today you will be with Me in paradise’."

There’s the picture. Those two criminals represent all the human race. And spiritually, one or the other represents you. Like them, we have all sinned. Our sins may not have been as dramatic, but all of us are rebels against God, running our own lives, doing all kinds of things our way instead of His way. And like those two men, we all deserve the death penalty for what we’ve done. The Bible clearly states that the penalty for our sin is spiritual death – being separated from God forever (Romans 6:23).

And like one of them, many people see Jesus dying on that cross but do not reach out to Him to be their Savior from their sin. You can reject Him aggressively like that one man, or passively by simply failing to grab the Rescuer who came for you. And that may be you at Jesus’ cross. You’ve never really placed your trust in Him as your only hope for getting to heaven.

If that’s you, I pray that you will join the other man on the other cross, crying out to Jesus to be your personal Savior. If you want this amazing relationship with this amazing Savior, would you tell Him that right now? Find out more about how a relationship with God can be Yours for Life! If you're not sure you belong to Jesus Christ, and you'd like to make sure, check out YOURS FOR LIFE!

At the moment you open your heart to Jesus, the promise He made on that cross becomes Your promise - "You will be with Me in paradise."

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