{"id":18285,"date":"2025-06-04T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=18285"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:08:12","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-6-4-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-6-4-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 6-4-25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luke 23:43 (NKJV) 43 And Jesus said to him, \u201cAssuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yesterday, we ended our devotional as Jesus was about to speak some critically important words to a thief on a cross.<\/p>\n

Those words, in the verse above, deserve our full attention because they just may change the way we think about salvation and faith in Christ.<\/p>\n

The thief recognized who Jesus really was. He had a divine revelation while hanging on a cross; a place of certain death.<\/p>\n

He understood that this was the Messiah hanging next to him, being unjustly punished. And he asked Jesus to remember him when He came into His kingdom.<\/p>\n

There on the cross, this man trusted Jesus with his soul, pleading with Jesus to remember him.<\/p>\n

And in His response, Jesus assured the man that he would be with Him in paradise that very same day.<\/p>\n

There in those few minutes, a self-admitted criminal went from despicable in the eyes of society, to forgiven by Jesus with a single, short phrase; “remember me when You come into Your kingdom”.<\/p>\n

If we look at this interaction, we cannot deny that this man was accepted by Jesus and assured that he would enter paradise upon his death (today you will be with Me in Paradise<\/span>).<\/p>\n

The proof of this is in the words of Jesus Himself. It is not theory. It is not an assumption. It is not a figment of someone\u2019s imagination.<\/p>\n

Knowing this, we must somehow reconcile this with everything we have been told or taught about becoming a Christian; a child of God through faith in Christ.<\/p>\n

Walk an aisle during an altar call. Recite a specific prayer. Confess our faith before others, etc.<\/p>\n

How does what took place between Jesus and the thief reconcile with what we have been told is required by so many?<\/p>\n

Let us ponder this overnight, and we will put all the pieces together tomorrow as we bring this study to a conclusion.<\/p>\n

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n

Seven Seas Ministries
\n49 N Lamplighters Walk
\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n

401-439-3780<\/p>\n

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