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2017 Mesages

Search the Scriptures - they testify of me - - 11th. Nov. 2017

Thre Questtions - Decision/Delay/Destination - - 11Th. Oct 20017

If a Man Die Shall he Live Again? - - 13th. July 2017

What Think Ye of Christ? - - 17th. Sep. 2017

Zacchaeus - - 6th. August 2017

Made Nigh by the Blood of Christ

To the Jew First - - 25th. June 2017

The Atonement - - 18th. June 2017

The Preaching of the Cross - - 9th. April 2017

It's Easy to Perish - - 18th. Feb. 2017

2016 Mesages

This is a Faithful Saying - 18th. December 2016

Precious Things - - 14th. August 2016

The End of the World - - 30th. July 2016

Titles of the Lord Jesus - - 19th. June 2016

Four Questions - - 6th. May = 2016

The Wealth of God - - 29th May 2016

Behold He Cometh - - 8th. May 2016

What a Message/Miracle/Mystery/Motivation - 10th. April 2016

2015 Mesages

Five-Things-that-we-Know

Being-a-son-of-God

A Shelter in the Time ofStorm

God's Unfailing Promises

The Gospel in Romans

Three Aspects of Salvation

A Shelter in the time of Storm

Some Things that John Saw

Why we Need Salvation

Sin

The Lost Coin

Five-Things-that-we-Know

Being-a-son-of-God

Three-Outstanding-Questions

Though He was Rich

The Lost Sheep

Things God Wants you to Know

Imperatives in Scripture

God

Losing to Win

Who Jesus is

Because There is wrath Beware

2014 Mesages

After This

The Son of Man is come to Seek and to Save

Scriptural Certainty

The Bread of Life

Yet There is Room

The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

Precious Things

Living Things

If any man be in Christ he is a New Creation

I am the Resurrection and the Life

2013 Messages

He Shall be Great

Through His Namae

Why Did Jesus Die?

Three Searching Questions - My Recording

A Ransom for All

Christ's Superior Sacrifice

The Rich Man and Lazarus

The Glorious Gospel of Christ

The Cross

The Name of Jesus

Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock

Are-There-Few-That-be-Saved?

The Kingdom

2012 Messages

The-Purpose-of-the-Ages-Part-1

The-Purpose-of-the-Ages-Part-2-1

Thou-Shalt-Call-His-Name-Jesus

Luke 23.43 “And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee
“To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise”.

The question which is asked is this, did the thief go to “paradise” that day to be with Christ? Almost without a moments hesitation many Christians would answer “yes” but is that indeed what happened? Let us look carefully at the facts.

The thief’s request was “Lord remember me when thou comest into Thy kingdom”. The thief was no doubt an Israelite and as such knew well the promises of the Old Testament regarding the Messiah and the kingdom He would reign over. He had read the superscription written over the Saviour’s head “This is Jesus of Nazareth the king of the Jews”. He had watched the Lord and listened to His words and realized He was indeed the King. The thief did not ask to be taken to heaven to be with the Lord when he died that day but for Christ to remember him when he came into His kingdom.

Our Lord’s answer to him was regarding that day when His kingdom will be set up on earth otherwise it had no relevance. He promised the thief that he would be part of it when it would come. Later, after His resurrection the Lord told Mary “I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to My God, and your God”. Surely these plain words of scripture are clear, Jesus had not at that point ascended into heaven.

The problem lies with the comma and where the translators have placed it in the verse. Greek scholars inform us that in the original greek there are no punctuation marks so it was at the discretion of the translators where they placed it. The words of Christ to the thief are easily understood when we recognize this important fact, He simply told him “I tell you today you will be with me in paradise”. The word “paradise” has the definite article and should read “The paradise“, not referring to heaven at all but the paradise of the kingdom set up on earth.

S omeone is sure to say that’s what the Jehovah Witnesses teach about this verse. We are not interested in what JW’S say and indeed recognize them as a false cult but we cannot change the true meaning of the verse just to get one over on them. The readers will see as we deal with other texts that it would have been scripturally impossible for the thief to go to heaven that day anyhow, but more on that later.