Today You Will Be With Me In Paradise
(Jesus from the Cross to the Criminal)
“I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.” – Luke 23:43
FINAL WORDS | RELATED VERSUS |
Father forgive them | Psalm 103:3, 10-12; Isaiah 1:18; Matthew 18:21-35; Luke 5:18-26; John 8:3-11; 1 John 1:9 |
Today you will be with me in paradise | Jesus Forgives and Heals the Paralyzed Man – Luke 5:18-26 |
My God, why have you abandon me? | Mark 15:22–25 (NLT) — 22 And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”). 23 They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it. 24 Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would get each piece. 25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. |
I am thirsty | |
It is finished | |
Into your hands I commit my spirit. |
Jesus said to the Criminal next to him on the cross,
“Today you will be with me in paradise”
to show He can
_______________ _____ __________________.
HOW DO THE WORDS OF JESUS TO THE CRIMINAL ON THE CROSS APPLY TO ME?
• I CAN RECEIVE ______________________________ _______________________.
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
– Romans 10:13
(Jesus) “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son,so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16
• I AM __________ _______________ WHEN I TRUST IN JESUS.
(Jesus) “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” – John 14:6
Memory Verse:
“If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” – Romans 10:9
• I LIVE ____________ ________ BECAUSE I KNOW I WILL ______ ________ __________ _____ ________.
“For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.” – Romans 5:17
“The ‘right time’ is now. Today is the day of salvation.”
– 2 Corinthians 6:2