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\u201cToday You Will Be With Me In Paradise\u201d \u2013 Luke 23:43<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a01. \u201cCross-Word\u201d sermon series<\/h4>\n

In case you weren\u2019t here last Sunday, I want to let you know that I am preaching a series of sermons during this Lenten season on Jesus\u2019 words from the cross. Some of the significant words from each of these \u2018Cross-Words\u2019 will be filled into our crossword puzzle, and at the end of the series there will be a special surprise message. Last Sunday\u2019s word from the cross was, \u201cFather, forgive them for they don\u2019t know what they are doing.\u201d The key word was \u2018forgive.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a02. The two criminals<\/h4>\n

The context for today\u2019s word from the cross is the conversation of the criminals who were crucified with Jesus. One of the men obviously had heard about Jesus\u2019 reputation of healing people, doing miracles, and His authoritative teaching. Perhaps he had heard about Jesus through the grapevine, or perhaps he just picked up on this news from the people below his cross who mocked Jesus, ridiculing Him and challenging Him to come down from the cross. This man joined in the jeers and insults, sarcastically asking Jesus to save them all if He was indeed the Messiah. He obviously didn\u2019t really believe it, but rather taunted this \u2018good\u2019 man who didn\u2019t have the criminal reputation that he himself had.<\/p>\n

At this point the other criminal chimed in. He must have had some sense of faith in God for he chided the other man: \u201cDon\u2019t you fear God since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.\u201d This criminal, too, must have heard about Jesus for he had a sense of Jesus\u2019 own righteousness \u2013 He has done nothing wrong – especially compared to his own unrighteousness. After scolding the criminal on the other side of Jesus, he turned his gaze to Jesus and begged, \u201cJesus, remember me when you come into Your kingdom.\u201d [Sing Hymn 767??] Then Jesus spoke His \u2018cross-word\u2019: \u201cI tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.\u201d The two words we need to fill into the crossword puzzle are \u2018truth\u2019 and \u2018paradise.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 3. The two words<\/h4>\n

a. Truth<\/h5>\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at these two words\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2018Truth\u2019 \u2013 I did a study a number of years ago on this phrase \u201cI tell you the truth\u201d \u2013 a phrase that Jesus said so many times in the Gospels. Perhaps you remember this phrase from the King James Version of the Bible, where Jesus was reported to say, \u201cVerily, verily, I say unto thee\u2026\u201d In the Revised Standard Version it was translated as \u201cTruly I say to you\u2026\u201d The New International Version says, \u201cI tell you the truth\u2026\u201d In Greek the phrase uses the word \u201cAmen\u201d, and this is the word that is translated as \u2018verily\u2019, \u2018truly\u2019, or \u2018truth\u2019. Sometimes Jesus is reported to have used the word \u2018Amen\u2019 twice, sometimes once. Sometimes he spoke to an individual \u2013 I tell you\u2026 singular- \u00a0sometimes to a group of people \u2013 I tell you\u2026 plural. Altogether this phrase was used in one of its forms 75 times in the four Gospels. Each time it indicated that some significant message was to follow.<\/p>\n

I guess when you think of it, it is the very nature of Jesus to speak the truth, for He is truth. In John 14:6, He said, \u201cI am the Way, and the TRUTH, and the life\u2026\u201d It is, or would be contrary to Jesus\u2019 nature to lie, to break a promise, to tell an untruth, or a half-truth. How different that is from us. When it is convenient for us, when it is to our advantage, then it\u2019s easy to lie, to break a promise to tell an untruth or a half truth. I\u2019m sure you can think of a few that you have told. The sad thing is\u2026 we can get so used to doing this that, after a while, we don\u2019t even feel guilty after having done it. Or we can get so used to telling lies or half-truths that we don\u2019t even realize we\u2019ve done it. Jesus told us about the source of and the motivation for lies when, in John 8, He said that the devil \u201cis a liar and the father of lies.\u201d Lies are of the devil\u2026 they are evil, they are wrong, they hurt people, they destroy relationships and, like a cancer, they seem to grow. I remember a Lutheran Hour sermon from a long time ago by Dr. Oswald Hoffman. The sermon was entitled \u201cThe Big Lie.\u201d Hoffman said that once you\u2019ve told a lie, you\u2019re often required to tell a little bit bigger lie to cover up the first one. Then you have to tell another one, still bigger, to cover up that one. The lies get bigger and bigger as time goes on, all so that the first one isn\u2019t found out. St. Paul affirms in Titus 1 that God does not lie\u2026 it is His very nature to tell the truth and to be the truth. For that we can be thankful!<\/p>\n

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b. Paradise<\/h5>\n

The second of our \u201cCross-Word\u201d words is \u2018Paradise.\u2019 Perhaps when we hear the word \u2018paradise\u2019, especially in the cold, dreary, rainy winter weather, we think of Hawaii, or Jamaica, or Tahiti, or some other tropical island with lush green plants, white sand beaches and gentle waves, sultry temperatures, and little or no responsibilities. But today, let\u2019s be more Biblical\u2026 let\u2019s think of Eden, the original, the perfect paradise, where Adam and Eve were created and lived. While there may not have been any sand beaches and gentle waves, there were probably lush green plants and sultry temperatures \u2013 Adam and Eve didn\u2019t even need to wear their swim suits. There was perfect harmony among all the creatures, and their only responsibility was to tend and manage all that God had given. Eden was certainly paradise, and Adam and Eve lived there until they sinned. Ever since that day, sinful humans have been banned from paradise. The paradise that Jesus spoke of from the cross is, of course, not the paradise of Eden at the beginning of time, but rather the paradise of heaven at the end of time, the paradise that is reserved for all who believe in the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus for their forgiveness and salvation. Jesus, who is the truth, made a promise to the repentant thief on the cross that he, too, would be in this beautiful, eternal paradise. We don\u2019t know a lot about this heavenly paradise\u2026 the Bible doesn\u2019t tell us much. It doesn\u2019t tell us where it is, and the descriptions of heaven seem to be picture images rather than literal realities. The Bible does tell us that in heaven there will be no more hunger, thirst, suffering, sadness, sorrow or tears. It also tells us one more important thing that I will get to in a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n

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c. A bonus word: Today!<\/h5>\n

One other word which is significant in this \u201cCross-Word,\u201d but isn\u2019t in our crossword puzzle, is the word \u2018today.\u2019 (It\u2019s a bonus word\u2026 three for the price of two.) Jesus says to the thief, \u201cI tell you the truth, TODAY you will be with me in paradise.\u201d Now the Bible of the Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses \u2013 the New World Translation \u2013 records this differently. It reports Jesus as saying, \u201cI tell you the truth TODAY\u2026 you will be with me in paradise.\u201d This almost makes it sound like Jesus didn\u2019t tell the truth every day, but on that day and on that occasion He did. The significance of moving the comma in Jesus\u2019 \u201cCross-Word\u201d is striking. First of all, in all the occurrences of this phrase, Jesus never said, \u201cI tell you the truth today\u2026\u201d The phrase Jesus uses 75 times is \u201cI tell you the truth\u2026\u201d What follows after that phrase is the truth that Jesus wants to communicate. Secondly, when Jesus says, \u201cToday you will be with me in paradise,\u201d He is affirming that, for the believer, we don\u2019t wait for paradise, and our souls don\u2019t sleep until Judgment Day. That very day, even though his was your proverbial \u2018death-bed conversion\u2019, when the thief died he was immediately transported into heavenly glory. Eternal life and paradise is an immediate blessing after one\u2019s death. In fact, for the believer in Christ eternal life has already begun in this life on earth. It simply continues after one\u2019s death. Psalm 16:10 agrees: \u201cYou will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.\u201d Although this psalm was ultimately fulfilled in and for Jesus, it was also true for David who wrote the psalm and for all believers. Another example of this concept of being in heaven before the last day is found in Jesus\u2019 story of the rich man and Lazarus. When Lazarus, the poor man, died, the angels carried him to Abraham\u2019s side. The rich man also died and was in torment in hell. This was not judgment day, for the rich man wanted his brothers, who were still alive on earth, to have an opportunity to change their life and their belief and to end up in the comfort and paradise where Lazarus was.<\/p>\n

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d. And the VITAL words: with me!<\/h5>\n

Although we have recorded two of these words in our crossword puzzle today, and although we have talked about three words altogether \u2013 truth, paradise, and today \u2013 we can be fooled into thinking that these are the most important words. It may even be likely that we have missed the little but most important VITAL words\u2026 \u2018with me!\u2019<\/p>\n

Yes, the key concept of this \u201cCross-Word\u201d is the idea of being \u2018with Jesus.\u2019 It\u2019s important that Jesus is telling the truth, and it\u2019s comforting to know that death is not the start of years of limbo, but that today! is our entrance into eternity, and it\u2019s exhilarating to contemplate the guarantee of paradise\u2026 BUT\u2026 paradise wouldn\u2019t be paradise without Jesus! The Truth that Today (on the day of our deaths) you and I will be in Paradise, would be absolutely meaningless if not for the presence of Jesus, the Almighty, the King of kings and Lord of lords, the one who conquered death and ushered in the possibility and the promise of life that doesn\u2019t end. \u201cYou will be with<\/strong> me<\/strong>,\u201d Jesus said. That\u2019s more than important, more than comforting, more than exhilarating. When we consider that our lies, our failures in life, our inability to live according to God\u2019s standard all establish a separation, a gap, a barrier between us and God, a separation that, by human standards, is insurmountable, a barrier that, by human standards, is unbreakable \u2013 when we consider that, and then consider that, by virtue of God\u2019s grace shown in Jesus on the cross and Jesus of the empty tomb, we have, through our faith in Him, the inheritance of being with God forever\u2026 now that\u2019s incredible, fantastic, stupendous. Mary Poppins would say \u201csupercalifragilisticexpialadocious!\u201d You need to hear that again! It\u2019s supercalifragilisticexpialadocious that despite our sinfulness, and by God\u2019s grace through faith, we can be with Jesus forever!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a04. To be with Jesus\u2026 a simple confession<\/h4>\n

What does it take to be with Jesus forever?? In his letter to the Christians in Rome, in chapter 10, (last week\u2019s Epistle) St. Paul gives a concise but profound answer to that question. This is what he wrote: \u201cIf you confess with your mouth, \u201cJesus is Lord,\u201d and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.\u201d The story of the thief on the cross shows that a last-minute, death-bed conversion and confession is enough to hear Jesus\u2019 words, \u201cI tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise!\u201d Now, I wouldn\u2019t recommend that for you, or for those you know and love. You never know when your last minute will be.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a story of two Christian women from a church who went out to visit a couple in their home and tell them about Jesus. Because his wife wasn\u2019t home, the man asked them to come back the next evening. The man died that night without hearing the good news of Jesus. How sad!!<\/p>\n

On the one hill of Calvary there were three crosses, and three men died. One man cursed, one man prayed, one man promised. One died condemned, one died forgiven, one died innocent. One died in sin, one died to sin, one died for sin. One was held by death, one was released by death, one conquered death. One lost life, one gained life, one was life.<\/p>\n

Although a death-bed conversion is sufficient for salvation, we do well to take Paul\u2019s advice in 2 Corinthians 6 when he says, \u201cNow is the time of God\u2019s favour, now is the day of salvation.\u201d I like to say, \u201cIf you want to be a friend of Jesus after you die, you\u2019ve got to be a friend of Jesus before you die.\u201d Or using today\u2019s \u2018Cross-Word\u2019, \u201cIf you want to be with Jesus after you die, you\u2019ve got to be with Jesus before you die.\u201d<\/p>\n

A missionary to the South Sea islands wanted to tell the people to trust in Jesus, but the language of the people seemed to have no word for \u2018trust\u2019 or \u2018faith\u2019. One day he offered his chair to a native. The man sat down, but he kept most of his weight on his feet. He did not trust the chair. The missionary asked the man to get up. Then he sat down in the chair with considerable force and lifted his feet off the floor. \u201cLean your whole weight on the chair,\u201d he said. Suddenly the missionary realized he had found a way for communicating the word \u2018trust\u2019, and so he added: \u201cAnd lean your whole weight on the Lord Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he hung there on the cross, the criminal finally found someone trustworthy to lean on. He confession of faith was a very simple one: \u201cJesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.\u201d Entering paradise with Jesus is not a matter of understanding and accepting every complex theological premise of Christianity. The thief simply said, \u201cJesus, remember me.\u201d Other New Testament creeds or statements of belief were equally simple. Romans 10:9 says, \u201cIf you confess with your mouth, \u2018Jesus is Lord,\u2019\u201d 1 Corinthians 12:3 affirms, \u201cNo one can say, \u2018Jesus is Lord,\u2019 except by the Holy Spirit.\u201d It\u2019s pretty simple, isn\u2019t it? Even Martin Luther didn\u2019t complicate matters much as he explained the article of the Apostles\u2019 Creed that deals with Jesus. The bottom line, he said, is that I believe that Jesus Christ is my Lord.<\/p>\n

Is that what you believe? Does the weight of your whole life lean on Jesus? If you can say \u2018yes\u2019 to those questions from the bottom of your heart, with all sincerity, then like the thief on the cross, your sins and crimes against God are not held against you, and Jesus\u2019 words from the cross are for you: \u201cI tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.\u201d May God grant it to you, in Jesus\u2019 name. Amen.<\/p>\n

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