Crucified With Christ

As we've been going through a series entitled "Inside Out", everyone has been so challenged. Looking back, I can't pinpoint a moment that hasn't been challenging.

During one lecture, Marius (the lecturer) made the depiction of us being crucified with Christ. Jesus, you and your sin, all nailed to the cross ...

Powerful image!

It was later in the lecture that it suddenly dawned on me - the significance of the three people crucified that day at calvary and the events that took place.

I think a lot of us overlook the two thieves, but more specifically their reaction to Jesus and Jesus’s reaction to them.

On one side, we have the unrepentant thief; and on the other, the repentant thief.

Do you see it yet?

No?

Let me clarify a bit ... that's you on the cross next to Jesus, and your sinful unrepentant self on the opposite side. That's you crying out, "JESUS, I BELIEVE IN YOU. PLEASE SAVE ME!"

And by grace he turns to you and says, "Today, you will be with me in heaven."

Through Jesus we are dead to our sin and alive in Christ.