Thief On The Cross

Transcripts for Dr. Wiersbe's sermons are forthcoming. Below is an outline of his message.

Three misunderstandings about the thief on the cross:

• The misunderstanding that thief was a greater sinner than we are.
  • We have a natural tendency to make everyone seem worse than we are.
  • Everyone is a sinner, regardless of the degree.
  • The only difference between us and the thief is that he was caught.
  • We are thieves too; we take the glory that belongs to God and use it for ourselves.
• The misunderstanding that thief had an easier time trusting Christ than we do.
  • Suffering doesn’t typically make a person want to repent.
  • The thief was saved because the grace of God was at work.
  • When the thief looked at Jesus, he saw a broken, beaten, and mocked carpenter. When we see Jesus, we see a resurrected King and glorified Savior.
  • The fear of what other people think can keep people from trusting Christ.
  • The thief was saved the same way as anybody else: by grace through faith.
• The misunderstanding that thief was saved at the last opportunity.
  • As far as we know, the thief trusted Christ at his first opportunity—not his last.
  • We put off salvation because we think we have more time for things to get better on their own.
  • We don’t know when our eleventh hour is.
  • Don’t make excuses to postpone your salvation.