Preaching part 3 of our Bethel Franklin CROSS TALK (what Jesus said on the cross) series tomorrow.
TEXT. Luke 23:43 “Today you will be with me in paradise.”
CONTEXT. Luke 23:39–49
2 KEYWORDS:
“today” – criminal was probably surprised his request was granted so fast
“paradise” – 3 times in NT (Luke 23, 1 Corinthians 12, Revelations 2), picture of heaven
SUMMARY:
3 men – 3 crosses
2 guilty men – 1 innocent man (according to Pilot, Herod, criminal #2, and centurion)
1 guilty man mocks – 1 guilty man asks for help
3 bodies die – 3 souls live
3 bodies stay on the cross – 3 souls cross from earth to eternity
1 soul goes immediately to paradise with Jesus—the other does not
END:
vs 45 “curtain of the temple was torn in two”
vs 49 “all those who KNEW him, including women who had FOLLOWED him . . . STOOD AT A DISTANCE”
some who KNOW him and FOLLOWED him still stand at a DISTANCE
the curtain is torn, time to come near
