“DO YOU NOT FEAR GOD?”

 Luke 23:39-43                     (ESV)

“[39] One of the criminals who were hanged railed at HIM, saying, “Are you not the CHRIST? Save YOURSELF and us!” [40] But the other rebuked him, saying, “”DO YOU NOT FEAR GOD”, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? [41] And we indeed justly, FOR WE ARE RECEIVING THE DUE REWARD OF OUR DEEDS; but THIS MAN HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG.” [42] And he said, “JESUS, remember me when YOU come into YOUR kingdom.” [43] And HE said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with ME in paradise.””

It is with ENLIGHTENED INTEREST that at this particular moment in HIStory that “two thieves” were hanging on crosses in the midst of THE SON OF GOD.  One’s EYES were OPENED to SEE JESUS, while the other “railed”, or HEAPED ABUSE, on the CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES!  

These five verses (one paragraph) of the events that took place “that day” gives us a VERY TELLING description of the JUDGMENT of humanity!  Some of humanity understands that we have NO HOPE without DIVINE intervention in our lives!  Others can only see things with their EARTHLY EYES, a perspective of what we are gaining from our own experiences!

When our EYES are DIVINELY OPENED by JESUS, we can SEE that we are BROKEN, in NEED of our SAVIOR!  We have NOTHING to offer HIM, we can only BEG for HIS MERCY!!  

“DO YOU NOT FEAR GOD” should be the most obvious question in my feeble mind!  Just like the CHOSEN thief on the cross, I have NOTHING to offer THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES, but HE HAS CHOSEN me to SEE my NEED for a SAVIOR!!!