7 Words of the Thief on the Cross – A Good Friday Message
One of the most powerful sermons in the Bible was preached by a dying man— Dismas, a thief — on the cross. This powerful moment is recorded in Luke 23:40–42 , where a criminal, with only minutes left to die, spoke words that revealed deep spiritual truth about entering eternal life. When Jesus Christ was crucified, two criminals were hanging beside Him. One was Gestas, meaning “cruel-hearted,” and the other was Dismas , remembered as the repentant thief. . Both were suffering the same pain. Both were facing death within hours. Both had the same opportunity to respond to Jesus . Yet their choices were completely different. One thief mocked Jesus. The other discovered eternal life. Let us look at those 7 Important words spoken by DISMAS while hanging in pain: 1. “Don’t you fear God?” (Verse 40) The first thing the repentant thief spoke about was not his pain, his suffering, or even his own life. ...