Verse of the Month

Luke 23:39-43
One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him:  "Aren't you the Christ?  Save yourself and us!"  But the other criminal rebuked him.  "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence?  We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve.  But this man has done nothing wrong."  Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."  Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

I was listening to a sermon this past Sunday, and the pastor was preaching on this text, and he pointed out that when the second criminal says, "Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence?  We are punished justly for we are getting what our deeds deserve.  But this man has done nothing wrong."  The criminal is admitting that he has done wrong and the punishment that he is getting is what he deserves.  When he says, "This man has done nothing wrong" the criminal is realizing that Jesus really is who he says he is.  Do we realize that Jesus is really who he says he is?