Portraits of Grace

John MacArthur: This is John MacArthur with another edition of Portraits of Grace. One of the more remarkable conversions in the Bible took place when Jesus was crucified between two thieves. At first, the two men hurled abuse at him, but eventually, one had a change of heart. After rebuking the other thief by pointing out Jesus' sinlessness and innocence, he then expressed his own need of salvation. He said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom."

And Jesus graciously responded to him by saying, "Today you shall be with me in paradise." It's difficult to understand how Christ could be concerned with the salvation of a wretched criminal, but our Lord cares very much about the destiny of every man's soul because he came to seek and save the lost.

Is that your desire? I hope so. Use Jesus' love for one thief to motivate you to seek those who need to hear the good news of salvation.