And He said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." Luke 23:
As soon as Christ was fastened to the cross, He prayed for those who crucified Him. The great thing He died to purchase and procure for us is the forgiveness of sin. Then He, in the midst of suffering and being crucified between two thieves, showed the different effects the cross of Christ would have upon the children of men in the preaching the Gospel. One thief was hardened to the last breath. No troubles in themselves will change a wicked heart. The other was softened at
