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THE THIEF IN PARADISE, Part 2

THE THIEF IN PARADISE, Part 2

“And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you today, you will be with Me in Paradise.” As stated in our last post only if the correct punctuation is applied by placing the coma in the correct position, that is after the word “today” can the harmony of the scriptures be maintained. Consider the following three: “Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from…

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THE THIEF IN PARADISE, Part 1

THE THIEF IN PARADISE, Part 1

Excerpts taken from R1986 “He said to Jesus, Remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And he [Jesus] said to him [the penitent thief], Indeed I say to thee this day, thou shalt be with me in Paradise.” – Luke 23:42,43. Those who consider salvation to be an escape from everlasting torture to a paradise of pleasure, and dependent only on accidental circumstances of favor, see exemplified in this narrative the doctrine of election – that our Lord Jesus,…

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