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what does this verse mean?

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Here is a criminal dying a horrendous death for his crimes and all he does is say, “remember me.” And everyone tells us this fellow went to straight heaven that very day, with Christ.
Punctuation was added later thus giving a second way of looking at it which became the official narratve

Can the gift of eternal life come in seconds?
If, as in this case, he put another ahead of self while the other dude was only concerned about saving himself
 
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how it is given or received does not say what it actually is.

what is grace?

thks
where does scripture say grace is unmerited favor?

thks
I like you mate. Do not believe nothing anyone say unless they can prove it out of the scripture. They should use more than one witness as well because that's what the Bible said. Now let's take a look at what Grace is

Ephesians 2: 8
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Now the question is, what is the gift of God?? Well let's dive deeper into the book.

Isaiah 53: 1 - 7

1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? The arm of the LORD is Jesus see John 12: 38

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.


This is the free gift. The blood of Jesus Christ which was shed for your sins.

John 1: 29
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Romans 5: 8
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Hope that helped you out. Have a good one.
 
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