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Re: Thief on the Cross: A New Covenant Believer?
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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea
Agreed .... so I must believe in the good news of Christ ... and His righteousness is revealed from faith to faith ... we are justified and live by faith ... that is why the thief was awarded eternal life ... faith in Him ... looking forward to the salvation he would provide ....
This gospel of Christ brought the power of God's salvation to the Jew first ... then the Greek.
I'd like an answer to the questions posed about the thief, Dan.
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Concerning the thief that Jesus said would be with Him in paradise, he would not be under the new covenant because the Holy Ghost (the seal of the new covenant) had yet to be poured out.
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2 Corinthians 1:20-22 ( KJV ) 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
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Ephesians 1:12-14 ( KJV ) 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
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Psa 119:165 (KJV) 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
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