Church Of The Lost Sheep

"One of the criminals who was suspended kept up a railing at Him, saying, Are You not the Christ (the Messiah)? Rescue Yourself and us [from death]! But the other one reproved him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you yourself are under the same sentence of condemnation  and  suffering the same penalty? And we indeed suffer it justly, receiving the due reward of our actions; but this Man has done nothing out of the way [nothing strange or eccentric or perverse or unreasonable]. Then he said to Jesus,  Lord , remember me when You come in Your kingly glory!" Luke 23:39-42 [This is the 18th message of this series] The two criminals crucified with Jesus were not named in Scriptures. Tradition and an apocryphal book names the one mocking Jesus as Gestas and the other one who Jesus said He will see in paradise, Dysmas or Dismas. Reverence and Repentance All of us have missed the mark, and Jesus came specifically for us, calling us to repentance -- and to which Dismas

"Be careful not to do your good works in public in order to attract attention. If you do, your Father in heaven will not reward you." Matthew 6:1 Scriptures show us people to look up to and emulate. But the reverse is also true, particularly in Matthew chapter six and seven, which starts with "When you pray, don’t be like hypocrites... When you pray, don’t ramble like heathens... When you fast, stop looking sad like hypocrites..." And it goes on to explain why. So in this series we will look at those (people) who we shouldn't become. So although from reading Matthew 6, we might already know that we shouldn't be like pagans or legalistic Pharisees, it would be nice to put a name to other people who we shouldn't be like. Judas, Barabbas, Gestas Among them is Judas, one of the most trusted followers of Jesus and among those who stayed with Him day in and day out, during the last three years of His life and His public ministry. Judas