Sermons on Mercy

Preached from the account of the two thieves crucified with Jesus, this message uses an imagined life history of Gestas and Dismas to explore why Jesus had to come as a complete man, a near kinsman redeemer who could be tempted, suffer, and die on behalf of humanity, and closes with the repentant thief’s plea for mercy as a picture of grace available to anyone regardless of their past. Scripture Reference And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed…