Today on Summit Life, Pastor J.D. Greer talks about the thief on the cross.

What this thief asks is crazy, right? I mean, think about it. I know that you're the perfect

Lord from heaven. Whenever you get to wherever you're going, into whatever reward you're coming

into, would you stop and remember a guy you met for about 15 minutes? That is a crazy request.

The only thing crazier than the request is that Jesus grants it.

Welcome back to Summit Life with J.D. Greer, pastor of the Summit Church in Raleigh, Durham, North Carolina. As always,

I'm your host, Molly Vitovich. Have you ever come to a crucial moment in life when you

realize that one way or another, the decision you were about to make was going to change things

forever? Maybe it was your wedding day, or when you took the plunge and launched a new business,

or moved the family across the

country? Well, today we're looking at a crucial moment that changed not the course of just a

single life, but the course of human history. And the real takeaway from today's teaching is

how you respond to this moment. We'll change your eternity as well. So let's not wait any longer. Here's Pastor

J.D. Luke chapter 23. First 32, let me jump back. Verse 26 real quick. As they led Jesus away

to be crucified to others, verse 32, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.

Verse 33, when they came to a place that is called the skull, it was there that they crucified

him and the criminals, one on his right and the one on his left. And Jesus said, Father,

forgive them, verse 34, for they know not what they do. These three crosses are a microcosm of human history

that tell the entire story of the human race. You're going to see a cross of redemption,

you're going to see a cross of rejection, and you're going to see a cross of repentance.

First, let's talk for a minute about Jesus' cross, the one in the middle, the cross of redemption.

You see, from the beginning, God had told his people that he would send a Savior to take their

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