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The Thief on the Cross and Me

The Thief on the Cross and Me. By: Alfred Toole, Jr. Matthew 27.38-44. We have learned how to live, but not how to die. “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” --Deitrich Bonhoeffer. John 12.24-26. The Hard Outer Shell. The Nutrients. Bran. Endosperm. The Embryo. Germ.

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The Thief on the Cross and Me

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  1. The Thief on the Cross and Me By: Alfred Toole, Jr.

  2. Matthew 27.38-44

  3. We have learned how to live, but not how to die.

  4. “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” --Deitrich Bonhoeffer

  5. John 12.24-26

  6. The Hard Outer Shell • The Nutrients Bran Endosperm • The Embryo Germ

  7. Separate Die Die

  8. Cherish Love Love

  9. Protect Save Save

  10. Ruin Lose Lose

  11. John 12.24-25 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and Separates, it remains only a single seed. But if it separates, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who Protectstheir life will Ruinit, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

  12. We have learned to count the seeds in an apple, but failed to count the apple trees in the seed.

  13. How do you call a man to a cross while attempting to meet them where they are?

  14. Luke 14.25-27, 33

  15. Prefer Jesus Hate Hate

  16. ONE WAY

  17. Luke 9.23-25

  18. What are you dying for?

  19. A cross isn’t a trial; it’s a death.

  20. No one dies because we think too much of ourselves.

  21. The Mission must become greater than the man, not the man greater than the mission.

  22. Must you live?

  23. Choose your way and no transformation occurs; choose God’s way and transform the world.

  24. Sacrifice is always costly.

  25. Romans 12.1

  26. You kill what needs to be dead and let God bring to life what needs to be alive.

  27. Philippians 1.21 21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

  28. Christianity was never meant to be you doing what you want with God’s help. You do what God wants with your help.

  29. The Missing Shovel

  30. John 12.24-26

  31. The Hard Outer Shell • The Nutrients Bran Endosperm • The Embryo Germ

  32. Millfeed • Flour Bran Endosperm • Wheat Germ Germ

  33. John 12.24-26 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

  34. Every man dies, does but not every man truly lives for Christ.

  35. Wait Upon Serve Serve

  36. Your turn.

  37. Luke 23.39-43 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” 40But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” 42Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[d]”43Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

  38. What have you got to lose?

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