Who else aside from the repentant thief has Jesus saved and who are now with Jesus in Paradise?

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Luke.23 [43] And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.AnswerOh dear these religious questions do put the cat among the pigeons when conflicting answers come up don't they?

No man can perfect themselves in this life, it does not matter how much doctrine they know or how much good they do, whether they believe in Christ or not. Unless one is perfectly unspotted from the sins of this world, unless one knows with a perfect conviction that Jesus is the Christ.

Obedience to the law cannot save us because no one can live the law perfectly. I defy any man to say that he has conquered all, that his election has been made sure by the Sons intercedence on their behalf . We all fall short of so glorious a resurrection, though all will be resurrected for the Lord has promised us that will be so (And not by grace as many would have us believe). He died that we might live, but it is us who will determine where we shall live by our very own actions here upon this footstool of God.

I have tried to keep the law for forty or more years, I have paid an honest tithe, and have done all in my power to serve my God and his son Jesus the Christ, yet still I fall short of perfection. Christ and Christ alone will know the reward I shall receive.

I bare you my testimony that it is He alone who knows the fate of all men, that the pathway to heaven if full of men with good intentions but few there will be who will reach the top rung to rest in the bosom of our Father.

This testimony I leave with you in His holy name even Jesus Christ.

Amen

Jesus did not save the repentant thief (If at all he was repentant). He only promised that he would be with him in the spirit world to await one of the Kingdoms Jesus mentioned. The thief will still have to give an account of his life here upon the earth as we all will.

No man will be left in limbo as some suggest, but all must stand before the bar of God, it is there that we will know our fate.

Actually there is nothing in the original word in Greek from which Luke: 23 was taken that signifies paradise. I believe what the Lord was saying was that the thief would be with him in the spirit world where he would be taught all he wished to know.

AnswerAside from the repentant thief, whom Jesus most certainly saved, there have been many. The following are some of those recorded in The Bible itself.

* 3000 people on the day of Pentecost when Peter preached - Acts 2 v41.

* 5000 people at the temple after the crippled man was healed - Acts 4 v4.

* The 7 'deacons' (including Stephen) and many priests - Acts 6 v 5-7.

* The Ethiopian Eunuch - Acts 8 v 26-38.

* Paul - Acts 9 v 1-19.

* Gentiles in Antioch in Pisidia - Acts 13 v 13-48.

* Timothy - Acts 16 v 1.

* Lydia - Acts 16 v 11-15.

* the Philippian jailer and his family - Acts 16 v 25-34.

* Cornelius and his acquaintances- Acts 10 .

* Crispus, synagogue superintendant at Corinth and his household and many other Corinthians - Acts 18 v 8-10.

* Apollos - Acts 18 v 24-28.

* Some Thessalonian Jews - Acts 17 v 1-4.

* Many Berean Jews and Greek women and men - Acts 17 v 10-12.

* Some Athenians, Dionysius, Damaris and others - Acts 17 v 34.

* Abraham - Romans 4 v 19-22.

* Hebrews 11 saints, all from the Old Testament times.

* Luke the Physician - Luke 1 v1.

In addition to all of the above the Bible tells us in Romans 10 v 13

'For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'

Thus there have been many thousands down through the centuries who have trusted in Jesus to save them and have themselves known the truth of His words recorded in the Gospel of John 6 v 37 '....him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.' Aside from the testimony of the infallible word of God, all those who have believed in Jesus, have assurance through the Holy Spirit that the salvation they have received is a present reality. 'He shall glorify me: (i.e. Jesus) for He shall receive of mine and shall show it unto you.' John 16 v14.

AnswerIn the Evangelical Protestant Christian tradition, it is held that any human being who has made a personal expression of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, will go to heaven when they die, unless they subsequently reject faith in Jesus.

In the Roman Catholic Christian tradition, it is held that any person who has been baptised into the Catholic Church and who has not deliberately turned away from God by committing a mortal sin (that is, a serious wrongful action with deliberate and totally free intention), will go to heaven; those who are not Catholics may enter heaven, by the grace of Jesus, if they live their lives on earth according to their consciences.