criminal rebuked him. ‘Don’t you fear God,’ he said, ‘since you are under the same sentence?’” (Luke 23:40). And note the humility he has in confessing his own sinfulness to his friend: “We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve” (Luke 23:41). Note the faith he has in seeing Christ’s innocence: “but this man has done nothing wrong” (Luke 23:41). And finally, note this spiritual beggar (Matthew 5:3) asking boldly for a place in the coming Kingdom he knows he doesn’t deserve: “Jesus,