Conforming

Conforming

I got to thinking about conforming unto Christ's image in this life.

I began to wonder of instances where a sinner believed yet did
not begin the process of conforming.

I then thought of the thief on the cross.

This thief was a deathbed confession of sorts. He had no room
in this life to conform and yet the Lord told him that
He would see him in paradise.

Luk 23:43
(ASV) And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee,
Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

He had to be one of God's elect or he would have never believed.

This thief lived a life of nothing but sin...but at the same time
he had never confessed Christ until death.

What a revelation in the elect not judging the outsiders but only
those claiming a confession.

A true confession along with belief will never conform to a thief.
Yet an outside thief may very well be a brother.