I hope this question wasn’t posed by a Christian. If so, they’ve completely missed point. None of us lead fully righteous lives. We try, we fail. It really doesn’t matter; all that does is faith - and the thief had faith.
Now I’ll await the bombarding from the “faith alone isn’t enough” crowd.
That's what I was thinking!
I hope this question wasn’t posed by a Christian. If so, they’ve completely missed point. None of us lead fully righteous lives. We try, we fail. It really doesn’t matter; all that does is faith - and the thief had faith.
Now I’ll await the bombarding from the “faith alone isn’t enough” crowd.
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You don’t know whether or not the thief had good works. That having been said good works do not get you into heaven, good works only prove your faith. The thief proved his faith by addressing the lack of worthiness of himself and the other person on the cross but acknowledged that Jesus did not deserve His punishment. Right then he asked Jesus to remember him when He came to His kingdom. The thief realized who Jesus was. That was apparently enough.