If you answer that, and if I answer it in the first person, we've immediately gone , because I, because I believed, because I have faith, because I am this, because I am continuing.
The only proper answer is in the third person, because , because
The man on the middle cross said I can .
If I don't preach the gospel to myself all day and every day, then I will find myself beginning to trust myself, trust my , which is part of my fallenness as a man.
How does the story of the thief on the cross encourage you about the simplicity and sufficiency of the gospel?
In what areas of your life are you tempted to trust in your own works or experience instead of resting fully in what Christ has done?