== Indented line ==The 3rd Cross Message is an organization inspired by the Holy Spirit with the mission of creating new visual evangelistic tools that speak the universal language of bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every single soul of the World.
These very simple and effective symbols which are the two crosses pointed UP but the third one is pointed Down; is what the Holy Spirit gave to Cristian Ostafi in regards to the urgency of confessing Jesus as a personal Savior and Lord without procrastination. The Third Cross being upside down creates a visual shock of unprecedented form that inspires the question: why the 3rd cross is upside down? The explanation is very simple. On the mountain where Christ was crucified, called Golgotha, there were three Crosses. There hung Jesus and two criminals, one on the left and one on the right side of Jesus.
The Gospel of Luke tells us how one of the thieves stops mocking Jesus and confesses Jesus as the Son of God. As a result of this confession, Jesus promises him that he will accompany him to Paradise that same day. Despite of the occurrences of supernatural events (ex. 3 hours of darkness) and the work of the Holy Spirit in his heart, the second thief does not confess Jesus as the Son of God, choosing to procrastinate.
We believe that the second thief, crucified on the 3rd cross, knew that Jesus was the Son of God. He wanted to get saved but he analyzed the final hour of Jesus on Earth with his human logic. He knew that at the end of the day, in order to accelerate the death of those being crucified, the Roman soldiers would break the knees of the condemned to accelerate their death. With their knees broken they could no longer push up on their legs in order to breathe, causing asphyxiation. The thief was waiting for the soldier to come with the hammer to break Jesus legs so that he could confess before Jesus died. He waited until the last minute. He made a grave mistake. Jesus died before the Roman soldier came to break his legs. This fulfilled the Old Testament prophecy concerning the Messiah that none of his bones would be broken. The thief on the 3rd Cross lost his chance of salvation because he decided to wait a little bit longer to confess Jesus as the Son Of God, and his personal Savior. In today’s world everybody knows that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who was given to us by our heavenly father (John 3:16). By asking you the question: Which Cross are you on now? We are inviting you to search your soul. Are you on The Cross that goes up with Jesus or you are still procrastinating? Do you still want to enjoy the pleasures of this world because you think that you still have time?
Learn from the thief on the 3rd Cross and stop procrastinating!
Remember, Tomorrow is not yours!
© 2009 Pastor Dr Dan Correa and Cristian Ostafi