“At the top of the cross these words were written: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.” (Luke 23:38) Four quick verses later we read the petition of the thief: “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”
The thief knows he is in a royal mess. He turns his head and reads a royal proclamation and asks for royal help. It might have been this simple. If so, the sign was the first tool used to proclaim the message of the cross. Countless others have followed, from the printing press to the radio to the stadium crusade [to books to the internet.] But a crude wooden sign preceded them all. And because of the sign, a soul was saved. All because someone posted a sign on a cross.
-- Max Lucado in “He Chose the Nails”
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