Are those God's words or Paul's, if they are Paul's then some of the new testament isn't God's words.
You are saying, "if". You are, by faith, thinking more highly of yourself than you should. You are not accepting Apostle Paul's writing. He claims:
"And for this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received from us the Word of God's message, you accept not the word often, but what It really is the word of God, which also performs Its work n you who believe."
if you knew your scripture you would know why.
Whether I know Scripture or not, I am still in the dark as to why you say the criminal didn't exercise faith.
"Now faith is the assurance of things hope for, the conviction of things no seen."
