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The Man in the Middle

The Man in the Middle. There was a mountain and there were three trees There was a good man and there were two thieves A man called Barabbas was doomed

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The Man in the Middle

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The Man in the Middle

There was a mountain and there were three treesThere was a good man and there were two thievesA man called Barabbas was doomed for the treeBut Jesus took the middle one and Barabbas went free.

I love that man in the middleBecause I know He first loved mePraise God to that man who died on Mount CalvaryThe middle man made it possible that I could go free.

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The Man in the Middle

Jesus was the man in the middle

Phil 2:5-8; Heb 2:9, 14-17

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The Man in the Middle

Barabbas should have been the man in the middle

Lk 23:13-25

The innocent man went into the middle instead of the guilty.

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The Man in the Middle

There was a good man and there were two thieves

Lk 23:33: two criminals (Mt, Mk, Jn specify thieves)

How good? = sinless Jn 8:46; 1 Jn 3:5; Heb 4:15

A perfect man died a criminal’s death between two criminals Isa 53:9; Gal 3:13; Heb 12:2; 1 Cor 1:18, 27-31

Even one of the thieves recognized the man in the middle should not be there Lk 23:39-43

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The Man in the Middle

Love prompted the man to be in the middle; such love prompts me to love Him

1 Jn 4:19; 1 Jn 3:16; Jn 15:13-14; 14:15; 2 Cor 5:14-15

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The Man in the Middle

What the middle man accomplished- He died to make it possible that I could go free I praise Him

Rom 6:23; Rev 21:8; Isa 53:4-6; 1 Pet 1:18-19; 2 Cor 5:19-21

In a very real sense, Barabbas represents me- I deserved to be the man in the middle, destined not just for execution,

but for hell, but Jesus took my place and God released me.

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The Man in the Middle

There was a mountain and there were three treesThere was a good man and there were two thievesA man called Barabbas was doomed for the treeBut Jesus took the middle one and Barabbas went free.

I love that man in the middleBecause I know He first loved mePraise God to that man who died on Mount CalvaryThe middle man made it possible that I could go free.