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The Man in the Middle
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.
The Man in the Middle
Jesus was the man in the middle
Phil 2:5-8; Heb 2:9, 14-17
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.
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
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
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.
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.