How can Mark 15:27 inspire us to share the message of salvation? Reading the verse Mark 15:27: “Together with Him they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.” Jesus identified with sinners - Fulfilled Isaiah 53:12: “He was numbered with the transgressors.” - The sinless One occupied our guilty place (2 Corinthians 5:21). - No one is beyond His reach—if He shared a cross-row with criminals, He’ll share life with any repentant heart. Two guilty men, two possible responses - Luke 23:39-43 shows both thieves hearing, yet only one believing. - The same Savior, two destinies—eternal life or continued rebellion (John 3:18; 3:36). - Our witness sets that same choice before every listener. Why this verse fuels evangelism - Christ’s compassion stretches to society’s margins. - Salvation meets people where they are, not where they wish they were. - Even a last-minute plea (“Remember me”) receives paradise—perfect for those who think it’s too late (2 Peter 3:9). The urgency of the moment - The thieves had mere hours; many around us may have less (James 4:14). - Today, not tomorrow, is the day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2). Practical ways to share 1. Use the three-cross picture: center—substitute; one side—rejection; other—faith. 2. Tell your own “thief on the cross” story—how Jesus met you in guilt and gave you life. 3. Carry tracts or links featuring that illustration; hand them out, text them, post them. 4. Memorize Isaiah 53:12 and 2 Corinthians 5:21 to weave prophecy and promise into conversation. 5. Offer hope to “late-in-life” contacts: if a dying robber found grace, so can they. 6. Pray for open doors, then step through, remembering Jesus stepped into your place first. Take-away for every messenger He was crucified between sinners so sinners could stand eternally with Him. Point to that middle cross, invite a response, and let God turn robbers into redeemed. |
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