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#home #family #parents #children #JesusChrist #God #Faith #Hope #Love When we #think of the #victory of the #Cross we have to remind ourselves that the #blood of #Jesus #cleanses us from all our #sins and we are #forgiven in Christ. At the Cross #Jesus bore all our #grief and #sorrows. All #guilt and #condemnation is lifted because of His #blood. At the Cross #mercy and #peace took on a #human #face. #Jesus #Christ made a #covenant with His #Father and His #blood brings us #everlasting #peace. About David Wilkerson David Wilkerson was the Founding Pastor of Times Square Church in New York City. He was called to New York in 1958 to minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling book, The Cross and the Switchblade. In 1987, David Wilkerson returned to “the crossroads of the world” to establish Times Square Church. As a pastor of the church, he faithfully led this congregation, delivering powerful biblical messages that encourage righteous living and complete reliance on God. David Wilkerson had a strong burden to encourage and strengthen pastors throughout the world. From 1999 to 2008, he traveled around the globe holding conferences for Christian ministers.
they have done away with the cross
they have done away with a cross go to
Galatians the sixth chapter please the
sixth chapter of Galatians
I’m going to read one verse
and then we’ll proceed one verse from
Galatians the sixth chapter
verse 14.
but God forbid that I should Glory
saving the cross of the Lord Jesus
Christ by whom the world is crucified
unto me
an eye unto the world if you have a King
James will you read it with me again
please everybody reading with me but God
forbid that I should Glory save in the
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom
the world is crucified unto me and I
unto the world
let’s pray
Jesus
I want to Glory this morning in the
cross
your cross Jesus we pray that that
Crosby lifted high in Times Square this
morning
we glorify your sacrifice we glorify
your name
Lord Jesus bring us to the Cross to the
crisis of the Cross Lord Jesus we pray
that you would open our eyes and give us
understanding this morning that we’ve
been never let away from the cross we’d
never be led astray into the idolatry
that’s sweeping over this land in the
world
O Holy Spirit bring forth a pure strong
healing word this morning we love you
Jesus we thank you your presence in this
house let the glory of the Lord be upon
us let the anointing of the Holy Spirit
take this word and let it find its
healing Mark in all of our hearts in
Jesus name
amen
they have done away
with the cross
you know in this sophisticated age
it’s hard for us
to understand the idolatry of the Old
Testament
it’s incredible when you when you read
that
uh intelligent human beings
could worship Raven images that they’ve
Raven out of wood and stone and silver
and gold and say this is God
and worship that piece of stone and that
wood
in fact the scripture talks about those
who would go out into the forest and
pick a hardwood tree cut it down and
bring it in and cut it in half half of
it they would bake the bread and cook
their food the other half they would get
an engraver and engrave a hardwood
statute put it into home fall down
before it offer Sweet Cakes before it
praise that piece of wood and say this
is my god this is my deliverer save me
from iniquity
it’s hard for us to understand that
it was the sin of idolatry however that
angered God more than any other sin in
the Old Testament God was so incensed
his wrath was poured out upon every
idolater every child of his that turned
to idolatry
Jeremiah said the children gather wood
the fathers Kindle the fire
the women need their dough to make cakes
to the Queen of Heaven to pour out drink
offerings to their gods that they may
provoke me to anger therefore pray not
for this people neither lift up a voice
or cry or prayer for them or make
intercession for them for I will not
hear Thee I will cast them out of my
sight
now that’s God’s declaration against
idolatry in the Old Testament but I’m
telling you folks God hates idolatry
just as much in the New Testament he
despises it and it brings down his wrath
upon any generation This Modern
generation that’s gone into a new kind
of subtle very powerful idolatry
we don’t see people kneeling now before
carved images you don’t see that kind of
unsophisticated idolatry what we have in
America now is idolatry I believe that
anchors God far more than any Old
Testament idolatry this idolatry is
sweeping America right now and it’s
sweeping the whole world
the scripture warns us
that there will be ministers appear in
the last days
who are coming as angels of light
but they are actually Ministers of Satan
now this is shocking this is this is
something you and I have to deal with if
you are a Christian Living in America
and you’re hearing about reports of
revivals hearing reports of God’s moving
in different parts of the country better
be careful where you go bear to be
careful under what’s spirited because
the Bible said these ministers are going
to be transformed as angels of light
they’re going to preach another Christ
another spirit and another gospel and if
you don’t have discernment you can get
swept up into an idolatry that will damn
your soul
there are ministers who are clever there
are ministers who appear to be as angels
of Labor they’re under the manipulation
of a spirit that is not of God
and folks multitudes I say millions of
Christians now are into idolatry and
they don’t know it they have been
seduced into idolatry by these Ministers
of light preaching another Jesus another
spirit and another gospel
now think carefully what Paul is saying
here there’s going to appear in these
last days ministers there seemed to be
be honest they’re going to have the
right words but their ministers are
under the manipulation of the devil
they’re introducing another gospel
they’re bringing people under the
influence of another spirit
it appears to be the spirit of God that
it’s not the spirit of God it’s of
another Spirit another gospel
Paul
saw it happen it was beginning even in
his day
he said I’m Marvel that you’re so soon
removed from him that called you into
the grace of Christ to another gospel
which is really not
but there are some that trouble you and
would pervert the gospel of Christ but
though we are an angel from heaven
preach any other gospel unto you than
that which we have preached unto you let
him be accursed
that other gospel is a gospel without a
cross
it is without the cross of Jesus Christ
they who preach this gospel this other
gospel who are under this other Spirit
who preach another Jesus have done away
with the cross of Jesus Christ there is
no cross
I don’t care what anybody tells you
about a Revival I don’t care what
anybody talks about a moving of the Holy
Spirit
any any
Fellowship anything that calls itself
church and does not have the cross of
Jesus Christ at its Center if there is
not the preaching of the cross of Jesus
Christ it’s anathema it is not of God
it’s of that other spirit
any worship
anything that identifies itself as the
Church of Jesus Christ is blatant
idolatry if the cross is not in the very
center and Uppermost
the cross and its demands and its hopes
have been the very heart of the Gospel
you take the cross of Jesus Christ out
of any teaching out of any church out of
any fellowship and you have nothing left
but South you have nothing left but
another spirit and another gospel it is
not of God God won’t touch it he says I
have nothing to do with it I don’t care
if there are millions involved I don’t
care how loud your Praises may be I
don’t care how successful you may be if
the cost of Jesus Christ has not been
the door through which the people have
come
it is not the work of God
where this other gospel is being
preached the churches may be packed
in these idolatrous churches you’ll hear
all the right words some
you’ll hear all the right words spoken
this word sin is mentioned in passing
the theological terms are referred to
such as the Holy Ghost
and Holiness and even the cross may be
talked about in historical terms yes
Jesus went to a cross he died he shed
his blood for sins
but the reality of the Cross is not
presented to the people
the crisis of the Cross is not preached
the confrontation of the Cross has not
been preached it is possible for
ministers to stand in the Pulpit for
example and give wonderful flowery
messages about the Holy Ghost and the
man not even know the Holy Ghost
I have set under preaching I I have I
have listened to a man years ago who
pastored it was agnostic and Pastor one
of the Greek churches here in New York
City wrote a number of books about Jesus
no one preached more about the kindness
of Jesus and the humanity of Jesus and
the goodness of this Prophet that he
called him but he didn’t believe he was
God
he didn’t know Jesus but he flattered
him and people sat there and said uh in
fact he was in absolute agnostic
and nobody
in fact my mother gave me one of his
books another wow what a wonderful
vision of Jesus until I found out he
didn’t even believe God Jesus was God in
flesh
it is possible to stand before
congregation and preach or speak with
tears about the blood that came from
your side and how they beat him and it
can be it sounds so tender it will sound
so loving but be careful folks if it is
only about historical Jesus and if the
confrontation is not there about our
sins
if there is not a confrontation if it
does not bring you to the crisis of the
cross it is not the preaching of the
cross
but folks you’re going to have to follow
me closely because you you may think
this is
Off the Mark if you don’t hear the mind
of the Holy Spirit on this there’s a
whole new generation now with smart
young ministers
they’re bright and they’re intelligent
they’re very capable they’re building
huge complexes that offer people
everything from daycare to Spas
bodybuilding classes
they offer Recreation and entertainment
and family events and musicals and it’s
all high technology
it’s non-threatening it’s contemporary
the messages are illustrated by drama
the sermons focus on how to cope with
with problems of life
and I folks those are not the things
that grieve the heart of God it seems
that God has a lot of patience with a
lot of Flesh it seems like he endures a
whole lot of of foolishness and and
well-meaning flesh trying to promote the
gospel
God seems to be so patient on those
things but one thing God will never
endure
God will never allow and that’s to put
aside and cast aside the cross of Jesus
Christ and its demands
that is idolatry that does not confront
the congregation
everyone who calls themselves by the
name of Jesus
if it does not bring them to the cross
and make them face the demands of the
Cross and the death of the cross
and the Victory of the cross
it is not of his holy spirit
Jesus said
if I be lifted up from the Earth
I will draw all men unto me
that lifting up was the very moment they
nailed in the cross and they lifted that
cross and
down into that hole
and he was lifted up before the whole
world that’s his crucifixion
that’s the lifting up of cross that’s
Christ dying for sin
and God looked down one day on this sinc
world
he saw a society solve people
lost
bowed in prison houses
a society and a generation about the
self-destruct
full of doubt and unbelief and without
hope
God sent his own son and Jesus came and
took on the Frailty of human flesh
and he died as a living sacrifice for
sin
and then
he says come unto me
all ye that are wearing heavy laden and
I’ll give you rest
and that’s the invitation that’s the
call of the cross of Jesus Christ and
that’s why he came he came to a sin-sick
world a world that was sick of their
lust
tired of the change title the lies and
the cheating of adultery fornication
all kinds of habits chained by the
forces of hell
and Jesus looks out over this sinsic
Society
ours included
all down through the stream of time
there he is on the cross
and he says Come Thou unto me
everybody’s sick of sin heavy laden with
these chains you’re tired of dragging
your sins around you’re tired of the
sleepless nights you’re tired of the
weariness because sin is a hard task
master sin wearys the flesh
the fear of slander the fear of exposure
the lies that cover up our sins
what a awful
Taskmaster sin is
and then Jesus says come unto me all you
did we’re in heavy laden I will give you
rest
he said there’s no other way you see the
cross was plunked down right in the
middle of the Broadway to hell
and God said this is the only door to
eternal life there’s no other way but
through the cross of Jesus Christ
there’s no deliverance from sin in its
power
he died not only to forgive us of our
sins
Jesus died to break the power of our
sins
the cross is a cry to Every Soul
that’s saying if you’re sick of sin
if you’re weary of sin
you see the Church of Jesus Christ is
not a Supper Club
it’s not an entertainment complex
it’s our hospital for sin sick Souls
it went since six Souls come in
and they are flattered in their sins and
they’re comforted in their sins and
they’re not made to confront the cross
of Jesus Christ that is blasphemy
and someday those
ministers have called in the scripture
angels of light are going to have blood
on their hands
now this is a serious charge I’m making
I’m telling you that there are ministers
who’ve done away with a cross
it’s a serious charge that multitudes of
Christians go to churches now that are
worshiping in idolatry
it’s a serious charge that many pulpits
are filled by ministers who are clever
agents of the enemy
of another Jesus
you see Pastor what do you mean that
they have taken away the cross
they have not taken away the references
to the historical Jesus or to the actual
crucifixion
because it’s possible to give all Vivid
details and still not present the cross
it’s possible to preach masterful
sermons about the cross
and absolutely
bypass it and climb up some other way
because you see the cross
is man’s confrontation with his sins
it’s man’s confrontation with his
lifestyle
the cross is offensive
to every man or woman who’s made peace
with his sins
it’s offensive
if I stood in many of these contemporary
churches these sinner-friendly churches
in America who are striving to make
people comfortable and bring Jesus in
the back door so to speak
if I were to stand there and say
and preach what I am preaching to you
this morning I tell you two-thirds of
the people would leave offended and not
ever retire
the preaching the crosses an offense to
those who are comfortable and cozy with
their sins and they want Jesus and their
sins
they want to believe they are Justified
even though they have no intention of
laying down their iniquities as if Jesus
Paid It All I can enjoy myself
they’re not ready to lay down their pet
lusts and their sensuality
is one well-known writer wrote
I read it last week and wanted to weep
this writer said don’t get too bothered
by your sins after all the Bible doesn’t
say much about it anyhow
and that teachers on television
every week
when Jesus said I am the way I am the
door he speaks of his cross you cannot
be saved you cannot enter Heaven except
you come by way of the Cross he that
entreth not by the door of the Sheepfold
but climb without some other way the
same as a thief and a robber
and the Ministers of thief the ministers
a robber who’s climbed up some other way
and made a breach in some place and
saying come with me you don’t need to
repent you don’t have to have Godly
sorrow for your sin the big thing is
that you fulfill the law if you just
love one another just love God there’s
no repentance no tears left needed
just love
I was listening to the news this morning
on 880 I believe it is and they had what
they called Church news and a church in
I think it’s Los Angeles uh Church of
Christ Church Church of Christ or
something like that it’s just uh
appointed to homosexual lovers as
pastors of their Church
and they were interviewing the pastor
and they said people are coming into
such a wonderful uh Fellowship of love
everything is love it’s a love trap
As Long As You Love
you can
indulge in homosexuality
you can shoot your drugs you can do as
you please just love
when them gonna preach that message are
called The Love trap
Jesus said If any man will come after me
let him deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow
me
and whosoever did not bear his cross and
come after me cannot be my disciple
cannot be I don’t care what your
theology may be sir I don’t care what
you think of the Power of Love Jesus
said in this you deny yourself and come
by way of the Cross you embrace my cross
you cannot be my disciple
let me show you what I mean by the
confrontation of the cross
in fact I call it the crisis of the
cross
let’s take a man here’s a man
who’s fed up with his sins
he’s getting deeper and deeper into the
clutches of a lust or a habit
his sin has brought him sorrow
he doesn’t even enjoy it anymore but he
can’t help himself he keeps going back
to it
he’s covered his sins he’s lied about it
he’s cheated
he’s promised himself a hundred times
he’ll never do it again but his word has
no power
he can’t stop
for a while he submerges it but it comes
back with more power months later
he he knows that he’s going to have to
stand before a judge one day
and he goes through his life fearing
exposure and Scandal sin has drained him
Shackled him deceived him brought him
down to a weariness that he can hardly
exist
if you want to see one of the saddest
sites in New York quit down 8th Avenue
here block from here and go down about
five blocks and look at all the porno
shops and look at those slaves those men
walking into those places and coming out
and look at those faces
I came up there from Isaiah house
yesterday and I saw these miserable men
coming out of this these places
shoulders bet
sadness in their eyes
their slaves been driven by their sins
they’re weary they get no pleasure out
of it there’s no pleasure in it anymore
sin loses its pleasure that’s the
problem the more you go into lust the
more you wouldn’t pleasure the less
value there is it loses its value
completely loses all pleasure
and so this man I speak of
is now at the end of his rope
and in his Sadness the Holy Ghost sends
the word
thank God for the Gospel of Jesus Christ
the Redemptive Gospel of Jesus and the
word comes and says Jesus died at the
cross and that’s when Jesus comes and
kneels by this man and he whispers by
the Holy Ghost come to the Cross come
near with me
they come to the cross of Jesus Christ
and the Lord says there is a way out
there is Deliverance there’s a place of
Victory there’s a place of peace
run to the cross
beloved When anybody kneels at the cross
you’re not going to hear an easy soft
word
not at first
because even though the cross is the
door to life you’re going to hear about
death
and even though the cross is the door to
newness of life you’re going to hear
about
denying
self-denial you’re going to hear
self-denial you’re going to hear about
death
you see when you come to the cross and
you kneel before the Lord
you’re going to face the crisis of your
life
and this is what we we are I see we’re
missing in this church even
there are many that come forward to this
altar
who are not coming to a crisis of the
cross
because you see what happens when you
come to the cross of Jesus Christ
that’s the moment you have to face the
consequences of continuing in your sin
that’s when the Holy Ghost comes to you
it is not repentance is not saying Lord
I’m wrong as much as it’s saying Lord
you are right
you are right in your word about my sin
bringing death upon me you’re right
about my sin finding me out
you’re right
yes I know I’m wrong but more than that
Lord I come to the Cross to agree with
you about my sin
I agree with you Lord that if I go on
you’re going to expose me I agree Lord
that my sin if I continue will destroy
me and ruin me my wife my family my
children I’ll be ruined
and you’ll come to a crisis
the Holy Spirit Will urge you right to
the brink to this crisis where you say I
cannot continue in my sin
I cannot continue and have the Holy
Ghost I cannot continue and have his
Blessing and his favor I’m going to lose
everything
there’s a confrontation with your sin
that’s where the battle is fought it’s
before you get to the cross
it’s the Holy Spirit dealing with you
self-denial
that’s not some heartache you have to
bear
that’s not some infirmity of your flesh
not at all
I’ll proved you this morning that his
crosses our cross
his death is our death his resurrection
is our Resurrection through
identification and Union with Christ
but folks
the real cross
that you bear
and this was what Paul said when he said
I died daily
I have come to the conclusion
that I deny my right to continue in sin
and be a Christian
I deny that I can live like this and
have his favor and be eternally saved I
agree with the word of God I deny all of
my justifications I deny that I have a
dispensation from God that I’m different
because I care for people and I do good
things and I can continue on the side
with some little dark spot in my heart
it’s a confrontation that said sin ends
today
now
at this point
if I die with Jesus I come into the
glory of resurrection and newness of
life if I walk away from the cross now
under the conviction of the Holy Spirit
if I Harbor and tap and tie with my sin
and walk away it’s going to kill me
another way for the wages of sin is
death and you’ve got to come to that
place where if I continue and say I’m
dead
physically spiritually in every way I’m
dead
something I’ve noticed
I’ve lived long enough to know it to be
a true pattern
almost every Minister friend that I knew
that walked away from his wife
and ran off with somebody
or a preacher’s wife
did it
I I can’t name anybody that I know that
lived more than five years
cancer
car accidents
the wages of sin
you see minister of the Gospel have been
so challenged by the cross and so
confronted by the cross and confronted
by that that cross I’m preaching the
cross but I’m preaching in a way where
you’re going to be confronted by the
Holy Ghost with your sins
you see that’s how the cross is done
away with
it’s not just words about
a lovely Christ bleeding
it’s a fact that he bled and died
to bring your sin sick soul and mine
into glorious Liberty and freedom
and break every Power and chain of sin
and oh God help us I would not want to
stand in front of a mass of people
who came in some other way
never were confronted about their sins
never preached about their sin folks in
many churches sin is never shown to be
seating sinful it’s just a word
with no power
no conviction
all right I would not want to stand in
front of a whole people still living in
adultery and fornication blowing smoke
in Jesus face and night clubbing and
cheating and living in sin and coming to
a beautiful Quiet One Hour Worship
service where the drama puts me at ease
to my sins
God I’d rather die
I would rather die
he said you deny
you’re right
to live in sin you deny any dispensation
that you’re special
then you deny that you have any power to
deliver yourself
and folks that’s where many people
cannot come that’s a that’s a
self-denial that many people have never
been able to make because you see you
hear with Paul
I Die daily you hear him say I’m
crucified with Christ and all my lust
have been crucified with him and you say
that’s what I want and here we are at
the cross syn sick weary of it we’ve
been confronted we know we can’t go on
and then you read uh
he that’s dead is freed from sin from
Romans 6 you read Romans 6 and you see a
man who’s planted into the death of
Jesus and he’s dead sin has no more
dominion over himself that’s what I want
but how do I get his victory into my
life
how do I get the victory of the cross
into my life so that I’m not sinning and
confessing sinning and confessing that
Miracle around I want off
you know
rather than deny self
we we said I have to do this
I’m so convicted to my sin whatever it
takes and we’re going to bite the bullet
and we’re going to try to deliver
ourselves when I was a young preacher
I got I was so I was reading the lives
of uh tristigan and and some others who
uh
who had
been in such simple lifestyles
I thought Lord
that’s what I want
I could be a Powerhouse for you Lord
if I go to my closet I’m going to take
out all my clothes and give them away
except maybe two changes
and I’m going to sell my car and get the
cheapest car I can find an old used car
and uh no more steak
I’ll eat hamburger
funny it’s from the same cow but you
feel better
and uh I’ll sell this nice house and
I’ll find an old house that’s
unattractive
and and Lord I will so simplify My
Lifestyle because one of my favorite men
still alive at the time
from if the time was in Philadelphia
and he only had one suit
and he lived in a little room
and he spoke with such Authority I said
Lord I’ll be a Powerhouse if I can just
uh
really what I’m saying if I can suffer
enough
if I can just get a hold of My Flesh and
bring it under here and be more uh
ascetic I I will be a Powerhouse
the only problem about that time my hero
got into false Doctrine
and started destroying many many lives
by his false doctor got into metaphysics
and the Lord said no you got it wrong
that’s not what I’m talking about
it’s not your Victory David it’s mine
the cross is not your Victory alone it’s
mine first
you have to come now and embrace the
cross you know folks the crisis past the
crisis will pass when you say Lord I am
fed up with my sin I know I can’t
continue and I want it finished it ends
now God
I have no power
I’ve come to the place I deny my rights
I deny my abilities now Jesus says now
follow me and he takes us he says now
look at that empty cross he said now you
embrace the cross you embrace my victory
because you see when we get saved we are
in Christ and we were in Christ we’re
into all of his victories we’re into
everything that happened to him is ours
he did it all for us hallelujah
at the cross Jesus broke the controlling
power of sin
Paul said that I may know him in the
power of whose Resurrection
not my that I may know him in the power
of his resurrection and a fellowship of
his sufferings
no the word says at this point if I
believe in the victory of the cross
if I believe Jesus broke the power of
sin let me show you what the word says
now if I’m to agree with the word of God
listen closely if I’m to agree with the
word of God that my sins are exceedingly
Wicked I agree with him that I cannot go
on with him I agree that if I go on I’ll
die and I agree that he will expose it I
I agree with all this then I’m to agree
with all the good things the cross
offers as well
how do you know you’re saved
how do you know you’re saved by faith in
the word of God
you have trusted your Eternal salvation
into the Hands of Faith
is anybody here
are saved by any other way
are you saved by your works no you’re
saved by faith
how do you get victory over sin how does
the resurrection power the newness of
Life come out on you other than
believing What God Says in his word
that when you come to him and confess
and you repent and you agree with his
word and you’ve confronted the the
demands of the Cross then you said Jesus
will take you by the hand that’s where
you go into Union with Christ and say
Lord From This Moment On I’m trusting my
life in your hands I trusting you to
convict me to hold me and Lead Me and
guide me by your spirit it’s absolutely
giving yourself to the power of the
Cross you embrace it take up the cross
embrace it Embrace this as the only way
to Victory
by faith
in the overcoming power of Jesus through
his shed blood
what does the Bible say
when you brace the cross it says I am
dead now with Christ to sin the word
says I am crucified with Christ
the word says that I am resurrected in
the newness of Life the word says now
there’s no Dominion of sin over me the
word of God says I can now do all things
through Christ who strengthens me the
word of God says I’m a free man the word
of God says that I can now yield my body
into the service of the Lord and my
members as instruments of righteousness
he says all of that in Romans 6. says it
all through the word of God ha by my
struggles no if I might just saying Lord
I accept by faith my salvation I accept
by faith that when I needed the power
will be there that is your word
I may stumble a few times by my unbelief
but I am going to hold on that
ultimately victory is mine because I’m
going to believe you till it comes
I’m gonna trust you
my part is to believe what his word says
about me now
folks I stand here before you now and I
agree
I agree with God’s
word to me
that because I’ve come to him
acknowledging my sins and my failure I
acknowledge that I have no rights
I acknowledge that sin if it’s continued
in is going to bring death
physical spiritual death
I agree now Lord Jesus to walk with you
I put my future and my life into your
hands take my sins take my weaknesses
take my failures you took it all Lord
and you defeated the devil at the cross
he has no power he has no Dominion I
believe your word oh God Is by faith
I I die by faith I died 2 000 years ago
at the cross of Jesus I was resurrected
back then God saw me in in in his in his
eye in his historical he saw me down the
stream of time he saw you
he took all of us
by the death of one man
we have all been reconciled to God
oh thank God for the cross of Jesus
thank God for the cross thank God for
its crisis
if you had your crisis of the cross
what a boat
your
present
sinful condition
what about that one thing you saw God I
want to be delivered from
there’s Deliverance for you this morning
that is not going to come
until you kneel right before him
and you have this crisis with the Holy
Ghost
you let him speak to your heart
and let him tell you
now
we can’t continue
it has to come to an end
the finality
the cross is the finality
of sin
is saying God I agree with you
I can no longer not for another hour
continue in my sin
oh God
I’m weary of it I bring it to you now
love it
that is what is not being preached
that’s why
we have such clever meetings
such Showmanship everything but the
cross
but you see the cross is only for those
who are sick of sin
it’s offense it’s an absolute offense to
anybody in this building anyone hearing
me the cross that I preached this
morning is an absolute offense to those
who have learned somehow
to make peace with their sin and they’re
able to say with the lie in the Old
Testament I have peace though I walk in
the stubbornness of my own heart
it’s a false peace
it’s a damning piece
and I promised God
that in the days ahead
I’ll preach the cross
I’ll preach it’s crisis and its
confrontation with sin
this church was founded on that kind of
preaching
this church was founded
first three years
we preached almost nothing but
repentance on the cross
and we’re still preaching it
because see we’re not just trying to
pack the pews here we’re not trying to
pack seats
we’re looking for a Times Square Church
Holy Ghost parade on Judgment Day
the great white Throne judgment
we’re looking for a people who even as
they know that they finally stand before
his throne are rejoicing and they are
hugging and they’re saying oh thank God
I sat under the preaching of the cross
thank God there were ministers that
confronted me with my sins and told me I
can’t get away with it
and then told me how Jesus loved me
enough to take me into his death
into his burial into his resurrection
and bring me up into newness of life
that’s his love and that’s his grace
folks the greatest Grace preaching in
the world is to preach the confrontation
of the Cross that’s Grace
that’s Grace
where you stand
Hallelujah
balcony
main floor
if you stand here right now
you say pastor
I’m sick
of my sin I’m tired of it I want Victory
I know God’s talking to me this morning
nobody needs to know why you’re coming
down this aisle it can be covetousness
it can be Pride it can be anything
get out of your seat the moment the Holy
Spirit touches you
even while I pray up in the balcony you
go to the side to the stairs on either
side and come down in the aisle and meet
us here
I want you to come before the cross
you’re coming to the cross of Jesus
right now
you’re coming to the cross
and coming to have a crisis oh God
I want to have it out with you today all
right this has to end I’m tired
I want your blessing and favor in my
life
oh holy spirit I know you’ll help me
come on
Lord send your spirit Holy Spirit Come
mightily now convict us of our sins
the Lord Heal us
set us free as we come by faith
and bow before your cross
come forward have never come forward in
this church before lift your hand please
you say I’ve never come forward in this
church before yes yes
in the eyes God bless you okay
look at me please
you’re not coming up here just to say a
short little prayer and go back to your
seat
trying to feel better about yourself
up here right now face to face
with Jesus
and all he asks you right now are you
really ready ready to lay down your sin
are you really to say Jesus I know I
can’t go on like this
Lord no more excuses
no more justifications
you’re no respecter of persons
God my sin has found me out
isn’t it rather isn’t it better to be
exposed here quiet when nobody knows but
you and the Holy Ghost then for the Lord
to send a sparrow and carry it to the
Four Winds
thank God for his grace and his Mercy
every one of you standing here right now
listen to me Jesus is not a hard task
master
but he he won’t tell you now
it has to go
it’s enough
it’s enough
have you said that to your heart yes
Lord I agree it’s enough
it has to end
how many have come to that place raise
your hand you’ve come to that place
come on raise it high I’ve come to that
place Jesus I want you to pray this
right out of your gut right inside your
deep your innermost heart pray this loud
and clear Jesus
I’ve sinned against you
against your love
and against your truth
and I have fallen
and Fallen
time and time again
Lord I know
you’re confronting me now
it has to stop
I want it stopped
I want victory
I want to be cleansed and I want this
broken
I don’t want it to hold me anymore
I Repent Lord Jesus
I will not hide it from you
no excuses
I give it to you Jesus
I want to crucify
I want it dead
now Jesus
take me into the victory of the cross
that I may die to sin
by faith in your death
Raise Me Up Jesus
without any chains
without any habits holding on
Raise Me Up a free person
as I believe you Jesus
to give me the victory
fill me with the Holy Spirit
do whatever has to be done
to keep me in Victory
because I trust you now Jesus
to keep me
Hallelujah
oh Lord I pray now that you break every
chain that binds bring hope Lord to
those
who’ve acknowledged their sins bring
hope for victory now and let the peace
of God that passeth all understanding
come now and flood these hearts
Lord where there’s repentance you said
you’d pour in your joy
confess our sins he’s faithful and just
to forgive us our sins and cleanse us
from all unrighteousness all Unwritten
look at me please
some of you are going to have to ask the
Holy Ghost to break some relationships
today
some of you are going to have to call
somebody say look I can’t see you again
for the next 60 90 day whatever it takes
you’re going to have to take some steps
now the Holy Spirit needs you to
you you can’t if you if if you’ve been
into pornography sir or ma’am and you’ve
got some magazine you’re the Holy Ghost
is going to tell you right now you go
home and you burn them immediately you
burn them and the next time the enemy
tells you to go down a certain Street
and you used to go in those places you
say no Holy Ghost take me three three
North or South wherever you have to take
me Lord give me day by day he gives you
Direction Hallelujah that’s where the
newness comes the direction we walk then
in the spirit Hallelujah the holy spirit
is here right now the Holy Spirit helped
you to confess the Holy Spirit helped
you walk down here and humble yourself
before the cross the same holy spirit’s
going with you out this door the holy
spirit’s there when the devil goes out
out there and he’s going to try to
inject in your mind lies the holy
spirit’s right there just trust say hold
me Holy Spirit I trust you Holy Spirit
keep me by your power hallelujah we’re
kept by the power of God unto salvation
we’re kept by the power of God he’s your
keeper
Hallelujah now thank you Lord for the
victory of the Cross that’s ours
for we have confessed humbly
y’all look at me even though some of you
were crying when you confessed
you don’t judge the depth of conviction
by some outward appearance
because I’ve seen people
stream and roll on the floor and wallow
in tears and get up and walk right out
into their sins
but is there a Godly sorrow in your
heart
oh God I don’t want to wound you anymore
and you know why our sins wound the Lord
because they cut off our communion with
him
that’s what Grieves him about your sin
because the tendency to hide from him
take away the intimacy
so Jesus I want that intimacy again you
know the Holy Ghost is with you right
now you know Jesus is with you right now
he’s here he’s in you thank God for that
say thank you Jesus for for my union
with you now thank you Jesus
Hallelujah
I Will Bless The Lord at all times
say that when you walk out here Lord I’m
going to bless your name at all times
through everything and everything I Will
Bless The Lord at all times this is the
conclusion of the message