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Knows it and you see it conveys 
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In the same way, God also has 
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He is giving a message to 
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So the old ragged cross carries 
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ultimate message to us. 
So I said that why would God the

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cross, suffering and shame, a 
symbol, a symbol of humiliation,

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an instrument of death. 
And it has been tested that it 

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gave the most excruciating pain 
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That is the most cruel means of 
dying. 

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If you check history, arguably 
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killing a criminal. 
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cruel, the heightened form of 
inflicting pain before you die, 

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to subject his Son through for 
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So the cross is very, very, 
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Let's go on. 
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the cross being ghost 
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The cross is a transmitter where
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between heaven and earth. 
So the cross is not just there 

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for fun, the sun itself is. 
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two realms, the earthly realm 
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So whilst he was hanging there, 
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that humanity. 
Look, you should have died, but 

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I have given my son in place of 
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What else can God do for us? 
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reconciling man and God, 
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reconciling the offended and the
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atoning God, making now God to 
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on earth. 
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cross has not ended. 
God is still using the cross to 

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transmit his message of love and
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everybody. 
That is the power of the cross. 

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That is the power of the cross. 
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cross is still relevant, it is 
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message of reconciliation and 
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So the vertical one is restoring
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horizontal 1 is restoring the 
broken relationships that same 

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cost. 
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for fun reconciling heaven and 
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five levels of Brooking 
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I am going over it again. 5 
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destroyed and when Jesus hung on
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awaiting for the manifestation. 
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God and man destroyed when Jesus
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beam was reconciling God and man
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typically husband and wife, 
filial love, every kind of love 

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vertically Jesus also 
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himself, man with himself. 
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tripartite being of humanity 
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reconnected, because when sin 
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between the body, soul and 
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united with the body and soul. 
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So Jesus hung it on the cross. 
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creation with itself. 
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So once we are we manifest then 
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That is the hope from the cross.
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possess to us who have been 
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It is the power of God. 
It has you so much power to 

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transform and to save. 
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cross has done for us, and we 
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what He has done. 
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the attributes of God manifested
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love of God is there, the messes
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of God is also being served. 
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down and let His creation just 
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He loves His creation, He loves 
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world. 
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he gave his only begotten Son. 
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so for God so loved the world. 
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whosoever he didn't come to be a
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he came to be killed and to 
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for us. 
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You see the message of God. 
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we are not consumed. 
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God should have killed us. 
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have offended him big time. 
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us. 
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and him. 
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Jesus was hanging on the cross, 
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for us. 
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must, that dies, must pay. 
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come down to become like one of 
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that anyone who believes in 
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everlasting. 
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cross and that message still 
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Let me try and then go to one 
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describes the cross. 
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So Max Lucado's description, 
Let's read and see the Cross 

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rests on the timeline of history
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Compelling diamond is tragedy. 
Sermons all sufferers, is 

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absurdity, attracts all cynics, 
is hope. 

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Lose all searches history has 
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good plated it and burn it won 
and trust it. 

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History has done everything but 
ignore it. 

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You can find it from his book 
called No wonder they called him

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the savior experiencing the 
cross year 2004 Max Lucado. 

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So with this, Max Lucado has 
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perspective from the cross and 
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history so that we appreciate 
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still transmitting life from the
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life from the studios of God's 
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hope and life to everybody, that
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not die but have everlasting 
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So let us look at how Max Lucado
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some few things about what he 
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So he said that he rests on the 
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compelling diamond. 
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brilliant. 
Diamond gives radiance, Diamond 

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gives many things. 
In fact, it is compelling. 

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What hidden is conspicuous is 
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It is the centerpiece of 
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And there is so much power in 
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because anyone who looks at the 
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But I need to sit down and think
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I am hearing so much look at it 
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attention. 
It is beautiful, though Jesus 

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was humiliated. 
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comes from the cross. 
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the cross and it's diamonds are 
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They are priceless. 
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that the the message of the 
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God puts the cross and the 
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Jesus and his death is so 
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We don't have time to go there. 
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at the diamond is that diamond, 
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They last for a long time. 
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that is perishable, but He 
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likening the message or the 
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that lasts for a long time, 
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When you go at the cross, you 
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are mocking Him, you will see 
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those who are going to hell, and
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heaven. 
So the cross, it depends on the 

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hearts that you come to the 
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Today, may we approach God's 
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that we can receive mercy. 
The next one says that the cross

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summons all sufferers. 
The cross is summons 1 all those

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who are suffering. 
When I finish with his 

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description, we will just oppose
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found at the feet of the cross. 
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description is very true. 
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suffering because the man on the
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So on the cross and His calling,
all those who are suffering that

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come, come and see the Savior. 
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He knew no sin, but He was made 
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the righteousness of God. 
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those who are suffering. 
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In fact, of the 12th, it has 
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same hometown with Judas 
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the one who in fact, when you 
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means that you have given him 
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The finance minister of the 
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one who betrayed him. 
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when they came, they all left, 
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Oh Lord, if all of them will go 
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They say, Peter, tonight you, 
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him. 
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As I said, they would drive the 
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where the nerves meet. 
That kind of death was very bad.

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To date it is the most painful 
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Your blood will be oozing out, 
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So before you die, you will be 
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And so Jesus is saying that look
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I did no wrong, I didn't say. 
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ground to crucify him, and they 
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him. 
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have been betrayed, look at the 
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None of them came to him. 
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Where were the 4000? 
Where were the 5000 that he fed?

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Where did they go? 
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oh, they all left him. 
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So if you are suffering, if you 
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saying that look to me on the 
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highest pain for you, so you too
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cross. 
Whilst he was in pain He said 

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that Father forgive them, Father
forgive them, they don't know 

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what they are doing. 
If you are here and someone has 

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offended you, forgive them. 
Let it go because Jesus at the 

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highest point of death, he 
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So we, we have no excuse not to 
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If someone has broken your 
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Yeah. 
If someone has stolen your 

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money, forgive them. 
If someone has betrayed your 

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trust, Jesus is saying that 
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They don't know what they are 
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The day they get to know, they 
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Husband and wives, forgive each 
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True of us, forgive each other 
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Who has offended you, forgive 
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Jesus is an example to us. 
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Let's move on to the next one. 
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attracts all cynics. 
Its absurdity attracts you, our 

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cynics, to many, including now. 
Why would God die if he claims 

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to be God? 
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Why should God? 
Why should he sacrifice himself 

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to people who rejected him till 
now many on earth don't even as 

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acknowledge Jesus yet he went to
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Someone has said that it is only
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humiliate our hero Jesus Christ.
It is only in Christianity go 

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and check all the other faiths. 
The heroes were not humiliated 

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as we did, but out of it is what
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redemption. 
So to the cynics, he, she, if he

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says he's a king, he should be 
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Kings don't die like this. 
It's irrational, it doesn't make

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So those who who think that it 

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doesn't make sense, the 
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Let us go and see why would God,
why would God? 

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They have to pause and think 
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They have to sit down and think 
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What is the meaning of this? 
So the cross is so much powerful

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that the message of the cross 
brings salvation even to those 

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who don't believe. 
The first one is that its hope 

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Leos all searches. 
So from the cross, again, Max 

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Lucado is saying that all those 
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are searching for hope, when 
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meaning, they find forgiveness, 
they find identity, they find 

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peace, and they find direction. 
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So the cross gives out so much 
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much forgiveness that Jesus 
could forgive those who are 

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killing him, including the Roman
soldiers. 

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He forgive them, give so much 
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not doing it his own will, but 
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the cross. 
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possible, let this car pass. 
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but your will. 
Jesus came as a lump of God. 

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That is why he was born in a 
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was. 
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So he came to give his life as a
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He did not live for himself. 
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that living for purpose is what 
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He said live for 33 years and a 
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has had on the world till now. 
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impact. 
Why He lived for his father. 

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That is purpose. 
Why am I here on earth for? 

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Go to the cross and you find out
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the cross direction. 
The cross is pointing us back to

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God. 
It is giving us the direction 

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that the old system has passed 
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And behold, I bring a new one. 
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How can we end death? 
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Look at the cross. 
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He took away our case. 
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God because the Bible says cares
be anyone who is hung on the 

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cross. 
On the cross Jesus took life of 

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sinners and he nailed them to 
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That is what the cross means 
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for hope when they come to the 
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The thief on the cross found so 
much hope and joy. 

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So today, if you have no hope, 
look to the cross, look to the 

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cross. 
There is so much hope to my 

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trophies. 
At last I lay down. 

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I will cling to the. 
Old, Ragged and exchanging 

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something for aircraft, the. 
Old ragged crown. 

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Oh, tell my trophies I lost, I 
lay down. 

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Hallelujah, I will cling to the 
old ragged cross. 

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Oh. 
So the cross, again, history has

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idolized it. 
Today, if we can search through 

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the Jew jewelry of our ladies 
who are here, some of us are 

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wearing that. 
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necklaces, many things. 
So we have idolized it. 

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When you go to the Catholic 
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all over, fixed on the walls 
everywhere. 

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History has idolized this cross,
and some have also despised it. 

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Some in history have despised 
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It has been good plated. 
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of shame now has been gold 
pleated. 

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And you find it that it is gold 
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And some have hung it in their 
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So there's so much message and 
power from that simple wooden 

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old rugged cross because the 
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And some 2 have been it, some 
have been it trying to eliminate

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it. 
So the cross is a turning point.

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The cross is a mystery. 
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extremes, but it's also power 
that God has used to save us. 

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Let's transition to the groups 
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Let's go to the groups of the 
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are betrayed and abandoned. 
They meet there. 

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We all meet there, those who 
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people who were suffering 
because the mother of Jesus too 

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came there. 
The close relatives of Jesus 

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were there and they were 
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They also came there to suffer. 
So Jesus friends, including the 

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woman who had followed him, 
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So at the cross there were other
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and identifying with him. 
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The leaders and the soldiers 
were mocking Christ. 

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They were there too, mocking 
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And they were like he saved 
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If he's really God, then we'll 
be believing. 

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They came there to mock him. 
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cross, the thief seeking hope. 
Say that. 

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Oh Lord Jesus, Remember Me when 
you enter your Kingdom and Jesus

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gave him the best that guy is 
that he had the shortest path to

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redemption. 
Today you will be with me in 

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paradise. 
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centurion and the crowd. 
The centurion also confessed 

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that this man is indeed the Son 
of God. 

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When he looked at what had 
happened, he confessed that this

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man is truly the Son of God. 
This man and the crowd too, they

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were there somewhere, mourning, 
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So all these groups, they can be
found at the cross. 

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But today the power to save is 
still there. 

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Jesus is still saving those who 
are suffering because He 

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identifies with them. 
We do not have a high priest who

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cannot be touched with the 
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He was tempted in all things, as
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Therefore He is able to help us.
So if you are suffering, go to 

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the cross because the man who 
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If you are a cynic, you don't 
believe anything, go there 

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because it wouldn't make sense 
to you that God would die for 

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us. 
If you are searching for hope, 

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look at the teeth on the cross. 
The centurion found hope and the

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crowd also did seem so. 
What has the cross achieved for 

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us? 
The accomplishments of the 

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cross? 
Reconciliation. 

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The first one is what 
reconciliation. 

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God has forgiven us. 
God has forgiven us. 

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Ephesians 216 He says that 
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reconciled both groups to God by
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By what? 
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cross. 
So if you would say that, and in

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one body to reconcile both of 
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which He put death to their 
hostility. 

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So Jesus came and He brought 
reconciliation. 

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Ephesians 120 says that. 
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everything to himself. 
He made peace with everything in

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the earth, in heaven and on 
earth by means of Christ's blood

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on the cross. 
By means of what? 

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Christ's blood on the cross, 
please. 

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I took it from Colossians 120. 
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you see that. 
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Himself all things. 
So God is reconciling all things

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to Himself. 
What are things on earth or 

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things in heaven? 
By making peace through His 

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blood shed on the cross. 
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The accomplishment of the cross 
again is victory. 

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Victory. 
The cross is the battleground 

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designated by God where Satan 
and the seed of the woman wage 

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war for life of humans. 
So on the cross, that seed of 

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woman, that God promised that 
the seed of this woman will 

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crush your head. 
It happened on the cross. 

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And when we read from Colossians
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Let's go there and try and read 
it. 213 Fleeing when you were 

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dead in your sins and in the 
uncircumcision of your flesh. 

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God made you alive with Christ. 
He forgive us all our sins. 

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Next verse. 
Having cancelled the charge of 

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our legal indebtedness which 
stood against us and condemned 

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us, He has taken out. 
He has taken it away. 

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Kneeling it to the cross. 
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And having disarmed the powers 
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public spectacle of them. 
Triumphant over them by what? 

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Oh, you are not here triumphant 
over them by the So Jesus 

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triumphed and crushed the head 
of the serpent by the cross. 

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That is why the cross is still 
powerful and the message it 

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carries will be transmitting the
message of hope and victory 

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throughout the world. 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 

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So at the cross, God has done 
many things for us. 

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Also at the cross. 
What the, the, the cross has 

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done. 
Forgiveness. 

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Let's look at that one. 
Forgiveness. 

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The records of our deaths were 
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Next slide, the records of our 
death were wiped clean, all the 

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records that, that was what we 
read, Colossians 214 records. 

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In fact, there were legal 
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the ancient times, in the Jewish
time or in the Greek or whatever

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world, when you sin and they put
you in a dungeon, a cell, they 

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write your liquor required the 
things you did and they hang it 

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at the door. 
They hang it at the door that as

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soon as he stole one goat, he 
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your door. 
So anyone who passes in front of

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yourself immediately knows that 
this man is a thief, that that 

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is why he's been, he's been kept
there. 

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But when Jesus went to the 
cross, he came to the cells 

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where the devil and sin has kept
us and took all the legal 

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requirements that they are 
written our name. 

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He took them one by one, one by 
one, and he took all of them to 

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the cross and they knelt it 
there, buying, buying, buying. 

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And he said that you are free to
go, go out, go out, go out. 

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That is the power of the cross. 
Hallelujah. 

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So Jesus, he nailed them to the 
cross. 

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So today, if you're holding on 
to anything in the past, Jesus 

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is saying on the cross, bring 
it. 

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Let me nail it there. 
Hang it over there on the cross.

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So you have no right to cling on
to the sins you do, Yes. 

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And whom? 
So if you are here and you are 

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trapped by your past, Jesus 
looks at you and it's like till 

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when will you appreciate my 
sacrifice on the cross? 

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Today, if the devil is bringing 
back your passings, tell the 

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devil to go to the cross. 
Jesus has tell them there, Jesus

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has finished them and the devil 
can't go to the cross because 

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that was where he suffered shame
and defeat. 

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So he did not go there because 
it will remind him of his field 

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work. 
So every record of our death has

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been cancelled. 
This man said. 

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Dear Philip, he says that all 
the incriminating evidence has 

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been erased because our debt has
been paid in full. 

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This one, if you have not been 
to the court before, you will 

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not understand it. 
When you are accused, you are 

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tried and you are charged and 
you are sentenced, it enters 

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into the law books. 
So now your kids become the 

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Republic versus Attai and future
will study it. 

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Anyone who will go to the Ghana 
Law School will go and read how 

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Attai's case was tried, 
sentenced evidence, evidential 

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BBR sequence by sequence and 
they will list it and now they 

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will charge you as guilty for 
crime, ABCD and your sentence 

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too will be there. 
When we sin, all these things 

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were done for us but when Jesus 
went to the cross, he said that 

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I have come to pay in full and I
am expunging everything about 

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them as far as the east is from 
the West. 

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So has God removed our sins away
from us? 

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That is the beautiful thing, 
God. 

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He doesn't remember your past. 
It is gone, it is dissolved. 

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He doesn't use it in any way. 
No, caught in this world, in 

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eternal court, can they use it 
against you? 

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Because the moment they raise it
up, the work of the cross will 

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cancel it. 
That is what the cross has done 

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for us. 
So we need to cherish that cross

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because he has paid it all, He 
has paid it all, He has paid it 

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all. 
And now what is left for us is 

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victory is victory. 
Let me end next slide because my

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time is up. 
Go ahead. 

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So here the cross is a 
battleground. 

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So when you are praying, when 
the devil comes to you to remind

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you, don't argue with him man, 
don't waste your time. 

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Tell the devil that please can 
you go to the cross and engage 

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my Savior. 
He has finished it all. 

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I don't, I don't need to answer.
You point him to the cross and 

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when the devil goes there, it 
ends it all. 

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So Paul wrote that text that 
disarming them, making a 

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spectacle of them. 
He was using the victory image 

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of the Roman triumph. 
So when they come from war, they

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display their trophies in the 
streets of Rome, so that 

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everybody will see that yaquoi 
and yechenipe tobacco, ye nin 

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Ababa, we got gold, we will 
bring it. 

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We captured their king, we will 
bring it. 

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And the slaves that they got, 
they will line them up and pass 

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through the streets of Rome for 
the whole city to know that they

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have won the victory. 
In the same way, Paul is using 

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that imagery for us, that when 
Christ finished the work on the 

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cross, he made a public 
spectacle of them on the cross. 

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He disarmed those who was ruled 
over us. 

453
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:41,760
Nyamir raw upon some coward 
fanabethi disarming his power. 

454
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:47,680
That was not enough, and like 
captives of war, he put them on 

455
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display to show the world his 
victory over them by means of 

456
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the cross. 
So Jesus, when he died, he 

457
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descended into the depths and he
that was where he transitioned 

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paradise. 
Let me take you a bit into 

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escathos. 
He went into the depths and he 

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transitioned the very place of 
paradise. 

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00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:17,320
So Abraham, David and Code, they
were all waiting for Jesus to 

462
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come there. 
So when he died and he went 

463
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there, he transitioned. 
He transitioned them, He 

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transitioned them. 
Let us read efficience 4 so that

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you would know what I am talking
about. 

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Efficience 4. 
Let's start from probably 10. 

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Efficience 4 verse 10. 
Efficience 4 verse 10 He who 

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descended is the very one who 
ascended higher than all the 

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heavens in order to fill the 
whole universe. 

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Next verse please. 
So Christ himself gave apostles,

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prophets and all of those things
to equip his church blah blah 

472
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,240
blah blah blah blah blah and to 
the end the most important thing

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is the 10. 
So when he descended, he took 

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all those who are held captive 
away from Satan. 

475
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:22,400
He took the keys of the king of 
death and help from him. 

476
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:27,040
And whilst he was living that 
deepest path show well he said 

477
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:31,240
after we know Obian Imachi, 
Obian Imachi message. 

478
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:37,520
So Abraham, David and could all 
fall in Christ out of show well 

479
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:41,520
into the highest points in 
heaven. 

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00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:46,560
So by means of the cross and 
while they were living, he made 

481
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a public display. 
I was some displaying them and 

482
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:58,520
shaming them that the works of 
the devil has come to an end. 

483
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:03,880
Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 
Another thing that I want to end

484
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with you is that poor asked 
death, oh, death, where is your 

485
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,480
victory? 
Where is your victory? 

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00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:17,520
Do you know why he asked that? 
Because when Jesus died, he 

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00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:22,240
tested death on our behalf. 
He tested death for all 

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00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:25,400
humanity. 
And when he conquered death, he 

489
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,360
posed a question to death, 
death, where is your victory? 

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00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,960
And Paul says that the victory. 
Oh, let's go there and then read

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00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:40,600
first Corinthians 15. 
Oh oh oh I am trying to stop but

492
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:45,720
I need to say this for someone 
to hear and link it up. 

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First Corinthians chapter 15 and
let's try and read from verse 55

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or let's start from the the 54. 
OK, when the perishable has been

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clothed with the imperishable 
and the mortar with immortality,

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00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,760
then the saying that is written 
will come true. 

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00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,480
Death has been swallowed up in 
victory. 

498
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,480
Gone where O death is your 
victory? 

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00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:30,600
Where O death is your sting? 
Next verse The sting of death is

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sin, and the power of sin is the
law. 

501
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:39,200
Next verse. 
But thank me to God, He gives 

502
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:44,920
US1 through who? 
So death. 

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00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:49,280
Jesus settled the score of death
by testing it. 

504
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:54,840
And when he finishes that, now 
death, where is your victory and

505
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:58,120
where is your sting? 
Your sting comes from sin, sin. 

506
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:02,480
I have dealt it on the cross. 
So Death has no victory again, 

507
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:07,720
and Jesus rose back from the 
dead Death has. 

508
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:12,320
Now. 
Death has a final terminal point

509
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:16,600
that it will end. 
And if Death is celebrating some

510
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:21,520
victory over us, don't mind it. 
It will be the last enemy to be 

511
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:26,000
thrown into the Lake of Fire. 
When Death is thrown into the 

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00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:31,440
Lake of fire, we will be there 
laughing at it and it's a woman 

513
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:36,720
for Obi Kwa men through because 
a day is coming we to celebrate 

514
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:40,120
our victory over death. 
And we tell them that when our 

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00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:44,320
Shono, you are going to hell, 
you are going to burn and burn 

516
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:48,240
and burn. 
So the cross has done all these 

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00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:52,640
things for us and that is the 
message of the cross. 

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00:40:52,720 --> 00:41:00,080
In conclusion, last slide, last 
slide, last slide. 

519
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,800
So the cross is God's mouthpiece
of love. 

520
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:09,480
The cross, that is what Paul 
says, that to us who are being 

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00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:13,440
saved, it is the power of God. 
So the cross is still 

522
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:18,400
transmitting love, and it's also
the mouthpiece of forgiveness. 

523
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:24,000
The cross is the battleground of
victory, and after the victory 

524
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:30,800
over sin, over Satan, over 
death, over hell, and the cross 

525
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:35,480
is the ultimate symbol of hope 
in a messy age. 

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00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,440
Let us all be on our feet as we 
pray. 

527
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:47,000
So I cherish the old ragged 
cross to my throat. 

528
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:54,160
Alas, I lay down. 
I will cling. 

529
00:41:55,400 --> 00:42:02,040
To the old ragged cross. 
And I've. 

530
00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:08,360
Changed it something for red 
ground so. 

531
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:20,400
I cherished the old rocket. 
Grow to my trophies I lost I. 

532
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:33,800
Lay down, I will clean. 
To the old rugged road and it's 

533
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:40,240
changing something for that 
ground so. 

534
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:44,520
I cherish the old. 
Rugged Rd. 

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00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:49,600
Oh still my trophies. 
I lost. 

536
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:59,840
I lay down. 
We. 

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00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:16,000
Want to just thank God for the 
cross today? 

538
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:21,920
We want to thank God that He so 
loved us and gave us His only 

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00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,320
begotten Son to die a shameful 
death. 

540
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,320
He went through the pain. 
Thank God. 

541
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:33,280
Let us thank God for the cross. 
Let us thank Jesus that He went 

542
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:38,280
through for us. 
He did not sin, He did not 

543
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:40,920
wrong, but He was meant to be 
sin. 

544
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:47,680
Thank you, O Lord. 
Thank you, O Lord, thank you, 

545
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:55,520
thank you, thank you. 
We are so. 

546
00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:02,240
Much thank you. 
Thank you Lord, thank you, Lord 

547
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:06,000
for the cross. 
Thank you, Lord, for the cross. 

548
00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:10,040
We are most grateful unto you 
for the. 

549
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,200
Cross. 
Thank you, Lord, for the cross. 

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00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:20,880
You did not wait for us. 
Thank you for the cross. 

551
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:47,440
We celebrate you for the cross. 
Thank you, Lord. 

552
00:44:48,680 --> 00:45:02,680
Thank you, Lord, thank 
you. 

553
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:15,000
Lord. 
Your mummy. 

554
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:36,480
Die, 
die. 

555
00:45:39,560 --> 00:46:01,520
Oh, now my name Paji kuruwani SU
na ma boli STI I cha ma Sai. 

556
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:04,120
Let me give you another reason 
why we need to thank God for the

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00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:07,120
cross. 
The cross has dealt with our 

558
00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:10,720
pasts. 
It went into the very beginning 

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00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:13,440
of the fall of man and dealt 
with it. 

560
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:18,560
It has also come to deal with 
our present and it has dealt 

561
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:21,720
with our destination where we 
will go in future. 

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00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:27,440
They have all been made possible
by the kindest courtesy of Jesus

563
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:31,280
on the cross. 
So if you have any acts of 

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00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:35,640
gratitude to express this 
morning, we need to pour it out 

565
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:38,960
unto Jesus. 
We need to thank God that he 

566
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:44,840
gave his Son, that he gave his 
Son his begotten Son for us for 

567
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:48,280
redemption. 
Thank the Lord, thank the Lord, 

568
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:52,640
thank the Lord, worship Jesus, 
worship Jesus. 

569
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:58,200
Thank him, thank the Lord, bless
his name, worship him. 

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00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:01,800
I saw. 
His name? 

571
00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:37,080
We celebrate you. 
You came from heaven to earth 

572
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:45,000
to. 
Show the rain from the earth to 

573
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:55,120
the cross, my death to pain. 
From the cross to the grave, 

574
00:48:55,800 --> 00:49:03,160
from the grave to the sky. 
Lord, I live to live on heart. 

575
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:14,160
Hallelujah. 
You came from heaven to earth to

576
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:20,960
show the way. 
From the earth to the cross 

577
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:29,360
might die to pain. 
From the growth to the grave. 

578
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:42,000
From the grace to the stars. 
We are praying, we want to 

579
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:50,680
enforce all the benefits 
bequeath to us from the cross in

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00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:53,960
our lives. 
We are enforcing it. 

581
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:57,520
Through prayer, that through 
the. 

582
00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:03,520
Cross the devil has been 
disarmed, he has made he has 

583
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:07,880
been made a public show, and 
this is our triumph of. 

584
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:11,600
Our. 
God has forgiven. 

585
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:15,800
Us our sins. 
So we are going. 

586
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:22,000
You are praying and enforcing 
anything you had. 

587
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:28,240
Enforce it in your life. 
If you have no hope, pray to God

588
00:50:28,240 --> 00:50:31,680
for hope. 
If you have been betrayed, ask 

589
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:36,040
Jesus for grace. 
If you are suffering, ask for 

590
00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:40,760
grace to carry through. 
Because for the joy that was set

591
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:44,480
before him, He endured the 
cross, despising the shame 

592
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:47,760
thereof. 
So that same grace is available.

593
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:51,720
If you are a cynic, you don't 
believe anything. 

594
00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:55,960
Just look at the absurdity of 
the cross, that how could God 

595
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:59,880
die for me. 
And if you are searching, Jesus 

596
00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:03,520
is still giving out hope. 
So whatever you had from the 

597
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:08,360
sermon, we are enforcing it in 
our lives that I am forgiven. 

598
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:11,280
I am wash. 
I have been cleansed. 

599
00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:14,720
Devil back up from me. 
Lift up your voice. 

600
00:51:44,040 --> 00:52:06,640
Thank 
you. 

601
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:25,680
Thank you for the power of the 
cross. 

602
00:52:38,120 --> 00:53:25,400
None. 
Shall we please sit? 

603
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:31,560
Shall we place it? 
The triumph that Jesus, the 

604
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:35,600
triumphant possession over the 
devil. 

605
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:39,320
May God cause us to triumph in 
everyday life. 

606
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:43,960
Father, we enforce this victory 
in our lives. 

607
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:52,200
Victory over relationship with 
you, victory over sin, victory 

608
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:55,560
over death, victory over the 
devil. 

609
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:59,920
Lord, we enforce this in our 
lives that every day. 

610
00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:04,760
Oh God, may we live and walk in 
this victory in the 

611
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:06,680
consciousness of what you have 
done. 

612
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,200
You have purchased our 
redemption. 

613
00:54:09,720 --> 00:54:14,600
And therefore, Lord, by faith in
your Word, we enforce all the 

614
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:17,640
benefits of the cross in our 
lives. 

615
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,560
As far as the east is from the 
West. 

616
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:23,920
So have you taken away our 
transgressions? 

617
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:29,280
Law reinforces that we are no 
longer slaves of sin, and we 

618
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:33,400
yield the members of our bodies 
as instrument of righteousness, 

619
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:39,960
not as instruments of sin. 
Law possess us so that we can 

620
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:44,480
walk in the victory. 
Today may we walk in your stead 

621
00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:49,440
that we also triumph over every 
limitation. 

622
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:55,080
Lord, through the cross we are 
we find peace, meaning of life, 

623
00:54:55,320 --> 00:55:00,240
purpose, and hope. 
If anyone is here and is looking

624
00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:03,640
for these things, may we have an
encounter with You. 

625
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:09,280
Are the feet of the cross. 
Oh are the cross, Oh are the 

626
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:13,120
cross. 
We have come, oh, we have come 

627
00:55:13,720 --> 00:55:18,240
by the faith we are clinging 
unto you, that through the 

628
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:25,800
cross, Lord, settle every doubt,
every chaos, every messy life. 

629
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:30,920
If somebody's life is in a mess 
right now, may the cross that 

630
00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:35,800
brings order bring order right 
now in our lives. 

631
00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:41,080
It brings order because the old 
self has been crucified with 

632
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:44,400
Christ. 
Lord, if perhaps our old self is

633
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:47,720
still reigning, we submit them 
unto you. 

634
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:51,880
Nail them to the cross. 
Nail them to the cross. 

635
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:54,920
We thank you that you share that
it is finished. 

636
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:57,800
You finished paying for 
everything. 

637
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:00,600
And so, Lord, we walk in this 
grace. 

638
00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:06,320
Lord, bestow grace upon us. 
That same grace that enable you 

639
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:11,760
to despise the shame and for the
joy that was set before you. 

640
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:16,680
May we always continually look 
and focus on you, looking on to 

641
00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:19,760
Jesus the author and the 
finisher of our faith, who for 

642
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:24,440
the joy that was set before him 
endured the cross, despise and 

643
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:26,320
the shame. 
Jesus will look to you. 

644
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:30,160
You are example. 
So help us and bestow the same 

645
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:34,240
grace so that if anyone is going
through a very tough time as we 

646
00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:38,520
look to you, help us to endure 
and to finish in victory. 

647
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:42,480
We thank you, O Lord, as we come
to dine with you. 

648
00:56:43,240 --> 00:56:47,160
We are celebrating your 
goodness, we are thanking you 

649
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:50,520
for your finished work on the 
cross, We are thanking you for 

650
00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:53,400
your vicarious death, that you 
died for us. 

651
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:57,800
We should have died, but you 
stood in and you died for us. 

652
00:56:58,240 --> 00:57:03,560
Thank you Lord, thank you our 
God for what you have done for 

653
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:06,440
us. 
As we dine with you, give us 

654
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:12,720
more understanding, give us more
insights in Jesus name, Amen. 

655
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:19,480
Amen. 
We want to dine with the Lord, 

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00:57:19,560 --> 00:57:20,360
as I read from.