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1. He Was Nailed to the Cross for Me (2:51)
2. Take Up the Cross (26:13)
3. Near the Cross, verse 1 (1:35)
4. But This One Thing I Know (3:11)
5. Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone? excerpt (1:08)
Selected Verses:
Matthew 27:34-39. They gave him vinegar to drink mingled
with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35And
they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them,
and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36And sitting down they
watched him there; 37And set up over his head his accusation
written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38Then were there two
thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. 39And
they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads.
Revelation 1:7. Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every
eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the
earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
I Corinthians 2:4-5. And my speech and my preaching was not
with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of
power: 5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but
in the power of God. Opening:
“They gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and
when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink. And they crucified Him, and
parted His garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet, ‘They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture did
they cast lots.’ And sitting down they watched Him there, and set over Him His
accusation written, ‘This Is Jesus, The King Of The Jews.’ Then were there two
thieves crucified with Him, one on the right hand, and the other on the
left.” And they sat down and watched Him there.
The whole world is watching Him. The whole world has been
watching Him now for almost 2000 years. We had an advertisement with our tent
meeting, or rather one tent meeting in Hamburg that said, “[…]” The whole
world has to take notice of this one great testimony when Jesus—crowned with
thorns, spat upon, with bleeding, lacerated members of His body—stood before
Pilate and said, “To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the
world. I had a message, a powerful message, a message that
humanity will not receive any other way. I’ve come to testify to the
truth.” And what a truth it was, that “All flesh is
grass,” that “All have sinned and come short of the glory of
God,” and that “Without the shedding of blood, there is no
remission.” What a testimony Jesus Christ brought before
Pontius Pilate, and thus to us! And they all watched Him.
… Selected Quotes:
“They shall howl because of
Him.” There will be reason to howl because out of His mouth
they’ll receive their sentence: “Depart from Me, ye cursed into everlasting
fire prepared unto the devil and his angels.” And who are
they? Why, the foolish virgins that didn’t bother to take
oil in their vessels. Beloved, you cannot live a holy life without the
fullness of the Holy Ghost, and you cannot live a holy life by having only the
baptism according to Acts 2:4. When the Bible says, “They took
oil in their vessels,” it means these bodies of ours. God has
purchased these bodies with a great price.
And when Jesus came and cleansed the Temple, as we heard
last Sunday, the high priests, the religious people, the theologians came
around, and they said, “Who gave You this authority? Who in
the world gave You the right to come into our temple, and to
spoil this fine service? We just had a wonderful revival. My, the people were
shouting, and they were having a great time. And now You come in and You
overthrow the tables of the moneychangers, and You take a
whip, and all these animals that were to be sacrificed to Jehovah…
What a blasphemer! What right have You got to do that?”
He says, “Break this Temple and in three days I’ll build
it. Oh, I’ve got a right because this body is going to be a
sacrifice for the temple of Jehovah.” The only temple that God is creating is
the holy temple made up of “living stones,” glory to God!
And you and I are called to be members of that body, and
living stones in that temple which God is building.
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“He that denieth Me before men in this wicked and adulterous generation…” Beloved, men
are doing that right and left—Pentecostal people are doing that right and
left. They’re doing just as they please with their bodies. But Jesus Christ
died on the cross to redeem this body, to make it a temple of the Living God—that’s
what the cross means, that’s what daily cross-bearing means. And as we
heard a while ago, you won’t get away with it without suffering—like Jesus
suffered: “That I might know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the
fellowship of His sufferings, that I might be made conformable unto his
death.” Oh, wonder of the cross! “I determined not to
know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.”
“You’re carnal,” He said. “Arise
unto righteousness and sin not.” “That your faith
should not stand in the wisdom of men, but that you might
experience the power of His resurrection.” Beloved, my
God gave His Son to save us from sin, not to fill Pentecostal assemblies with a
lot of hypocrites that live like the world, that defile their bodies and their
soul, that hate one another, and gossip against one another. Beloved, that’s not
Christianity.
…
I have no business to be a debtor to
the flesh. Do you have a temper? You have no business to exercise that
temper, because it was imputed to Jesus Christ, and He took it away, and He
bore the penalty of it, and He has purchased for you love that “suffereth
long and is kind.” And if you say the word, Jesus Christ
will take the place of that old devil that has ruled in your heart.
…
“Rejoice evermore.” “He that hath My commandments…” Dear Lord, I don’t
care about Your commands. Oh, yes, of course, in large issues—yes, I’ll
obey You.
…
I want to be on the side of those to
whom He says, “Come, ye righteous. Come, ye beloved of My Father, inherit
the kingdom.” Oh, beloved, the cross gives me the
Kingdom! “That your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the
power of God.” That’s where my faith must be: in a
Christ who doesn’t only live, but who lives within me, glory to God, a
Christ who is abundantly able “to save the uttermost.”
Beloved, that’s the kind of a Christ God has provided for us. And the
cross—the cross of Jesus Christ—is a rent veil, is the open way—a “new and a
living way.” And because God raised Him from the dead, I’ve
got a living Son of God to follow, a living Champion to fight with. I’ve got a
Leader, glory to God! who is leading me to glory and guiding me, and directing
me day by day, and making my path shine “more bright day by day, until the
perfect day.”
Oh, what a call: “that your faith should not stand in the
wisdom of men, but in the power of God”! And it cannot
be unless I understand through the Holy Ghost this secret of the cross: it
crucifies me—my flesh, my lusts that have so far
enslaved me. Thank God, they have lost their power! He has “abolished
death.”
… Illustrations:
An illustration of the multitudes waiting for the
Judgment. (from 4:05) An example of lack of the fear of God. “I’ve heard God
speak to people so that they were trembling with conviction, and then
they went out and did exactly the opposite of what they were told.” (from 10:05) The example of a group of Catholics who worship in
silence, waiting for Easter morning. “Some of those students have said, ‘And
when Easter morning comes, we tremble within ourselves by the presence and
power of God.’ Beloved, we don’t believe Jesus because we don’t bear the
cross. We don’t say no to the flesh.” (from 12:46) Even a conservative hairstyle can become fuel for
self-righteousness. (from 15:22) A “vision” of bratwurst brought on by fasting. (from 19:48) German at 1:04:
An Jesus, dem Gekreuzigten, kommt kein Mensch vorbei. — No
one can get past Jesus, the crucified. German at 5:28:
Revelation 1:7. …und werden heulen alle
Geschlechter auf der Erde… — and all (genders) on the earth shall howl. German at 15:00:
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