The Significance of the Cross

[0:00] Hallelujah. We thank God you've tuned into this message by David Entry at Caris Church. No hand can help you with the fulfillment of your destiny but the Word of God.

[0:10] May God's hand align you further into your destiny through this Word. Galatians chapter 6 verse 14 Shall we have New King James on the screen?

[0:36] And shall we all read it out from the screen? Out loud. Let's go. One more time.

[0:50] But God forbid that I should boast except that the voice of our Lord Jesus Christ. I do the Lord that He should aspire to me and I should boast. Hallelujah.

[1:00] Amen. He said, God forbid that I should boast except. So in other words, if there's something I'm going to boast in, God forbid I should boast in my background, my education, my achievements, my importance.

[1:17] Anything that normal person boasts in, He said, I can't be boasting in those things. If I should boast, I'm not supposed to boast in them because there's nothing natural that holds eternal value.

[1:30] So there's nothing natural that is permanent. Why should I boast in something that is pasting? But He said, if I should boast, then I will boast in the cross.

[1:43] Right? Right? God forbid that I should boast except in the cross. And He personalizes the cross because in those days, many people died on different crosses.

[1:56] He said, this cross I will boast in is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's the cross that made Him our Lord Jesus Christ.

[2:10] So our Lord Jesus Christ became our Lord Jesus Christ legitimately because of His cross. So Galatians chapter 1 verse 4, He said, Who gave Himself up for us?

[2:26] Talking about Jesus. Galatians 1 verse 4, who gave Himself for our sins. How did He do it? On the cross, He gave Himself.

[2:39] He sacrificed His life for our sins. And the only place He did that was on the cross. So Jesus Christ's work on earth was manifested and fulfilled on the cross.

[3:00] Now, when He was being crucified, so when you read the book, the gospel according to Matthew or Mark or Luke or John, you will see a fair, healthy representation of the cross there.

[3:24] In what way? The activity that happened when Jesus was being crucified, so somebody acted a movie. When I was a child, we used to watch Jesus' movies. You know, that has been acted.

[3:37] They are different Bible stories, movies. But Jesus, when He was being crucified, you know, now when you look at some of those, you can tell they didn't act them well. They were not well acted, properly acted.

[3:50] But we used to watch them, and He gave us an idea of what happened on the cross. And then when Mel Gibson's movie, Passion of the Christ, came, many people who went to watch it wept.

[4:03] They were crying. They were crying. You know, I think I recently, it was the Easter I preached about, don't have sympathy. He's not looking for your sympathy.

[4:14] Because the cross is necessary. So don't feel sorry for Him for the cross. So, anytime you feel sorry for Jesus for the cross, that is why the religious people in Christianity, who make a whole scene of sorrow around the cross, actually have missed the purpose of the cross.

[4:33] The cross is a place of triumph. It's not a place of sorrow for the believer. That's why, at the cross, where I first made love, there's a song like that.

[4:46] At the cross, at the cross, where I first made love, something, that's where Jesus died to save me. All of us came through the cross. So, when you watch that movie, people were crying and all that.

[4:58] But you can understand why people would cry. Until I began to understand a lot more. And I realized that really, it really was not capturing.

[5:09] It was capturing the human side of the gospel, or so, of the cross, that engenders sympathy. How can you watch that movie and say, I'll boast in the cross?

[5:25] The cross is not a matter of sorrow. It's a matter of triumph for the Christian. That's why we triumph. It's just on the cross that Jesus made a public show, triumphing over the devil in the cross.

[5:41] In the cross, Colossians. He said, chapter 2, he said, he triumphed over, he made a public spectacle over principalities and powers, triumphing over them in the cross.

[5:55] Hallelujah. So, he says that, having disarmed principalities, that's from verse 14, for having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that were against us, which was contrary to us, and having taken it of the way, he, having nailed it to the cross, having disarmed principalities and powers, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.

[6:28] In the cross. Triumphing over them in the cross. First Corinthians, chapter 2, verse 2. He said, I was interested, when I come to your church, I'm not interested in your music, it's then the music.

[6:41] Even the music, if I can hear the cross inside, I like it. He said, that's already allowed, let's go. For I am striving not to know anything amongst you. Except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

[6:54] One more time, louder. For I am striving not to know anything amongst you. Except Jesus Christ. He said, that's what matters. I want to know Jesus Christ.

[7:05] The focus of your worship and your behavior, your meetings, should be built around Jesus Christ and Him crucified. So he says that, for no other foundation can anyone lay, except that which is, verse 11 of yesterday's reading.

[7:21] Ah, except that which is already laid, which is Jesus. Hallelujah. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus.

[7:32] Jesus is the foundation. And to examine Jesus as foundation, it is starting from the cross. The cross. There are things that one of the major assignments of a good pastor is to rescue some ways.

[7:53] Rescue some ways. A good pastor has to protect some ways. Preserve some ways. We have to preserve certain ways in the church.

[8:05] So we don't only care for people. We also care for the ways. Yeah, we have to care for the ways. Some ways like forgiveness. It's church.

[8:17] These are Christian ways. Some ways like sacrifice. Some words like fellowship. Some words like service.

[8:29] They need to be guarded in the church. Else it can be hijacked. Or it can be missing. Some words are getting lost in the church. Words like the cross.

[8:40] Hell must be rescued back in the church. Words like hell. Oh yes. Some of you, hell must care you to Jesus. Fear of hell is a healthy fear.

[8:54] Oh yes. Some words are necessary. How can you be a strong Christian without being familiar with justification? And it's so common in our charismatic churches nowadays.

[9:10] Many pastors, some of the people you know as church leaders and pastors, ask them about justification. And they'll say what? Please. All those jargons.

[9:21] Hey. So now why am I sharing these things? Because God has given us assignment. And you can't see revival in the absence of some words.

[9:36] These words must be the key words in our daily operations. Worse in our vocabulary. Yes. They must be the key words in our vocabulary or in our spiritual lexicon.

[9:54] Some of the words must be rescued back. Some of the words must, they are lost. They are lost in the church. There are people, some of you used to be in church already.

[10:06] Before you found charis. And you never knew some words. In fact, you thought, oh, these are just. Never. They're foreign. But meanwhile, these are heavy. You're lost.

[10:16] Bible. In fact, they capture the meaning of Christianity. How can you be a Christian and you only wear the cross? But the cross, you know, is the story of the cross. But you don't know the meaning of the cross.

[10:29] There is a meaning. So when you read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, you will not really find the meaning. It was Paul. So when they were crying, when Jesus was being crucified and the disciples were feeling sorry for him and all that.

[10:43] They didn't know the meaning of what was going on. So we read two days ago that if the princes of this world, verse 8 and 9, chapter 2, had known, they wouldn't have crucified.

[10:59] Because they didn't know that the problem of the devil was going to be their crucifixion. Yes. Yes. Said, which none of the priests of this world knew.

[11:10] For had they known, if they would have not crucified the Lord, they would have aborted the crucifixion. They don't know. Is it not sad that you can also be in church and not know?

[11:23] When I was reading chapter 2, it says that there are things the world don't know. Said, which things God reveals to us by his spirit.

[11:38] Reveals by his spirit. Said, there are things the world don't know these things. The world does not know some things. So they see our gathering, they think, oh, it's just a few bunch of people.

[11:51] They are just having. No. No. This is a move of heaven on earth. Listen, until the message of the cross captures your heart, you are either not a Christian or you are a very weak Christian.

[12:06] Very weak Christian. The message of the cross must always do something to you. Must always do something. It's like you love it so much because you know what it means to you.

[12:17] It never feels okay with you. Every time it feels fresh. Because the power of the cross is eternally fresh. Please sit down.

[12:31] It's a good place to shout a living hallelujah. It's a worse, worse like repentance. And so we started pushing and talking about repentance.

[12:43] In 1 Corinthians chapter 1, it says that, verse 18. They preach. Why is it foolishness? Why is it foolishness?

[12:53] Because the cross is a sign of weakness. You are preaching a crucified conqueror. You are preaching a murdered Messiah.

[13:06] Oh, please. It is not something. That's why it says that it's foolishness. It's foolishness. Who will accept this? Who will even accept this?

[13:19] It said, if our message is hid to those who are perishing. 2 Corinthians chapter 4, verse 3. If our message is hid. And I saw something when I was reading recently.

[13:32] It said, these things God has. That we speak. That will be chapter 2. Chapter 7. How be it? We speak the wisdom of God. It said, how be it?

[13:42] We speak the wisdom of God in the mystery. Even the what? The what? The what? It is hidden. You can go to school and never find it. Chat GPT doesn't know about it.

[13:57] Google search. You won't find it. It's hidden. There's only one search that can find it. Yes. Oh. He said, he searched all the things of the.

[14:09] Even the, yeah. The deep things. Verse 10. Verse 10. He said, verse 10. 1 Corinthians chapter 2, verse 10, please. But God has revealed these things to us by his spirit.

[14:24] It's the spirit that does the search. He said, for the spirit. Oh. It's the ghost search engine. Ghost search engine. Ghost search engine. It's the Holy Spirit.

[14:37] This is deeper than chat GPT. This is not AI. AI. It's R-I.

[14:54] Real intelligence. That's the real one. That's the real one. The other one is artificial. Oh, come on. I feel like preaching. That's the real intelligence. It's the searches that the Holy Spirit.

[15:07] And he says that the Holy Spirit is able to search even the deep. Yeah. The deep things of God. Oh. Which things we speak. With words.

[15:17] Not words that human wisdom teach. That's why we have to rescue the words. Oh. I feel like. You know. He said these things we speak. All right. Let's go to the verse. Verse 10. Where it says that.

[15:28] Which things we speak. Is it here? Which things we also speak. Not with words. Which man's. See. So. When we begin to do church.

[15:40] Christianity with man's wisdom. We will begin to eclipse the cross. That's why your evangelism. The cross.

[15:51] Message of the cross is muted in your evangelism. It's not evangelism. It's not evangelism. The only thing that serves is the cross. And you are going to save people.

[16:02] And you have put the cross behind. In your boots. The cross should be in the driver's seat. And don't join the cross. Leave the cross alone. At the front seat.

[16:15] Don't be a co-pilot. The cross must pilot it. Which words we speak. There are some words that must be rescued. There are words that God's search engine give us.

[16:32] Is that what Lenny's have been? Please sit down. Hallelujah. Yeah. This is R-I. Yeah.

[16:43] Real intelligence. That's what makes us Christians. That's why we are. Listen. A Christian is not someone who is coming to. Your worship is not quality.

[16:53] If you are worshiping. So God will give you something. Then you are the object of the worship. The reason for the worship is you. It's not God. God doesn't want.

[17:04] He wants. I hear somebody puts it this way. He said. True worship is royal waste of time. It's royal waste of time.

[17:15] Because there is nothing in it for you. It's all just him. Look at the body. It's the royal. It's for the royalty. So you are just. That's why some people can't sacrifice. Because they always ask.

[17:27] What's the need for me? There are some. Places. When you are preaching. You have to tie. Whatever they do for God. To. If it's actual benefit. They are seen on earth. That's what of the African revival.

[17:42] You have to tie. So. You are going for evangelism. Because. Through that you will meet your husband. That's why you will go. It might not be.

[17:54] Bad in itself. But I think. It leaves a lot of room. To be desired. So. He says that.

[18:04] Verse 18 again. First Corinthians. Chapter 2. Chapter 1. Verse 18. He says that. For the preaching of the cross. For the preaching. For the preaching. Of the. What do we preach?

[18:17] What do we preach? The cross. It's the same as. We preach Christ crucified. We preach. The preaching. That's the preaching. Of the cross. That's the preaching.

[18:29] Of the cross. Somebody say. The preaching of the cross. How can you preach the cross. And people will know. About the meaning of the cross. The cross.

[18:39] I'll just. End by giving you. Just. The. The significance of the cross. The cross is not for you. Just for God. So.

[18:51] He says that. But unto us. Which are saved. The preaching of the cross. It is the power of God. The preaching. Sir. The power is the preaching.

[19:03] Amen. It's the power of God. It's the Jews require. A sign. Greeks.

[19:15] Wisdom. But. We preach Christ. Verse 23. But. We preach Christ. Christ. Christ. That is the cross. Preaching of the cross.

[19:25] We preach. Christ. What do we preach? Christ. Christ. I was reading. First Corinthians chapter one. Without the aid of any material. Or anything. I noticed something.

[19:36] Very interestingly. A few days ago. The first ten verses. Is only the verse five. That it didn't mention. Christ. Or Christ Jesus. Every verse. Christ.

[19:46] Christ Jesus. Our Lord Christ. First ten verses. Even the verse five. Makes reference to him. But. How surprised. It is everything.

[19:57] It's Christ. Every verse. Christ. Every. Every verse. Is mentioning Christ. Or Christ Jesus. Our Lord Jesus. Our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ. From verse one. And he was driving it towards the cross.

[20:12] We are Christians because of the cross. In what way? What's the meaning of the cross then? In what way does the cross? Because. Galatians chapter five verse eleven.

[20:23] It says that I'm not preaching circumcision or the law. That's why I'm in trouble. Because if I have. It says that. I brethren. If I. If I yet preach circumcision.

[20:34] Why do I yet suffer persecution? I'm not preaching. Then is the offense. Then is the offense of the cross ceased. Because if you stop preaching the cross.

[20:45] People will not be offended. But because he's preaching the cross. Now he's been persecuted. True preaching exposes you to persecution. On Sunday I'll be talking about how.

[20:56] Every time there is preaching. There will be division. And then there will be opposition. When they go preach pure gospel. There will always be. The people will be divided. Some will receive.

[21:07] Some will not receive. Because it is foolishness to those. Who are perishing. The preaching. It says. So. Verse twenty three.

[21:18] First Corinthians chapter one. Verse twenty three. It says that. But we preach Christ crucified. Unto the Jews. Say. Say. Say. Say. Say. If God wants to save some people.

[21:30] Why must he preach a message. That will be a stumbling block to them. Wow. To the Jews. It's a stumbling block. To the Greeks. This is. This is complete bonkers.

[21:42] Bonkers. I'm too smart for you to determine this crap. And sometimes. I don't know how many of you. Have tried to preach to somebody before. And they make you look like. That's so stupid. Look at the nonsense you are saying.

[21:54] You tell me this is bonkers. Through human research. Bible says. Verse twenty one. It please God. God says. I like it like that.

[22:05] God did something very true. He said. Since. In the. In God's wisdom. He has plan. His wisdom. His wise plan is that. His wise plan is that. Human beings. Through research.

[22:15] Will never find him. The hidden wisdom of God. Through research. So. It please God. That. Through. It please God. In the wisdom of God. It please God. That.

[22:26] The world. Through wisdom. Did not know God. Through research. Through human research. Human. Intellectualism. He said. You won't find God. That way. Doesn't mean.

[22:37] Wisdom is wrong. No. It's not wrong. Human wisdom. Cannot find God. That's what he's trying to say. He says. For since. In the wisdom of God. That's God's system of.

[22:48] Operation. The world. Through wisdom. Did not know God. It please God. Through the. He said. You want me. No. You want to know me. Let me show you. So that no one. Can boost.

[22:59] The cross. Is offensive. Of the cross. Is a sign of weakness. I want everybody. To come humble. Yeah. So he said. Through the foolishness. Of the message.

[23:09] Preached. To save those. Who believe. The message. Preached. And the message. Is about. Christ. Crucified. Is somebody. Getting. Yeah.

[23:21] Christianity. That's where it starts. That through. The preaching. Of the message. Of the cross. Now. Quickly. Let me just say. This in short. Shortly.

[23:32] So when you look at. Matthew. Mark. Luke. And John. And you see. What happened there. Is the truth. But you won't understand it. Once you go into the epistles. And it begins to unfold it.

[23:42] And tell you. That when Christ was dying on the cross. He was dying for us. So he said. He gave himself for our sins. But why would you do that? In God's legal system.

[23:53] He has put in place. How. He. Another person. Can die for somebody else. So it was mimicked. In the old testament. By the death of the bulls.

[24:05] And the goats. So God could accept it. But there was a little problem. No a little. A big problem. With the blood. Of bulls and goats. Because you can't use. Your copper.

[24:16] To exchange. For my goat. For 24 carat goat. No. You cannot. Go and buy. A shoe from Primark.

[24:28] And he says. The same. As. The shoe from. What? June. Is it June? Yes. And so I should take it like that. No. I will take it like that.

[24:39] I will take it like. You can't go and buy. A suit. From. Where? Temu. And then. Somebody's suit from Moss Bro. Is it Moss?

[24:50] Moss Bro is the same. Just swap. No. It's not the same. It's not the same. So. Pastor Frank.

[25:02] Is driving. His Bentley. And. And he says. He should leave it with you. And then later. You should go and sell. You go and sell it. I'll buy. I'll buy a better one for you.

[25:13] Then you bring him. Fiat. And he says. It's the same car. Punto fiat. It's the same. So you see.

[25:24] The blood. Of bulls and goats. Cannot take care of the human problem. So. But. Let's. Watch this. The principle. Of. Substitutionary.

[25:37] Atonement. Was strongly enshrined. In the law. Just that. There was nothing. Qualified. To substitute. For human death. So.

[25:48] We needed. Another human life. But. Even the other human life. Must be different. From Adam's. It must be. A sinless.

[25:59] Human life. First Peter. Chapter 1. Verse. 18 and 19. Without sports. And without blemish. But. All. The problem is. All have sinned.

[26:10] And have fallen short. So. Everybody. Is dead. On arrival. Everybody. Is tainted. Is stained. Every human being's blood. Is stained. So we needed. A blood that is.

[26:21] Stainless. A stainless. Blood. A stainless blood. So. It's a spotless blood. Stainless blood.

[26:32] But what's the point. Of. The blood being stainless. And not being used. Because. The. Stainless. Spoons. That are not used. Is not a spoon.

[26:43] Worth having. Stainless blood. Of Jesus. Must be. Applied. That is why. When. He said. I'm going to die. On the cross.

[26:53] And Peter said. You can't go. And I said. Get behind me. Satan. He said. To this. End. Have I been born. That's why he came. He gave himself.

[27:03] For God. So loved the world. That he gave. His only begotten. Now. Let me end. With Romans chapter 3. That's the way. Where I'm going. Romans chapter 3. The verse 25. Pastor. It's so strong.

[27:16] These words. Must be rescued. In the church. They are. They are lost. These are not theological words. They are biblical words.

[27:26] The Holy Ghost gives. God sets forth. As a propitiation. Propitiation. Is when. You have.

[27:38] Somebody has. Run into your car. You pack your car. Run into your car. He says. Very wealthy person. You've packed your. Peugeot.

[27:50] He's running to it. He said. Don't worry. I'm going to. Tomorrow. Come to my office. I'm going to give you a brand new. Lexus. Yes. Doesn't matter.

[28:01] In fact. You. You know. You were very upset. But as soon as you see that kind of compensation. You are happy. It happened. You are wondering. How can this thing happen again? You get it? Yes.

[28:12] So. Propitiation. Is to appease. Anger. Somebody is so angry with you. Angry with you. Angry with you.

[28:23] And. You pay. The other. English word is. To. Placate. To appease. Do something for the person to. Now the anger.

[28:35] Okay. Okay. From Genesis. To Jesus showed up. The anger of God. Why?

[28:46] Because he's so righteous. The human sin that Adam did. So we're all born into it. And then when we come. We come and contribute more. So. We were aggravating and activating the anger of God.

[29:02] Then Christ came. Isaiah chapter 53 verse 11. Christ came. And died on the cross. And God saw the travail of his soul. He said.

[29:13] And he shall see the travail of his soul. And he shall be satisfied. Wow. By the knowledge. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many.

[29:24] For he shall bear the iniquity. God saw the travail of his soul. And his anger. Against sin. His righteousness was appeased.

[29:36] So in Romans chapter 3 verse 25. It says that. It says that. Who God. Talking about Jesus.

[29:47] Whom God set forth. To be a propitiation through faith. You see where the cross comes in. In his blood. The blood needed to be shed. It was God himself who was working.

[30:00] Because God was to show you how he sees sin. God was so angry with sin. The only time he was able to vent all his anger.

[30:12] Somebody asked a question. When we sin against God. The punishment for our sin is hell. How long would that be? Eternal. Eternal. So then if a punishment for sin is eternal punishment.

[30:27] How can somebody being on the cross for a few hours. Be able to absorb eternal punishment. That's not just. That's. That's not right. You know. Like for like. That's not like for like.

[30:37] The answer is. This is not an ordinary man. He's an eternal person. He's an eternal person. So his work on the cross. Has eternal value.

[30:48] Eternal impact. Eternal significance. Shout hallelujah. He's an eternal person. That is why. His blood could absorb.

[30:59] He could absorb. The sins of Abraham. To his time. And from his time. To the end of the. He absorbed all the sins. And still there is more room.

[31:10] That's why. To the end of the day. To the end of the day. To the end of the day. That's why we preach that. So when you saw him on the cross. He was. God was working.

[31:21] Christ was working. God was busily. Venting all his anger. To the extent that. When you come into Christ. There is no anger of God against you.

[31:33] He doesn't have it. He doesn't have it. He was able to. That's where. His anger. And his. Pleasure met. Because he saw the travel of his soul.

[31:46] And God. Good. He was happy. His justice has been made. That's where. The wrath of God.

[31:57] Met the love of God. It was for God. Look at it. It says that. He shall see. No. It says that. Who God set forth. As a propitiation.

[32:08] By his blood. Through faith. To. For God. This is. Who is doing the demonstration? God. To demonstrate. God's righteousness. Because. In his forbearance. God had passed over.

[32:20] The sins. That were previously committed. To the extent that people were. Is God righteous at all. Can't you punish sin? And God was looking like weak. Because he wasn't dealing with sin. And there was a question mark.

[32:30] On the integrity of God. And the character of God. And he said. God said. I'm righteous. I will demonstrate my righteousness. He forgave those who were sinning. In advance. He was forgiving them.

[32:41] He was on credit. Sorry. He was forgiving them on credit. Waiting for the day. Where all the sins. Which have been. Have been piled on the side. Will be. Oh. And then you see that.

[32:52] God is righteous. He punished Jesus. To demonstrate how righteous he is. To show how. He is. That. To demonstrate at this present time.

[33:02] His righteousness. That. That's the message. That. The core message. The greatest message in the Bible. Is that. That God might be just.

[33:14] And the justifier. How? Do you know what it means to justify? It means that. God said. You are innocent.

[33:24] That's a problem. That's a problem. Do you know the problem about that? Because you know you are not innocent. Everybody knows you are not innocent.

[33:36] And God. A righteous judge. Sits on his seat of judgment. And he pronounces. A guilty person. Innocent. How? How? How can he do that and still be just?

[33:48] He said. Jesus Christ. So that he will be just. God will be just. At the same time. The justifier. The justifier. Of the one. Who has faith.

[33:59] In Jesus. Shout hallelujah. This.

[34:12] This is too sweet. Too sweet. God was able. Come on please. God was able to look at. A guilty sinner. And he said.

[34:24] You. Are righteous. And God. Still. Be just. On what grounds. Is he going to do that? On the grounds. When.

[34:34] The sins. Have been fully. Paid for. In the. Teterlestai. It is. Finished. He paid it in full.

[34:46] On the cross. And so. There is no. Charge. Against the one. Who puts his faith. Two things. Being. Justification does. It doesn't just. Take care of your sins.

[34:59] That's the sweet. Part of it. It doesn't take. Just take care of your sins. Because justification. Is not just. You being declared. Innocent.

[35:11] Justification. Is you being declared. Righteous. When you haven't done. Righteousness. So he takes. The righteousness. Of Christ.

[35:22] And imputes it. Into your account. And he takes. Your negative. Red account. And credits it. And pushes it on. Shout hallelujah.

[35:34] Because. If your sins. Are just forgiven. It's not enough. If you are owing. Seven months reign. And you don't have a job.

[35:46] And I paid for you. It means move out. But you can move out. Free now. But. You can't pay the next one.

[35:57] See that's the problem. But God. Just paid the debt. And then now. Bought the house. Kadabashakataya. Hallelujah.

[36:10] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. This is what is called. Good news. The preaching. Of the cross. The preaching. Of the cross.

[36:24] So when a Christian. Is talking about the cross. We know. What we are talking about. And I rest my case. Put. Put your hands. Together for the Lord.

[36:37] Oh come on. Give Jesus praise. For the cross. Give Jesus praise. For the cross. Some people.

[36:49] Don't have sin. That's why it doesn't mean anything to you. But to him. Who much is. Forgiving. When you know.

[37:01] Where you are coming from. And Romans. Before he went. Pastor. Before he went there. He says that. For all have sinned. Sinned. All. All. All. All. All.

[37:11] All have sinned. And fallen short of the glory of God. But God said. I'm going to do something. He said. Sinner. Just sit quiet. Don't do anything.

[37:21] I'll fix it. He fixed everything. And he said. If you accept it. It's yours. Yes. But first of all.

[37:31] You must admit. You must admit. That you are a guilty sinner. So. The good news. Won't be good news. Until you know. The bad news first.

[37:43] You are a sinner. That's why. If we. Allow. The word. As sinner. To be missing. In the church. We will have proud people. On our pulpit.

[37:54] People who don't value anything. They don't even value God. Because what is it? If God. Just give me a husband. Give me a wife. Give me a baby. Miracle will be a baby. If you don't give me. I'm upset with you.

[38:05] You see. You see. You see. It's because of those missing words. That's why you talk the way you are talking. You have the audacity to say. I'm even leaving church. It's the missing words.

[38:16] That I've gotten you missing. Some words are lost. That's why you are getting lost. Yeah. We need those words back. Humility. Humility. These are words that are normal in the church.

[38:29] Carnality. No one wants to be. No one wants to be carnal. When you are talking to a sister. And you feel some way about her. You make sure. You don't let that feeling. You suppress it. Because you don't want to be carnal.

[38:40] You don't even allow the thoughts to develop. As you go home. You don't let it. Because you don't want to be carnal. No. It's all missing. All these words have been thrown out of the church.

[38:51] Carnality. Most people don't know carnal. When you don't. The last thing you want is your Christian mother to tell you that. This is flesh. This is flesh. Oh no.

[39:02] No. No. No. It's a big insult to you. This is flesh. But when all these words are missing. People don't realize. How Satan is taking control. Satan has hijacked some of the words.

[39:13] He has hijacked it from the church. And you've seen it in a different way. So to desensitize the impact. Godly impact of those words. We can't see revival.

[39:26] Until the agents of revival. Restore these words. And we know the meaning of these words. Not for argument. Not for confrontation. But it is the bedrock of our life.

[39:38] In Christ. We know it. We know it. And we talk about this. And these words are part of our language. This is part of our lexicon. Lift up your hands.

[39:52] Just thanking for the cross. That you. You. A sinner. A sinner like you and I. Will be standing in church. We love you Lord.

[40:04] Amen. Amen. Thank you for listening to this message. By David Entry. We pray you have been strengthened. And enlightened. You can connect with David Entry. On all relevant social media platforms.

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