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THE POWER OF THE CROSS
for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.’ He redeemed us
in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles
through Christ Jesus.” This speaks of complete deliverance. Every work of
satan and any legal ground he has ever had in your life can be destroyed
and cancelled by the power of the cross. Jesus became cursed so that you
can be free from satan’s works completely. Have you ever noticed a weak­
ness in a family line? For example, have you ever seen a tendency toward
drinking in a family that had an abusive alcoholic father? You would think the
children would hate what they grew up in so much, they would never touch
alcohol! What about strife, divorce, and family alienation? Some families
seem to continually be in strife. Have you ever seen a weakness in a family
connected to anger, sexual perversions, dishonesty, or racism? How does
this cycle continue? In the Bible sin means missing the mark. It would be like
shooting a gun at a target and missing. A transgression means rebellion. It is
altogether different. In the garden of Eden Eve was deceived and sinned, but
Adam knew what he was doing and transgressed (rebelled). Adams trans­
gression was much more evil. Iniquity in the Bible means “bent, crooked, or
perverted.” Iniquity is something that is passed down a bloodline. We hear
the saying, “like father, like son” all the time. This speaks of iniquity. Iniquity
is a weakness within someone that was passed to them down the family line.
Jesus was bruised for iniquity as we see in Isaiah 53. A bruise is a bleeding
on the inside. Jesus even paid for that iniquity that is within us from our fam­
ily! Friend, all we could ever need is found in the cross.
Where’s the power?
When we get back to preaching the cross, we will regain the power that has
been lost. The truly wise will keep the message of the cross and winning
souls the focus. Many in these end times are being deceived into other fo­
cuses. The focus is Jesus, the cross, the blood, and souls coming into the
kingdom. I believe in prosperity, deliverance, healing, and other side issues,
but my focus is on Jesus. The truly wise will stay on this path of life and
power. Our personal relationship with Jesus has got to stay center. Even
revival can be an idol. Are we worshipping the Lord, or what he is doing? I
have seen people make worship, revival, or church ministry an idol in their
lives. We have got to come back to the truth. Some have put too much focus
on the Bible and not on the Lord. For example, we need sound doctrine, but
what if a husband wrote his wife a book but never saw her again! What kind
of relationship would they have? We need to know the Lord of the book, not
just the book of the Lord. It is time to make Jesus the focus again. I want to
be closer to him today than yesterday, and I want to be more like him today
than yesterday. He is everything to me.
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