Easter Service - The Power of the Cross - Pastor Brad DeLong

Before I forget to say it, my name is Brad and I have the honor serving this wonderful church and the high honor of communicating the word of truth this morning on Easter Sunday. As you might imagine, we're turning to the Gospels and as I said, Matthew 27:45. This is Matthew's account of the cross of Christ. It's a sobering reminder not only of what Christ endured on our behalf, but also of the aftermath, the ripple effect, the outcome of the cross. Verse 45 says, "From noon until 3:00 in the afternoon, darkness came over the lamb.

About 3:00 in the afternoon, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lama sabakani." When some of those standing by heard this, they they said, "He's calling Elijah." Immediately, one of them ran and they got a sponge. They filled it with with wine vinegar. They put it on a staff. They offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, "Hey, leave him alone. Let's just see if Elijah comes to save him." And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment, the Bible says, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.

The earth shook, the rocks split, tombs broke open, the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life in a twist of irony as Jesus gives up his life. And as he passes, they rise to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus's resurrection, they went into the holy city appeared to many people. And when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus and making sure he didn't come off that cross, they were making sure that he was fully dead.

When they saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and exclaimed, "Surely he was the son of God." I don't know the exact rendering of the original, but I would say that they probably should have changed was for is because he was in no way finished. He is the son of God. He is. And he'd prove it.

1 Corinthians chapter 1:18 one verse it seems to summarize these happenings when it says for the message of the cross the one I have the privilege of preaching today it's foolishness to those who are perishing but to those of us who are being saved it is the power of God and you can feel that power in this room right now with these in mind this morning I want to preach to you from a simple title and thought the power of the loss. If you can't feel that power, you ought to lift your hands right now. And if you can, you ought to lift your hands right now and just tap into the spirit and the presence of God that is here. God's here on purpose.

He's here to help somebody. Oh, if you want to experience his power today and the power that was unleashed at Calvary, would you let him know, Lord, I need a little bit of that power or maybe a whole lot today. and I open and I avail myself to whatever you want to do in my life through your word and we trust in you and love you in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. You may be seated this morning. Thank you standing. Thank you for your worship.

If you think about it, songwriters, book authors, commentators, even some of us pastors, we have tried our best to to articulate and to summarize this moment, the one you see reflected on the screen there, this critical moment listed in Matthew 27. We've been trying this for centuries and even millennia.

This includes a a favorite song of mine, the artist who wrote it, one that a song rather that's tried its very best to describe this moment that Jesus breathed his last breath before resurrection and and all creation seemed to respond and and stand still for at least a moment as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords willingly laid down his life for a rabble of sinners in a world of broken people like me. This moment truly is and was the the pinnacle and preeminent moment in all of our history when the God of creation himself succumbed to creation and he gave himself fully and selflessly on our behalf. There's an artist named Anthony Evans.

He sings it like this that in the sky between two thieves hung the blameless prince of peace. bruised and battered, scarred and scorned, sacred head pierced by our thorns. It is finished, was his cry. The perfect lamb was crucified. His sacrifice, our victory, our savior chose the mercy tree. Hope went dark that violent day. The whole earth quaked at love's display. Three days silent in the ground, this body born for heaven's crown. But on that bright and glorious day when heaven opened up the grave, he's alive and risen indeed. Oh, praise him for the mercy tree. And he concludes with death has died. Love has won. Sing hallelujah.

Sing hallelujah. Jesus Christ has overcome. He has risen from the dead. If you're thankful for it, would you just offer him another praise? I thank you that you've overcome and risen from the dead. It's such an apt description and song and it and it parallels this passage we read in Matthew where Matthew does his very very best to try to explain all that was happening when Jesus passed that day at least in the surrounding area and context. He does his best to capture it all. And these are just a few of the known responses of the cosmos and and the power that was unleashed when Jesus willingly decided to become powerless on our behalf.

Despite his submission to death and his submission to human hands, there was still a power present. There was still a power that was present. So much so that Matthew tells us that nature starts to respond as darkness covers the land. We don't know all about the weather patterns and what was happening in the background. We've seen a couple of these instances here recently where it's noon time and it's dark out because there's a lot of rain. Uh but this this was different this time. Uh we don't know all that was happening, but apparently heaven and earth saw this as a significant event and heaven and earth starts to respond in kind.

At the peak of sunlight in the day, noon to 3, the world goes dark. Then as the creator of that world gave us the last of his strength and breath, we read that an earthquake starts to ensue. Rocks start splitting in and around Jerusalem. Graves start opening either as a result of the earthquake or or some other supernatural phenomenon. And it doesn't stop there because the people in those graves ah there are some people that say this is just a symbol. I'd like to take it literally as literally as possible. And I think I'd partly like to have been there.

Maybe some of me wouldn't have liked to been there when the grave just opened and ah you know and they start wandering into the city. You imagine the saints of old wondering what is happening? Something significant has how are you here? We buried you. How are you walking in our midst? This is all the result of one man's death. That nature and heaven and graves and and shield or the realm of the dead itself start to respond to this cosmic event. And even beyond all that, you read of the veil in the temple. The veil that likely separated the holy of holies from the rest of the temple.

The veil that was known to be made of finely woven materials, likely very thick and very strong. And this veil is torn not from its bottom to the top, but from the top to the bottom. Some traditions estimate that it was nearly 60 feet tall and 4 in thick. So you could see that this was an act of God taking place by the power of God alone. With all this at play, it's no wonder that one of Jesus's own executioners, probably a man that was making fun of him a few moments ago, a pagan who probably recognized Caesar and other pseudo gods as his deities. He utters aloud for witnesses to hear.

He's looking around and he says, "Surely he was the son of God." Think about it. Of all people, it's an unbelieving gentile soldier and enemy who was the first to recognize Jesus's death that he must be the son of God. A term that was usually only given for the emperor because of the power unleashed at Calvary and the response of nature itself. All that centurion could conclude was this man is not just another man. This man was and is supernatural. This man is deity itself. And this cross and and death are more than your run-of-the-mill crucifixion. This moment got all of heaven's attention.

And something powerful, something miraculous, something extraordinary was happening on this particular hill at this particular cross. Of all the executions that would take place there both before and after, none were like this one. When Jesus made himself of no reputation, took on the form of a bondervant, he came in the likeness of men, and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. None of that really screams power, does it? Servant humbled, obedient to death doesn't really scream power, but you can rest assured there was a power that was unleashed.

And when Jesus gave himself over, everything, and I mean absolutely everything, changed that day. And and we read about the rocks splitting and graves opening, bodies rising. Those are just the things we hear about on the surface. But when Jesus died on that cross and gave us his life, something powerful was unleashed into the world and into the universe. In fact, Jesus would later say after that cross, "All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. And on that faithful day, everything shifted. Everything changed. A ripple effect was sent into eternity and into this day. Death and hell gave him his due.

And they gave over their keys and their authority. Darkness would bow. Satan would lose and cower. Even the grave itself would give up its rights and dominion in the face of Jesus Christ, the lamb slain from the beginning of the world. After Jesus endured the worst of what humanity could offer, he's now able to offer the best of what humanity could receive. And his unending and infinite power was manifested in ways never yet seen before. And after this gruesome and detestable act of humanity, a profound event happens that will change all of eternity. It wasn't just rocks being split and veils being torn. It was so much more than that.

It wasn't just an immediate effect that that died off in the first century with his disciples, but it reaches so much further than that. It wasn't just for the disciples of that day and the ones in the day of Pentecost that it affected. But we're told that it reaches to their children. And I thank God for every child that's in this room today. It reaches to them. It reaches to their sons and daughters and to all who are a far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

One song says that what happened at the cross, the blood that was shed that it reaches to the highest mountains and it flows to the lowest valleys and that it will never someone say never. It will never lose its power. It was powerful that day, but it will never never lose its power. both the cross and the blood that was shed on that cross reached to this day and to this time. The the power that cracked rocks open and and tore the veil and shook the earth and raised the dead. Let me tell you, it's still just as powerful. It's still just as earth shaking today as it was on. You can feel it in the room right now.

I believe I can prove it to you. Okay, Sister Diana Shannon, would you mind just waving your hand at everybody? Sister Shannon, awesome, precious lady of faith. She believes in the power of God. She believes in what Jesus did on that cross. And I'll tell you how I can prove it to you. Earlier last year, we were praying for her as a church. She was recovering from a very severe stroke, one that affected her body greatly. At that time, she was still needing to use a walker to get around, still very weakened in her body.

In fact, I had visited her at the rehabilitation facility just before she had another setback, a second uh more minor stroke, but a stroke nonetheless. And it was a great visit and we had great conversations. If you've ever talked to her, you know you're going to have a great conversation. She's a fun lady to talk to and she believes in what we're preaching today. She believes in the power of the cross. She finally makes it home and she's decides one day to start a prayer meeting in her home one day. still facing and battling that weakness. But she believed in the power that was unleashed at the cross and poured out at Pentecost.

She wasn't even praying for herself that day. She's praying for someone else, very near and dear to her. And she said all of a sudden, Brother Brad, she said she stood up to her feet without skipping a beat and she began to worship the Lord and she began to praise him like any good Pentecostal would. She said, "I started dancing and I was jumping and I was shouting and I was worshiping the Lord without my walker. We cannot put this power in a box, church, in her living room." Let me remind you a few weeks earlier, she couldn't get down the hallway without help. She had so much weakness in her body.

She needed that walker for balance and strength. She wasn't even able to make it down that hallway, but she's literally jumping in her apartment as that weakness vanished in light of the power of God. She didn't stop there. Knowing her, it doesn't surprise me. She went downstairs in the community room without her walker. Told a friend, "Hey, I need you to gather everyone you can into the community space. I got to say something to them. And they got in there. She said, "I didn't come walking in." And I remember uh that phone call you tell me.

She said, "I came running as fast as I could into that community center worshiping the Lord, praising God. People are wondering what kind of power is this that our friend who had a lean on that walker is worshiping God." She told them about that power, the power of the cross. Can I just speak to you today that the power of the cross still works. It is just as powerful. It can be unleashed just as much and even more today in your life than it did on that day when Jesus died on the cross.

In fact, if I could encourage you further, I'd tell you because of the power of God and his authority over death, hell, and the grave, we have seen miracle after miracle, sign after sign, evidence after evidence that this power still reaches and moves and changes lives in every valley and every mountain and every corner of the globe. We currently have over 300 documented miracles and answers to prayer in just the last two years. In fact, if you had an answer to prayer in the last two years, why don't you just raise your hand? Anybody? In 2024 and 2025, that power still reaches. That power still changes lives. His sacrifice still stands.

His blood still reaches and covers. His name still calls heaven and earth to attention. His resurrection still brings hope. His authority still reigns supreme. His stripes still heal. And Calvary was and still is the answer to whatever you are facing today. And whatever life itself may bring, it still reaches to today. Like Paul the Apostle, I simply preach to you Christ and him crucified this morning, knowing that Mark tells us that these signs will follow those who believe. Some of these may seem off to us, but they were real things that they faced in those days. That in my name, they'll cast out demons. His name can still do that.

His name can still deliver, right? His name is still powerful. They'll speak with new tongues. He still does it. They'll take up serpents. If they drink anything deadly, it will by no means harm them. Again, some first century stuff that they were battling. But it says they'll lay hands on the sick and they'll recover. Or if you believe in the power of the cross, you can lay hands on somebody and pray and see them recover. Simply put, when you look to and believe in the death, the burial and resurrection of Jesus, you will experience the true power and wonders and supernatural happenings that always follow the cross.

First Corinthians, we read earlier, for the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. They may be watching the live stream or someone come a hold of this message and think, why are they so excited? That just seems like some foolishness going on there. But here's what he says. But to those of us who are being saved, it is the power of God. It's the power. And I know some may wonder why. Why does it have so much meaning to these Christians? Why do you plaster it on your walls, keep it in front of you? Why do you got a 30- foot tall cross that's embedded into the drywall? Why is it at the center of the room?

Why is it that two lines symbolizing one of the worst execution practices in history are so significant and symbolic and intrinsic in our hope in our lives? What is it about that crude and rugged cross that causes us to celebrate year in and year out and week in and week out and day in and day out? It may be foolishness to some, but it's everything to us that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. This is the power of the cross. While I was still a sinner, he died for me. Paul says, "Since we've now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him?

For if while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his light? Not only is this so, he says, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. That is powerful. That is powerful. It may not make total sense to everybody, but to those who have experienced the ripple effects of the cross and to those who are eagerly anticipating it.

We are not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes to to the Jew first, it says, but then to the Gentile. And thank God for that. This cross, this crude and craggy structure made with the worst of man's intentions. They had no idea what they were doing that day when they put that cross together. This cross of Christ, his selfless act on it. It's the only reason we've got hope and life and healing and restoration and power today. The cross is still the answer to all the ails of humanity. All of them. All of them. There is not one thing you are facing that the cross has not addressed.

It's still the antidote for the sicknesses of the world. The cross and Jesus who died on it are the light that overcomes the darkness around us. The cross is the hope that outweighs our despair. And the cross and its message are the power of God brings salvation to the world. And therein that last one lies the source of our greatest hope this morning. One of the shest indicators of the power of the cross of Christ. We've already listed some of the other indicators, the evidence of the power that was unleashed at Calvary.

Rocks are cracking, buildings shaking, graves open, veils are tearing, centurions believing, and the list goes on and on and on all the way down to the testimony of Sister Shannon and 300 plus others that we've seen in recent times. And we celebrate them all. But we also recognize that in many ways, the best has not yet been told.

That is that when Jesus breathed his last, was buried in a tomb, and took the keys to death, hell, and the grave, and rose again, he unleashed a power so great that it could even cover the sins of the world and provide a way for you and for me to be forgiven, set free, redeemed, and made whole by his sacrifice of all the miracles that were made possible that day by his act of mercy. this morning. I really can't think of any greater than I get to be free of my sins and my debt and my past and my mistakes. 1 Corinthians 6 says, "By his power, God raised the Lord Jesus from the dead and he will raise us also.

He will set us free from our former desires and pitfalls. We don't have to be bound by our old habits and patterns and propensities and addictions. We can be completely free and transformed now because of the power unleashed at Calvary and because of Christ's cross. Oh, what a miracle. One of our professors used to describe it like this. He said that all the sins of thousands of prior years history since the world began that they were rolled forward every year at the day of atonement.

You can read about that day in the Old Testament that priests would go in and they would spread the blood of the sacrifice on the mercy seat and they would just hope and pray that their debt would be refinanced that would be pushed off for another year that they wouldn't have to pay it and they wouldn't have to uh endure the debt of all of their sins and knowing how much debt that I would have accured from my mistakes. You can imagine how much debt and sin had accumulated by the time Jesus of Nazareth came around. Endless debt and mistakes of thousands of years, transgressions that weighed upon humanity and compelled its savior to come.

So imagine on the one side amount of debt for thousands of years of every individual. And not only that, but then imagine on the other side the other side of Calvary that we're still making mistakes. We're still falling flat on our face, still sinning against God and others, still slipping back into the same patterns and and habits. Which is why what that professor described is so beautiful. You can put it up, brother Jason. That picture on the screen, you can picture on either side of Calvary these mountains and masses of debt because of our mistakes and our failures. You can see them there in that photo.

But right in the middle of it all stands a cross with a spotless lamb named Jesus. And when he breathed his last and he rose again, it unleashed a flood tide and a tidal wave of grace in the blood of Christ that was great enough and powerful enough and high enough to cover every sin of the past and even every sin of the future. We have to believe this. We have to believe this that the cross was enough. That the cross is powerful enough. All the sin that had been rolled forward was atoned for and paid for. And every mistake that I would ever make was paid for.

Every mistake, every nasty word, every stray thought, every addiction and transgression and misstep, everything hidden, everything concealed in the darkness, it was all covered at Calvary. If that seems too far-fetched to you, you don't have to take my word for it this morning. You can take his. First John 1:9, brother recorded earlier that if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just. He'll forgive us of our sins and will purify us from help me. Oh. Oh, I someone's got to get a hold of this. Yes, that mistake that just came to your mind. Yes, that one, too. Yes, that thing you did that you don't want anyone else to know.

Yes, that one too. That's the power of the cross. Romans 8 and1. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. You're free. But you don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. And we'll talk about that in a minute. Isaiah 43, the Lord himself says, "I even I am he who blotss out your transgressions for my own sake. I remember your sins no more. And in light of it, Acts 3:19 says,"Repent then and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped and blotted out." That times of refreshing may come from the Lord and someone is going to receive those times of refreshing today.

This is the promise that you and I have today that because of the cross and Christ's sacrifice, we can turn to him. We can be forgiven and set free. We can walk in the power that's promised because of his death at Calvary. It's the same power he talked about in Acts one. He says, "But you shall receive power when the Holy Ghost comes on you, and you'll be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." It's the power that was poured out in Acts two. You can read about it uh after the cross. It was unleashed because of the cross.

It's the the plan and power that Peter preached at Pentecost when he said, "Repent. Let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are a far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Yes, the cross is for you. This morning, I'm thankful for every testimony, every person brought back to life, every healing and deliverance and miracle. But I see and celebrate the power of the cross most clearly.

When I do what Peter said, when I repent of my sins, which is just a turn in my heart and my mind and my focus, I turn away from what I was doing and I turn towards God and I align my heart with his. When I ask him for forgiveness, when you ask God for forgiveness today, he will forgive you every time. He's faithful and just to forgive you of your sins and to cleanse you. How many of you have been forgiven this morning? Anybody? When I'm baptized in Jesus name, I see the power of God.

And when I'm washed clean of my sins and my past like Sister April was a few weeks ago and and Wilson and Tabitha and Micah and Claire and Julian and others, when I receive that forgiveness of sins, I realize the power of God all the more. And when I receive the infilling of the spirit and power of God with the biblical evidence of speaking with other tongues, when I walk in newness of life as a new creation, I can see that the power of the cross still reaches. Old things are passed away. All things become new by and because of the power of the cross.

This morning, as we come to a close, I remind us this is not some fable relegated to the pages of the Bible. As real as the person who is sitting next to you is, as real as what you're feeling this morning, and even more is the power of the cross. It didn't just happen at Calvary in the temple and then just cease in our day and time. But if God is still God, and he is, it's for today, isn't it's not just some event that we're obligated to note and celebrate once a year at Easter. This power is active and moving and working here and in this room today. In fact, I want to say this.

Every person under the sound of my voice, every person in this room can experience that power this morning. I'm going to say it again and I want to ask if you believe that, if you would just say it so that you and the Lord and someone next to you will know that it's possible. Every person in this room can experience his power this morning. Just like the day of Pentecost, everyone in this room can experience and be touched by the power of God's spirit. If you need healing in your body or your heart or your mind, the cross has already made that possible.

If you need deliverance from old habits and patterns and addictions, hurts, habits and hang-ups, you can have it all today. If you need forgiveness for any, and I mean any sin or mistake, you can be forgiven this morning, set free, baptized, and cleansed from your sins. And if you've never experienced the infilling of the spirit of God, you can have that today. Today. If you need anything that was made possible by the cross of Christ, which is a long list, you can have it right here because of the cross. How many here would say you've you've had your life changed? We did this a moment ago. You would testify that it's happened before.

Your life has been changed by the power of the cross. Keep that hand up if you would. Why don't you let your other hand join it? And can we thank the Lord that this power is real? There's hands up all throughout this place. There's evidence of the power of the cross of Christ. There's evidence that God is still moving and God is still working today. Oh Jesus, I thank you that lives have been changed. And I thank you that lives will be changed today. Thank you, Jesus. Would you stand right now and continue those praises this morning all across this place? Would you just continue to worship the Lord for his sacrifice on Calvary?

Oh, his spirit and power are here right now. And I believe he's responding to those praises. And maybe someone on your row or pew or maybe even you can have that power touch your life even as you worship the Lord where you stand. Oh Jesus, we thank you Jesus. We thank you Jesus. We thank you Jesus. We thank you, Jesus. I want to assure you, his power is real. It's real. We just came from a youth convention with 2,000 people worshiping the Lord. I got to see young men and women. There was a young man that his first time in service was a week earlier, a week prior. He was in a service like this one. He said, "You know what?

There's something to this." They said, "You should come with us. We're going to worship the Lord with a couple thousand other people." And he came to that service. There's a picture on social media. He walked in that service. He lifted his hands and he began to speak with other tongues as the spirit of God. One week removed, God can do it today. In light of his power, here's what I'd like us to do today. If everyone would bow your heads and close your eyes together. If you recognize the need of the power of God in your life, you need healing power, saving or redeeming power, delivering power. Maybe maybe you just need the power to overcome.

Maybe you need the the the peace of God in your life. You need God's power and intervention in any way in your life. I wonder if you just be vulnerable right now while no one's looking around and lift one hand in the air. If you need God's power in your life this morning, keep that hand up for just a moment. There are hands all throughout this place. Truth is, every one of us do, but there's individuals that are desperate this morning that need God's power. You can put your hands down. You can open your eyes this morning. I want to encourage you that the cross is the answer to every hand that was just lifted a moment ago.

And beyond that, I know we got a lot of kids in the room and I love it. They bring the energy. There's about a hundred kids back there in that overflow and they're they're doing a great job back there. If we have any kids in the room, any young people, anyone who has never received the spirit of God, if you want to receive God's spirit today, I wonder if you'd raise your hand. If you want the Holy Ghost today, any kids in the room, mom and dads, help me out. Any kids that want to receive the Holy Ghost? Any person that wants to receive the gift of the spirit of God? All right. All right.

This morning, Miss Mila and I were talking about receiving the spirit of God. And as we did, I just felt a special call to have all of our kids come forward with everybody else in just a moment to seek the gift of the Holy Ghost. I told her what I believe the Lord stirred in my heart. He wants to give it to them more than they even want to receive it. I'm going to ask parents to help me because again I just feel this special call and direction beyond those who need the power of God in their life for any kid in the room who's yet to receive the Holy Ghost.

And our our CM team children's ministry team's going to help me with this that they would come forward and I believe they can be filled with the gift of the spirit of God today. And if you're adult in this room and you've never received his spirit, you can receive it today. If you raised your hand at all, in just a moment I'm going to open the front of this building, invite you to come. We do this every Sunday as just a simple act of faith. We we come and we join together in prayer. Everybody's welcome.

There's nothing uh particularly sacred about this carpet down here or this space, but when you do that, it just opens your heart and it's a step of faith and God responds to that faith. You don't have to feel embarrassed or uncomfortable. Uh our church family and our guests do this regularly and they're coming too because many of them need the power of God in their life. just a moment. Our church family is going to come and if you raised your hand and you need God's help, we want to encourage you to come as well. And we believe that the the power of the cross is going to meet us here. Before that time, we're going to pray.

And I believe that even as we pray that God's power is going to start to move. Yeah, they're already coming. Would you lift your hands together and pray uh that for the outpouring of the power of God and the spirit of God? I wonder if some that have faith would just begin to lift your voice, maybe even pray in another language and pray with the spirit of God. Lord, we believe that this power is real. That you're about to touch hearts and lives. You're about to move in this place. Lord, you're going to pour out your spirit on all flesh, on our sons and daughters. Lives are going to be changed.

People are already stepping out that need to receive the power of God. If you need God's power in your life, just begin to come right now and begin to fill this altar space. Oh, if you need God's healing, if you need God's deliverance, we got kids coming. Why don't we have all the kids come near the front? If you need God's healing in your life, he's going to meet you this morning. They're going to sing in a moment. Let's gather here in the front and I'll have our CM team come and we're going to pray and God's going to heal and touch and strengthen. Oh, the power of God is in this room.

Would you find somebody that needs his strength and his touch and believe that the Lord is going to pour out his spirit? Oh Jesus, we believe in your power right now. We got some kids up here who need to receive the Holy Ghost. You believe that God can fill them. Would you come right now and find one of these precious young people and pray for them in the name of Jesus? I am clean. Oh, you don't have to leave without an answer. You don't have to leave without healing. You don't have to leave without forgiveness. But God can touch your heart and life. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. There's nothing too dirty. No, you can't make worthy.

You wash me in mercy. I am clean. Oh yes. There's nothing too dirty that you won't make worthy, Lord. That you can make worthy. You wash me, God. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. Oh, I see shed and you see whole. I see broken, but you see beautiful. and you're helping me to believe. Then you're restoring me piece by piece. There's nothing too dirty, nothing too dirty, worthy. You wash us, Lord. and mercy. I am clean. I am clean. Oh yes. That you can make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. Washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood flowed red and made me white. My dirty rags are purified. I am clean.

Washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood flowed red and made me white. My dirty rags are purified. I am clean. Washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood flow and made me. Oh yes. Washed in the blood of your sacrify are purified. I'm clean. I'm clean. I'm clean. Washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood flow red and made me wine. My dirty rags aren't purified. I clean. There's nothing too dirty that you can make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. I am clean. There's nothing too dirty. that you can make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. Oh yes. You wash me Lord worthy. You teach me lovey. I am free.

I am free. Washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood flow red and made me wine. My dirty rags are purified. I clean. I'm clean. I'm clean. Washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood glor and made me wine. My dirty reds are purified. I need the blood of your sacrifice by your blood. You're the glory and make me wine. My dirty racks are purified. You wash me. Oh, you wash me in the blood of the lamb. You wash me. I bleed. I clean. I clean. You wash me. You wash me. You wash me in the blood of the lamb. You wash me. I'm clean. I'm clean. I'm clean. You wash me. The blood of the lamb. You wash me in the blood of the lamb.

You wash me. I'm clean. I'm clean. I'm clean. Nothing too dirty that you can't make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. There's nothing too dirty that you can make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. Nothing too dirty that you can make worthy. You wash us, Lord. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. I am clean. There's nothing too dirty that you can make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. There's nothing too dirty. Thank you, Lord that you can make worthy. Thank you for your blood. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. There's nothing too dirty. That you can make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean.

Washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood flow red and made me wine. My dirty rags are purified. Washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood flow red and made me wine. My dirty rags are purified by me. Washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood has made me wine. My dirty rags are purified. I need washed in the blood of your sacrifice. Your blood flow red and made me wine. My dirty rags are purified. I you wash me. You wash me in the blood of the lamb. You wash me. I'm clean. I'm clean. I'm clean. You wash me. You wash me in the blood of the lamb. You wash me. I'm clean. I'm clean. I'm clean. You wash me.

You wash me in the blood of the lamb. You wash me. I bleed. Not clean. Not clean. Nothing too dirty that you can make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am. There's nothing too dirty that you can make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. There's nothing too dirty that you can make worthy. You wash me in mercy. I am clean. Thank you, Jesus. talked to one of these precious young ladies here in the altar feeling the presence of God. Asked him, "Do you feel the power of God?" Said, "Yes." So, what's it feel like? She responded, "It feels like a warm hug." Not only these precious babies need a warm hug of the Holy Ghost. All of us do at times.

If you want to just feel the power of God in your life, I wonder if you just stretch your hands to heaven. If you want to just feel Jesus right now in your heart and life, would you invite him to come close to you and minister to you? It might feel like a warm hug. It might feel uh like tears rolling down your face, oh God. Oh, because of Calvary, we get to feel this power today. And not only feel it, but we get to experience it. and it's active and moving in our lives, Lord, in our families. We thank you, Lord, for your power. Thank you for the Holy Ghost that's here today. We worship you, Lord.

Would you clap your hands to the Lord right now and thank him for his goodness and his mercy. Oh Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.