Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000549A
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00:01 PB: Saturday evening, March the 18th, at 7 p.m.;
00:04 live from the Oakwood University Church. 00:06 Breath of Life Television Ministries will engage in 00:09 its 2017 Spring Revival. Our opening-night musical 00:12 guest will be Kurt Carr and the Kurt Carr Singers. 00:15 We're looking forward to seeing you, as yours truly, 00:17 Dr. Carlton P. Byrd, preaches the gospel of Jesus Christ 00:20 every evening at 7 p.m., except Monday and Thursday evenings. 00:24 All seats are free. Free transportation is provided. 00:27 Visit us at www.BreathofLife.tv. 00:31 BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES PRESENTS 00:40 B549 "THERE'S POWER IN THE BLOOD" 00:46 [BREATH OF LIFE THEME MUSIC] 00:51 PB: If you will, take your bibles to the book of 00:54 Matthew, chapter 26. Chapter 26, and we're going to 01:02 go to the 26th verse. Matthew 26, verse 26. 01:07 Just three short verses: 26, 27, and 28. 01:17 The Word says, "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, 01:24 and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, 01:28 and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, 01:36 and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. 01:41 " Verse 28, "For this is my blood of the new testament, 01:47 which is shed for many for the remission of sins." 01:55 There's power in the blood. For the next couple of minutes, O God, 02:05 remind us of the power, the wonder-working, overcoming, 02:10 conquering power of Your blood. In Jesus' name. Amen. 02:19 As you all know, I grew up in the church. 02:33 You cannot out-church me. I grew up in the church. 02:48 We were in someone's home, the pastors and I, 02:52 and a hymn was called. And one of the pastors, 02:57 who I will leave nameless, said, "I don't know that hymn." 03:02 And another pastor said, "Well, you know who knows all the hymns." 03:08 And everyone began to look at me. I grew up in the church. 03:16 I grew up singing songs. I grew up hearing sermons. 03:26 I grew up reciting--and notice the word "reciting" 03:32 and not reading--I grew up reciting memory verses. 03:36 Back in those days, the entire class--it didn't matter 03:42 who was called on--could stand and recite all 03:45 13 memory verses for the quarter. I grew up in 03:53 evangelistic meetings. I grew up watching church 04:00 business meetings. I grew up in the church. 04:07 But you can grow up in the church, and there can 04:15 be some things in the church that you don't know or 04:21 don't understand or don't get. You can hear them, 04:27 you can see them, but you really don't understand them. 04:35 When growing up as a little boy in the church, 04:40 I remember distinctly that people were always talking 04:47 about the blood. The blood this, the blood that. 04:54 And for me, I found it to be very strange that they 05:00 were always talking about the blood, because I never 05:04 saw any blood. I never witnessed any blood. 05:10 I never glimpsed or glanced at blood. 05:15 But the people were always talking about, shouting about, 05:21 crying about, and saying amen about the blood. 05:28 Once ever quarter, the ladies would parade down in white. 05:36 The men would parade down in black suits, white shirts 05:42 and white ties on. The preacher, who was my father, 05:47 would stand over the Communion table, and he would get 05:52 excited when he would talk about the blood. 05:57 The choir would sing songs like "I Know It Was the Blood," 06:02 but all of a sudden there would be a dear old sister in the corner, 06:07 and she would begin to shout, and we all thought something 06:10 was wrong with her. But then, on the other side there was this old, 06:15 little short man, who would then begin to shake like this 06:18 and walk down the aisles and clap his hands, and I would sit 06:22 there wondering, what is it with the blood? I didn't see any blood. 06:29 Nobody was bleeding. So what then was the big deal about the blood? 06:36 But now that I've gotten a little older, now that I've got some 06:42 battle scars in my life, now that I've gone through some things in life, 06:48 I better understand the blood. I better understand why some 06:54 people shout about the blood. I better understand why some people 06:59 cry about the blood. I better understand why some people clap 07:03 their hands when they talk about the blood, because blood signifies life. 07:07 Jesus is the life-giver and you ought to get excited when we 07:12 talk about life in Jesus because of the blood. 07:16 The blood saved me. The blood rescued me. The blood re deemed me. 07:23 The blood washed me. You see, if it weren't for the blood, 07:29 you and I wouldn't be here today. If it weren't for the blood 07:33 somebody would be strung out somewhere. If it weren't for the blood, 07:38 somebody would be on the streets somewhere. If it weren't for the blood, 07:42 I can't even tell you what some of us would be doing right now. 07:46 But the truth of the matter today is simply this: You can shout 07:52 on the blood today, because one day when I was lost, 07:57 He died upon the cross, and I know that I know that I know 08:02 it was the blood for me. In the text, Jesus has gathered 08:09 His disciples together for the Last Supper, and as the disciples 08:13 have gathered around Him, He holds up a little cup, and He begins 08:17 to explain that His blood is sufficient. That His blood forgives 08:22 us from all of our sins. He says, we read it in the text, 08:26 "For this is my blood of the new testament which is shed for many, 08:30 for the remission [or forgiveness] of sins." In other words, 08:34 whereas the blood of goats and bulls and sheep and lambs for 08:38 4,000 years was used to cleanse man of his sins, the blood of 08:42 Jesus now takes away the sins of the world. And just like you 08:47 can't survive without physical blood, you can't survive 08:51 without Jesus' blood. [Aud. reaction] 08:53 PB: Any doctor will tell you that in the physical, 08:56 blood is our life source. Without blood flowing in your veins, 09:01 life will cease in your body. The doctor will tell 09:05 you there are no viable substitutes for the blood. 09:09 In order to have life, you must have blood. 09:13 Blood is important, any biologist will tell you, 09:16 because it's what carries the necessary nutrients- 09:18 -water and oxygen--to the cells in your body. 09:20 Blood is important because blood contains cells 09:24 important in mounting an immune response in the 09:27 event that you get an infection. Blood is important 09:30 because blood carries waste away from different 09:33 parts of your body to our livers and kidneys. 09:36 Our organs need energy, our organs need oxygen, 09:40 and blood is the delivering mechanism to get the 09:43 energy and oxygen to them. If part of your body 09:47 doesn't get blood, if blood doesn't flow, 09:52 your body stops working. So when you're young, 09:56 blood must flow. When you're old, blood must flow. 10:01 When you're asleep, blood must flow. When you are awake, 10:06 blood must flow. When you're exercising, blood must flow. 10:12 When you're sitting down, blood must flow. 10:15 When you're talking, blood must flow. When you're quiet, 10:19 blood must flow. When you're eating, blood must flow. 10:24 When you're drinking, blood must flow. 10:27 When you're watching TV, blood must flow. 10:31 When you're surfing the Internet, blood must flow. 10:34 Whenever, whomever, however, and to whomever, 10:37 your blood must flow. Because when blood doesn't flow, 10:42 you have a blood clot. In the physical, blood gives life, 10:49 but in the spiritual, Jesus' blood has the power to give life. 10:55 But it must flow. It can't clot. And every time I take the cup, 11:04 every time I participate in Communion, I'm given new life. 11:11 And that's why--I now learned and now know--that people back 11:17 in the day, why they would shout on the blood. 11:22 That's why people would clap on the blood. 11:26 That's why people would say amen and get excited 11:29 about the blood, because blood is life. Life is blood. 11:33 Jesus shed His blood. Jesus' life, Jesus gave life, 11:37 Jesus gave life and death, and by giving life and death, 11:40 Jesus brought life. [Aud. reaction] 11:44 PB: You see, friends, the Romans made one critical 11:51 mistake when they crucified Jesus. They made one mistake. 11:58 What was it, Pastor? The Romans shed His blood. 12:06 [Aud. reaction] PB: They should have hung Him. 12:13 They should have knocked Him out. They should have 12:19 beaten Him to a pulp. They should have stoned Him. 12:24 They should have made Him drink poison. 12:27 But when they shed His blood, His blood flowed and 12:34 had a revival over death, hell, and the grave. 12:41 [Aud. reaction] PB: His blood flowed down, 12:44 and salvation conquered our sin. His blood flowed down, 12:50 and Satan was defeated. His blood flowed down, 12:55 and eternal life was made possible for you and me. 12:59 Life is in the blood. And so when you come on Communion Sabbath, 13:05 and when you think ab out the mistakes you have made, 13:10 when you think about the sins you have committed, 13:12 when you think about the foolishness that you've done 13:15 and the fact that you're still here, it ought to tell 13:19 you that there's power in the blood. When you think 13:25 about where you should have been, or where you could 13:28 have been, there's power in the blood. Thank God for the blood! 13:34 Praise God for the blood! The blood that Jesus shed for me. 13:40 Way back on Calvary, the blood that gives me strength 13:45 from day to day. It will never lose its power. 13:51 Let me confess, I'm a Christian. I said, I'm a Christian. 14:00 Specifically, I'm a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 14:04 And notice I said Christian first, because some people 14:07 are Seventh-day Adventists but they're not Christians. 14:09 I wish I had a witness in this place. [Aud. reaction] 14:15 PB: There are some people that I come in contact with 14:18 who say they don't like Christianity, because Christianity 14:24 is a bloody religion. So they want a dry religion. 14:30 They want Islam. They want Buddhism. They want Hinduism. 14:37 They want Judaism. They want Sikhism. They want Confucianism. 14:41 Why? They don't want the blood. But today I speak under 14:46 the authority of the Holy Ghost-- [Aud. reaction] 14:49 PB: --I want Jesus. I want the Christ. More about Jesus. 15:00 I don't want Muhammad, I don't want Buddha, I don't want Brahmans, 15:08 I don't want Confucius. I want Jesus! 15:14 [Aud. reaction] PB: I want a bloody religion. 15:17 What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 15:22 What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 15:27 Thank God for the shed blood of Jesus. Without the blood, 15:32 there's no forgiveness from sin. Without the blood, 15:35 your sins can't be washed away. Without the blood, 15:38 there is no hope. It wasn't the broken body that brought 15:42 me my salvation. It wasn't the stripes at Pilate's judgment 15:50 hall that brought me my salvation. It's wasn't even the cross itself. 15:56 Because think about it, you all are smart people. 15:59 If a literal cross could save me, then anybody would have died on it. 16:05 If stripes could save me, any prisoner could have endured them. 16:12 If a broken body could have saved me, I could claim an accident 16:19 victim as my Savior. If any of these things could save me, 16:25 I could save myself and take glory in my sacrifice. 16:32 But it was anyone of these things. It was the blood of a 16:37 perfect sacrifice. It was the blood of the Lamb of God. 16:42 It was the blood of Jesus that saves me, and nothing 16:47 and nobody else can do it. And so, I need to sit down now. 16:53 We're on a time schedule. But I believe my soul's getting 16:58 happy right about now. I know we need to move on, 17:02 but my soul is happy right now. I thank God that He paid 17:07 the price for me to be here today, and I'm sorry if I 17:12 get loud sometimes. I'm sorry if stomp this foot sometimes. 17:17 I'm sorry if I beat this desk sometimes, but you don't 17:20 know like I know what He's done for me! Jesus paid it all. 17:28 All to Him I owe. And when we sing that song, why do we sing it? 17:33 We sing that hymn because what we're saying is, we had a debt 17:37 that was so high that every time I look around, every time I 17:42 realize how messed up I am, every time I look back over my 17:48 life and I realize my wretched condition--but the fact is, 17:53 Jesus loved me so much that He came and paid a price for my sins. 17:59 He shed His blood. His blood was the price for my sins. 18:03 Listen. I tell you all the time, I cannot explain how a 18:08 brown cow eats green grass and gives white milk. 18:13 Just like I can't explain how this black-skinned man 18:17 can be dipped in red blood and come out white as snow. 18:22 But all I can tell you is that there's power in the blood! 18:28 [Aud. reaction] PB: And when I think of the goodness of 18:31 Jesus and all He's done for me, my soul cries out. 18:36 Hallelujah! Thank God for saving me. 18:40 Because of His blood, heaven can be your home. 18:46 Because of His blood, heaven can be my home. 18:52 I don't care what you did last night. 18:54 I don't even care what you did last week. 18:59 I don't care what you did last year. 19:02 But if you've been washed in the blood, 19:05 you can repent of your sins. You open up your heart 19:11 and let the Holy Ghost in. That's the way to salvation. 19:16 There is therefore now no condemnation to those 19:20 who are in Jesus Christ. And so, because of the blood, 19:24 I look forward to Jesus' second coming. Because of the blood, 19:30 I can have life everlasting. Because of the blood, 19:32 I can live forever with Jesus. Because O, I want to see Him. 19:37 Look upon His face. There to sing forever of His saving grace. 19:50 On those streets of glory I plan to lift my voice. Cares all past. 20:01 Home at last. Ever to rejoice. Jesus said, For this is the blood 20:17 of the new testament which is shed for many for the remission, 20:25 or forgiveness, of sin. Today, there's power in the blood. 20:34 Today, have you come to be forgiven? Have you come for 20:42 your sins to be washed away? Today, have you come to be clean? 20:50 If you have, today you've come to the right place. 21:00 Down at the c ross, where my Savior died. Down where 21:10 for cleansing from sin I cried. There to my heart 21:19 was the blood applied. Glory to His name! 21:33 The blood that Jesus shed for me, way back on Calvary. 21:43 The blood, it gives me strength. It's what keeps me going 21:51 from day to day. It will never lose its power. 22:02 I don't care how bad you think you are. 22:05 I don't care how good you think you are. 22:09 If it weren't for the blood, where would we be. 22:21 Father, today, I'm glad to know there's power in Your blood. 22:31 Forty years ago, I didn't know what all this blood meant, 22:36 but I'm so glad I understand that blood is life. 22:42 Life is in the blood. And that Jesus shed His blood 22:48 that we might today have life. So God, as we engage 22:55 in this most sacred service, as we reflect upon the 23:01 awesome sacrifice of Jesus, as, O God, we have come 23:09 today to be washed and cleansed from sin, 23:16 do just that for us. We pray this prayer in 23:22 the name of the Father, the Son, Jesus the Christ, 23:27 and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 23:32 [song] 23:41 Down at the cross where my Savior died, 23:43 Down where for cleaning from sin I cried, 23:57 There to my heart was the blood applied, 24:08 Singing, glory to His name! 24:18 PB: Glory to His name, everybody now. 24:21 Glory to His name, precious name, 24:31 Singing, glory to His name, 24:41 O, there to my heart was the blood applied; 24:54 Singing, glory to His name! 25:03 PB: Lift that, I am so wondrously saved from sin. 25:07 I am so wondrously saved from sin, 25:18 PB: Jesus so sweetly abides within. 25:22 Jesus so sweetly abides within, 25:30 PB: Plunge in today. Plunge in today, 25:35 PB: And be made complete. And be made complete. 25:42 Singing, glory to His name. 25:50 PB: Glory to His name. Everybody now. 25:55 Glory to His name, precious name, 26:05 Singing, glory to His name, 26:14 O, there to my heart was the blood applied, 26:28 Singing, glory to His name. 26:42 [music] 27:15 >: I will read here in First Corinthians, chapter 11, 27:22 verses 23 through 26. "For I have received of the Lord 27:30 that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus 27:36 the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 27:40 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, 27:46 Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: 27:54 this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also -- 28:01 PB: Saturday evening, March the 18th, at 7 p.m.; 28:04 live from the Oakwood University Church. 28:06 Breath of Life Television Ministries will engage 28:08 in its 2017 Spring Revival. Our opening-night musical 28:12 guest will be Kurt Carr and the Kurt Carr Singers. 28:15 We're looking forward to seeing you, as yours truly, 28:17 Dr. Carlton P. Byrd, preaches the gospel of Jesus Christ 28:20 every evening at 7 p.m., except Monday and Thursday evenings. 28:24 All seats are free. Free transportation is provided. 28:27 Visit us at www.BreathofLife.tv. |
Revised 2017-03-09