Your Bible aside, we want to pick up where we left off this morning. I ran out of time. I only spent almost an introduction this morning. We will continue the message we preached this morning, The Precious Blood of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1. Kindly share your Bible, please. In the book of 1 Peter 1, verses 18 and 19. So here at the Bible Baptist Church, we always open the Bible. and let the people see and hear the Word of God. Kindly rise this time, please. After the service, please all Board of Directors stay for a while in my office. We have important matters to attend to. Please all Board of Directors stay right after the service. Verse 18 and 19, let us share a Bible and allow the Word of God to speak to us tonight. Verse 18 and 19, all together, go. For as much as you know, redeemed with corruptibles as silver and gold from your vain conversation, received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish. Let us remain standing, please. Heavenly Father, thank you for the Word of God. I pray, dear Father, that the Word of God will find a special place in the hearts, especially those who are not yet saved. Speak, Lord, as you only can speak, the way, Lord, you speak to us. The Lord, I pray to the Holy Spirit that there will be conviction and enlightenment coming from the Word of God tonight. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen and amen. Kindly be seated tonight. The precious blood. A quick review of what we had covered this morning. Now, here the blood of Christ is called precious. Peter said precious, hamili. And Peter uses the word precious, remember, five times in his first epistle and twice in his second. In 1 Peter 1, verse 7, he says, the trial of your faith is precious. And he uses it three times in chapter 2, verse number 4, verse 6, And verse 7, it's time having reference to the person of Christ. And we say, surely He is the most precious. Jesus is the most precious in our midst tonight. He's the one that we worship tonight. Now here in our church tonight, we worship nobody but Jesus. Why? Because Acts 4.12, neither is there salvation in any other For there is none other name given under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved. All our songs written in our song books is all about Jesus. All about Jesus. And a lot of those songs are related to the blood of Christ. He is precious. Precious, and Lord God, Jesus Christ. Then in the second epistle, chapter 1, verse number 1, he said there, in chapter 1, verse 1, we have precious faith. In chapter 1, verse 4, we have precious promises. Now, time to pick up where we had left off this morning. We learned that there are nine. Our success and victory in life depends on a living revelation of the power of the blood of Jesus. Let me say that again. Our success and victory in life depends on a living revelation of the power of the blood of Jesus. We have nine, we discussed the nine wonders of the cross. Number one, first wonder is salvation. Salvation. We have salvation today. because of the blood of Jesus. Ephesians 1.7, we have redemption. The Bible says through His blood, the forgiveness of sin. You cannot be saved. You can never experience God's forgiveness until you go and believe in the blood of Jesus. I mean the blood He shed on the cross. And then number two, peace. In Colossians 1 verse number 20, and having made peace through the blood, the blood of His cross by Him to reconcile all things. Number three, we have access. access into the presence of God. Hebrews 10 verse number 19. Open your Bible. Having therefore boldness or freedom to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus Christ. And then number 4, deliverance. Deliverance. Zechariah 9 verse 14. By the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the feet. And then number 5, we have clear conscience. In Hebrews 9 verse number 14, how much more shall the blood of Christ, the bride of Christ, purge your conscience, he says. And then number 6, cleansing. We receive cleansing. And 1 John 1 verse 7, but if we walk in the light, the blood of Christ, the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us. from all sin. You see, the blood of Christ has the power to cleanse us from all sin. It's the blood, the same blood today. Some have taken the blood out of their songbooks. Some have omitted the word blood in the Bible. Some quit believing in the power of the blood of Jesus. Some quit preaching about the blood of Jesus. But we still believe there is power, still power, in the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is still the cleansing power that saves us through His blood. There is protection, number seven, cleansing from all sin. There's also protection. Remember during the Passover, that night, God instructed Moses, He said, tonight at midnight, the angel of death will pass Egypt. And then, over Egypt. And then, I said, you have to, every man has to provide a lamb for his own self, and for his family. And I said, and then what they do is, they take the blood, and then sprinkle it on their door. and their doorposts, and the blood will be visible that night. They cannot see the blood, they were inside, only God can see the blood. God says, this night I will pass over Egypt, and then He said, when I see the blood, the blood shall be to you for a token, He says. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you. And so that night the house of Israelites were covered by the blood, were protected by the blood and the angel of death passed over Egypt and only the land of Goshen They were saved. And every home of the Egyptians, their firstborn died, including the firstborn of their flocks. But there was none dead inside the Jewish house. Why? Because of the blood. When I see the blood, the blood. So we receive protection from the blood. And we also receive healing. In Isaiah 53 verse 5, he was wounded for our transgressions, Isaiah said. He was bruised for our iniquities and the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we, we he says, are healed. There is healing. I mean spiritual healing in the blood of Jesus Christ. And then number nine, we have a Christian life. In John 6 verse 56, John 6 verse 56, He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, my blood dwelleth in me, and I in him. And the eating and the drinking, the eating of his body is not literal there. It is the right response we have of what He has done on the cross. His body was nailed on the cross. His blood was shed on the cross. And when you believe Jesus Christ, you believe in His blood, you get saved. And it may sound old-fashioned, but I'm one of those who believe that there is still power in the blood. Amen? What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Do you still remember that song? What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. O precious is the flow that makes me white as no other fount I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus. Do you believe that? What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. For my cleansing, for my pardon, this I see, nothing but the blood of Jesus. For my cleansing, this my plea, nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing can foresee, atone, nothing but the blood of Jesus. Lord of good that I have done, nothing but the blood of Jesus. O precious is the flow that makes me white as snow, no other fount I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus. And then it says somewhere in that song, this is all my righteousness, Nothing but the blood of Jesus. And then somewhere it says there, This is all my hope and peace. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Do you believe that? It is completely apart from your good words. Ang imong mga binuhatan dili na makaluwasan ni mo. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. It's the blood that was shed by Jesus Christ on the cross. It's the only thing. The only thing that can wash away our sins. Nothing but the blood. There is wonder, working power in the precious blood of the Lamb. Power to take away the sins of the world. There are three thoughts or five thoughts tonight that I'd like to share. First of all, the blood of Jesus Christ has the power to redeem. The blood of Jesus Christ has the power to redeem. In our text tonight, verse number 18, for as much as you know, He didn't say for as much as you doubt, For as much as he questioned, the Bible says, for as much as you know. What does it mean? That we were not redeemed, he says. Past tense. That we were not redeemed. For as much as you know. We know we are redeemed. Say Amen to that. We are saved. What a wonderful thing to know. Many do not know, many think it is impossible to know, yet the Bible everywhere testifies to the fact that we can and we should know. Your Bible please, in 1 John 5 verse 13. I ask you, do you believe the Bible? The Bible is the Word of God. God can never lie to us. 1 John chapter 5 verse number 13 in your Bible please. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God that ye may what? Know. That to know what? That ye have eternal life. I ask you. You can know it. You can know it that you have eternal life. What did He say? He's offering you, you believe in Jesus Christ, those who believe in Jesus Christ, that this book, the Bible, is written so that we may know we have what? Eternal life. How long is eternal? How long is eternal? Eternal is forever. That you have eternal life and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God. If we believe on the Son of God, we have eternal life. Do you believe Him? Do you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Do you believe He died for your sins? Do you believe He shed His blood on the cross for you to be saved? If we believe on the Son of God, we have eternal life. And contrary wise, if we do not have eternal life, we do not believe on Him. It means more to believe on Him or in Him than just to believe about Him. There is a big difference between believing about Jesus and believing on Jesus. Let me say this to you again. There is a big difference between hell and heaven. You may believe about Jesus, that Jesus Christ is a great man, that Jesus Christ is a great miracle worker, but it's one thing to believe in Jesus, to believe on Jesus. Ninety times plus, in the book of John, the word believe, believe, believe is mentioned. But next to the word believe, there's always the preposition of upon, or in, or on Jesus. Yes, said Pastor Ingay, it is so easy. You're preaching an easy gospel. All you need to do is to be saved. To be saved is to believe. You only have to believe. Yes, believe, but you have to believe on Jesus. He's worthy of our faith. He died for us. So there is a difference between believing on or in Jesus than believing about Jesus. Let me illustrate that. We believe about the doctor and never go to him when we get sick. But if we believe in him, we will go to see him. One we believe in, we trust. Amen? You put everything in Jesus. He's your only Savior. Bible says 2 Timothy 1 verse 12, For the witch cause I also suffer these things, Nevertheless, I am not ashamed for I know whom. He didn't say, well, I know what? I know whom. I believe in Jesus. You ask me today, are you saved? I say, without any shadow of doubt, I say I'm saved. I have the gift of eternal life and I received Jesus Christ. Now, because of who I believe. I believe in Jesus. And it is whom, he says, I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed. You see, the only reason I know I'm saved, my sins are forgiven, I have a home in heaven because I know Jesus. Jesus is the way. I am the way, the truth, and the life. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed. And I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day, the day of judgment. That ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold. For as much as ye know, You know that you were not redeemed, past tense. And you were not redeemed with corruptible things of silver and gold. What a lovely word, redeemed, is. Redeemed. It means more than just to purchase something. You redeem something that at one time you possessed but then lost. Now, let me restate that carefully this morning, not this evening. When one brings something to a pawn shop and gets the money on it, and then he does not buy it to get it back, he redeems it. Amen? If you have a friend in a pawn shop, and it has been with you for a long time, you don't want to exchange it, you don't buy it, you redeem it. The word is redeemed. So you redeem it back. And by creation, the problem is, if the man fails to, if he cannot pay the redemption price, then the item is lost forever. You see, let me explain that by creation, we originally belong to God. But by sin of Adam and Eve, we were lost to him and enslaved to Satan. Unless redeemed, we would be lost forever. Romans 5, look at verse number 8, please. Verse number 12. Romans chapter 5, verse number 12. In your Bible, please, tonight. Romans 5, verse number 12. It says, Romans chapter 5, And verse number 12, wherefore as by one man, just one man, Adam, sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so that passed upon all men, for all have sinned. We are all sinners in the sight of God, and we fail. And we believe the Bible teaches the total depravity of man. He has fallen. We are all sinners in the sight of God. The Bible says 2 Corinthians 4 verse 4, But if our gospel be hid, It is hid to them that are what? Lost. There are two kinds of people. We are all sinners, but there are two kinds of sinners. Lost sinners and saved sinners. Which of the two do you belong? There are lost sinners today. There are also saved sinners today. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. in whom the God of this world, Satan, hath blinded the minds of them which believe not. But the Lord, He goes into the prison house of sin. He goes into the prison house of Satan. He has enslaved people. He controlled their minds, their everything. But the Lord can say, deliver him. open the gate, let him go out, deliver him, and said, from going down to the pit, meaning hell, his candidate going to hell because he's lost. And then Satan says, what right do you have? He said, I have enslaved him, he has lost his right. He said, he has fallen into my hand, fall into my control what right do you have? Jesus Christ says because I have found a ransom Job 33 verse 24 when Job 33 verse 24 when he is gracious unto him and Syed Job says deliver him from going down to the pit I have found ransom for him thank God My dear friend, he had found a ransom. He had found a payment to get him back. He's lost, but he can, and he's lost, but he had found a ransom. The ransom is Jesus. The Bible says, all we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned everyone into his own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. God made him to be seen. 2 Corinthians 5.21 God made him to be seen who knew no sin for us. Who knew no sin that we might be made the righteous of God in Him. Friend, Christ's blood is the price. The redemption price. Now we surely need the redemption. We were enslaved by Satan. 1 John 5.19 And we know that we are of God and the whole world lies in wickedness. The world system. That is why Satan is called the God, small letter G, God of this world. Why? This world belongs to him. And someday Jesus Christ is going to redeem it. He has already redeemed it on the cross. We find there in that we know that we are of God, 1 John 5, 19, and the whole world writhe in wickedness. We read also in Romans 7, verse 14, that we were sold under sin. Sold, the Bible says. Romans 7, 14. Man by nature is a slave to sin. He just cannot help. The more he tries to get out of it, the more he feels frustrated. Why? Because he's totally helpless. To fight against sin, unsaved man is totally helpless. Sold under sin. Slave to Satan. But Christ became our King's man-redeemer. Thank the Lord for that. In scriptural times, as I mentioned this morning, When a man would act, you know, he would get hopelessly in debt. There's nothing he can do anymore because he's in debt. He would sometimes sell himself as a slave to someone in order to pay for the debt. He can't afford it. So, I owe money to the J.R. And so, I took it so I could afford it, Sir Greg. I became a slave and he paid for it. It happens in the Old Testament. They sell themselves. And the slaves. You're a slave? Bond slave? So it happened in the Old Testament time. And so the law, God has a law in the Old Testament, the law of kinsmen redeemer. The Bible says the near kin or nearest of kin could redeem him. So meaning to say, They will go to the court and settle the matter. He will be free. Or if a man had to sell his property for one reason or another and could not redeem it, then the same story. The nearest of kin could redeem it for him. We find this great Bible concept in the book of Ruth. You can read the book of Ruth. Remember Boaz who acted as a kinsman-redeemer for Ruth. Christ is our kinsman-redeemer. And He took upon Himself human flesh so becoming our kinsman and then went to the cross and by shedding His blood became our redeemer. For as much as you know that you were not redeemed, He became our Redeemer. For as much as you know that you were not redeemed, praise God, I am redeemed. Amen. Redeemed how I love to proclaim it, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, redeemed through His infinite mercy, His child forever, His child and forever I am. Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. Redeemed, redeemed His child forever I am. Number one, Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. From what did He redeem us? Look at this place in Galatians 3 verse number 13 in your Bible. You may ask this simple question, Pastor Ingay, what did He redeem us from? Galatians 3, look at verse number 13 in your Bible please. In Galatians 3 and verse number 13, He is our Redeemer. Christ has redeemed us. Remember Hapur, as much as you know that you are not redeemed, And then Paul says, verse 2, Christ had redeemed us. Is it something to be done or done already? I ask you. Is it something that Buhatun Panikristo or Humana? Christ had redeemed, with letter D there, redeemed us from the what? From the curse of the law being made a curse For us, for it is written, curse is everyone. Curse is everyone that hangeth on the tree. He redeemed us from the curse of the law. There are actually three Greek words translated by the word bot, by the word redeem. These three tell us the story of redemption. Three Greek words. First of all, in 1 Corinthians 6, look at verse number 20. 1 Corinthians 6, verse number 20, it says, For ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body. We are bought. We were sold under sin. Thank God we are bought again. Thank God for that. And first of all, there are three Greek words. Now, the first Greek word is agourazo. A-G-O-R-A-Z-O. Agurazo. And bought. It says there, for we are bought with a price. What's the price? A certain price that bought us, delivered us, redeemed us, the blood of Jesus Christ. So agurazo, first of all take note of this, is to buy in the slave market. During that time, if you need a helper, you can't ask for it. Helper. Qualification. College graduate. Qualification. 16 years experience. For those who will apply, do you have a flat screen TV? Do you have Wi-Fi? Do you have... So it's almost everything. No, you don't do that before. You go to the slave market. You go and buy a slave. So the first word is agoraso. Paul says you are bought. We were sold under sin. We were redeemed. And the price was the blood of Jesus Christ. Agoraso, which means to buy in the slave market. You're going to the slave market, you bring your money with you because you intend to buy. You are bought with a price. What's the price? The blood of Jesus. We are slaves to sin. Our ransom price was paid by the Lord Jesus Christ, and that price being His precious blood. Years ago, In the United States, they had slave markets, I said, years, years ago. And ships were transporting people from Africa. An article I read this week, one can imagine, he says, the shame, the sorrow, the heartache of being offered like a piece of cheap goods for sale to the highest bidder. So you go into bidding. This one is tall, dark, and handsome. He goes to Africa. So the price is. Then you bid. I give him 100,000. The other one said, well, I'm raising the price, 120. I raise the price. It's OK. You're the winner. Read the history. It happened years and years ago. It is said that A young man was there near the place. He saw it. That young man was named Abraham Lincoln. He saw it. He saw the pain of the terrible practice of selling human slaves. One time he was in New Orleans. as a young man, Abraham Lincoln made a bow to the Lord. He said, Lord, if you will give me the means to do so, I will smite this curse upon this nation. God took that young man at his word, making him the President of the United States. To Lincoln's credit, he kept that bow by initiating the Emancipation Proclamation. Setting them free. Emancipation Proclamation. The article said, it took war to stop this curse. But I like what it said there, but it was stopped. It was stopped. On a much higher tone, Jesus purchase us out of the slave market of sin and shame and paid the fearful price in order to do so. First word is agourazo, to buy in the slave market. Next word, the second Greek word Paul uses is exagourazo. It means to buy a slave out of the market. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Lord. That's the word there, redeemed, agorazo. The meaning of it for us is that the bond slave of the Lord Jesus Christ is bought, he is bought not only to be his bond slave, we change masters. We used to have Satan as our master, the world as our master. When we get saved, we change masters. Jesus Christ becomes our master. So, Algorazzo means that the Lord Jesus Christ is, you know, the slaves, his slaves are bought not only to be his bond slaves, but he is bought out of the slave market, never again to be put up for sale in any slave market. Never again. You are free. He becomes the bond slave of the Lord Jesus Christ for time and for eternity. Galatians 2.20, I am crucified with Christ nevertheless. Galatians 2.20, I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. One time in a slave market in Africa, a missionary was so burdened, he saw a young man inside the cage. They put them inside a cage. He saw that young man, and this young man can be saved and be trained and become a preacher of the gospel. So he looked at the price, took his pocket and saw. He can barely pay the price, but he made the bargain. I'm paying, he says, the price of that young man. After paying, they released him out of the cage. Missionary went home. He noticed somebody's footsteps. He was hearing footsteps following him. Everywhere he goes, there's footsteps. And he looked back, and he saw that young man. He said, you don't understand me, young man. You're free. I did not buy you to become my slave, sir. I know that. But since you're the one who bought me, I'd like to voluntarily come to you and serve you. Amen? He said, I love you. And he became later on a preacher of the gospel. In the law of slaves in the Old Testament, the law says you buy a slave, face price, he serves you for six years. On the seventh year, you're obligated to set him free. And if that slave became close to you and the master has given him a wife and he has children now, he can set him free, go home. It's the sabbatical year, so we're obligated to set you free. If the servant loves his master, he said, I love my master, I will not go home free. Then he brings that servant to the courthouse and they will open a hole in his ear. Big hole like brother Fernando before. And then as he goes into the goes as he walks into the streets people said he used to be a master yeah i mean he used to be a servant to somebody he's still servant today but he serves freely this master he has been set free we were in bondage of sin and satan and the power the grip of satan but jesus christ has set him free Why? What right do you have to do that? I have found a ransom. And the ransom is the blood of Jesus Christ. The third Greek word described redemption is lutro. L-U-T-R-O-O. It means ransom money used to liberate a slave or to set free by the payment of a ransom. Christ has redeemed us not only from the curse of the law, Christ has redeemed us from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of His dear Son. He has translated us as places in the kingdom of His Son. You know what happened? Before a person gets saved, The Bible is described in Ephesians 2 verse number 2. Ephesians 2, that is the description of someone who is under the influence of Satan. Someone not saved. Ephesians chapter 2 and verse number 1 in your Bible please. Ephesians 2 verse 1. And you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins. Dead in trespasses. Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of Isabel. You know what happened? The Bible says, the Bible describes those who are in the kingdom of darkness. We used to be in that kingdom. They are controlled by Satan. And then number two, they are blinded by Satan. 2 Corinthians 4, 3-4. They are deceived actually. They are blinded by Satan. You wonder, why is it, Pastor, that I cannot understand the Word of God? I can never understand the message of the Word of God. This is totally black to me. As I look in the door, I cannot say anything. There's blackness there. No, no, man, because you, your mind has to be open. The Holy Spirit has to come to you. You have to receive Jesus Christ to enlighten you. Sir Alan is here. I remember one time I preached. His mother, who became like my mother, she came to church the first day. I said, you know, idolatry is God, God hates it. Open your Bible, I said, mariolatry, God hates it. It is not in the Bible. It is a lie. There's only one Savior. There's only one God. The Lord Jesus Christ can save us. She got mad, so mad. To make the story short, years after that, she got saved. We were having funeral service in one of the members of the church. I remember Mrs. Regoro. I still remember her name. We were having services. While having services that night, she whispered to the pastor, I was the leader of that group before. I fought for it. I hated you for it. Because I had never heard the gospel preached to me in a clear way. Unless the light is open to you, you can never understand God. You can never understand why you need Jesus. Why? Because people in the kingdom of darkness are controlled by Satan. They are blinded by Satan. They are deceived by Satan. When the light of the gospel comes, You receive the Holy Spirit of Life, the Holy Spirit of Wisdom, you begin to understand the Word of God. There's only one thing that can set us free, this book, the Bible. The Bible, number one, the blood of Christ has the power to redeem. The blood of Christ, number two, has the power to transform us. It's the blood of Jesus when applied to our lives that makes the vilest sinners set free to be transformed into new creatures into the image of God's holiness Hebrews 9 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ who through eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God dead works you pray to a God that cannot hear you You pray to a seemingly God that cannot answer you? There's a God in heaven. Jesus Christ is alive. He can save you. He can help you. And Paul used to be a murderer. Paul used to destroy the church, had an encounter with the blood, and was forever transformed into the apostle of Christ. The rib on the cross had an encounter with the blood of Jesus Christ and was transformed from a condemned man into a saint dwelling in paradise. Thank God for the transforming power of the blood of Jesus. Number three, because time will not permit me, the blood of Jesus Christ has the power to give life. Has the power to ransom, first of all. Has the power to transform. Now has the power to give life. Blood is our source of life. Without it flowing through our veins, life will cease. It will end in this physical body. You cannot survive. You can't live without blood. Without the blood of Christ applied to your spirit and your soul, you're bound for certainty to second death. Hell is awaiting for you. You need to be born again. You need to be cleansed. Number four, the blood of Jesus Christ has the power to heal, has the power to protect. Thank God for that. Whenever a virus attacks our physical body and begins to make us sick, our blood begins to fight back. The blood fights with all that it has, attacking the virus. When the enemy of our soul rises up against us, the blood of our Savior covers us like a shield and the enemy that would destroy our soul is defeated. There is power in that blood. Lastly, by the grace of God, we must constantly exercise, we must claim the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. First of all, if you are not yet saved, if you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, as your Lord and Savior, receive forgiveness, receive cleansing from sin. If you, by faith, receive Jesus Christ, believe that He died for you on the cross, all your sins, believe Him, receive Him to your heart. Ephesians 1.7 says, In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, through the riches of his grace. Jesus said, For this is my blood of the New Testament. This is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. You can be saved tonight. Children of God, it is the blood of Christ that can provide us access to God in worship and in prayer. The way is open. You go into the throne of God, you ask me, Pastor Ingay, can I right now come right into the throne of God? If you say, well, can I right now enter into the office of the President provided, if you have access given to you by the PHG. And so they will allow you to see the president. You have to be checked thoroughly. And say, I have an appointment with the president. You give them some kind of card or ID. So they will let you in. That will probably happen 100 years from now. We cannot easily approach the president. But as a believer tonight, you can come. All of us can come immediately. All you have to do is blood. Blood. Blood. The blood of Christ. Angels will open the gate. All you have is the blood. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. The blood Through the blood we can overcome. The blood of Jesus Christ. I made mention this morning that in times when I am in doubt of something, in times when I can feel something is going on even in our services, how many times in our services I can see something causing disorientation in the service. No matter how we try to put order in our services, I can detect. I can feel destruction. I said, Lord, it's a fight. It's a spiritual war. In fact, last night I asked the Lord, I said, Lord, I will be going to a man-to-man confrontation with the devil because I will be preaching about the blood. He hates the blood. I said, Lord, hide me, empower me to die of blood. One time in Mati, I preached about Satan. I asked the Lord, I said, Lord, please cover me with your blood. I'm preaching a sermon that will really make the devil furious tonight. it will it will raise his rage tonight he will be angry at me tonight because I'm preaching this kind of message the devil I preach about hell while I was preaching we had services and then after services before I preach I could hear Banana trees in Mati were falling. I could see coconut fruits were falling down. Now, unexpected while I was preaching, a storm was approaching. I said, Lord, I just prayed. Lord, cover me with your blood. I drive sometimes, I sleep in the mission field. I can detect something is wrong. You always open your mind, I mean, your eyes. Brother Stanley and I were sleeping in the same room in Dulupon. He said, something must be wrong. He said, Brother Stanley, something must be wrong. Something is wrong. Brother Stanley said, in the middle of the night. and the devil can hurt us. The devil. One time we were witnessing, Brother Meshick and I were having, we were witnessing a man there in Bahada. And so I said, Brother Meshick, go ahead. We were standing on the street. I was giving out trucks. Hello, hello. Brother Meshick said, go ahead. And so, um, That man was a retired policeman. He was forced to retire. But the message said, sir, you need, you know, the Bible, you need. And almost, almost... At the verge of that man getting saved, The devil is real. How can we defeat him? We defeat him by the blood of Jesus. We have the power from the blood of Jesus. Tonight you need the power of the blood of Jesus. If you have never been saved, you come and be saved. And before you go to sleep, I do it every night. I said, Lord, we are going. We are helplessly closing our eyes. We just cannot tell if robbers would get in or evil men would come in. Some drug addicts would come and destroy us, hurt us. But Lord, cover us while we sleep. Cover us with your blood. My children, my family, cover us with your blood. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. Believe there is protection, there is protection, divine protection in the blood. Let us all say now please, Heavenly Father thank you for the word of God. Tonight as we give the invitation, Lord bless, I pray. In Jesus' name I pray, amen and amen. We're going to sing an invitation song. We'll be staying about two minutes, three minutes and we'll be out. And this is the time that I invite you right now. There is still power in the blood of Jesus. It is only the blood of Jesus. There's only one Savior that can save us tonight. Call upon Him. We're not talking about religion here. We're talking about salvation. We're talking about redemption. God has only one way to redeem us, and that is through the blood of His Son. You come and say, Lord Jesus, I know you died for my sins. I know I'm a sinner. I need forgiveness. I need cleansing. The blood of Jesus Christ cleansed us from all sin. We can be saved. We can be saved, forgiven tonight. Our sins will be cleansed by the blood of Jesus, but you must come. You must come as a child of God, beg that the blood of Jesus Christ will overshadow you, will empower you in all your endeavors in life, protect you, and whatever ministry you have, beg for the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. What song, Fr. Mark, please? Let's sing song number 82, Just As I Am. Just As I Am, without one plea. Come and you will be saved. Have you ever received Christ as your Savior? Now is the time. Now is the accepted time, the Bible says. Now is the day of salvation. You need to be saved now. Remember, as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. There is no more chance to be saved after death. Your chance to be saved is right now. Open your heart and He will save you. Open your heart and He will save you. Child of God, you need the protection of the blood of Jesus. Let's sing verse one. Verse one of that song. Verse one, sing it. You need to come to be saved. Receive Jesus Christ. Come to the altar if you haven't been saved. Now is the time that you will be saved. Come to the altar. We'll have one more line, one more verse and we're gonna end. Go ahead, second verse, please. Come to the altar. If you are already saved and have been baptized, be baptized. Hebrews 23 this month. Be baptized. Follow the water of baptism. You need to be saved. You need to be baptized. And if you are already a member of the church and God is calling you for a ministry, Hit the call of God. Join the ministry. If you have spiritual needs, come to the altar and pray. It's the best place to give, to say your petition to God. Come to the altar. Come. Come to the altar and pray. And all the people say, Amen. So thank you so much, Pastor, for that great message.