The Power of the Cross (Grace Community Church)

Congregational singing
Grace Community Church - Sun Valley, California
Text: Keith Getty and Stuart Townend
Oh, to see the dawn
Of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood.
This, the pow’r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us;
Took the blame, bore the wrath −
We stand forgiven at the cross.
Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Ev’ry bitter thought,
Ev’ry evil deed
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.
Refrain
Now the daylight flees;
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life;
“Finished!” the vict’ry cry.
Refrain
Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death;
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.
This, the pow’r of the cross:
Son of God − slain for us.
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross.

[@williamwei9524]

Hallelujah! All I have is Christ. Jesus is my life. Thanks be to the Lord my God and Savior Jesus Christ.

[@sherrygriffin9320]

Can we EVER know the full cost of our salvation?!!! Praise the Son of God who became sin for us....boggles the mind!! Hallelujah to His Holy Name

[@patriot4780]

I haven’t heard many church hymns that bring me to tears, but this one did! God gave His only begotten Son to live a sinless life, and then die a horrible death on a Roman cross, that whoever believes on Him for their salvation would not perish, but have everlasting life; opening the door of salvation to even THIS sinful wretch ↖️. My salvation is proof positive that God saves, even the WORST sinner who believes on Him for the forgiveness of their sins. We are all as helpless as the criminal on the cross to do anything to merit our salvation, because our righteousness is as filthy rags in the sight of God. THANK YOU LORD!!!

[@SRADDSVYHS]

Amazing hymn! It's beyond measure that God in Christ gave up everything for us- for our love. Immense and incomparable is His infinite Love. To free us from death, He too the sinful flesh and has freed us by condemning sin and death in flesh. Through Christ we now reach into Father and can live by Him.

[@j0o235]

If your struggle through life is hard and sometimes added with great pain just remember jesus died for us you are never on your own keep the faith...

[@annhorne1560]

The very best of all the modern hymns.

[@harrykim7830]

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 NIV

[@leahjane8849]

What a beautiful and very moving hymn god bless all listening greetings from our troubled land South Africa

[@sherrygriffin9320]

The magnitude of what Jesus gave up...what a God, what a love ❤️

[@nanikdasani4547]

Oh, to see the dawn Of the darkest day: Christ on the road to Calvary. Tried by sinful men, Torn and beaten, then Nailed to a cross of wood. This, the pow’r of the cross: Christ became sin for us; Took the blame, bore the wrath − We stand forgiven at the cross. Oh, to see the pain Written on Your face, Bearing the awesome weight of sin. Ev’ry bitter thought, Ev’ry evil deed Crowning Your bloodstained brow. Refrain Now the daylight flees; Now the ground beneath Quakes as its Maker bows His head. Curtain torn in two, Dead are raised to life; “Finished!” the vict’ry cry. Refrain Oh, to see my name Written in the wounds, For through Your suffering I am free. Death is crushed to death; Life is mine to live, Won through Your selfless love. This, the pow’r of the cross: Son of God − slain for us. What a love! What a cost! We stand forgiven at the cross.

[@peterlai1869]

Hi people, set to 1.25x Speed for better listening. Enjoy.

[@carolejohnston9294]

What a beautiful song, thanks Jen ❤❤🙏

[@vanessamoroldo82]

The Royal Way of the Cross To many the saying, “Deny thyself, take up thy cross and follow Me,” seems hard, but it will be much harder to hear that final word: “Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire.” Matthew 25: Those who hear the word of the cross and follow it willingly now, need not fear that they will hear of eternal damnation on the day of Judgment. This sign of the cross will be in the heavens when the Lord comes to judge. Then all the servants of the cross, who during life made themselves one with the Crucified, will draw near with great trust to Christ, the judge. Why, then, do you fear to take up the cross when through it you can win a kingdom? In the cross is salvation, in the cross is life, in the cross is protection from enemies, in the cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness, in the cross is strength of mind, in the cross is joy of spirit, in the cross is highest virtue, in the cross is perfect holiness. There is no salvation of soul nor hope of everlasting life but in the cross. Take up your cross, therefore, and follow Jesus, and you shall enter eternal life. He Himself opened the way before you in carrying His cross, and upon it He died for you, that you, too, might take up your cross and long to die upon it. If you die with Him, you shall also live with Him, and if you share His suffering, you shall also share His glory. Behold, in the cross is everything, and upon your dying on the cross everything depends. There is no other way to life and to true inward peace than the way of the holy cross and daily mortification. Go where you will, seek what you will, you will not find a higher way, nor a less exalted but safer way, than the way of the holy cross. Arrange and order everything to suit your will and judgment, and still you will find that some suffering must always be borne, willingly or unwillingly, and thus you will always find the cross. Either you will experience bodily pain or you will undergo tribulation of spirit in your soul. At times you will be forsaken by God, at times troubled by those about you and, what is worse, you will often grow weary of yourself. You cannot escape, you cannot be relieved by any remedy or comfort but must bear with it as long as God wills. For He wishes you to learn to bear trial without consolation, to submit yourself wholly to Him that you may become more humble through suffering. No one understands the passion of Christ so thoroughly or heartily as the man whose lot it is to suffer the like himself. The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. No matter where you may go, you cannot escape it, for wherever you go you take yourself with you and shall always find yourself. Turn where you will-above, below, without, or within-you will find a cross in everything, and everywhere you must have patience if you would have peace within and merit an eternal crown. If you carry the cross willingly, it will carry and lead you to the desired goal where indeed there shall be no more suffering, but here there shall be. If you carry it unwillingly, you create a burden for yourself and increase the load, though still you have to bear it. If you cast away one cross, you will find another and perhaps a heavier one. Do you expect to escape what no mortal man can ever avoid? Which of the saints was without a cross or trial on this earth? Not even Jesus Christ, our Lord, Whose every hour on earth knew the pain of His passion. “It behooveth Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead, . . . and so enter into his glory.” How is it that you look for another way than this, the royal way of the holy cross? The Way to Life is narrow and few there are who find it! Few men find the Way, because so few are prepared to follow the Savior of the world on the road that leads to eternal life. When Jesus said, “You CANNOT be my disciple unless you deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Me” Matt. 7: 13-14; Luke 14: 25 - 35; Matt: 7: 21-27