Hello and welcome to One on One. We are so pleased you've chosen Christian programming to be in your homes, and we are honored and blessed that you have chosen us, Buddy and Veronica McLaughlin, to come and to break the bread of life with you and bring the awesome news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through this wonderful technology and just wherever you decide to hear us from. Hey, if it's online, TV, podcast, wherever, we're just thankful that you're allowing us to bring the Word of God to you today because we want to throw you a lifeline of hope. We want to give you the Word that says it will set the captive free, it will heal, deliver, and we know in this world that we live today, we need all the above.
We do. Life on the hope is good right now, and his name is Jesus Christ. And we're getting ready to go into such a special season and this week is Passover Week. And for we as believers and Christians, this is our hope.
In Jesus Christ, we have a Savior who came, he bled, he died on a cross, but then he rose again on the third day. That's what makes us different. Our God is alive and well. And because of that shed blood of Jesus Christ, because we have that eternal hope.
And it's an exciting time for us. And when I look back at Passover Week, Buddy, it's somber in so many ways. And I realize without the Passover, without the crucifixion, there would not be a resurrection. But thank God there is a resurrection day, and we are talking about Passover today.
And Passover, really, we're celebrating God instigated Passover. And we can look at that in Exodus with the first Passover with the Hebrews, the Israelites, when they were delivered from Egypt. And we can go into Exodus chapter 12, beginning in verse 12. And Jesus, God was telling his children, and there's a plague that's coming, the one last plague.
And the firstborn, if you're not covered by the blood, then they're going to die. But thank God for that blood. This is when it was instituted at this very time, and this Passover because the Israelites were held as slaves for over 400 years. They had been in bondage.
But now they had a hope of being set free and delivered from Egypt. And this was it. The blood sacrifice was the way that they were going to be set free. In Exodus 12, 12, it says, four, I will pass through the land of Egypt.
And all that night, I will strike all of the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And against all of the gods of Egypt, I will execute judgment. And this will be a sign for you that on the houses, that where you are, when I see the blood, I will pass over you. And the plague shall not be on you to destroy you.
And I will strike the land of Egypt. I remember one of those songs out of that red hymnal when I was a little girl, when I see the blood, oh, when I see the blood, I will pass, I will pass over you. It's still true for us today with the mighty blood of Jesus because this was foreshadowing the blood of Jesus. The sacrifice that was made with a spotless lamb, the lamb that had to be brought to the house, it had to be slain, and then that blood was taken with hissep, and it was placed on the doorpost and the lentils.
So when the death angel passed over, the blood could be seen. And the Passover was, the death angel passed over, and there was life in that house. But buddy, there's so many things that in this Passover, that is so meaningful for us and also for the Israelites. The Lord told them that they needed to prepare a meal and they were safe in their houses.
They needed to prepare a meal. And with that lamb that they sacrificed, they had roasted lamb. They had bread that didn't have yeast in it. So they could make it very quickly.
See, they were anticipating to be set free at any moment, and they didn't want anything, no bread in the oven. So they could leave very quickly. And also the Lord said, keep your clothes on, your sandals, your shoes, your coat, get ready to go. This was a sign of faith that at any time, this Passover that they were going to be delivered.
God is a God of deliverance then, and he's a God of deliverance now. You know, we are also coming from this coronavirus plague. It's been almost over a year now that we have had to endure this. And so many times we would go to this scripture in our house.
And we put a red ribbon on our door, signifying that our home was covered by the blood of Jesus. You know, when the enemy comes over, when the enemy wants to destroy, there's nothing more powerful than the mighty blood of Jesus to protect. And that is why God wanted them to use the blood of this spotless lamb for that protection. And you know, so significant today because, you know, there are still past masters, things that take the children of God into bondage.
And we deal with it on the coronavirus has been a great example. It has been horrendous to- To shut us down. And to shut us up. To instill fear.
To close our churches and with the fear as well. Yes. But we learn from this and we look at it today. It's wonderful to understand and it's just so significant in the succession of things of us being able to be set free.
So relevant to Easter. But also it's relevant today in all of our lives that we have the opportunity to call down these strongholds. Jesus has given us all dominion, all power and all authority against any past master in our life. That's what all this about.
It's just that we have to become such a hideous person just persecuting the Israelites. And he had put past masters over the different groups. And they were suffering through these difficult times, working them day and night. No respect at all.
They were tired. They were burdened down. They were weary from the 400 years. They didn't know anything.
You don't have to know it's like you don't know any different. This is just the way it's going to be. But God was saying, oh no, we are going to be stepping out. Be dressed and ready to go.
And I'm telling you that is still true today. I don't know what your situation is in your life. I don't know if it's your health. I don't know if it's fear.
I don't know if it's finances. But I can tell you whatever the task master is that has stepped into your life, this seems to have dominion over some area of your family or maybe many areas of your family. You have the power of the blood of Jesus that Veronica was talking about to cover your family by the blood, to cover yourself by the blood of Jesus, to call down those strongholds. God was calling down a stronghold called Egypt.
He was calling it down to suppress its ability to do what it had done for 400 years to his children. And today because of Easter, because of Passover, because Christ came and lived and died, when He died, He saved us and saving us. It gave us all the promises in this word that sets the captive free. So we want to encourage you today to understand that this is so very significant in whatever your situation is, that God wants, has given you the authority, has given you the power.
You just need to receive it, accept it. You know, He's already told you, look, the death angel has passed over. That happened. It wasn't His children who suffered through that last plague.
It was not. It was the Pharaoh and his family. And that was the straw that broke the camel's back. So to speak, that set the captive free.
So when the Lord told them to leave their sandals on, hey, it was time. And the Lord told us that we have all dominion, all power, the same God that spoke that to them, spoke it to us in His Word. It is His promise to you because of the blood that was shed on Calvary all those many years ago. So today, the significance goes so far beyond just remembering the Passover.
But when you put the whole plan of God together, you know, we're kind of a little farther down the road in the plan. But we still the same love. He still cares for us the way He cared for the children of Israel. When He was wanting to free them, we still have that pleasure, that grace and that mercy and that love of God that sets us free as well.
It does. And everything here that we see is so symbolic. God does things in symbolism. And we look back to this symbolic, even when they are in their houses protected.
You know, we're protected covered by the mighty blood of Jesus. Also fixing the bread without yeast. Yeast is always symbolic of sin. We need to purify ourselves.
We need to lay that down. We need to leave that in Egypt. We need to shake Egypt off. Also those bitter herbs of slavery, it's reminding them because in the very first chapter of Exodus, it says, now there rose a king in Egypt who did not remember Joseph, who did not remember the wisdom of Joseph and how he helped them through famine.
And through this 400 years, they forgot the ways of God. It's so paralleling what we're seeing even in our nation. 225 years ago, you know, we're looking at our founding fathers with one nation under God. Now we have leaders who do not even want to say the Pledge of Allegiance and signify that we are one nation under God.
And so many times it feels like we are taking those same herbs of bitterness that we feel like we are in bondage and that we were in slavery. But as I was reading this, the Lord spoke to my spirit and He said, get ready. Put your sandals on. Get your cloak on.
You are going to be delivered, even though it seems like there is death that is passing and sweeping over the land. This is the time that God wants to bring us deliverance like never before. God has heard the cries of us, His people, just like He heard the cries of the Israelites. The Bible says that the cries of the Israelites went before the throne of God.
Our cries have gone before the throne of God. We are continually praying for our freedoms. We are continually saying God save America. We are continually saying God, remember us.
We your children. And even though it seems like we are taking some bitter peels right now, God is saying it is time for deliverance. It's time that I'm going to bring you out. It's time that I'm going to show you some great and marvelous things.
So we need to ready ourselves. We ready ourselves by purifying ourselves, looking into ourselves and saying, God, if there's any sin in my heart, please take it out. If there's any yeast that wants to puff up and get big, take it out of my life, God. God, I am ready to travel on.
I am ready to be set free. What do you need to be set free from today? Do you need to be set free from a spirit of depression, oppression, discouragement that the enemy has wanted to place upon us in this past year, a spirit of heaviness, a spirit of hopelessness to tell you that things will never ever change. Well, I'm here to tell you today that things will change because we have a great God and He is our deliverer.
And now we have the blood of Jesus, which foreshadowed killing that spotless slam. And so many years ago, 2,000 years ago in that upper room, when Jesus gathered His disciples together in that upper room, and buddy, we were in that upper room just about three years ago. And it's a room, probably what would you say about 1,500 square feet? It's not very big at all.
They were gathered in that room. And He said, you know, we're going to have this Passover supper. He was in Jerusalem for Passover. Why?
Because He knew that He was going to be the spotless lamb, who would be crucified. His blood would be shed to be placed upon our hearts so that we could be delivered, we could be set free. And we look back at this, it's no coincidence that Jesus was getting ready to die right at Passover, buddy, right during the season. God puts everything into motion.
And the symbolism is just beautiful. And it carries into our lives today. I mean, when I think of Easter, yeah, there's beautiful pastel colors, springs coming. I mean, all these wonderful things are happening.
But you're putting it all in perspective of that great sacrifice that was made, the plan that was for you and for me. I mean, God had us in mind with every step. Had you in mind, had your family in mind. Yeah, this was many thousands of years ago.
But the wonderful but is. He's the same God today, yesterday, and forever. All the things that He meant good for His children, He means good for you, for your family, for your children. That blood that was so sacrificially given at Calvary was given so that it would cover the multitude of sins of the generations, not just everything at that moment.
This was for you and for me. I mean, our hearts need to go out. We need to get our minds off the focus of us and onto the focus of God. Because God's focus is so broad, so broad that He thought of you.
And He thought of me at Calvary. He thought that, hey, Buddy McLaughlin one day is going to come to His senses. And he's going to find a way to my throne. And I'm going to bless Him.
And I'm going to teach Him. And I'm going to grow Him. And He was thinking of that when His Son hung on that cross, just as He was thinking about you and the situation you were in today. If you would just look away from the circumstances, look to the cause, the reason of the cross, the reason for the Passover, the reason for Christ to be that spotless lamb.
And apply that to your life today, that blood, to whatever it is that's going on in your life today. God wants to reach through the generations, through time and space. He wants to touch you where you are today. But are you ready to receive that?
Are you ready to say, God, I've fought this thing long enough. I've lived in fear. I've lived in condemnation. Look at the children of Israel.
The condemnation that came from the Egyptians were terrible. They didn't even feel human any longer. And I know there's someone here in me right there that's resonating in your spirit. That you've lived under this condemnation of other people, long enough.
Your children have. Maybe it's drugs. They've drugged you into the spiral that you can't seem to get out of. And now people are looking down.
But I can tell you there is a God who wants to love you, who wants to forgive you, who wants to encourage you, who wants to tell you that there's no sin. There's nothing that can't be forgiven. And there's nothing that he can't fix if you'll just allow him to do it. Don't receive these burdens from these taskmasters.
We receive a wonderful Savior, a gift, that blood that's on your doorpost, that's on your lentils, that you can overcome by the blood of a lamb and by the word of your testimony. What you're hearing today from me is the word of my testimony. I came from a life of alcoholic drugs and abuse and just controlling my own world in any way I wanted. But God came and said he'll change all that for me.
And he'll change it all for you. I encourage you today, apply that blood to your life. Apply that blood to your situation. Allow the Lord to take control of these situations.
I didn't handle it very well. I didn't do very well with it. If I was writing a book on all my successes while I was living in sin, it would be a paragraph. And I look back at what God has allowed me to do since I've come to know him as my Lord and Savior.
I'm telling you the chapters are broad and are blessed because he teaches us to love back and to give, just as he loved us. And today I'm hoping this word is loving on you. I'm hoping you understand that God just wants to change you right where you are. All you have to do is just say, Lord, forgive me in my sins.
For I know I'm a sinner, God. I receive you into my heart. Forgive me and make me new. It's really that easy.
And now if you're struggling, if you know the Lord and yet you've kind of gotten away from the true foundation of who he is and what he is, I'm just asking you today to call these taskmasters down in the name of Jesus to cover yourself by the blood of Jesus. Allow God to wash you, to clean you, to help you to restore you. Don't Veronica, I just can't speak enough about what this blood means to us today, what it means to us as individuals, us as families, us as a nation, and us as children of God. Yes, the blood has never lost its power.
It's still just as powerful 2,000 years ago as it is today. Jesus knew how powerful his blood would be. He came because we were in bondage. He came because he knew that we were under the heaviness of sin.
And he knew that his blood would set us free. We don't talk about the blood enough. When we talk about the blood of Jesus, it reminds Satan that he was defeated on Calvary 2,000 years ago. It looks like everything was going his way.
Jesus was hanging on the cross. After the Passover, he went and he was crucified, and the Satan and all of his demons were just dancing around the cross doing their jig. You know, we see the enemy also doing a jig today. You know, God has the last laugh.
And what happened when Jesus' breath left his body? He went into the heart of the earth, the Bible says. And he looked at Satan right in the eye, and he said, now, I have come to reclaim what is rightfully mine. You give me back the keys of hell and of death.
And he took the keys, and he rose victorious on the third day. That's what happens. All of heaven then began celebrating when the stone was rolled away. But we knew that there was a dark time.
We knew that there was a Passover. And knowing that this season that we are going into, we remember this Passover season by taking that same communion that Jesus did so many years ago. When he was sitting there with his disciples, he broke the bread. That broken body was for you and me, symbolic, that when we take that body, that his body was broken so that we could be made whole.
Isn't that wonderful to know that by his brokenness that we are whole in our minds, our bodies, and our spirits, God wants us to be made whole. He made the sacrifice so that we could be made whole. And then when he drank the wine, symbolic of the blood, that blood that was taken for our sins, that blood for our protection, that blood that covers us from everything that the enemy wants to come to destroy us with, the mighty blood of Jesus. And when we do the communion and buddy, we do communion over Passover.
And we remember what Jesus Christ did for us two thousand years ago, when we were going through some very difficult times in our lives. When we got diagnosed with thyroid cancer or brain tumors, we went immediately and we started taking communion every day. It reminded us of what Jesus did on that cross during this time. It also reminded Satan that the blood was shed and he can't take the wrath out on us.
He has to turn his face to Calvary. That's where the wrath was taken out. And we were faithful with that and we trusted in that. And we believe that there was life in the blood and life in that broken body.
It's wonderful to know that we had a spotless lamb who came and he bled and he died to be that ultimate sacrifice for you and me so that we could have eternal life. He could make us new. He could bring us out of bondage. We don't have to be in bondage any longer.
Jesus said that I have come to set the captive free. That was the first thing he said that he came to do. I don't want you to be in bondage. And just like when we go back to the Israelites in Egypt, he didn't want his children to be in bondage.
So he made a way, but he got always makes a way for our freedom, for our deliverance, for our healing, for our restoration. And when you look at us today, you're looking at two people who have been restored. Our marriage was restored by the blood of Jesus. Our family was restored.
And from that, that catapulted us into a ministry giving our testimonies of what Jesus Christ can do. He saves and sets free and delivered. And it's just as powerful when we tell our testimonies today as it was 20 years ago when we started this ministry, we still have that same passion. We still have that same zeal.
We have a new life in Jesus Christ. That story never grows old. That we can see the redemption power of the blood of Jesus. And all we have to do is apply that blood to our lives.
With the children of Israel, the blood wasn't any good in the basin. They had to take it from the hissip and they had to apply it over the doorpost. We also have to apply that blood over our hearts today. And so many times people disregard that buddy, the significance of the blood of Jesus.
I know when I was raised in a Pentecostal home, we saw miraculous things happen in that home and in my grandfather's church. We would see cancers healed. We would see people come out of wheelchairs. We would see miraculous things in praise reports and hospitals.
I remember going with my grandfather, he was a chaplain to the hospital. I remember people coming out of hospital beds. I mean, that's how I was raised and how they prayed. I cover you by the mighty blood of Jesus.
The blood will never lose its power. So we need to remember that even more this season, this Passover season, that the blood was applied so that when he sees the blood, he can pass over us. You know, eternity only comes when you apply the blood to your life. The death angel won't pass over.
If you haven't applied the blood of Jesus to your life, except you're into your heart. That's how important that blood is. The death angel can pass over. Any eternity can be yours when you come to know him as your Lord and Savior.
And you let that blood that was shed on calvary be applied to your life so that you will have eternity. This life is so brief. As Veronica said, there were people come out of hospital beds. Miracles happen.
I'm a miracle because God saved me from the ditch, from a life of self-destruction. God wants to do that in your life. This blood is so valuable. And if you know him, it's so much more valuable because now you have and you have eternity.
Now you can use this as an offensive weapon to fight the enemy, to run your race, to receive your reward, to do all that Christ has called you to do. You have the victory. We want you, first of all, to receive the blood of Jesus so you can have the victory now and be given that eternal promise and the Lamb's Book of Life. And if you know him, now use that blood.
Use that blood to cover yourself, your families, your situation that was given for that reason. It was given in love so that you would be able to live a life sustained of peace and joy and hope eternal. And we're hoping in this Easter season that's approaching us, that you receive this blood, that you share it freely, the message, not just the time, the beauty of the time, but share the reason for Easter. Well, we love you and God loves you.
Until we see you again next week, remember that God is always faithful. Hello everyone. Veronica and I would like to thank you so much for partnering with Dufsong Ministries through these many years. We appreciate your support, your love.
We look forward each week to coming and being a part of your life in your homes. Bring you God's Word. We are so humbled to receive your praise reports of salvation, of healing, and restoration. We are excited to take this gospel across the world.
We know this next season is bringing great harvest for His glory. Thank you. And remember, the best is yet to come. Jesus Christ, write, call, or visit our website at www.buddyemboronica.com.
We look forward to visiting with you again soon. Until then, remember, God is always faithful.