In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes that God, for the sake of his Son, will release the life and power of Jesus into believers during times of temptation, enabling them to have victory. The preacher shares his personal experience of drawing up a contract, declaring that he is crucified with Christ and no longer controlled by his sinful nature. He then recounts a revelation he received at a conference, where he learned that many Christians struggle to live the Christian life because they have only focused on receiving forgiveness and salvation through Christ's sacrifice, but have not fully embraced the power of the cross in their daily lives. The preacher encourages listeners to imagine themselves at the foot of the cross, realizing that Christ not only died for them but also died as them, providing the power to live a victorious Christian life.

Oh, I'm so glad that there came a day when I went down to a little conference in the west coast of Florida, and I heard a man say, you know, some of you have been trying to get victory over yourself and your nature and your traits and your disposition for years and years and years, and you haven't gotten anywhere. You've been cutting it off a little at a time and trimming here and trimming there and praying about this and working on that that hasn't done any good. He said, you know what I want, what's your problem? And when by that time there was only two of us there, as far as I was concerned, him and me, and I almost shouted out in the meeting, go ahead, tell us, what is it? I'm anxious to know. And then he said, your problem is that when you came to Jesus Christ, the only thing you were concerned about was the sin that was going to send you to hell. And you saw Christ dying for you to take away the sin that would send you to hell. And you received him as your substitute. You received him as the one who died and sacrificed his life for you. And all you believed for, you got. And all you asked for was forgiveness. All you asked for was pardon. And you got everything you asked for. And ever since then, you've been trying to live the Christian life in your own energy, in your own strength. And you thought that you could produce something for God. And you've been falling on your face and stumbling and crawling, getting up with good resolution and new determination, only to fall again. And all of your problem comes because you've never looked at the cross from the inside. And I must have shouted out, what do you mean look at the cross from the inside? And then he said to the congregation, shut your eyes. And he took us up by imagination to the cross. And then he said, now walk around under that arm, that right, left arm of the Lord. And under the cross, turn around and look up. Do you see those nails? Do you see how far they've protruded through the board? And look, do you see there's a form there, like a person? Can you see who it is? Don't you see now? Why, that person on the other side of the cross is you. Did you know that, that there were two people on the cross? That Christ not only died for you, but he died as you. And when he was there for you, you were there with him. You know what your trouble is? And I almost shouted, what, what? You've never put your back up to the cross and put your hands over those nails. He said, Lord, from tonight on, as long as I live, I'm going to stay right here, crucified with Christ. If you'll do that and understand that God couldn't figure out any way to separate the good and the bad, but that in his eyes, it's all bad. And that you are the one that died there that day. And that the day Jesus died, you died. But you're prepared to come. And just as you saw him dying for you back there, you see yourself dying with him. And you'll stay there with your hands on the nails. God, for the sake of his son, will, in the time of your temptation, release the life and power of his son into you, that you can have victory. Will you do it? You know what I did? I went home, I took a piece of paper, and I drew up a contract. I, my name, the time, the place, the date, do hereby declare that this day on, as long as I shall live, that I, that I am by nature, then I described it as God had shown it to me. Proud, arrogant, lustful, sensual, thieving, devout, earnest, praying. Hardworking. For it's a mixture, you see, it's a mixture. And I put it all down. That I, that stood outside the cross and pled for mercy, I count from today on to be on the cross crucified with Christ.