JOE: I grew up with great Christian parents,
Fred and Willie Jordan, who literally
met the needs of the homeless, the poor, and the
needy around the world. They blessed and shared the gospel,
the resurrection story with literally tens of millions of
people, fed tens of millions of people, and we still do feed
hundreds of thousands of people. For 80 years, we've carried on
the torch and the calling and the legacy that God gave my
father because of friends and partners like you. Together we
do extraordinary things, reaching people for Jesus, and
that's because of you. Thank you so much for all you do. Keep us
in your prayers and whatever you can do, whether you give $5 or
$25 or $50, just know this. God takes it all. He puts it
all together, and then He uses us at Fred
Jordan Mission to reach the least of these.
JOE: Well, welcome to FJM TV. I'm Joe
Jordan. I'm excited to be here again with
two great, great people. I've got my wife, Kris Jordan
here, I've got Gina Thompson, and you guys are amazing
because you offer so much great insight and depth
into just God's Word and your lives and experiences. And we've
all been walking with Jesus a long time and we've all gone
through quite a bit. I mean, we're coming up on 36 years of
marriage and you've beat us. You are what?
GINA: 40. JOE: 40 years of marriage.
GINA: And 6 grand babies later? JOE: Yeah, 6 grand babies.
KRIS: We're almost there. JOE: We're almost there. She
says, but we don't have any grand babies
yet, but they will come. But first we want the girlfriend
or the boyfriend for our two kids. Then we want the
engagement and then the marriage and then grandkids, and they're
doing it good in that order. But anyway, we will have grandkids
one day and as many of as they have, they have, and we're just
excited. But today with Fred Jordan Missions, we just want to
share God's love with you, his truths and some of His Word that
can just encourage you today. But Fred Jordan Mission has been
here a long time, 73 years on television, we've been airing a
show on Sunday. Started with my dad, Fred Jordan in 1951, and
now it's 2024. So it's amazing. FJM TV has been around 73 years,
never missed a Sunday. And then my mom took it over when my dad
went to heaven, and now of course I'm here and you guys are
here. And we just get to keep the legacy going of declaring
and demonstrating God's love. But also we kind of
have a special year in the 44 to 24. And
what does that mean? 44, 80 years?
GINA: What a beautiful testimony from
your father, your beautiful mother and
Fred Jordan Mission, 80 years faithfully serving
those who are in need on the streets of Skid Row and all in
the surrounding areas. I mean, it's not just Skid Row and it's
just beautiful and an honor to be a part of Fred Jordan
Mission. So thank you for having me.
JOE: Oh, we love having you. And 80
years, that's a long time. 80 years
of full-time ministry, feeding the poor, caring for the
needy, the homeless, the helpless and the hopeless, and
of course, offering the hope of Jesus. How can people hear
about us more, see about us more, get involved, volunteer,
pray, give, how do they get involved?
GINA: Yes, we need it all, but just go
to fjm.org and you'll find everything
you need to know about FJM right there. We need help
with finances. We need your prayers. We need you to come and
volunteer, and we just love that you're a part of even the show
here. I hope that you're encouraged and yeah, fjm.org.
JOE: Absolutely. And of course if
you go to social media, Facebook or Insta,
you can go and just @FJMissions and you can find us. You
can DM us, and we want to hear from you and just be a part
of the community of loving Jesus by loving those in need.
GINA: And also, Joe, the texting.
JOE: Oh yeah, the texting. Yeah. Every day, Monday through
Friday, I get to send out a text to you. It goes right to your
phone. It even goes to me. I get it from me to me. It's amazing.
You get it. My wife gets it. And it's really cool because all it
is, it's not a big preaching message. It's not a half an hour
long show or anything. Basically, it's a verse like
John 3:16, for God so loved the world that He gave His only son
that whoever would believe in Him would not perish but have
everlasting life. So what a great thing to know. God loves
you and sent Jesus. But also then I just give a little
background on that and I just say something like, it's
amazing. God loves us while we are sinners. He sent Jesus to
die for us. And if you just put your faith in Him, you'll have
eternal life and be saved. And it just encourages you every
day. Anyway, just text the word Bible to (626)314-7703. Bible,
(626)314-7703, and get a text from me every day and just a
little blessing and encouragement. It's all free of
course. But also, you know what we get to talk about today,
which is amazing to me? We get to talk about the Chosen One.
The Chosen One, who is the Chosen One? Let's look at God's
word today from Luke 9:35, and this is what it says. A voice
came from the cloud saying, this is my son whom I have chosen.
Listen to Him. God's voice came from the cloud and it said, this
is my son I have chosen and listened to Him. You know just
knowing that God's voice came from the clouds down to us and
said, this is my son, the Chosen One, my son, and listened to Him
makes me want to know Jesus. And some just thoughts I wrote on
this, the scripture gives a main point, which is we must listen
and obey Jesus because God has told us to. But not only that,
there's blessings in that as we listen to God, as we follow
Jesus and obey Him, God's one and only son, the one that we
need to listen to, the one that came down from earth, the one
that came down from heaven to this earth so that we could have
life. It doesn't matter what we're going through right now.
It doesn't matter what you're going through right now because
God is there for you and He wants to be there for you.
And without Jesus, we have no hope. So
who is Jesus the Chosen One to you?
KRIS: He is God. He is the creator
of the universe. He is the creator of us.
He is the one who saves us. He's the only one who can
save us, and He loves us with an everlasting love.
JOE: Yeah. Jesus said to His disciples, He said, I am the
way, the truth and the life, and no one comes to the Father or
goes to heaven except through me. That's amazing, Jesus, the
Chosen One, what's it mean to you, Gina?
GINA: He's the mediator between God and
us. I mean, the world was in a really
bad place and God was just like, I need to send my
son. He is more than a prophet. He is more than a good teacher.
He is the living son of God, the mediator between God and us. So
we can have not only life during life, but life after life.
JOE: Absolutely. GINA: And He is yes, master of the universe.
JOE: Yeah. Isn't it amazing you guys that it's
just amazing to me, so I hope it's
amazing to you too, and I hope it's amazing to you
or becomes amazing to you. The Bible is so amazing when it says
in the beginning was the Word and the Word was God, and the
Word was with God. And then it talks about how the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us. What does that mean? The Word was
with God and then dwelt among us and became flesh.
KRIS: Yeah. Well, there's one reason why
that happened, and I love to say it this
way when I'm talking to people about Jesus, it's like
dwelling in heaven requires sinless perfection. We're all
disqualified every human being because we've sinned. We've all
fallen short of God's glory. And so what did God do? He sent His
son from heaven to earth to do two things. Number one, He came
and He lived that perfect sinless life on our behalf,
because we're not able to do that, none of us can. He lived
that perfect life, and then He died on the cross. He suffered
our punishment for us, and He died and He rose again 3 days
later, and He offers us that gift of salvation that we can
never earn on our own. We can't go to heaven on our own. But he
loved us so much that he did that for us, and He offers
salvation if we would just put our faith and trust in Him, turn
from our sins, believe Him, believe what He did for us. And
so yeah, so the Word was God, and yet He came and dwelt
among us in the flesh, the God man.
JOE: In the beginning was the Word, Jesus.
And Jesus came to this earth because God
loved us so much. The Bible says, while we were
yet sinners, Christ died for us. He didn't wait for us to
clean up our acts, fix ourselves. No. While we were in
our rotten state, God loved us and sent Jesus, the Word, to
become flesh and dwell among us. Why do you follow Jesus?
GINA: He is our redeemer. He restores our
lives. He's the one that takes the mess and makes
the message out of it you know, and that's
just beautiful. I mean, where would I be without Him?
JOE: Yeah, we would all be a mess. I can tell you
that. But you know what? You don't have to be a
mess if you accept Jesus. Stay tuned. We'll be right back.
ANNOUNCER: Jesus once said, what you do
for the least of these you do for me. With your generous
support, Fred Jordan Mission has been fulfilling
this calling for over 80 years by feeding hungry
people here on Skid Row. Together we made a difference.
Together, we have given hope to those less fortunate, and
together we have demonstrated the love of Jesus to those in
need. We deeply appreciate your support and we ask that you
please continue to give to this life-changing mission. Go online
to give at fjm.org. Whatever the amount, rate or small,
your donation is greatly appreciated.
ANNOUNCER: Join the conversation by connecting with us on social
media. We are on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more.
Visit us at social.fjm.org.
JOE: Well, welcome back. You know we were just talking
about why Jesus came to this earth, the Chosen One.
What a mess we would be without Him, and did you have
some more thoughts on that? Because it's amazing.
KRIS: When you said that some people think
that they're good and they don't need a
savior. And that was me. I mean 1000% because I was
looking at my life as well, my good, what I considered good
outweighed my bad. So I was good. What do I need to be saved
from? But when we realized that God is perfect and holy across
the board, that means that we sin every day. We don't even
sometimes realize that we're sinning. But when you think
about in terms of being perfect, being holy means that we are
sinless in thought, in action, in word, in motive. I mean, the
standard is so high, and when God revealed what a sinner I
was, to me it was humbling. And it's like, oh my goodness, I am
lost. I am not okay with God. And yet He reached down in my
pride, which is really what it was, and He saved me. He chased
after me, and He brought me to Him because He loved me and He
didn't want to see me lost. And it's just amazing to me.
GINA: It's so beautiful how the lengths that He goes to pursue
us and to pursue us and to pursue us and always with us
every step of the way, but He doesn't overstep. Behold, I
stand at the door and knock, you know and He waits for us to come
to Him, to commune with Him and to not only about salvation, but
to have life during life and have that communion
with Him, and that's just beautiful.
KRIS: And He comes to seek and to save
that which is lost. We know that from
the Word, and yet I'm so humbled because again, I didn't
know I was lost, but He knew and He went after me even when I
wasn't looking for Him, I wasn't searching for Him. He was
searching for me. And that's just mind blowing.
JOE: I mean, God's love for us all is
just beyond belief. You can't even understand
it. It's just the depth of it is so great, especially
when we know from God's Word that while we're
still sinners, He sent Jesus to die for us. His Chosen One, His
one and only son was in heaven with Him, perfect, perfect,
sinless, righteous, holy, God's one and only son. And yet he
loved us enough to send him down that he was brutalized. He was
beaten and battered and had nailed on a cross to die for you
and me, while we were still sinners. What amazing love. What
an amazing love. And the other scripture I think about in this
is when we think, oh, we're okay. Their sins are worse.
We're better than this. The Bible says that sin is sin, is
sin and all have sinned and fallen short of God's glory, all
of us. So if you ever think you're too good or you're good
and you don't need a savior, the Bible says this very clearly,
our righteousness is that of filthy rags. I'm not going to
theologically get into that whole thing and what that just
extrapolates and means in the big form, but I can tell you
this, filthy rags is filthy rags, and that's our
righteousness. Pretty dirty, pretty rotten, and all of us are
sinners. And so the Chosen One came, Jesus, to be our savior,
and I just love that. And when God sent His son and by sending
His son to die for our sins, God is working and work towards
restoring that right relationship, showing the
radiance of His own glory and shining through like no one else
could. And I love how the Apostle John says this and
captures this in 1 John, see what kind of love the Father has
given to us. It's a little emotional. It's amazing God's
love for us. It says as it goes on that we should be called
children of God, and so we are, we are children of God because
we've been bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus. The most
important thing we need to know is that Jesus is the Chosen One
who came to this earth to become our Lord and Savior, but we
need to believe and receive. And so why should
someone follow the Chosen One, Gina?
GINA: Oh my goodness. Well, if you want to
get to heaven, we need to accept Jesus as
our Lord and Savior, but He came just His love.
When we just stop and think about how much He loves
us, nothing can separate us from His love, and He wants us to
have life during life. It isn't just about making it to heaven.
He wants our lives to be restored, redeemed, fulfilled,
full, overflowing, having that joy that is our strength, His
joy is our strength. He wants us to love to have compassion for
one another, forgiveness for one another to live in peace. And so
there's just so much more to loving Jesus and following Jesus
than just trying to make it to heaven. But just every day
having a life full of abundance and abounding in all good things
and all good things to me is the joy, the peace, the
forgiveness, the love, and that just makes
life beautiful, radiant and vibrant.
JOE: Absolutely, the Chosen One. So what
does it mean to you to know that Jesus is
the Chosen One and that Jesus called you and knocked on your
heart to give you life because He came to this earth in the
flesh to be our Lord and Savior and gave the ultimate sacrifice?
KRIS: I mean, like I said earlier,
it's humbling because I know where I was at.
I know that I was so lost and didn't even realize
I was lost. I thought I could- you shared earlier, and I
was going to say that same scripture and all of our
righteousness is this filthy rags. We think we're okay, and I
thought I was okay, and yet He knew I wasn't, and so He went
after me. That's just humbling to me that He would love me that
much. You know we think about it, it's like, well, if you know
that you're, you know if you know you're in sin, then I'll
listen to you, but if you think you're okay, then hey, whatever.
That's not at all how God is. He's like, no, no, no, no, no.
You may not understand it. You may not see it, but I love you
and I want to have a relationship with you, and I
don't want you to go to hell. I don't want you to be lost. I
want you with me forever. And so He went after me. I mean, to
me, it's humbling that He loves me that much that
He would chase after me and save me.
JOE: It's amazing. KRIS: I mean, it's just
what can you do but just thank you Jesus, I mean.
JOE: And He loves you and He loves
me, and He loves all of those we serve
on Skid Row that are broken. They're broken, broken
lives, broken dreams. You may be at home right now. You may be
viewing and you might have brokenness in your life. Yes,
the Bible says, all have sinned and fallen short of God's glory.
The Bible also says, for the wages or the payment of sin is
death, but it goes on. But the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Doesn't matter what you've done,
those on Skid Row have done any of us have done, we've all
fallen short of God's glory, and all we need to do is receive
that great gift, the sacrifice of love, Jesus that died on the
cross for our sins. If today you're struggling, if you need
Jesus as your savior, if you need forgiveness, if you want to
know you're going to heaven and have Jesus in your heart and you
have them every day going through this life to take you
through the storms and the trials, take the Chosen One home
with you today in your heart by just simply saying, Jesus, I
believe you love me. I believe you died on the cross for me.
Come into my heart. I repent of my sins. Be my Lord and Savior.
I receive you today. I love you. Thank you, and you'll be saved
and become a Christian. If you prayed that prayer, reach out to
us, write us, DM us, go on social media, go to fjm.org and
let us know. We want to send you a Bible. If you need Jesus,
accept Him and He will be yours forever. Stay tuned.
JOE: Here at Fred Jordan missions. Every
day we see all types of people. I
remember as a kid, my father, Fred and my mom, Willie,
teaching me a song about Jesus loves the little children of the
world, red and yellow, black and white. We are all precious in
God's sight. I still know that song. I taught it to my
children, and that's exactly what we see here at Fred Jordan
Mission every day, red and yellow, black and white, every
single person that you could think of from children all the
way to seniors are here on the streets living in LA, and they
come to our doors to be loved on, to be shared with that Jesus
loves you and Jesus saves. You know we hand out water, we hand
out drinks, we hand out snacks. We preach the gospel. We have
hot meals, we do special events, but if you want to know who
comes through our doors, it's all of us. There's no certain
person. There's no certain look, but like I said, in that song,
red and yellow, black and white, we're all precious in God's
sight. That's who we see here every day at Fred Jordan
Mission. People from all around this country that end up on
these streets can come through our door and we will serve
them as we declare and demonstrate
the love of Jesus to those in need.
JOE: Well, it's always great sharing from God's Word
and from our experiences and just, I hope you
were blessed today, but if you want
to be a part of something greater, be a part of Fred
Jordan Mission's 80th year of serving Jesus by serving the
needy and the poor, the homeless, the helpless and the
hopeless with the hope of Jesus. We declare and we demonstrate.
We share God's word so people can know Him, be forgiven and go
to heaven, and we also demonstrate God's love so that
people can be fed and kept warm and get socks and shoes and
blankets and all the things that they are in lack of. We need you
today. Will you stand with us? Go to fgm.org. You can give a
gift. You can pray for us or come get involved and volunteer.
But whatever you do, get involved because together we are
making a difference. God bless you.
GINA: Jesus once said, what you do for
the least of these, you do for me.
With your generous support, Fred Jordan Mission has been
fulfilling this calling for over 80 years by feeding hungry
people here on Skid Row. Together we made a difference.
Together, we have given hope to those less fortunate, and
together we have demonstrated the love of Jesus to those in
need. We deeply appreciate your support and we ask that you
please continue to give to this life-changing mission. Go online
to give at fjm.org. Whatever the amount, rate or small
your donation is greatly appreciate.
ANNOUNCER: Join the conversation by connecting
with us on social media. We are on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,
and more. Visit us at social.fjm.org.
FEMALE SINGING: When the night comes and
there's no one and you feel hopeless and abandoned
just take my hand and lift your eyes. Change is
coming. Love has arrived. We will overcome this sorrow. We
will see the dawn tomorrow. We will soldier on down this road,
as we reach for hope, reach for hope.
ANNOUNCER: Please will you join us in
feeding hungry children and their families by
phoning today? (844)FJM-FOOD, or donating online fjm.org. That's
fjm.org or mail your check to Fred Jordan Mission, PO Box
12345, Covina, California 91722. Please will you help?
ANNOUNCER: The proceeding program was sponsored by
generous friends and partners of Fred Jordan Missions.