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. 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're
what, 40? Yes. 40 years of marriage
GINA: And six grand babies.
JOE: Yeah, six grand babies. We're almost there. 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.
GINA: Someday. Yes, you will.
JOE: And as many of us 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: Years? What a beautiful testimony from your father, your
beautiful mother and Fred Jordan Mission, 80 years faithfully
serving those who are hurting 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 at 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, 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. 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 listen 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. 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.
GINA: 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. 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. 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 three
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 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. 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,
great 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. 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. That was me. I mean 1000%
because I was looking at my life as, well you know I'm 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. 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 am 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 and 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 an 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, all of our
righteousness is as 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. We think about it. It's like, well, if you know that
you're, 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 just, what can you
do, but just thank you Jesus,
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.
And 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 Him 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 will 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.
ANNOUNCER: Did you know that over 5,000 people called the
streets of Skid Row, their home? FJM Mission has been giving hope
to those on Skid Row for over 80 years.
JOE: Fred Jordan Mission was founded in 1944 by Fred Jordan,
my father, so on a daily basis, Fred Jordan mission feeds about
a thousand homeless and hurting and hungry people. We put shoes
on their feet, jackets on their back, water when they're
thirsty. Also, we get to feed 'em through chapel services. We
get to do Bible studies. We counsel, we go from ten to tent.
Block by block, sharing the good news. My dad used to say, don't
just give the gospel without the water. But when you demonstrate
the gospel as Jesus did by caring for the needy, the poor,
the lepers, those who are sick, that's the gospel. Where you
share about the kingdom of God, forgiveness, Jesus, the cross,
the blood salvation, but also meeting the needs of people. And
that's what we get to do every day,
ANNOUNCER: And we need your help to continue declaring and
demonstrating the love of God. Please help us continue this
life-changing mission by donating online. Simply go to
FJM.org using any device and click on the donate button. This
simple act of kindness can change
someone's life forever. Thank you.
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 FJM.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.
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,
great or small, your donation is greatly appreciated.
ANNOUNCER: FJM Mission has been giving hope to those on
Skid Row for over 80 years, and we need your help
to continue declaring and demonstrating the love of God.
Donate right now online at FJM.org. Or if a stamp and snail
mail is more your style, then please send your check to FJM
12345, Covina, California 91722. Thank you.
MUSIC: [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 the sorrow. We will see the dawn tomorrow. We will
solider on down this road as we reach for home. Reach for home.
FRED: Please will you join us in feeding hungry children and
their families by phoning today? (844)FJM-Food or donating online
at FJM.org. That's FJM.org or mail your check to
Fred Jordan Mission, PO Box 12345,
Covina, California 91722. Please will you help?
MUSIC: [Singing] Reach for home.
ANNOUNCER: The proceeding program was sponsored by
Generous Friends and partners of Fred Jordan Missions.