Are You Saved?
Dave Andrews • Jun 05, 2021
Are You Sure You Understand the Gospel?
Many of us in the church would likely be offended if someone second-guessed our salvation, but street evangelist Ray Comfort
presses farther when he encounters someone claiming to be a Christian. He rightly recognizes that titles don’t get us to Heaven, some in the church are not actually saved, and some simply don’t understand salvation. For those that do “get it,” he challenges them to share the Gospel.
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,” 1 Cor. 15:3-4
How are you with the Gospel? It’s of first importance. Time for a refresher?
What it is not.
We cannot be saved by being good.
This is one of the biggest lies from the devil, the basis of all other fake religions...and also to this day the most common misconception we are likely to encounter. The Gospel cannot be separated from the topic of sin...we know the standards
(His perfection), and none of us can do it. When we stand before the Judge Of All The Earth one day, we are all guilty. The good we have done does not remove our guilt. We need our fine to be paid in court. Jesus paid the fine
for our sins on the cross...so hand yourself over
to the Court for mercy.
We are not saved by simply reciting a prayer.
This is where you may be picking up a rock to stone me as a heretic, because some of us have been taught that we just have to say a prayer and we are saved. Unfortunately, the Sinners Prayer
as we know it is not found in the Bible. Ephesians 2, however, does say that we are saved by faith through grace and not of works. Prayer, can be a great tool...a reflection of our genuine repentance
and faith in Christ, and facilitate confession of Christ as Lord, which are of utmost importance for salvation. But a prayer, "one, done, and go about your business," is not what saves us
in and of itself. To be clear, see below to "What It Is."
We are not saved by faith in the wrong Christ. The person-hood of Jesus is and will always be hotly opposed by the world because the god of this world
knows it is important. You can call anyone or anything “Christ,” but there is only one Messiah, and that is the Jesus
of the Scriptures; those Who knew Him best testified about Him. He is fully God, was also fully man, one of the Trinity, born of a virgin in fulfillment of Scripture, paid the price of our sins
on the cross, and rose again
three days later. He ascended to Heaven and will one day come again. His
Kingdom will rule and reign eternally. If someone says different, they
have the wrong Christ. Scripturally, that is a scary thing.
Choose wisely.
We are not saved by faith in simply “a God.”
We must place our faith in and align with the one and only
Jesus. “There is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
He was the only
one who paid our fine. You must have your sins paid for
and accept the mercy
of the Court. No other
so called god has done what Jesus has, or comes from Who Jesus came from. Again, better choose wisely.
What it is.
Each one of us have sinned and fall short
of God’s standard. Because we fall short, we are all doomed to be punished as the subject of wrath
from a good
and just
God. Jesus died to pay the fine
that we could not pay. But if we place our faith in Christ, and repent, and confess Him as Lord of our life, we will be saved from the justice
that we deserve, eternal punishment. We will go to Heaven
to be with Him eternally
one day, where He will rule and reign. Now we have the power to live for Him because He has made us anew.
If you want to learn more about the Gospel, and how to boldly share it, check out Living Water's excellent channel.
-Dave Andrews
KJOL Station Manager
Our annual Spring FriendRaiser is underway for the month of April; and as a part of that, our theme this year is Share The Light. As you share the Gospel and the Light of Christ, KJOL has compiled 30 tips for every day of the month. Here they are:
During KJOL’s April “Friendraiser” month, we want to say THANK YOU to our faithful supporters. And THANK YOU to everyone who makes a first-time donation. And finally THANK YOU to God, the giver of all good gifts in our lives, starting with Jesus Christ! KJOL has a lot of new songs that say THANK YOU. I hope you enjoy them! That Thank You Song! Citizen Way Thank God Stars Go Dim Thank You Life.Church Worship I Thank God Housefires Thanks Giver Crowder Thanks and Praise Lucy Grimble and Vineyard Music A Thousand Thank Yous Sarah Kroger Thankful VERSES Thank You Jesus For The Blood Charity Gayle
In January, we told you about four new artists at the KJOL music blog . This month, we have four more new artists. Jordan Smith “This Is Jesus” Jordan Smith is a 30 year old Kentucky native who grew up singing in the church choir. In 2015, he won NBC’s The Voice. He sang “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” and "Mary Did You Know." Natalie Layne “Amen” Natalie Layne is a 24 year old Colorado Springs native, where she was a worship leader at New Life Church. She received a masters degree in piano from Belmont University in Nashville. In 2019, she won Belmont’s Christian Showcase. She continues to serve as a worship leader at her church in Nashville. Terrian “Big God” Terrian (Woods) is a singer/songwriter from Memphis. She is also a member of TobyMac's band Diverse City. And she serves on the staff of AngelStreet in Memphis, which mentors girls as part of an all girls choir. Seph Schleuter “Counting My Blessings” Seph Schlueter ( pronounced “seff shleeter”) spent 7 years as a missionary. In 2020 he formed the worship collective Damascus Worship, in conjunction with the organization “Damascus” which conducts two-year programs to develop leaders who will impact their generation for Christ with the aim of bringing revival to the Catholic Church.
He had noticed we had been off the air on 94.5 FM in Delta…and I related to him it was one of “those” weekends for our poor equipment. Not only did our AM 1400 Delta transmitter go down causing us to make a very expensive replacement only weeks before, but our FM transmitter in Delta went down at the same time as our Montrose 91.9FM transmitter, and only hours after our whole network went down across the Western Slope!
The other day a kindly woman knocked on my door asking for a donation to help build the local swimming pool. I came back with a glass of water. Doesn’t it feel great to give to a good cause??
The English version of the hymn “How Great Thou Art” turns 75 years old in 2024. To mark the anniversary, a new recording has been released, including a brand new verse by Matt Redman. First a little history… Swedish pastor Carl Boberg wrote the original lyrics in 1885. Boberg said that after a strong thunderstorm passed by, he opened his window and heard church bells ringing. He immediately was inspired to write his poem, set to the tune of a Swedish folk melody. It was translated into Russian, where English missionary Stuart Hine heard it while in Ukraine in 1931. He wrote two new verses (3 & 4) and translated it into English in 1949—which is the 75 th anniversary. British missionaries around the world soon began to spread the song. Eventually it reached Billy Graham and George Beverly Shea , who performed it during Graham’s 1957 New York Crusade. The audience liked it so much, they asked Shea to sing it over and over. Graham then used it every week on his Hour Of Decision radio program. Fifteen artists have now collaborated to record the 75th anniversary edition, called “How Great Thou Art (Until That Day)” . When you hear the song on KJOL, the first two voices are from Chris Tomlin and Hillary Scott . The remaining voices include: Kari Jobe and her husband, Cody Carnes Naomi Raine (Maverick City Music) Taya (formerly with Hillsong) Blessing Offor (from Nigeria) Matt Maher (who also plays piano) Matt Redman For the 75 th anniversary, the Stuart Hine Trust commissioned Matt Redman and Mitch Wong to write a new fifth verse: Until that day When heaven bids us welcome, And as we walk this broken warring world, Your kingdom come, Deliver us from evil, And we’ll proclaim our God how great You are! And we’ll proclaim, our God how great You are Redman said they wanted to tie the verse to Stuart Hine’s work in Ukraine, especially in light of the current conflict there. “I wanted the word ‘war’ in there,” said Redman . “It’s kind of a gritty word. But we have to sing about both the everyday and the eternal.” Time will tell if the fifth verse becomes a staple in hymnals. But few will argue that “How Great Thou Art” is one of America’s favorite hymns. And with this new rendition, hopefully it will continue to be loved by future generations.
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