You're listening to KFI A six on demand. Auzie. Welcome to the Jesus
Christ. How are you doing? Good morning, Good morning? How can
I help you? So about a week ago, I saw a car accident
and I ended up pulling over to see if there was anything I could do
to help the guy inside. It was a it was a pretty bad accident.
It was on a rainy day. I got out of the car.
You know, there was four total for people too cars, two in each
car. And the guy that was hit, he was he like he was
unconscious for his wife was in there. And we managed to get the wife
out and we try to help the help the older guy, you know,
we were trying to give him CPR. We couldn't get any bottles from him,
and then we finally go to check on the other people the other vehicle.
I ended up opening the door and I smelled like just you know,
alcohol and you know, marijuana. I did it just smelled of it,
and like I just have like just like sometimes I don't know how to control
the anger that I have towards this guy. You know, you know,
I just found out the guy that he ended up hitting actually passed away.
And also I have anger towards myself because what if there was something else I
could have done help him out? Like you know, I just I just
feel like I didn't do enough to help the guy out. And it's like
I don't know what to feel or how to act or anything. And you
really use the advice, Well, well, look at this in two different
parts. First of all, whether you could have done more and the concept
of anger, the productive kind of anger is is the anger that attacks problems,
not people. And I know it'd be easy just to want to pull
apart somebody and deal with them, someone who would be so cavalier towards humanity,
so selfish and uncaring that they would consume so much alcohol or pot or
whatever they were consuming to the degree where they couldn't control the vehicle. Yet
they got behind that vehicle anyways and caused a massive accident. So it's very
normal to want to respond to that physically, but it doesn't help or bring
any glory to God in any way, shape or form, And it can
put you in a bad situation when it comes to releasing and forgiving. Under
circumstances like that, you're not forgiving the person because with that kind of forgiveness
comes something called reconciliation, and you're not looking to be friends with them again.
What you're looking to do is release this this ugliness, this garbage that
festers in your heart, that weighs you down. And my biggest concern is
you finding a way to place that on God's shoulders so that you're not bound
by all that garbage as you go through life. Now, as far as
the other aspect of things, did you do enough? What makes you think
that you didn't do enough? Well, you know I was there trying to
help them out. You know. The only thing I ever knew was just,
you know, just do cprs, you know, if you're not breathing,
you know, just do whatever you can't help out. You know something
my mom told me, you know, if you taught me as a little
boy, you know, I'll help out. And I just you know,
I tried what I could. And it's just in my mind it's what if
there was something else I could have done? You know, what if there
was something I could have done you know too, you know, just to
give them a better fighting chance to make it, you know, And it's
just been on my mind. I'm like, could I have done anything else,
you know, did I not do something right that he didn't make it.
There is so much going on in a situation like that, and the
fact that you even run to a situation to help out when many people don't
care or run away from it is more than most. The fact that you
assessed the situation and that you assessed that there was somebody who had been under
the influence of maybe pot, maybe alcohol, means that you were really present
and really there and looking for answers in that horrible accident. I don't think
you did anything wrong. I think you need to be comfortable with the fact
that you ran to help and you did what you could. And it's very
overwhelming. It's different from academically being in the mindset, okay, well,
if something happens, I'm going to do X, Y, and Z,
versus actually having to do it and to be there and to look at any
carnage or anything like that or trauma to someone can be overwhelming. And it's
sad that somebody, somebody lost their life that day, and it's sad to
think that it may have been for no reason, just some selfishness, but
just because that that's the truth of the situation. Doesn't mean that has to
do anything with you. You're not the selfish one. Selfish one would be
anyone who thought it was okay to to drink or to smoke pot and then
drive. So I think you did what you could under the circumstances, and
I think that's great. I think you're very brave, and I think that
the very human and communal thing to do to be a part of things around
you and do your best to make them work out in everybody's favor. But
as far as this individual being angry at them isn't going to do anything,
it really is just interfester inside you and make you a pretty ugly person based
on it. Do you have any contact with them? No, I didn't
even know these people, you know. It was just something I saw on
the side something, you know, something I try to do is just help
out, and you know it's I don't even know these people. Well you
didn't. I really wish I wish I could keep it, you know,
there would be certain ways I could be there for the wife, you know,
you know, Infinite was just saying, you know, like you know,
just to send my condolence without her. Well, she's going through a
lot, right now, and in a circumstance like this, there's a lot
of pain and a lot of confusion, and people are trying to sift through
it. If that opportunity arises, I'm sure it will come your way.
But right now, you focus on the fact that you did that your mama
raised your right and that what you did was the right thing to do.
To get involved and to make sure everybody's okay, and to do whatever you
can in any limitation to help out, and then leave it at that.
It is sad that someone lost their life in that car accident, especially if
it involves alcohol and pot and it's much less an accident than it was negligence.
But don't second guess what you did. You did the best you could,
and don't harbor anger because that hurts no one but you. So just
keep those two things in mind. Donna, Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show.
Hi, I thank you for taking my call. Love your show.
Oh well, thank you my pleasure. How can I help you? Well,
I do have a question. As an infant, I was baptized and
went to religious schools and always had a very close personal relationship with Jesus.
He is my savior and I always believe that throughout life, and now as
an adult, I have friends who say that I must be baptized again in
order to have salvation, which really, for me doesn't make too much sense
because I've always had a personal relationship with Jesus since I could remember. And
my question is, must I be baptized again? And if so, where
would I even get baptized? Since my church does not do I don't think
they do second baptisms. I've never heard of it. Now you still go
to the same church, sure do Okay, is it a Protestant or a
Catholic church. It's a Catholic church. No, there's no need to be
baptized again. And can you explain why? Well, because it's one It's
not a mandate for salvation the way the other person is saying. Salvation comes
from the blood on the Cross, not from any act that you do,
although that there are things that will manifest Now Catholics and Protestants believe differently here
as well, But I will say this that if you are a believer in
the Catholic Church and the structure of the Catholic Church, they're not the ones
telling you to do it. It's an outside individual telling you to do it,
which is why I say, if you're still you know, believing and
attending and a part of the Catholic Church, then no, you're taking care
of that is by their structure and their belief If for some reason you became
a Protestant and at some point you wanted to be baptized as a Protestant because
you're an adult and now it's your choice or something like that, there's nothing
wrong with that. I'm leery of groups that say, hey, we want
to baptize you in our belief system. That to me can be signs of
something a little screwy. If they know you're Catholic and they're saying, hey,
but you know, if you come over here, we'll get your baptized
and make things right. If they start saying things like that, I would
raise an eyebrow. And I'm not sure if that's the path they're going down.
It's what it sounds like to me. But ultimately, Donna, if
you were baptized in the Catholic Church as a child and you're still in the
Catholic Church, why spend the time getting baptized again. You haven't changed your
belief system in any way, shape, or form, and there's no reason
to do that. You're not being asked by your own clergy to do it,
and so it's really someone else's agenda who isn't here to explain what that
is or why. They believe that baptism is a beautiful, beautiful thing,
and it is one thing in the family of Christians, both Catholics and Protestants
where there is discussion. There are those that think that it should be infants,
like our Catholic brothers and sisters, and there are those that believe it
should be adults. That there is a time of understanding when a human being
goes no. I want to make this decision on my own and get it
done. But these are in house discussions. But in your case, doesn't
sound like they're any purpose whatsoever. Jeff, Welcome to Jesus Christ Show.
Hello Jesus. Well, hello Jeff. How can I help you? How
does one know they are assured of salvation? Uh? You're well, the
question is is a healthy one. But you know, the principles of salvation
deal with you know, giving your life to Christ. Have you mean exactly,
Well, it means that there's a lot of things that drive your life
you know, sex, drugs, rock and roll, whatever it may be,
and whoever's at the wheel is the one controlling it. Whether that be
you and self worship and that it's all about you, or whether the principles
that are are in scripture and things that are taught in the Judeo Christian precepts
are part of your life. If they're not, it's like it's like you
asking me right now, well, what does a relationship mean? Well,
it's when you put somebody in a place of importance in your life. You
exchange ideas, you propel yourself based on that relationship, protecting it and understanding
it, ever deepening it. It's a process. It's not just one particular
day. But as far as salvation, the word itself means security, safety.
The purpose of it deliverance, The purpose of it is to understand that
there is a God that loves you, that created you, that wants to
have a relationship with you, and once to guide your life, wants you
to understand his will because he's the maker and his will is what will help
you to live efficiently in a way that is just and loving towards the rest
of creation. And if you rebect against those ways and you continue to just
do it however you want, then you're not in that place with God.
However, if you put God first and you have given your life to God,
truly to God, that is salvation. It's said in scripture that if
you confess your sins and that God is faithful and just to forgive that if
you confess before man that God is your savior, if you believe. Some
people talk about it as the sinner's prayer, and that's praying for God to
be in your life. God, I give my life to you. You
are the center of my life. I want you to direct my life for
here on out. I will see myself as a Christian. Respond to those
that ask that I am a Christian, not because they're looking for a label,
but because the word means to be a follower of the anointed One,
and that if you find yourself in a good Bible teaching church and you're reading
God's word, then you're in that relationship and you're your experience and receiving that
salvation. That's what it means. Michael, Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show.
Thanks for having me my pleasure. What's going on? Well, I
just wanted to know. You know, we only have one Bible and there's
only one Jesus, and it seems like today there's so many different interpretations and
understandings of the Gospel, and I'm just kind of curious to know or at
what point did we get off track? And why is it that when you
ask somebody what the gospel is, you get so many different variations of an
answer. Well different just because differ people have different perceptions, doesn't mean that
there's different gospels, per se. I mean, you work, right,
Michael, You go to work correct, okay, and they see you one
way, and maybe your family sees you another way. And when you were
in high school and you come home with your friends, your friends would see
you one way and your parents would see you another way. But you're still
only one person and there is only one truth. You just are a little
different in this sense, a little different that sense, but it doesn't mean
it's a different you. Now. The gospel, there's only one gospel,
and it's simple. For God so loved the world that he gave his only
forgotten son, that whoever believes in him shall have everlasting life. That's the
gospel. Gospel just means good news. The good news is that life can
be rough and there can be things that go on here, but there is
a payment, a way out for the sins that are that people are accountable
for here on earth, and that's through the death on the cross and the
resurrection. That doesn't change. If anybody tells you something different than that,
then it's not the gospel of Scripture. It's whatever they believe. Now,
if you're talking about the books the Gospels Matthew, Luke, and John,
that you have what you are called the synoptic Gospels Matthew, Mark, and
Luke, meaning that they're similar in what they're describing. They're looking at similar
accounts and describing them, and then John, which is slightly different and coming
from a slightly different perspective. The hope is that taking all of those into
account, you see the best picture possible through the eyes of man as to
what took place or what the important thing is about that good news. Right,
I guess I understand that this seems kind of interesting because many people think
that or feel like they have the needs to go and perfect themselves in the
flesh and kind of follow the tame commandments. And it's even you know,
we see so many people in the church who are basically, you know,
trying to perfect their body here and they're using Christs simply for this life,
and it seems like they're not interested in him to the next life. That's
that's a really interesting observation. And I'm not going to say that that's not
true. Of course, there are people who do that, but they're not
mutually exclusive. There's nothing wrong with with Uh, here's the truth. You
will not hit perfection in this in this world, but on the on the
way, on that path to perfection, you can hit excellence. And there's
nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with allowing God to purify you while
you're here, to be the best you you can while you're here. There's
nothing wrong with that. You be perfect, of course not, but why
not be a better you? Why not allow God to continue to cleanse you,
to be a better you while you're here? Right, You're right,
that's not something that it's beneficial to everyone around you. The Ten Commandments are
there to keep you on that track. You should be checking yourself against them
to make sure that you're not getting to a place of being coveting people's whether
it's their husbands, their wives, their cars, their home. There's a
lot of things that are good for you to keep in mind in the process
of that cleansing. It says in scripture that God alone is the author and
the finisher of your faith. So not only if faith alone exists because of
God, but also the purification process, the perfection of your faith comes from
God as well. And part of that takes place while you're here on this
earth. But if you get lost in church and it's just about well being
the best you and you see all these kind of I know they're very popular
when you come across television. Preachers are very famous, often selling lots of
books. It's a lot of it has to tie into things that seem more
like motivational speaking than it does about the Gospel, right, And I get
that too. I know that it seems like it's missing the mark a little
bit, but that's part of the process as well, getting people on board
to understand that there is things to be learned and to be utilized and applied
to your life here in the now. Otherwise God wouldn't put you here,
Michael, you're here. Did He put you here just to wait to get
to heaven? No, there's stuff to do, and part of it is
purification, right, I totally agree. This seems like a lot of people
are wanting to justify themselves based on their works that they do here. Yeah,
it's human nature. You're right, it does happen. Happens a lot
people get lost in the works and looking at what people are doing and how
they're doing it and forget the entirety of the process. But fruit on a
tree does play a part as well. You know, the scripture says that
if you don't have if the tree isn't bearing fruit, there's a problem.
So there should be good works coming from somebody who believes. Now, they
don't get to heaven based on them, but there should be good works,
just like a healthy fruit tree should bear fruit. All right, Well,
what are the like? Where are they good works that we should be seen
coming from people who believe that Jesus Christ is as the author and finished of
their faith? And you know, I believe the Bible says without faith is
impossible to please. You know, what are those fruits that we should be
looking for? There should be the desire to purify yourself. There should be
a desire to share your faith and not in an overbearing way, but in
a way, as one Peter three point fifteen says, to be ready to
first sanctify Jesus's Lord in your life, but moving forward, to be ready
to give a defense or an answer to those who ask about the hope that
lies within you with meekness and reverence. That is to say that when people
ask you about why you are different because of the things you do, whether
you're helping those around you that need help, whether you are standing up for
someone you don't know, whether you are not joining the hordes or the mobs
or the masses that are going one way and you're going the other direct direction
because you believe it to be the direction of God. When you do those
things, those works, people will ask you why are you different? Why
at a funeral do you shed tears but still have hope? Uh? You
know why? When you are struggling through a process of learning something or knowing
something, do you still believe that? All these things tend to push people
back to you, asking well, why how come you're able to do this
when others are not? And you can point them to the Gospel, and
through that process you are growing and purifying. Yet you're passing them along to
others as well. You're being a good person. You're learning to do those
things that glorify God and show that you care. That's great. Well,
I appreciate taking my phone call, of course, excellent question, and I
appreciate you lifting up Jesus because it seems like, like you said earlier,
a lot of these some of these preachers on TV are more like life paches.
Now oftens don't even hear the name of Jesus but see them opening your
Bible. So I appreciate what you're doing. I appreciate you my question.
Thanks Mike. Well, and it's not to say that these preachers don't have
a place there is there are things. I mean, even Paul talked about
the unknown God and the altar to the unknown God, and it wasn't about
preaching Jesus in name, but it was about preaching me in concept to get
people's attention. And sometimes there's so many distractions that some of these preachers use
that as a tool to get people involved in hearing the truth before they can
naturally reject it based on up they said Jesus, I'm running the other direction,
and that's that's fine. This is a whole different thing. All glory
to God, of course in all all of these scenarios, but this is
a different type of thing. We too, you know, use our own
way to get your attention on this program in hopes of you maybe hearing some
truth and learning some things. Me I like to focus on the things that
are of great importance. And if this allows this venue allows us the opportunity
to talk about those in a comfortable manner, then praise God and all glory
goes to him. There was an article that came out. I won't get
into all the details of it because it's not It's one you've probably heard many
times before. Each with each new generation or each new group, there an
article comes out about how they're rejecting religion. Now, I'll tell you that
it is the norm. Every younger generation wrestles with the faith of their fathers,
and I use that as just a term. It's gonna be the faith
of their mothers as well. But in that process of growing and wanting to
find themselves, there is a lot of pressure to to adapt to what other
people are doing as well. And if it looks to be just a thing
for adults, if it looks to be something that doesn't seem to understand modern
times. Then by definition, the faith and the belief just becomes ancient.
It looks ancient, it sounds ancient, it is ancient. I want no
part of it because I'm modern, so says the young millennial. Now it
is the age old problem of the adults and those that have practiced the faith
to not want anything to change, and the youth that need the faith but
don't want to practice it in the old ways want to see it modify and
grow. And this happens in scripture. There's a story of the new temple
being built, and all the old folks didn't like it because they remember the
other way the temple used to be, and that's what they loved. And
then the new, the younger generation, loved it because while it's more modern,
it has all of these things. I will tell you this. If
religion does not grow, if it is not living, breathing, if faith
is not something that, like a branch of a tree, continues to grow
and change and be pruned and bring forth fruit, it will die. You
may not understand the ways of the youth or the desires of the youth.
You may not understand there once but I will tell you this without it becoming
some sort of liberal belief. And I don't use that in the political sense,
but in the sense that you just want to pull apart scripture into the
point where it's wishy washy and it means nothing and no one's accountable. Nobody
wants that, and I would never call upon that. Surprisingly enough people that
listen to the show think that it's going to be a mockery of faith and
that are surprised at the hard line we do take on things that are important,
but also hopefully on the flip side, you learn something and when we
talk about things like homosexuality and the laws and marriage, that you see things
different as well, and that you learn and that you're capable of growing and
understanding that there's something different about being a Christian versus being an American and learning
all of the variables in between, so that there's growth. And I tell
you these things because you, if you are on the older spectrum, need
to understand what the needs of the younger spectrum is and learn to adapt.
And you on the younger spectrum need to know that if you water it down
to where it has no backbone, it will have zero value to you now
or in the future. And in the process of watering something down, it
loses the entirety of its value. There's a point where if you put the
old joke about going to Las Vegas and then watering down your drinks, that
you put enough water in the beverage, it's no longer an alcoholic beverage.
It's not just water. And to do that is to remove all of the
power of what scripture has. So may the balance be met by both of
you until next week. I am with you Always. KFI A six forty on demand