Jesus is Real Radio with Daniel Fusco (Audio)

Crossroads Church Podcast

Before Jesus came to the earth, the people who desired to follow God had a long list of rules and regulations to follow. This was the covenant between God and His people – that they would follow His laws in order to be forgiven their sins. As we still discover today, this is impossible! Pastor Daniel tells us in today's message that this is why Jesus came – to fulfill the covenant, once and for all taking our punishment and setting us free!

Crossroads Church Podcast

Today Pastor Daniel introduces us to the Biblical view of servants and slaves. This differs from what we have been taught of slavery from history – it was instead a kinder way to pay a debt. In fact, some who had paid their debt chose to stay as bond servants to their masters as a sign of loyalty and gratitude. As followers of Jesus, we've been forgiven a debt that demanded our lives, and so are given the chance to be eternally bonded to our Savior!

Crossroads Church Podcast

God commanded the people of Israel to live differently from the world around them. This included what we'll be learning today from Pastor Daniel – that sometimes how we use our resources won't line up with how the world thinks they should be used! We're to show the forgiveness of Jesus to people around us, being willing to forgive debts to show His love. Jesus forgave us every sin we've ever committed, which frees us to grant mercy to others!

Crossroads Church Podcast

The standards we live by as Christians are rarely followed by people who have yet to give their lives to Jesus. Pastor Daniel shares today that we shouldn't judge people not following the God they have yet to meet! We've been made holy through the grace Jesus gave us, and because we've accepted that, we have the Holy Spirit in us! We need to show people the radical difference Jesus makes, but not through chastising them!

Crossroads Church Podcast

eath is always difficult to deal with, particularly when it's someone we truly cherished. Today, Pastor Daniel discusses how different mourning can be, though, when we know the hope and love of our Savior! Jesus defeated death to take our sins away, and when we accept that, we have the chance at eternal life! We will still have sadness, but we look at it through the lens of the cross and the empty tomb, knowing life comes from death!