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Let\u2019s start with a quick poll: raise your hand if you\u2019ve ever felt overwhelmed or frustrated about something that should\u2019ve been easy and ended up being really complicated? Like trying to agree on where to eat with a group of your friends. Or picking a movie after scrolling through netflix for an hour. Maybe it\u2019s trying to figure out how in the world to file your taxes correctly. Or let\u2019s be real, even that boy you\u2019ve been telling your friends about, but \u201cit\u2019s complicated\u201d lol. I mean we expect parallel parking and AP Trigonometry to be complicated, but picking what college you want to go to\u2026that should be easy right?<\/span><\/p>\n

Okay, now that we\u2019re all on the same page about our complicated lives (because we\u2019ve all been there lol), what about my relationship with God? Sometimes we can go into a relationship with the Lord expecting it to be complicated. Maybe you\u2019ve grown up in church, and you\u2019re still trying to figure out the difference between sanctification and justification and righteousness (because same lol). Or maybe you\u2019re new to Christianity, and all those words I just listed are brand new to you. It can feel kind of complicated and a bit overwhelming, but I\u2019ve got GOOD NEWS. The Gospel isn\u2019t complicated! In fact, a relationship with Jesus is actually really simple.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 10:13 says, <\/span>for, \u201c<\/span>Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.\u201d<\/span><\/i> It doesn’t matter where you find yourself, what you\u2019ve done, or the areas of your life that you feel are overwhelming, If you call on the name of the Lord YOU WILL BE SAVED.<\/span><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to fix yourself up, clean up your life, or even attend church a certain number of times before you can call on Jesus. Right now, wherever you are, you can call on Jesus. He meets you exactly where you are, and gives you new life. It really is as simple as that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our newest album, THIS IS THE GOSPEL by Elevation RHYTHM, describes the profound simplicity of the GOOD NEWS, the Gospel of Jesus, through every song on the album. Songs like \u201cYou Will Be Saved\u201d, \u201cWind of Love\u201d, and our title track, \u201cThis Is The Gospel\u201d express the story of Jesus and the way the Gospel impacts our everyday lives<\/span>. Before the first song was written, we knew we wanted this album to be rooted in foundational truth for the next generation. This isn\u2019t a mash-up of unrelated songs, but rather a story communicating what it looks like to place your faith in Jesus. From the first note to the final lyric, this album is meant to be a journey<\/span> filled with Biblical truth and lyrics right from scripture.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of my favorite songs on the album, \u201cYou Will Be Saved\u201d, was written out of Romans 10:9 which says,<\/span>\u201c<\/i><\/b>If you declare with your mouth, \u201cJesus is Lord,\u201d and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.\u201d<\/span><\/i> We want every person who listens to this album to know there\u2019s a God who thinks they\u2019re worth dying for. And He didn\u2019t just come for a specific group of people. He came for everyone\u2026 Because we all need saving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Christianity isn\u2019t something for certain people, in certain seasons, who live up to a certain standard. If any of that were true, we would\u2019ve named the song, <\/span>\u201cYou Will Be Saved\u2026 After You Do XYZ.\u201d <\/span><\/i>Salvation was never meant to be a gated gift only \u201cgood\u201d people could receive or earn. It\u2019s a gift freely given out of a love we can\u2019t comprehend.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t