The Intentions of The Heart

Proverbs 20:1,4-5 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler,

and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

4The slacker does not plow in season;

at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

5The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters,

but a man of understanding draws them out.

 

Someone who is a lover of strong drink which intoxicates might be regarded today as an alcoholic. And alcoholism is addiction, and it renders the alcoholic, when drinking, out of control. People do crazy and strange and even dangerous things under the influence of strong (alcoholic) drink. But alcohol is not the only thing which intoxicates and which renders people senseless and which leads them to do some wicked and crazy things. People can be intoxicated to porn, or to pride, or to power which consumes them.

 

The slacker is someone who is lazy, idle, slothful, self-consumed, selfish, self-indulgent, thinking only or mostly of self and self-pleasure and what that person wants and desires. But this isn’t just about physical laziness and inactivity, but this is about the spiritual laziness of many who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who then continue to live according to the pleasures of the flesh, thinking mainly of self and self-pleasure, putting themselves above God and above other humans, wanting their selfish needs to be met.

 

When I think of the phrase “deep waters,” what comes to mind is someone in a serious or difficult or dangerous situation. Or it is someone who is in trouble for something wrong that they committed. And a person’s intentions are their plans, purposes, and/or schemes and plots. And this is what is stored up in their hearts. And that can be evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander, or it can be something good. But these can be seen by the wise because what’s hidden is shown outside.

 

Proverbs 20:6,9-10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

6Many a man proclaims his loving devotion,

but who can find a trustworthy man?

9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;

I am cleansed from my sin”?

10Differing weights and unequal measures—

both are detestable to the LORD.

 

Many people may mouth the words, “I love you,” but do not mean what they say unless they are defining “love” as only some kind of human emotion which makes them feel good, which might also be regarded as lust. For love has to do with honor, respect, valuing others, considering other’s needs, selflessness, godliness, righteousness and faithfulness. But sadly many profess “love” with their lips but their words are not trustworthy for they are not followed up with the kind of action that speaks God-like love for others.

 

For not everyone who professes that Jesus is Lord has been cleansed of their sins and therefore has a pure heart. Many people give lip service only to God and to other humans, too, but who do not obey and honor God with their lives, and who do not honor their commitments of marriage to Christ and to their spouses. For they are lacking in integrity and in faithfulness and in biblical love. And, instead, they live primarily for the selfish desires of their flesh. But if we continue in sin, and don’t obey God, we don’t have God.

 

Many who profess Jesus as Lord with their lips have differing weights and unequal measures, both of which are detestable to the LORD. For they take a different approach to faith and to Christianity than what the Scriptures do. And they bend the rules to their own advantage, or they reinterpret the Scriptures to their own personal preference in order that they might continue in habitual and deliberate sin against God while still claiming Jesus as their Lord and heaven as their eternal destiny. But God’s Word Rules!

 

Proverbs 20:11-12,27 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

11Even a young man is known by his actions—

whether his conduct is pure and upright.

12Ears that hear and eyes that see—

the LORD has made them both.

27The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD,

searching out his inmost being.

 

We are all known by our actions, actions which represent who we are and how we live and what we do as a matter of life practice. But many people fake who they are and what they do when they are in the presence of others while the real them comes out when they are alone or in situations not in the view of the general populace. So you can’t always “judge a book by it’s cover,” i.e. an expression which means you can’t always judge who someone is by outward appearance only. For some people are really good at faking.

 

And on the flip side of that, many who are truly righteous and godly in nature are being misjudged by those who have adopted a modernized “gospel” message. For they are being convinced that those who teach the critical importance of self-denial, dying to sin daily, and following our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, that they are teachers of “works salvation,” which they claim is not of God. And so we are mischaracterized as something evil because we speak the truth which people need to hear.

 

But God knows what is going on in our hearts. He knows who are truly His by biblical faith in Him and who are those who are just faking it. He knows who is speaking lies and who is speaking truth to the people. He knows who is faking a relationship with Him and who is in genuine fellowship with Him via surrender to Him as Lord in obedience to His commands and in holy living, empowered by God, and as led by the Spirit. And we are all going to have to stand before Him and give an account for what we did with Him.

 

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

 

So, by faith in Jesus Christ, repent of your sins, and follow the Lord Jesus in surrender to His will to doing all that He commands us to do. For if sin remains your practice, and not obedience to God and to His commands, then no matter what your lips profess, you will not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. For God knows who are truly His and who are not, but who are faking it. Follow the Lord wherever He leads you, do what He says, and be a witness for Him to the people of the world around you.

 

The Intentions of The Heart

An Original Work / August 7, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Trust and Obey 

 

Words by John H. Sammis, 1887

Music by Daniel B. Towner, 1887

 

When we walk with the Lord

in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,

He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

 

Not a shadow can rise,

not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear,

not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

 

Not a burden we bear,

not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss,

not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

 

But we never can prove

the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,

for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

 

Then in fellowship sweet

We will sit at His feet.
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way.
What He says we will do,

Where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.

 

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB4KcleYiWM

The House of The Wicked

Proverbs 14:2,5,7-8 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

2He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD,

but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.

5An honest witness does not deceive,

but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

7Stay away from a foolish man;

you will gain no knowledge from his speech.

8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way,

but the folly of fools deceives them.

 

Lies and liars have always existed, ever since the serpent (the devil) lied to and tempted Eve, and she sinned, followed by Adam, who also sinned against God. But lies and liars seem to have reached epidemic proportions in our world today. There is so much fakery, so much deception, so many things which are made to look one way while they are the opposite of that. So many rumors. Some may be factual. Others not. So many things hidden. Fake photos and videos made to look real. And a fake national heritage, too.

 

So much of what we were taught in our history books were lies or distortions of truth. So much of what our government and media tell us is happening is not happening the way that they claim. Too many secrets. Left and right are just a mirage. They are just two sides of the same whole working for the same people. And our government heads are not our real government. The de facto government of the US is the wealthy and powerful ruling elite of the world who are bringing all of us into a one world totalitarian regime.

 

The USA are not the “good guys” of the world. Our government is the opposite of that. For they (I believe) are the harlot who rides the beast who is serving the beast in taking down the nations of the world in order to bring all nations under the one world order of The Beast. Our heads of government accuse other governments of the evil that the US is doing. But the USA is the world’s worst terrorists, not the other guys. And they plot evil even against their own people, utilizing “false flag” operations to pass the buck.

 

So, be wise. Be discerning. No matter where you live in the world, don’t believe everything your government heads tell you. Don’t believe everything the media tells you, either. And don’t believe men who call themselves “pastors” just because they wear that title. We live in an age of mass deception. So we need to be listening to the Lord and getting our counsel from Him. Don’t be worshipers or followers of man. But be worshipers and followers of God, and of Him alone. And be students of the Scriptures.

 

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

 

Proverbs 14:11-12,15,22 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

11The house of the wicked will be destroyed,

but the tent of the upright will flourish.

12There is a way that seems right to a man,

but its end is the way of death.

15The simple man believes every word,

but the prudent man watches his steps.

22Do not those who contrive evil go astray?

But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.

 

Now, I know that the “house of the wicked” is not limited to just the USA. The wicked are all over the world, for so many love darkness and not the light because their deeds are evil. So “Babylon” is not just one physical place, but it is a philosophy and a belief system which is not of God, but which is against God, and which relishes in what is evil, immoral, wicked, deceitful, hateful, and cruel. And this includes much of the institutional market-driven “churches” of today which are partnered with the ungodly.

 

So, just because they call it “church,” it does not mean at all that it is the biblical body of Christ, His church, in surrender to the will and purpose of God for our lives. For the church is the people of God who are of genuine faith in Jesus Christ via dying with Christ to sin, and being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in Him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as servants of righteousness in obedience to our Lord’s commands. And Jesus Christ is our Head guiding us in the ways of righteousness and holy living.

 

So much of what is called “church” are these institutions of human origin partnered with the world and with the state (government) in unholy unions, which God forbids, marketing their “churches” to the people of the world, which God also forbids. And so many of them are being led by marketing tricks and schemes and programs intended to attract the world to their gatherings. And so many have removed God’s requirements for death to sin and obedience to God as required of God for salvation and eternal life.

 

So, follow the ways of God, and not the ways of human flesh. God will judge his adulterous church. So He is calling His people to come out of Babylon, which I believe includes these market-driven institutional “churches” which are of human flesh and not of God. And He is calling His people to come out from under the spell of government or religion heads who are lying to the people and who are not living or teaching the truth. For the house of the wicked will be destroyed. So depart from her. Follow Jesus! Obey God!

 

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

 

The House of The Wicked

An Original Work / August 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

For Our Nation 

 

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

 

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Trust Him with your life today.

Make Him your Lord and your Savior.

Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.

He will forgive you of your sin;

Cleanse your heart, made new within.

 

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.

On our knees to God we’re praying,

Seeking God to give us answers

That are only found in Him.

God is sovereign over all things.

Nothing from His mind escaping.

He has all things under His command,

And will work all for good.

 

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

 

Men deceiving: We’re believing

In our Lord, and interceding

For our nation and its people

To obey their God today.

He is our hope for our future.

For our wounds He offers suture.

He is all we need for this life.

Trust Him with your life today.

 

https://vimeo.com/379406352

The Teaching of The Wise

Proverbs 13:4-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

4The slacker craves yet has nothing,

but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

5The righteous hate falsehood,

but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.

6Righteousness guards the man of integrity,

but wickedness undermines the sinner.

 

Who are “the slackers”? They are the idlers, loafers, negligent, careless, and the indifferent (uncaring, apathetic) with regard to what is required of them by God, as to obeying His commands and to walking in His ways. They are those who are self-consumed with the pleasures of the flesh and not with submission to Christ as Lord. They are the selfish and the self-indulgent who put themselves and their desires above God and above the needs of others. And they are the wicked who speak lies and who do evil to other people.

 

And who are the righteous? They are those who, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, and in the power of God, have denied self, died to sin, and who are walking in the ways of the Lord in holiness and in righteousness, in obedience to our Lord and to His commands, in life practice. They are diligent in their service to the Lord to follow His leading in their lives in going wherever He sends them, in doing all that He commands, and in speaking His truths to the people. For they are people of God and people of integrity.

 

Proverbs 13:9-10,13 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

9The light of the righteous shines brightly,

but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

10Arrogance leads only to strife,

but wisdom is with the well-advised.

13He who despises instruction will pay the penalty,

but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

 

What is the “light of the righteous” which “shines brightly”? It is Christ in us, the hope of glory. It is the love of Jesus living within us who are of faith in Jesus, by His grace, speaking truth to our hearts and empowering us to obey Him. And it is the Spirit within us speaking God’s truths through us to the people of the world for their salvation from slavery to sin and for eternal life with God. It is the wisdom of God coming from the Scriptures taught in their correct biblical context by the servants of the Lord, led by the Spirit of God.

 

And what is the lamp of the wicked? Why is it extinguished? It is darkness, not light, so it is truly no lamp at all. Or, if it is a lamp, it is a false light (truth, gospel). There is no light of truth in it. So it is deception. And those whose goal it is to deceive others with their lies are the arrogant who want for themselves the praise of other humans. So they despise the commands of God, because they want to do things their way instead of God’s way. For they want to still be the ones in control of their own lives, and not God.

 

Proverbs 13:14,17-18 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,

turning one from the snares of death.

17A wicked messenger falls into trouble,

but a faithful envoy brings healing.

18Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline,

but whoever heeds correction is honored.

 

Who are the wicked messengers? They are those who speak lies to the people, deliberately and habitually, without conscience, in order to deceive and to turn people away from God and to follow human flesh, instead. They are the cunning and crafty who use deceitful scheming in order to teach the Scriptures out of context, and to twist them to say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context, in order to convince the naïve that they do not have to obey God’s commands but that they can keep on in their sin.

 

And what is the teaching of the wise? They teach what Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught as the gospel of our salvation, taught in the correct biblical context. They teach that we must, by faith in Jesus, which comes from God, deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to His commands, in the power of God, by life practice. So they turn sinners from their sins. They do not coddle them in their sins. The healing they bring is the message of deliverance from addiction to sin and obedience to God.

 

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 9:23-26; John 4:31-38; John 10:27-30; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 10:14-15; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-14; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:9,21,24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

 

The Teaching of The Wise

An Original Work / August 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Fit for Service

 

An Original Work / October 5, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Holy Spirit, come within us. Cleanse our hearts, and from sin free us.

Make us holy vessels fit for service to the King.

Fill us with Your love and power. Anoint us within this hour to be living

Witnesses for Jesus Christ, our King. Our praise to Him bring.

 

Father God, our heart’s desire, come and speak to us in power.

Revive our hearts to obey You; live for You always.

May we love and serve You only, walking with You; not a phony.

May we always tell the truth, and show integrity. Your true servants be.

 

Jesus, Savior, sanctify us. Purify our hearts within us;

Be transformed into Your likeness, holy unto You.

May we always listen to You speaking Your words now within us.

May we heed Your counsel to us; follow You today. Do all that You say.

 

https://vimeo.com/113979906

Love Discipline? Or Hate Correction?

Proverbs 12:1-3,5,13,15,17,22 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but he who hates correction is stupid.

2The good man obtains favor from the LORD,

but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

3A man cannot be established through wickedness,

but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

5The plans of the righteous are just,

but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

 

13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech,

but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,

but a wise man listens to counsel.

17He who speaks the truth declares what is right,

but a false witness speaks deceit.

22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD,

but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

 

They Hate Correction

 

A long time ago, when my grandchildren were still very young, I got into a discussion with the two oldest who disapproved of me using the word “stupid,” for they were taught that it was a bad word. Well, it can be, depending upon how it is being used. Like we should not call each other stupid as an insult, like “you stupid idiot!” But “stupid” is a legitimate word which can be used rightfully in the correct context. For it means senseless, foolish, i.e. speaking of actions which are unwise, thoughtless, imprudent.

 

Therefore, those who hate (reject, dislike) correction are those whose actions are unwise, undisciplined, and irresponsible. They are those who make their own way in life, do what pleases themselves, often without thought or consideration as to who might be impacted by their actions and decisions. They will often reject good and godly counsel and choose their own way, instead, out of pride, but it will often not go well for them. For they keep landing in the same deep pit over and over again. So, not good!

 

Because they despise correction and discipline, they often end up being those who devise evil, who revel in wickedness, and whose counsel, in matters of conduct, leads to deceit. So they go it alone, doing things their way, which is not God’s way, out of stubbornness, rebellion, conceit, and perhaps out of bitterness of heart and mind. And for many of them, it isn’t that they don’t know the right way, the way of righteousness, holiness, and godly discipline, but that they love their sins more, and so sin rules them.

 

They Love Discipline

 

Now, the word “discipline” does not have to mean only harsh punishment for doing something wrong. It also means self-control, self-restraint, obedience, and orderly conduct. And it has to do with resisting the devil and fleeing temptation and drawing near to God in submission to His will and purpose for our lives. For, by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, we deny self, die to sin daily, and follow our Lord in obedience to His commands, in life practice. We do this in the power of God because of Jesus’ sacrifice for us on that cross.

 

We who are following the Lord Jesus with our lives, whose lives are surrendered to the Lord, to doing His will His way, have the mind of Christ leading and guiding us in the way that we should go. We listen to the counsel of the Lord, and we choose obedience over stubborn rebellion. We choose righteousness over sinfulness. And this does not make us perfect, but it means we are not going it our way but God’s way and we are following the Lord and not the flesh. For we are those who heed God’s counsel.

 

Then, the words which we speak, they should be truthful, to the best of our understanding. We should not be those who lie and who deceive, but we should be those who stand on the Word of God for our counsel and correction and who walk in the ways of the Lord and in His counsel. Especially if we are those who publicly are declaring the truths of the Scriptures, we should be diligent to make certain that what we are sharing as truth is what the Scriptures teach so that we don’t lead others astray.

 

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 9:23-26; John 4:31-38; John 10:27-30; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 10:14-15; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-14; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:9,21,24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

 

Love Discipline? Or Hate Correction?

An Original Work / August 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Return to Me

 

Based off Jeremiah 31; Cf. Revelation 2-3

An Original Work / September 5, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

I have loved you with an eternal love,

Which I give to you, in my faithfulness.

 

Keep your voice from weeping,

And your eyes from tearing.

You will be rewarded

With much fruitfulness.

 

There is hope for you that My family

Will return to Me; live in victory!

 

Though I discipline in My love for you,

My heart longs for you that you walk in truth.

 

Turn your thoughts to your Lord.

Choose to walk in His ways.

Turn from your sins daily.

Follow Jesus Christ.

 

Oh, how long will you wander in your sin?

Give your hearts to Me; be restored within.

 

I will satisfy ev’ry weary soul

Who repents of sin; is renewed within.

 

Behold, days are coming;

It will surely happen;

Though I discipline them,

They will thrive again.

 

I will be their One and their Only God.

They shall walk in white; be in Me, made right.

 

https://vimeo.com/115536688

Dishonest Scales

Proverbs 11:1-3,7,19-21,23 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD,

but an accurate weight is His delight.

2When pride comes, disgrace follows,

but with humility comes wisdom.

3The integrity of the upright guides them,

but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes,

and the hope of his strength vanishes.

 

19Genuine righteousness leads to life,

but the pursuit of evil brings death.

20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD,

but the blameless in their walk are His delight.

21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished,

but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

23 The desire of the righteous leads only to good,

but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

 

Somewhere in The Middle

 

This morning the Lord is giving me a picture of someone who or a teaching which is half-way between the grace of God and the gospel of our salvation as taught in the Scriptures in the correct biblical context. So this person and/or teaching are both half-way away from biblical grace and half-way to the teachings of the Scriptures on biblical grace and the gospel of Christ. So, this represents a half-truth gospel of salvation and of the grace of God. And a half-truth, which is not a whole-truth, is a lie, especially if it is deliberate.

 

This person and/or this teaching are not of God, but of Satan, who likes to distort the truths of the Scriptures in order to lead people into accepting the lies and rejecting the truth. So this represents false teachers and false teachings which are permeating today’s modern institutional “churches.” And those who deliberately teach lies to the people are those who are malicious, morally unclean, liars, deceivers, manipulators and fakes who fake their Christianity in order to deceive the people into accepting the lies vs truth.

 

Rapidly Increasing

 

And these liars, and the lies which they are teaching, are rapidly increasing. For what so many of them are teaching is what tickles itching ears and appeases human flesh and removes guilt and even gives permission to the sinners to keep on in their sins. For so many of them are teaching that all you have to do is make a verbal confession of Christ as Lord and of belief in his crucifixion and resurrection, and you are good to go for eternity. No repentance and no obedience to God and to His commands required.

 

So, this is a compromise of truth and righteousness. And it is a distortion of the truth of the gospel of salvation and of God’s grace. For Jesus taught that to come to Him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin and to self), and follow Him in obedience, as a matter of life practice. If we do not, we will die in our sins. And His grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives (see Luke 9:23-26; Titus 2:11-14).

 

Dishonest Scales

 

So, this definitely fits with “dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.” Pride comes before a fall. Those who choose the lies over the truth often do so out of pride and selfishness and a desire to keep on in their sins while convincing themselves that God’s grace covers it all. But God’s grace is not permission to keep on in deliberate and habitual sin. It requires death to sin and obedience to God. If you remain in sin, you will die in your sins. And hell will be your destiny.

 

For the genuine righteousness which leads to life has to do with us, by biblical faith in Jesus Christ, and in the power of God, dying with Christ to sin, being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in Him, no longer as slaves to sin, but now as servants of righteousness, i.e. of what is deemed righteous in the eyes of God – moral purity, uprightness, godliness, etc. So, believe God, obey His commands, put sin to death, and walk in His ways. For a false hope of salvation based on lies will lead to hell, and not to heaven.

 

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

 

Dishonest Scales

An Original Work / August 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

For By Grace 

 

Based off Ephesians 2:8-10

An Original Work / January 27, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

For by grace we’ve been saved

Of all our sins,

So that with Christ Jesus

Our lives begin.

Cleansing us from sin,

He made pure within

All who trust in Him

As their Savior, friend,

So that with Christ Jesus

Our lives begin.

 

We’ve been saved through faith;

This not from ourselves,

Lest that we should boast

In our fleshly works.

Our salvation is

A gift from our God,

Who loves us so much

That He gave His Son

To die on the cross

For all of our sins.

 

So repent of all

Of your sins today,

And He’ll forgive you;

Wipe your sins away.

Obey all of His

Teachings given you,

So that you can walk

With Him now in truth;

So that you can walk

With Him now in truth.

 

https://vimeo.com/125737956

The Human Heart

Proverbs 10:8-11,17-18,29-30 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

8A wise heart will receive commandments,

but foolish lips will come to ruin.

9He who walks in integrity walks securely,

but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

10He who winks the eye causes grief,

and foolish lips will come to ruin.

11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

 

17Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,

but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,

and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

29The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright,

but destruction awaits those who do evil.

30The righteous will never be shaken,

but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

 

Now, the book of Proverbs is in the Old Testament, but much of what is taught in the Old Testament is repeated for us again in the New Testament. We who believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives are not under the Old Covenant liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary, and Sabbath laws. But we are under God’s moral laws which are taught much here in the book of Proverbs and throughout both the Old Testament and the New Testament. So let’s learn together from this.

 

The Human Heart

 

The human heart is the center of our being, of who we are as individual people, which includes the mind, soul, spirit, character, temperament, and emotions. It is the substance of who we are in character, thinking, believing, reasoning, decision making, personality, desires, and the like. It is what makes us who we are as individuals. And we are not all the same. God did not make us all the same. He gave us each distinct characteristic traits so that we are each uniquely who we are and not carbon copies of all others.

 

Now, because the first man that God created sinned against God, all of us who are born into this world are born with sin natures. God did not create us with sin natures, but we are born in the image (likeness) of Adam, born into sin, separate from God, and unable within ourselves to be approved by God. So God the Father sent His Son Jesus Christ to the world and to the cross to put our sins to death with Him so that, by faith in Him, we will deny self, die to sin, and obey God and His commandments in life practice, in God’s power.

 

A Wise Heart

 

So, a wise heart is one which recognizes Jesus Christ for who He is and which submits to Him as Lord, and which follows Him wherever He leads us in obeying His commands and in doing all that He says we ought to do. For not only does He have commands we are all to follow (New Covenant), but He has specific callings on each one of our lives, which are our “body parts,” spiritually speaking, within the universal body of Christ, His church. And He has gifted us all uniquely with Spiritual gifts which we are to put into use.

 

But He has also given us a “moral compass” which we are to follow, which are His moral laws which we are to keep to, as His followers. For the grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to life self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s return. If we do that, we will be people of integrity who live what we say we believe. For Jesus gave His life for us that we might deny self, die to sin, and follow Him in obedience to His commands.

 

A Foolish Heart

 

But not everyone believes in Jesus Christ. And many who profess faith in Jesus do not follow Him in obedience to His commands, but they remain in their sin, living for the flesh, doing what their flesh desires, and not what God requires. So they act and behave foolishly, in selfishness, yielding to the desires of the flesh which are still holding them in captivity to sin. So many of them, then, buy into a cheapened gospel of grace which does not require that they deny self, die to sin daily, and follow our Lord in obedience.

 

Many of them will put on a show of righteousness for human approval but while they lie and cheat and sin in secret. And if corrected, if they are, they ignore the reproof and they continue to go astray. They may deny what is stored up in their hearts because they don’t want anyone else to know. And if they feel confronted, they may attack the ones trying to help them, perhaps even with slander and false accusations. But if sin is what they practice, and not obedience, they will not inherit eternal life with God.

 

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

 

The Human Heart

An Original Work / August 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Your Heart 

 

An Original Work / October 24, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Tenderly He speaks, softly so.

Gently He calls - His will to know.

Won’t you invite Him in your heart?

Humbly accept Him now.

Bow before Him with contrite heart.

May you obey His will.

Seek Him with all your heart and soul,

And your heart, His Spirit fill.

 

Jesus died to free you from sin,

Giving you new life to begin,

Walking with Him ev’ry hour,

Obeying His commands.

Won’t you trust Him to be your Lord?

His grace you can’t afford.

Freely He gives you peace within,

When you turn from all your sin.

 

Live for Him ev’ry passing day.

Meet with Him; read His word and pray.

Serve Him in the way He leads you,

Doing all that He says.

Do unto others as you would

Have them do unto you.

Love them with Jesus love within you.

Your hearts to God be true.

 

https://vimeo.com/125864134

Keeping God's Commands