No Condemnation?

Romans 8:1-8 NKJV

 

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”

 

Carnally Minded

 

What does it look like to be carnally minded? According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, it is relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites. It is marked by sexuality. It is worldly. And according to Bible Hub’s Greek interlinear, being carnal is fleshly, of human origin, and it is generally used in a negative sense to describe someone who is living by the flesh, doing what the flesh desires, and what is displeasing to the Lord. It is making one’s life decisions based off the flesh and not according to our Lord.

 

So, someone who is carnally minded is someone who is still living by their sinful flesh, doing what their flesh desires, and not what God requires of them, whether or not they are professing faith in Jesus Christ with their lips. They are those who are idolaters who are living in immorality, selfishness, self-indulgence, hypocrisy, disobedience, defiance, resentment, bitterness, unforgiveness, and/or pride, just doing what pleases their flesh without regard for what God requires of them in the way of thought, word, and deed.

 

Godly Minded

 

What does it look like to be Godly minded? We are those who no longer walk (in conduct, in practice) according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. This does not necessarily mean we are absolutely perfect in every respect and that we never fail to be who God wants us to be (see 1 John 2:1-2), but it must mean that by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ we have denied self, died with Christ to sin, and that we are now walking by the Spirit in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living.

 

This means that Jesus Christ is truly King of our lives, and our desire is to please him in every respect. We are those whose ears are tuned into hearing from the Lord as to what he wants us to do each day, and then we do what he says, not necessarily with absolute perfection and timing every time, but we listen to and we obey our Lord in daily practice, as our lifestyle. We want to please our Lord, and we want to serve him, even despite daily challenges and some opposition and persecutions, because we love our Lord Jesus.

 

No Condemnation

 

So, when this says that there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, don’t stop reading there. Keep reading. For we are not “in Christ Jesus” if we are still living according to the flesh, in practice, by habit. For those who are in the flesh cannot please God, for they are carnally minded and not Godly minded. Their minds and their hearts are set on what the flesh desires, and not on what God desires. So, regardless of whether or not they profess faith in Jesus, they are not “in Christ” and they are condemned.

 

Those who are in Christ Jesus are those who are walking (in conduct, in practice) according to the Spirit and not according to the flesh. They are those who are living (in practice) according to the Spirit and not according to the flesh. Their minds and their hearts are set on doing what pleases God and on obeying his commands and on living holy lives, pleasing to our Lord, in his service. Because of what Jesus did for us on that cross, and in his resurrection, we want to serve and obey him. So we are the not condemned.

 

[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]

 

Unless You Are Born Again

 

Based off John 3:1-21

An Original Work / November 3, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Nicodemus came to Jesus.

He acknowledged God was with Him.

Jesus said, “You can’t see heaven

Unless you are born again.”

 

“How can a man be born when he’s old?

Can he enter into his mother’s womb?”

Jesus answered, “Flesh is flesh,

So of the Spirit, you must be.”

 

Jesus said to Nicodemus,

“You’re a teacher, and yet you don’t

Understand of what I tell you,

Because you will not believe.

 

“For God so loved the world that He gave

His one and His only Son for your sin.

So, whoever believes in Him

Has eternal life in heav’n.

 

“Light has come into the world,

But human beings love the darkness,

Because their deeds are so evil,

So in truth, they stand condemned.

 

“Everyone who practices evil

Fears that the Light will expose his sin.

Yet, whoever lives his life by the Light

Does so through his God.”

 

https://vimeo.com/114686371

 

No Condemnation?

An Original Work / June 5, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Christ Jesus Our Lord

 

Marriage to Christ

Romans 6:1-6,12,16 NKJV

 

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 3Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

 

“For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin… 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts… 16Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?”

 

The Wedding Ceremony

 

Imagine with me for a moment that you have just gotten married to your spouse. This is the moment you had been waiting for, and now you did it. You said your vows, and you signed the contract, and now you are husband and wife, a married couple. But then imagine with me that soon after you decide to take a vacation from your spouse, to go away somewhere else where they cannot see you or what you are up to, where they are not included, and which opens the door wide for you to find someone else.

 

This is how many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ treat the Lord, who is their spiritual husband (whether they are male or female), for they committed themselves to be his bride. The big difference is that he can and does see what we are doing in secret when no one else is looking. So he does know what we are up to. But they think that just because they prayed the prayer and said the words that they now have what they want, but that they are still free to live however they want, to go where they want to go.

 

Death to Old Life

 

But that is not how it works. That is not what a marriage should look like, and it is definitely not what a marriage relationship with Jesus Christ should look like. For God’s grace to us is not carte blanche (absolute freedom) to live however we want now that our sins are forgiven and we believe that heaven is guaranteed us. God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives now and forever (Titus 2:11-14).

 

So, we are not free to continue in sin. For by faith in Jesus Christ we die to sin that we might no longer live under its control. And this does not mean that we will never sin again (1 John 2:1-2), but that sin should no longer have dominion over us to where it is what we obey, in practice, instead of us obeying our Lord. For by faith in Jesus our former self is put to death with Christ that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we should no longer be slaves to sin but now servants of the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Baptism Into Death

 

Now, with regard to the verses here speaking of us being baptized into Christ, thus being baptized into Christ’s death, this is clearly speaking of a spiritual baptism which may or may not include water baptism. For in the Scriptures there were people who believed, then were baptized, and those who received the Holy Spirit upon belief, and then were baptized in water. And many people get baptized in water who never, in truth, give their lives over to the Lord Jesus Christ to belong to him and to obey him forever.

 

But our water baptism serves as an outward sign of an inward faith, if truly we have believed in Jesus with biblical faith which saves. And if we are baptized by dunking in the water, it symbolizes our faith. For biblical faith involves us 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 now as servants of righteousness in walks of obedience to our Lord in holy living for the glory of God. And all of this is of God, and not of the flesh, for it to be genuine.

 

Slaves to What?

 

And this is what it all comes down to. Are you, in truth, a slave to sin? Or are you a slave to God and to obedience to his commands? You cannot be both at the same time. As followers of Jesus Christ we are no longer to let sin reign (rule) in our mortal bodies, to where we still obey its lusts, in practice. For, if we present ourselves, by our actions, as slaves to sin, that leads to death (eternal separation from God). But if obedience to our Lord is what we obey, in practice, it leads to sanctification and eternal life with God.

 

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

 

[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]

 

As the Deer

 

By Martin J. Nystrom

Based off Psalm 42:1

 

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

Marriage to Christ

An Original Work / June 4, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Justified By Faith

Romans 5:1-2 NKJV

 

“1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

 

I am borrowing this from a writing from two months ago, “Peace with God,” because this is what I am being led of the Lord to do today. For it is good if we can know and understand the meanings of these words in the Scriptures so that we can apply them to our walks of faith in the Lord Jesus.

 

Justified

 

What does it mean to be justified? It means to be made righteous, to be conformed to a proper standard, which is God’s standard for how we ought to live as followers of Jesus Christ. And to be righteous is to be morally pure, upright, honorable, faithful, honest, decent, and obedient to God, in practice, by the grace of God, and in the power of God, which is not of our own flesh. For it refers to what is deemed right by the Lord, what is approved in his eyes. Justification is to show what is right, and to be cleared of all charges.

 

Faith

 

And what is faith? It is belief, fidelity, moral conviction, and faithfulness. And it is divine persuasion, the persuasion of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands in holy living, by the grace of God, in the power of God. For this faith comes from God, it is authored by God, it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God, and it is not of our own doing, but it is something we must put into practice, by God’s grace.

 

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Hebrews 12:1-2; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24]

 

Peace

 

And what is this peace with God being spoken of here? It is wholeness, fullness, and completeness. It has to do with us being joined together with Christ, united with him by faith in him, no longer separate (apart) from God, but now joined with him in unity of heart, mind, purpose, and action. We are now in Christ by faith in him, and he is in us by his Spirit. And we are at peace because our trust is now in our Lord and not in ourselves, and because we know God has all things under his control. So we trust him.

 

Grace

 

And what is this grace of God in which we are to be standing? Well, the grace of God, which is gifted to us by God, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return. God’s grace is what sent Jesus Christ to the cross to put our sins to death with him, and to be raised from the dead, so we can now die to sin and obey God, in practice. For it is God’s purpose that we no longer walk in sin but in obedience to him.

 

[Titus 2:11-14; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23]

 

God’s Glory

 

And so we exult (rejoice) in the hope (faith, anticipation, expectation) of the glory (honor, praise, worship, and intrinsic worth) of Almighty God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Our God always was, and always will be. And he is absolutely holy and righteous in all that he does. And he is the one who formed us in the wombs of our mothers. And he is the one who made salvation from sin possible for all of us who put our faith and hope in him to deliver us out of sin.

 

And Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

 

[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 Peace of Christ 

 

Based off of Colossians 3:1-17; Ephesians 5:19-20

An Original Work / October 31, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you,

As you teach with all wisdom,

Teaching one another to not

Think on earthly things;

Think instead on things above,

Where Christ sits with God, in love,

Saving us from all of our sins,

Cleansing us; made new within.

 

Let the peace of Christ rule your hearts,

As you sing songs unto Him;

Speak to one another with psalms,

Hymns, and spir’tual songs;

Always giving thanks to God,

In the name of Christ, His Son,

Who gave His life up for us all,

And gave us eternal life.

 

Let the love of Christ within you

Rule in your hearts; grace within,

Purifying you from your sin,

Make you whole within.

Forgive as the Lord forgave.

Show His kindness ev’ry day.

In word or deed, whate’er you do,

Glory give to Jesus Christ.

 

https://vimeo.com/125863950

 

Justified By Faith

Borrowed from “Peace with God”

An Original Work / April 8, 2026

Reposted on June 4, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Is Darkness Your Old Friend?

Romans 2:17-24 NKJV

Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God, 18and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. 21You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.

In the world today, what this is speaking of is a matter of those who hypocritically profess faith in Jesus Christ, who can recite Bible verses, who know intellectually what the Scriptures teach, who know the commands of God under the New Covenant, that we are to obey them, who are indeed those who instruct and who teach others in the things of God, according to the teachings of the Scriptures, who will even defend the Scriptures, but who do not live them, but who live against them, as a matter of life practice.

They know the commands of God. They know what God’s word says about the kinds of things that we are not to do as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ. They are not ignorant. And many of them are very scholarly when it comes to the teachings of the Scriptures. And some of them are pastors of church congregations, or they are missionaries or evangelists, and those who teach others about right and wrong, but who themselves do not practice what they preach. But rather, they do the opposite, by habit (addiction).

Romans 2:25-29 NKJV

25For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? 28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.

So, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, how can we apply these biblical principles to our lives today? Basically, what this is teaching us is that going through the motions of religious practice, making a verbal confession of Christ as Lord, getting baptized, joining a “church congregation,” faithfully attending Saturday or Sunday services, paying your tithes, and going through religious rituals and ceremonies which have been passed down from generation to generation is not what determines our salvation from sin.

For we are not Christians who are Christians only outwardly, superficially, by going through the motions of religious rites and rules and ceremonies, speaking here of what is regarded as legalism, which is of the flesh of humans, and not of God. We may look good, sound good, and sound as though we really know the Scriptures, but if we don’t live it, in practice, we are just hypocrites putting on a performance. And I am not saying we must all be perfect, but that we should be those who live what we preach.

And to be a Christian inwardly does not mean that we remain silent about our faith in Jesus Christ and that we keep it hidden from others so that they will not hate us and reject or mock us. For to be a true follower of Christ we are to deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands. And this should be shown outwardly by our works which are of the Spirit, in us bearing spiritual and biblical fruit for the kingdom of God. And we are to be sharing the gospel of Christ with the people of the world.

Hello Darkness

Sadly, it seems today that the majority of those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, at least here in the USA, do not believe, in truth and in practice, in the gospel of salvation taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles. So many are believing the lies which tell them that all they must do is profess faith in Jesus and now they are good to go, while many of them continue in deliberate and habitual sin. But even many who know the truth are still living in addiction to sin, so they keep returning to their vomit.

So, darkness (sin) is their “old friend” who they keep going back to over again. And so they create their own imaginary world where they can profess to be Christians while sin is still their god. And this is predominantly but not limited to sexual immorality, and more specifically in the area of adultery which has to do with lusting after others to whom one is not married, according to Jesus (Matthew 5:27-28). And this seems predominantly in the area of porn addiction and all that comes along with that, including the lies.

For those who live in addiction to sin, some may put on a performance of all goodness while in secret they are living a double life. They are not walking in obedience to the Lord, in practice, for sin is still what they are holding on to. But they cover it up with lies, and with performance, for their hearts have not changed. What is stored up in their hearts is still coming out in their addictive behaviors. So by their hypocrisy they are blaspheming the name of Jesus who died on a cross to deliver us from our addiction to sin.

[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] 

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior

And your testimony is separate from Him.

Your words not matching your actions today.

Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.

Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,

For you profess one thing, but other you do.

Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.

Not living in truth to what you confess.

Lying about it puts you in a mess.

Living a lie is your practice, ‘tis true of you.

Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.

Your heart is not given to your Lord God.

Because of how you live, you are a fraud.

Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

https://vimeo.com/287303934

Is Darkness Your Old Friend?

An Original Work / June 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Know the Goodness of God

Romans 2:1-4 NKJV

 

“1Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. 2But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. 3And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? 4Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?”

 

Now this is specifically addressing the subject of hypocritical judging, and it is not an indictment against all judging. For we are to judge right from wrong, and good from evil. We are to test the spirits to see which ones are of God, and which are not. But we are not to judge other people unjustly, by human standards, by our own traditions, by comparing others to ourselves, or in hate, with the wrong motives, prejudicially, by appearances, and/or without first giving the person a hearing or a chance to defend himself.

 

[Matthew 7:1-5; John 7:24,51; John 8:15-16; Romans 2:3; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 1 Corinthians 6:1-6; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 11:1-4; Galatians 6:1-5; Ephesians 5:11; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; James 5:19-20; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 1 John 2:18-25; 1 John 4:1; Jude 1:22-23; Revelation 2:2]

 

But hypocritical judging is especially grievous to the Lord and is a slap in the face (an insult) to him and to his grace. And this is being done by those who are making a practice of sin themselves, deliberately and habitually, while they stand in judgment of others’ sins which may be even far less grievous to God. Or else they stand in judgment of others who are committing the same sins as what they are committing willfully and continuously, by habit. Thus they are despising the goodness of God which is to lead to repentance.

 

Romans 2:5-11 NKJV

 

“5But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6who ‘will render to each one according to his deeds’: 7eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; 8but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, 9tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; 10but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11For there is no partiality with God.”

 

Now there are a lot of people today who believe that once they have professed faith in Jesus Christ that God will never judge them, no matter how much they sin against God. It is true that the grace of God pardons our sins if we have, by biblical faith in Jesus Christ, repented of (turned from) our sins, and now by the grace of God we are following the Lord in obedience to his commands. But God’s grace is not carte blanche (free reign) to keep living in sin without judgment, and without punishment.

 

For the grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s return. And if we claim to be in fellowship with God while we continue in deliberate and habitual sin, we are liars. And if we claim to know God but while we do not obey him in practice, we are liars. And if we profess Jesus as Lord but sin is still our practice, and not obeying God, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

 

For on the day of judgment we will all have to stand before the Lord and he will judge us according to our deeds, according to how we lived and whether we surrendered to him, forsook our sins, and followed him in obedience, or if we stubbornly continued in deliberate and habitual sin and not in obedience to his commands. For all who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, they will face the wrath of God. And they will hear God say, “I never knew you. Depart from me workers of lawlessness.”

 

[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]

 

Love Must Be Genuine

 

Based off Romans 12:9-21

An Original Work / October 22, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Love must be genuine.

Hate what’s evil; cling to good.

Love each other with affection.

Show respect for ev’ryone.

Never lack in your zeal.

Serve the Lord with diligence.

 

Rejoice in steadfast hope.

In affliction, patient be.

Keep on praying; share with others.

Practice hospitality.

Bless those who persecute.

Feel with others sympathy.

 

Be not filled with conceit.

Daily sit at Jesus’ feet.

Live in harmony with others.

Live at peace with ev’ryone.

Repay not to someone

With the evil he begot.

 

Do not take your revenge;

Leave it to the wrath of God.

If your enemy is thirsty,

Give to him something to drink.

Do what’s right for mankind.

Evil: overcome with good.

 

https://vimeo.com/114695549

 

Know the Goodness of God

An Original Work / June 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Without Excuse

Summary Romans 1:18-25

 

All of human kind has been shown God’s invisible attributes through his created works (his creation). So, if any of us chooses ungodliness and unrighteousness and uncleanness, in the lusts of our hearts, in exchange for the truth about God, and if we end up worshipping the created instead of the creator, he will not force himself upon us. But if we choose sin over righteousness, then we should not expect God to bless us with his heavenly blessings. He will judge us, instead, for we are without excuse in his eyes.

 

Romans 1:26-32 NKJV

 

“For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

 

“28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.”

 

An Uncomfortable Subject

 

Now, this is not a popular passage of Scripture, and it is one which people will often pass over, probably because it is uncomfortable, for it deals with subjects people don’t like to talk about, as a general rule. For we live in an era within the institutional church, in particular, where they are generally “soft-balling” the gospel in order to avoid confronting people with the truth of what God’s word teaches on such subjects as this. For they are trying to attract the world to their gatherings, so they may avoid passages like these.

 

But, contrary to what many people are teaching in the gatherings of the church (the body of Christ), or within these institutional market-driven “churches” of human origin, God is not okay with any of us living in sin, making sin our practice (our lifestyle). For Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to deliver us out of our addiction to sin so we will now serve him with our lives in walks of surrender to him in obedience to his commands. So these “church” gatherings which are embracing immorality are anti-biblical.

 

Choose Sin, Choose Death

 

Now, this is not just covering the subject of sexual immorality, although that is certainly prominent here. But this is also speaking against all wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, envy, murder, strife, deceit, backbiting, hating, violence, betrayal, unforgiveness, and lacking in love and mercy, etc., as a matter of life practice. But please know that the Scriptures do not teach that if we sin once that we are now under the judgment of God (see 1 John 2:1-2). But God’s grace is training us to say “NO!” to all worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives, in this life (see Titus 2:11-14).

 

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

 

So, God is not okay with us continuing in deliberate and habitual sin, and he will judge us, and he will condemn us if we choose to make sin our practice, and if righteousness, godliness, and obedience to our Lord and to his commands are not what we practice. For those who deliberately practice what is sinful in the eyes of the Lord are not only deserving of death, but according to the Scriptures, all who continue in habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord in holy living, will not have 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]

 

Teach Them 

 

Based off various scriptures

An Original Work / May 24, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Open up the blinded eyes of

Those who walk in sin’s darkness.

Turn them to the light of Christ

And to His righteousness.

Turn them from the pow’r of Satan.

Turn them to the peace of Christ,

So they may receive forgiveness

And eternal life.

 

Teach them to put off their old selves

And their former way of life,

And to put on their new self,

Reborn to be like Christ;

To not copy worldly customs;

Be transformed in life and mind;

Obey freely His word in them,

Pleasing unto God.

 

Teach them how to love their neighbors

Truly as they love themselves;

Be a witness; share the gospel;

Satan’s lies dispel;

Comfort all who mourn in sadness;

Share Christ’s love and joy today.

Do this through your life and witness

For your Lord always.

 

https://vimeo.com/125485489

 

Without Excuse

An Original Work / June 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love