Do Not Fear Them

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master. It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!” (Matthew 10:24-25 NASB1995)

If we who confess Jesus as Lord are true followers of Christ, we should not expect to be treated better than he was treated. We should willingly share in the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming like him in his death (Philippians 3:11). And this engages us in denying self, dying to sin daily, and walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice, although not necessarily in absolute perfection. And this engages us in sharing the truth of the gospel with the people even if they hate us and reject us in return.

For Jesus Christ was not a people pleaser. He did not back down on the truths of the gospel message so that people would like him and approve of him. He did not say all the fluffy feel-good stuff that pacified human flesh. Jesus spoke the truth in love to the people even if they hated him, lied about him, tried to trip him up with his words, and accused him falsely of what he did not do and of being who he was not. Therefore, he got right down to the “nitty-gritty.” And he did not “mince words” in order to not offend the people.

In other words, he did not “beat around the bush.” He did not speak in a way that was vague, with excessive caution to avoid offending other people. He did not withhold the full truth in order to spare people’s feelings. He spoke with much directness and honesty because it is the truth that sets people free, not the lies which are so popularized today. He focused on information which was vital to people’s salvation from sin and their eternal life with God. For the truth is what we need to hear if we are going to have true salvation.

See Matthew 10:24-28; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23

“Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Matthew 10:26-28 NASB1995)

So, if we follow his example in speaking like he spoke, and in giving out the message of the gospel like he did, in the appropriate biblical context, we should expect to be treated like he was treated, and by the same kinds of people, too. For who were Jesus’ fiercest and most aggressive opponents? They were the religious. They were those who professed faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who in reality is Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. And they were preachers and teachers of the Scriptures.

And so it should not surprise us if we are opposed by others who call themselves “Christians” and/or who serve in positions of pastors and elders and evangelists within the “Christian church.” For so many of them are now following the ways of the flesh and marketing schemes and tricks for how to attract the world to their gatherings. And so many of them are being trained to get rid of people like me who teach the truth that Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught as the gospel of our salvation.

So, if you are truly following the example of Jesus, and if you are truly teaching what he taught as the gospel, in the correct biblical context, don’t be surprised if you are treated like Jesus’ opponents treated him. But do not fear them or what they do to you or say to you or about you. Just keep sharing the truths of the Scriptures, in the right context. Keep following the leading of the Holy Spirit in what to say and when to say it and to whom to say it, and do not fear what other people might do to you. Obey God!

Do not let the opinions of other humans and their treatment of you keep you from obeying God and his word. Do not let their pressure to conform to their image intimidate you into forsaking the Lord for the approval of other humans. But walk in the fear (respect, honor) of God and obey his commands, and walk in his ways. For Jesus said that to come after him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow (obey) him if we want to have salvation and 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] 

When I Am Afraid 

Based off Psalms 56-57

An Original Work / October 17, 2016 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When I am afraid, Lord, I will trust in You.

Your Word, Lord, I praise. I yield my life to You.

Enemies pursue me, slandering Your Name.

Lord, have mercy. I trust in You. Hear my cry today.

Lord, I love Your Word. It comforts me today,

As I look to you, and bow my head and pray.

You are Christ, my Lord. You saved me from my sin,

That I may walk, Lord before You, purified within.

Steadfast is my heart, O God, I sing of You.

I will praise You, Lord. To You, I will be true.

Oh, how great Your love. Your faithfulness endue.

Be exalted, God of heaven. Glory be to You.

https://vimeo.com/187821104

Do Not Fear Them

An Original Work / April 29, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

As Sheep in the Midst of Wolves

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues; and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say. For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.” (Matthew 10:16-20 NASB1995)

Now, these were Jesus’ specific instructions to his twelve disciples on a particular day in biblical history. And yet, they coordinate with many teachings throughout the New Testament, especially regarding the last days before the return of Christ and what we can expect to take place if we are genuine followers of Jesus Christ, doing his will. For we are promised that we will be hated and persecuted and falsely accused of wrong doing, and falsely imprisoned, and lied about by those who are heads of religious institutions.

For in our world today, well in the USA, anyway, “the church” is rarely being treated as the biblical body of Christ comprised of followers of Jesus Christ who are actively doing the will of God. But “the church” has largely been turned into institutions of human origin being marketed to the people of the world. And so their gatherings are often geared toward attracting the people of the world to their gatherings. And so many of them alter the gospel message and the meaning of “church” to make “the church” like the world.

So, if you are someone who is a serious student of the Scriptures, and who is serious about God’s calling on your life, and so you are sincere about your walk of faith in obedience to your Lord, and so you are also sharing with others what Jesus and his apostles taught as the gospel message, you should expect to be opposed even by pastors of “churches” who are being talked into diluting the gospel message to make it more acceptable and less offensive to human flesh. For these “wolves” do exist within “the churches.”

But we should not let their mistreatment of us discourage us from continuing to share the truth of what the Scriptures teach on many subjects taught in their correct biblical context. We should keep speaking the truth of God’s Word to the people regardless of how we are treated in return. For it is the truth which saves human lives, not the “feel-good” messages which lie to the people and which coddle them in their sins rather than lead them to true repentance and walks of obedience to God’s commands in surrender to God.

And if we are writing and posting on the internet, we need to realize that we will not only be opposed by others who call themselves “Christians,” but we will possibly be opposed by robots (AI – artificial intelligence) and by people whose goal it is to get on internet forums for the full purpose to stir up controversy and to get dedicated servants of the Lord to back down and to give up. For just like Jesus’ enemies tried to trip him up with his words, we will have people (or AI) who will try to trick us into accepting lies.

This is the part that I believe is critically important for us to understand. We don’t have to worry about what we will say when those times come. If we are resting in the Lord, and we are trusting in his word, the Holy Spirit living within us will give us the words to say. We must rely on the Lord to give us the right responses, and not get upset and jump ahead of God and end up saying things we will later regret. For the goal of our enemy is to get us to “blow it” so he will have cause to accuse us of wrong. So trust the Lord!

[Jeremiah 1:4-19; Matthew 10:24-28; Philippians 1:12-14; 2 Timothy 1:6-7; 1 Peter 3:13-17; Revelation 2:9-10; Acts 23:11; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10]

Why Are You Afraid?  

Based off Various Scriptures

An Original Work / December 5, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Do not be afraid. 

Your Lord is always by your side.

Serve the Lord in righteousness

Before Him all your days.

Those who hate the light

Will not come to the Lord.

They fear their deeds

Might be noticed.

So, they hate the light,

And they embrace the night.

Do not be afraid,

Although your enemy attacks.

Dare to share your testimony

Of God’s saving grace.

Do not fear their threats,

But honor Christ, your Lord.

Be prepared to give an answer

For the hope you have,

With gentleness; respect.

Why are you afraid?

For all that’s hidden will be shown.

What I tell you, speak in daylight.

Let the truth be known.

Do not be afraid

Of those who’ll take your life.

Fear the Lord with understanding.

Trust Him with your life,

And give not up to strife.

Do not be afraid.

Take courage, it is I, your Lord.

Bow before Me; now adore Me.

Oh, why do you doubt?

Listen to the Lord.

Get up and bear His name!

Run and tell the world He loves them.

Jesus came to save.

Give Him your all today. 

https://vimeo.com/114668071

As Sheep in the Midst of Wolves

An Original Work / April 29, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Like Sheep Without a Shepherd

“Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.’” (Matthew 9:35-38 NASB1995)

What gospel message did Jesus proclaim to the people? 

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).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

And what did he mean by saying that the people were like sheep without a shepherd? The people were apparently desiring to hear, to learn, and to follow in the ways of the Lord, but they were lacking in anyone to lead them in the ways of God and in the ways of righteousness and obedience to the Lord and to his commands. And so it is today, not that there is a shortage of shepherds, but that there is a severe shortage of shepherds who are leading the people in the ways of righteousness and in obedience to the Lord.

So many of the “shepherds of the sheep” today, at least here in the USA, are leading the people in the darkness to continue in the darkness and to not come into the light of truth. They are teaching the people lies, and they are training them in unrighteousness by telling them that they are not required of God to obey God or to do any good works or to leave their sins behind them. Instead, they are giving them the impression that a verbal confession of Christ as Savior is enough to secure them heaven for eternity.

So, what we need desperately is not more shepherds but more shepherds who will tell the people the truth of the gospel that Jesus and his apostles taught, in the correct biblical context. We need more shepherds of the sheep who will speak the truth of the gospel to the people, in love, regardless of whether or not the people will receive them. We need more shepherds who will tell the people that Jesus died and rose from the grave so we will die to sin and live for God in obedience to his commands in holy living.

And we need more shepherds and more watchmen who will warn the people against the false shepherds of the people who are teaching them lies. We need the lies exposed for what they are, for so many who profess faith in Jesus Christ are living the lie and not the truth. So many are continuing in deliberate and habitual sin with no regard for God and for his commands. But if sin is what we practice, and not righteousness, and not obedience to God and to his commands, we will not inherit eternal life with God. See:

[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; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 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 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22] 

My Sheep  

Based off John 10:1-30 NIV

An Original Work / June 24, 2012 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

My sheep hear me. They know me.

They listen to my voice and obey.

I call them and lead them.

They know my voice, so they follow me.

They will never follow strangers.

They will run away from them.

The voice of a stranger they know not;

They do not follow him.

So, I tell you the truth that

I am the gate, so you enter in.

Whoever does enter

Will find forgiveness and will be saved.

Nonetheless whoever enters

Not by the gate; other way,

He is the thief and a robber.

Listen not, the sheep to him.

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,

Who laid his own life down for the sheep.

I know them. They know me.

They will live with me eternally.

The thief only comes to steal and

Kill and to destroy the church.

I have come to give you life that

You may have it to the full… 

They know my voice, so they follow me.

https://vimeo.com/114938263

Video Talk on the Same Subject

https://youtu.be/SVxQerCV9-o 

Like Sheep Without a Shepherd

An Original Work / April 28, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Wise and The Foolish

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.” (Matthew 7:24-27 NASB1995)

The Wise

The wise, according to the Scriptures, are those who do not merely listen to the Word of God, but they are those who put the Word of God into daily practice. They don’t just listen, but they act upon what they hear. The truth doesn’t just go in one ear and out the other, but it remains with them like glue. They don’t just go through the motions of religious practice, but they take God and his Word to heart to apply his words to their daily lives. 

They don’t just profess faith in Jesus Christ with their lips, but they act upon what they believe. By the grace of God, and in the power of God, via Jesus’ sacrifice for the sins of the people of the world, and by God-persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus, they are crucified with Christ in death to sin, and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as servants of the Lord Jesus in doing what his will desires.

When the difficulties of this life come upon them, or when temptations to sin confront them, they remain steadfast in the Lord and they do not surrender their lives to the enemy. And when the enemy pursues them, and people persecute and reject them, they remain steadfast in faith and in Christian practice and they do not give the enemy a foothold in their lives. Even if they get death threats, they waver not, but they remain steadfast in faith.

The Foolish

The foolish, on the other hand, are also those who hear the words of the Lord, but they do not put them into daily practice. They may even be those who are or who were teachers of the Word. Perhaps some of them are even pastors and/or elders of church congregations. But they are just going through the motions of religious practice to make others think they are doing well, but while many of them are still living in addiction to sinful habits.

They may give lip service to the Lord, convinced that a mere profession of faith in Jesus is enough to secure them salvation from sin and eternal life with God, but they do not act on the faith they proclaim is theirs in Christ Jesus. Nothing really changes in their lives except for what is artificial and is on the outside only. For many of them are convinced that God requires nothing of them other than a profession of faith, so works are out for them.

So, when trials and temptations come their way, they easily give in to them. Even if they determine that they are going to now obey God and serve him with their lives, their hearts have not changed. They have not exchanged the old life for the new life in Christ. And so they keep returning to their vomit. They keep going back to the same old sins that have held them captive all their lives. For they are not committed to obeying Christ with their lives.

The Results

The Scriptures teach us that to come to faith in Jesus Christ we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin and to self), and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands. And they teach us that lip service only will not assure us of salvation from sin and eternal life with God. We must be those for whom obedience to our Lord’s commands are what we practice. For if sin is what we practice, instead, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

So, just because we make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, it does not assure us of salvation from sin and eternal life with God. We must put the word of God into practice in our daily lives, in the power of God, and sin must no longer be what we practice. This does not mean we will never sin again, or that we must be absolutely perfect, but that righteousness and holiness and obedience to our Lord are to be our practice from now on.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; Acts 26:18; 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; Colossians 3:1-17; 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]   

Open My Heart  

An Original Work / July 2, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

“Be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil” (Rm. 16:19b).

Open my heart. Let Your truth in.

Make of me a servant, pure within;

Sing of Your praise all of my days. 

Let Your Spirit transform all my ways.

Jesus Christ died on a cross to

Save me from my sin.

“Repent of sin. Be cleansed within.

Obey all of His commands today.”

“Why do you doubt? Why do you fear?

Jesus Christ will wipe away your tears.

He cares for you. He feels your pain.

Die to sin, and life with Him you’ll gain.

Follow Him where’er He leads you.

Talk with Him each day.

Then you will know what He has planned

For your life before your world began.”

“Come unto Me, weary in heart.

Let My love and grace to you impart.

Believe in Me. Trust in My care.

Take your burdens to the Lord in prayer.

He will meet all of your needs, 

And give you peace within.

Rejoice in Him! Tell of His love.

He will give you comfort from above.”

https://vimeo.com/116072845

The Wise and The Foolish

An Original Work / April 28, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The One Who Does God's Will

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’” (Matthew 7:21-23 NASB1995)

There are many people today, it would appear, who are taking this passage of Scripture out of its intended context, and they are using it to teach against us having to do any kind of works. But this clearly is not teaching that there are no works involved in our salvation from sin and in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord’s commands. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). Without works, faith is dead.

What this is teaching is that we are not saved by our own fleshly works which are of the flesh and not of the Spirit. We can claim faith in Jesus Christ with our lips and do all sorts of “good deeds” and still not be approved by God. For even the faith to believe in Jesus comes from God, is authored by God, is gifted to us by God, and is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to deny self, die to sin, and follow Jesus in obedience to his commands, all in the power of God.

[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]

What Jesus Christ was communicating here is that giving lip service only to God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – will not gain anyone entry into heaven and to eternal life with God. Just because someone calls him, “Lord,” it does not mean at all that Jesus is “Lord” of their lives. And just because they do a bunch of “good deeds,” of their own doing, to try to be acceptable to God, or to try to look good to others, it does not buy them their ticket into heaven and forgiveness of all sins from here on out.

What this is teaching us is the critical importance of obedience to God and to his commands for our faith in Christ to be genuine faith which saves. What is of critical importance here is that we live holy lives, pleasing to God, all in the power of God, and that sin no longer be what we practice. For if lawlessness (disobedience to God and his commands) is what we practice, and not death to sin and holy living, we will not have salvation from sin, and we will not inherit eternal life with God, but God will reject us, instead.

And this is what Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught us as the gospel of our salvation all throughout the New Testament Scriptures. Yes, we are not saved by the works of the flesh. But we are also not saved by lip service only where we profess faith in Jesus but where we do not submit to him as Lord and to where we do not follow him in walks of surrender to him in obedience to his commands. For Jesus taught if we are to come after him we must deny self, die to sin daily, and obey him and his commandments.

[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 Ransom 

An Original Work / September 8, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus paid the ransom, 

so we’d be forgiven;

Purified from our sin, 

so we’d be set free.

Crucified on a tree; 

took on him our sin. 

Buried our sin with Him; 

rose in victory.

Jesus calls us to Him; 

asks that we flee from sin;

Obey His commandments; 

live eternally.

God our Father loves us, 

which is why He gave us

His Son to die for us 

on a cruel tree.

God created us to 

walk in fellowship with Him, 

daily trusting in His righteousness.

He has a plan for us 

to abide in His grace;

Be transformed in our hearts; 

live for him always.

Won’t you trust in Jesus? 

Be your Lord and Master?

He wants to forgive you, 

give you victory.

Over sin and yourself, 

Jesus set you free.

Daily walking with Him, 

live victoriously.

Invite Him in your heart. 

He’ll give you a new start.

Your old life behind you, 

a new creature be. 

https://vimeo.com/125864288

The One Who Does God’s Will

An Original Work / April 28, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Beware False Prophets and Preachers

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:15-20 NASB1995)

A prophet, in the Scriptures, was someone who proclaimed the words of God to the people. They were God’s spokesmen (and spokeswomen) who spoke God’s messages to the people. Many people, though, think of prophets merely as those who do future telling. But to prophesy is also forthtelling which has to do with speaking God’s messages to the people. And we read in Acts 2 about Joel who prophesied that in the last days God’s daughters and sons (female and male) would prophesy, dream dreams, and see visions.

So, to prophesy, in the sense of forthtelling (speaking God’s messages), is basically to preach or to teach the Scriptures in a way that is applicable to our world and to our lives today. It is proclaiming the Word of God from the Scriptures in very practical ways which relate to where we are today as a society, as the church (the body of Christ), and as the people of the world from many different nations. And to prophesy is to speak to people for their edification and exhortation and consolation (see 1 Corinthians 14:3).

All of us who are of Christ are called of God to proclaim the excellencies of him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light. All of us have been gifted of God with Spiritual gifts, and we have been given our “body part” assignments by God. And we are to be speaking the truth of God’s word to one another in love so that we are not led astray by the cunning and craftiness of false prophets (preachers) in their deceitful scheming. We all are to be exhorting one another daily so none of us are deceived with lies.

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 5:11-14; 1 Peter 2:9,21; 1 John 2:6]

But we all need to be on our guard against those who preach and teach and prophesy what is not of God, but is of the flesh of humans, who devise their own gospel message to be less offensive to the ungodly and to human flesh and to be more attractive and appealing to the world, as a whole. They are those who secretly devise lies, disguised as truth, in order to deceive and to lead many people astray. And some or many of these false prophets (preachers, teachers, evangelists) are very popular among the people.

So, we who proclaim faith in Jesus Christ are to beware of false prophets, preachers, teachers, and evangelists, and anyone proclaiming to be sharing the truth of the gospel of Christ, which includes all people who may be spreading lies disguised as truth. I don’t care what name they go by or who they are related to, or what kind of position they hold in society, or within the gatherings of the church, we are to test them all! We are to pay close attention to the words they speak and the things that they do.

For so many of them come to us in “sheep’s clothing,” i.e. disguising themselves as believers in Jesus Christ who are faithful in service to the Lord who are teaching us the truth of what Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught us in the Scriptures. But secretly they are plotting evil against us, and they are teaching us lies, and their purpose is to deceive and to lead us astray so we will follow the lies and not the truth. And what they spread is misinformation in order to bait us into rejecting the truth of the gospel.

[Matthew 7:15-23; Matthew 24:11-24; Luke 6:26; John 10:1-15; Romans 16:17-19; 2 Corinthians 11:3,13-15; Ephesians 4:11-16; Philippians 3:2; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22; 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 1 Timothy 6:3-10; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; 1 John 2:18-22; 1 John 4:1-6; 2 John 1:7; Jude 1:1-25]

Just Are You  

Based off Revelation 15-16

An Original Work / August 26, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Great and marvelous are Your deeds, O God.

Just and true Your ways, King of all the earth.

Who will not fear You; glorify Your name?

You are righteousness. Praise Your Name!

Just are You, O Lord, our Eternal ONE,

For You judge the earth in Your righteousness.

They have shed the blood of Your righteous ones.

You give their reward. They’re to blame!

Kings of all the earth gather, one accord;

Make haste to engage in a mighty war.

They oppose the Lord and His holy saints.

They serve wickedness, to their shame!

Jesus comes again, to some unforeseen. 

Blessed are those who wait for Him at the gate.

They’ll not be ashamed. “Glad” be their refrain.

When He comes again, He’ll remain!

https://vimeo.com/115579013

Beware False Prophets and Preachers

An Original Work / April 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hidden in Plain Sight

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” (Matthew 6:24 NASB1995)

Before we get into the meat of this topic, I want to point out that the word translated here as “wealth” is not just about money or worldly possessions. The word has to do with the treasure a person trusts in. And a treasure doesn’t even have to be anything physical, although it can be. It can be anything we value, adore, hold on to, regard highly, cherish, and give our time, heart, passion, and desire to. It can even be a sinful habit (addiction).

So, the situation here has to do with our loyalty and devotion to God and to his teachings vs. our loyalty to other things or people or practices which we treasure. Is God truly in first place in our lives? Are we committed to his service and to obeying his commands (New Covenant)? Is our desire for him above all else? Or are we trying to juggle both God and the world, or both God and sin, or both God and the desires and trappings of the flesh?

Many are they who are trying to juggle both God and the world and the flesh, and it just doesn’t work that way. And there are many who outwardly present themselves as Christians, and as followers of Christ, but in secret, where no one but God sees, they are still fleshly, still serving the flesh and not God, even though they claim to be serving God. For they are the foolish, the immature, the irresponsible who are being led by the flesh and not God.

And so God is calling out to all who profess faith in Jesus Christ but for whom the trappings of this world and of the flesh are what they truly serve and not God. For they are the double-minded (two-souled), i.e. those with divided loyalties who vacillate between serving God and serving the flesh. They are like children on a teeter-totter going back and forth and up and down in belief and in practice whose god is really the god of this world.

And so God is calling out to them, and he is letting them know that they cannot serve God and the flesh. Either sin is what they obey, in practice, or God and his commands are what they obey, in practice. They cannot be on both sides at the same time going back and forth between them. And this is not talking about perfection. This is talking about where our hearts are truly located and who or what truly has our hearts and devotion and passion.

Although the Scriptures teach it is possible, as followers of Christ, that we might sin sometimes (1 John 2:1-2), the Scriptures all throughout both the Old and the New Testaments make it quite clear to us that if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord’s commands, that it equals unbelief which results in death and not in life eternal with God. For faith which comes from God must result in us dying to sin and obeying our Lord’s commands.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; Acts 26:18; 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; Colossians 3:1-17; 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]   

Your Servant  

An Original Work / September 21, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Lord, I love to have You near me

As I go throughout my day,

Walking daily in Your footsteps,

As I humbly pray.

List’ning to You, hear You teaching

Me to live and work for You,

Lord, I pray You lead and guide me

Daily in Your truth.

Lord, I want to be Your witness,

Telling others of Your grace;

Telling how they can be set free

Of their sins today;

Share with them the love of Jesus,

He died on a cruel tree,

So that we’d be forgiven 

For all eternity.

Lord, I want to serve You only,

As I bow on bended knee,

Making You my Lord and master,

And Your servant be.

Humbly walking in obedience,

Doing what You say to me,

Lord, may I be an example

Of one who’s set free. 

https://vimeo.com/126318100

Hidden in Plain Sight

An Original Work / April 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love