Run With It

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Followers of The Flesh

The Church Divided

This was the apostle Paul speaking. The church in Corinth was divided because the people were largely becoming followers of man. For they associated themselves as either being of Paul or of Apollos or of Cephas, or some said they were of Christ. So this would be a lot like the church today claiming to be Baptist, Methodist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Charismatic, Presbyterian, and the like. So, he asked them if Christ was divided and if Paul was crucified for them and if they were baptized in the name of Paul.

1 Corinthians 1:17-19 NKJV

17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. 18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

So, first of all we need to understand that “the church” is not these individual organizations largely of human origin which are incorporated underneath (joined/partnered with) the state (the government) which are largely being marketed to the people of the world, which God forbids. The church is the universal body of believers in Jesus Christ who have died with him to sin and who are obeying our Lord as a matter of life practice. We, the people of God, are his church of which HE alone is to be the head.

[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]

False Teachings of Man

But this isn’t just about the church being divided by denominations and partnerships with the state. This is about the body of Christ, his church, being divided by theologies and doctrines and teachings, many of which are not of God, and which are taught out of their biblical context in order to deliberately and habitually teach lies to the people. For many are avoiding many of the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles in order to deliberately lead the people to accepting what is of Satan, instead.

For many are teaching a “gospel” of salvation totally absent of God’s requirements that we must deny self, die to sin, and obey God, in practice, if we are to have deliverance from sin and the hope of eternal life with God in heaven when we die, or when Jesus returns. So what they are teaching is of this world, and of the flesh nature. And so many who profess the name of Jesus have continued to live according to the flesh, doing what their flesh desires, living in sensuality, idolatry, immorality and in deceptiveness.

Thus, they are not in love with Jesus Christ, but they are in love with self and with the flesh. And what they desire is not to be like Jesus in character, but they hunger after what and/or who is wicked, evil, corrupt, immoral, lewd and dishonest. They hunger and thirst after what is sinful, and they embrace evil, and they want what is of the flesh more than they want anything else. And so much of what is called “church” is giving its stamp of approval on addictive sin and moral corruptness among its “members,” too.

[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]

Testing the Spirits

Paul was a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ in its purest and most biblical sense, as he was led by the Holy Spirit, and not of the flesh. His wisdom did not come from theologians and debaters of the Scriptures, but his wisdom came from God alone, by the Spirit. He did not use words which would attract the world to himself, but he spoke the truth of God’s word for the salvation of human lives out from under their addiction to sin so they will now serve Jesus Christ in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands.

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).

So, if a pastor or a preacher of “the Scriptures” is telling you that you do not have to repent (die to sin) and obey God, in practice, and that if you profess faith in Jesus Christ that God is now going to overlook all of your future sins, and heaven is still your eternal destiny, you are being lied to big time! So go to the Scriptures yourselves. Read them in their correct biblical context. Read them under the direction of the Holy Spirit. And then surrender your lives to Christ to obey him and to no longer walk in sin, all in his power.

Testing the Spirits: [Matthew 7:15-23; Matthew 24:11-14; 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 4:1-6; Jude 1:1-25]

The Letters

Based off Revelation 2-3

An Original Work / December 17, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

To the angels of all the churches write:

These are the words of your Lord and your God.

I know all your deeds, and your witness, too,

And who holds to My words and tells what’s true.

I know all your hard work and your perseverance,

Yet I hold against you: you’ve forsaken Me.

Listen to what I say to you.

You have people there who deny My name,

And who put the cross of Christ up to shame.

They entice the people to Me, profane,

And their worship of Me is all in vain.

They are so adult’rous as they chase their idols,

And you put up with them easily enough.

Listen to what I say to you.

You give off an image of godliness,

But what you present is so fraudulent,

Or else you lack passion for Jesus Christ,

So you look to others to tell what’s right.

I say turn from your sin, or you will face judgment.

He who overcomes will have eternal life.

Listen to what I say to you.

I know your afflictions and poverty;

How you suffer for your Lord patiently.

Do not fear the devil and company.

You be faithful to your Lord endlessly.

I know all your weakness and your dedication.

You have kept My Word and not denied your Lord.

I will write on you My new name.

https://vimeo.com/114655138

Followers of The Flesh

An Original Work / June 9, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

By Smooth Words

Romans 16:17-20 NKJV

“17Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. 18For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. 19For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. 20And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.”

Those Who Cause Divisions

Please note that those who cause divisions are not to be taken as those who speak contrary to what a particular pastor of a church congregation teaches, or who speaks in a way that is opposed to some of the philosophies and teachings of any particular church denomination incorporated underneath and in partnership with the state (with the government). Those who cause divisions are also not those who oppose marketing schemes and tricks used by pastors in order to draw in large numbers of people into their “churches.”

Those who cause divisions, in this context, are those who are opposed to the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles, as taught in the correct biblical context, in their fullness. They are those who are ignoring the Scriptures which teach the critical nature of us denying self, dying to sin, and obeying God and his commands, in practice, as necessary components of saving faith. And they are convincing people that a mere verbal profession of faith in Jesus Christ is enough to insure them eternal life with God.

Those Serving Their Own Bellies

Sadly, so much of what is called “the church” here in the USA today has that all flipflopped. If we do not agree with any institutional church’s marketing goals for how to grow their numbers, and if we do not agree with diluting the gospel message to make it less offensive and more attractive to the ungodly and to the people of the world, we may be regarded as disunifiers. For the unity, in such cases as this, is not with Jesus Christ and with his Word, but it is with the business and marketing goals for how to grow their numbers.

Therefore, those who cause divisions are not the truth tellers and those who hold to the teachings of Christ, but they are those who serve their own bellies by ignoring truth and teaching lies to satisfy their own sinful cravings of the flesh and to give themselves and others permission to keep on in their addictive sinful practices without feelings of guilt or remorse. So they use smooth words and flattering speech to deceive the hearts of the naïve who trust them, so that they will believe the lies and they will reject the truth.

Be Wise and Discerning

So we need to be wise and discerning about such matters as this so we don’t end up believing the lies and denying the truth, and opposing those who are in the right while embracing those who are in the wrong. Thus, we must be those who study the Scriptures for ourselves under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and who study them in their correct biblical context. For so many lies are being taught and embraced by people who trust some other humans to tell them the truth without actually reading the Scriptures for themselves.

So, know that just because a man who calls himself a pastor or a preacher has certain credentials from a religious institution, it does not mean that he is a man of God, listening to the Holy Spirit, and that what he is teaching is the truth as Jesus taught it and as his apostles taught it in the New Testament. Human credentials do not translate to servant of the Lord. A heart surrendered to the Lord and to dying to sin and to obeying our Lord’s commands, in life practice, by God’s grace, is a true servant of Jesus Christ, but that doesn’t make them right about everything. Study for yourselves.

Thy Word

By Amy Lee Grant / Michael Whitaker Smith

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path

When I feel afraid

Think I've lost my way

Still you're there right beside me

And nothing will I fear

As long as you are near

Please be near me to the end

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6LC8cu03Ig

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By Smooth Words

An Original Work / June 9, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Monday, June 8, 2026

Honoring Our Women in Ministry

Romans 16:1-5 NKJV

“1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, 2that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also. 3Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 5Likewise greet the church that is in their house.”

Honoring Christian Women

Jesus Christ honored and valued women, and he used some of them to spread the good news of the gospel of Christ to the people. He did not degrade them or treat them as though they were of less value than men. And the Scriptures teach men that they are to treat their wives also with much value, honor, and respect. In fact, they are to become one flesh with their wives, and they are to love their wives as Christ loved the church, and they are not to be harsh with them, and they are to be faithful to them.

The apostle Paul also honored women in ministry, as did the apostle John (2 John 1:1-3). Although it is debated as to whether John was addressing the “chosen lady” as the church herself, or if he was addressing a chosen woman in whose house the church met, we don’t really have the answer to that one. So we should not assume that he was not addressing a Christian woman in whose home the church, the body of Christ met. And we don’t know if any of these home gatherings were led by any women, though it might have been.

And regarding Phoebe, all the information we have on her is what is given to us in this passage of Scripture in Romans 16, that she was a servant of the church, and she seemed to be someone in some sort of position of importance or authority in some area of ministry. We know she was a helper, but we don’t know exactly in what area of ministry she was a helper. But she helped Paul in his ministry, and Paul gave instructions that she was to be received in a manner worthy of the saints, which is how it should have been.

Today’s Church Culture

In the church culture of today, women are often degraded as though they are less than men. But if God designed that husbands should become one flesh with their wives, that does not make their wives less than their husbands. It does not make men superior to women. They just serve in different roles. And God designed woman to be man’s helpmeet, to work with him alongside him, not to be trampled under his feet as though she is nothing but a slave. And Phobe was a helper to many, including to Paul.

Now I am not one who believes that women should rule over men or that they should try to compete with men to be just like men. God made us different for a reason. But God gifted us equally, and the Scriptures teach us that on the day of Pentecost that it was both men and women who were prophesying and they were all together, not separate. And Peter declared that what was taking place then was a fulfilment of what the Prophet Joel prophesied, that in the last days God’s sons and daughters would prophesy.

And to prophesy is to preach, to proclaim the Word of the Lord, and Jesus did send some women to preach the gospel, even to men. And we are still in the last days before the return of Christ, so us women are to be prophesying (preaching, proclaiming the Word of God) to the people, as well. And it can be in mixed company, according to what took place on the day of Pentecost. The only stipulation I see in the Scriptures toward women is that we are not to rule over men, and we are not to instruct men in authority over them.

We are Not All The Same

And then let’s look at the example of Priscilla and Aquila, who were Paul’s fellow workers in Christ Jesus. And she is named first, not her husband. And together her and her husband instructed a man named Apollos, explaining the way of God to him more accurately. And one of the gatherings of the church, the body of believers in Jesus Christ, met in their home. Paul did not raise up her husband while ignoring her or degrading her or treating her as though she was less. But he gave her equal honor alongside her husband.

So not every woman is called to be a nursery worker, or a seamstress, or one who excels in roles and tasks often assigned to women only. And I am in no way pushing for women to be like men or to serve in male dominated roles. But in the last days God’s sons and daughters will prophesy and dream dreams and have visions from God. And this is of God if it is in agreement with the Scriptures, for not all dreams, visions, and prophesies are of God. But God does use women to be his messengers, so let them!

And, especially since we live in a day and age where there appears to be an extreme shortage of biblically qualified men to be elders and pastors of the gatherings of the church, for so many of them are spiritually AWOL (partially because so many of them are addicted to pornography and all that goes along with that, or else they are just living for the flesh, and are not doing the work of the Lord which God requires), then we need to let our daughters who are living the life God has for them to live, to prophesy (to preach).

As a General Rule

And I agree again that as a general rule women should not serve in positions of biblical authority over men. But if there is an extreme lack of spiritually qualified men to do the job because they are so caught up in living by the flesh, instead, then we should let the women who do meet the qualifications (except that they are not men) to preach, and if absolutely necessary, to be in positions of spiritual leadership over a gathering of the church, the people of faith in Jesus Christ. For we don’t need the blind leading the blind.

But putting aside having any women serve in positions of biblical authority over men, we should still allow women to prophesy (to preach), for you don’t have to be in authority over anyone to share what the Scriptures teach with the people of God. And the day of Pentecost, and the prophesy of Joel, via Peter’s words on that day reciting Joel’s prophesy, all point to both men and women prophesying, even in mixed company, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and under the authority of biblically qualified men.

[Genesis 2:24; Matthew 5:28; Matthew 15:19-20; Matthew 19:4-9; Matthew 26:6-13; Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 5:25-34; Mark 7:20-23; Mark 10:6-9; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 2:36-38; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 10:38-42; Luke 24:1-12; John 2:1-11; John 4:1-42; John 8:1-11; John 20:1-18; Acts 2:17-18; Acts 21:9; Romans 13:9; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 1 Corinthians 6:9-20; 1 Corinthians 11:5; Galatians 5:13-24; Ephesians 5:22-33; Colossians 3:18-19; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; Titus 2:3-5; Hebrews 13:4; James 4:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7; 2 Peter 2:13-19; 2 John 1:1-3]

His Tender Mercies

An Original Work / January 26, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Fear not! I’m with you. Be not dismayed!

God watches o’er you. Trust Him today.

He’ll lead and guide you; Give you His aid.

He’ll love and keep you with Him always.

Walk in His footsteps. He’ll lead the way.

Trust in His love; Believe that He cares.

He will not leave you. Faithful He’ll be.

His tender mercies now you will see.

Fellowship with Him throughout the day.

Tell Him your heartaches. He’ll heal always.

Rest in His comfort. He is your friend.

Your faith He’ll strengthen, true to the end.

https://vimeo.com/379513308

Honoring Our Women in Ministry

An Original Work / June 8, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Cast Off the Works of Darkness

Romans 13:11-14 NKJV

“11And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.”

The apostle Paul was giving instructions to the church, the body of Christ in Rome, i.e. to those of faith in Jesus Christ. And it would appear, from the instructions that he gave them throughout the entire writing, that not all of them were following the Lord Jesus in obedience to his commands as they ought. For he reminded them that they would be judged by God according to their works, and that those for whom sin was their practice, and not obedience to God, that they would not inherit eternal life with God.

See Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:1-11; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-17; Romans 11:17-24; Romans 12:1-2; Romans 13:11-14; etc.

So, evidently some of them needed to be stirred up spiritually to stronger and more serious walks of faith in obedience to the Lord. For, perhaps some of them had become spiritually complacent, lazy, and slothful, and so they needed to be reminded of the purpose for which Jesus died and was resurrected from the dead, which was to buy us back for God (to redeem us) out of our addiction (slavery) to sin so we can now serve him with our lives in walks of surrender to him in death to sin and obedience to his commands.

For, contrary to what so many people are teaching today as the gospel of Christ, of our salvation from sin, our salvation is not a one time decision to believe in Jesus which requires nothing else of us once we have “done the deed” and have professed faith in Jesus Christ. Our salvation ending in eternal life with God is progressive. We are saved (past). We are being saved (present active). And we will be saved (future) when Jesus returns provided that we have died to sin and continued in obedience to God’s commands.

Progressive salvation verses: [Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 9:23-26; John 6:44; John 8:31-32; John 15:1-12; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-17; Romans 11:17-24; Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Galatians 5:16-24; Galatians 6:7-8; Ephesians 5:3-6; Colossians 1:21-23; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; 2 Timothy 2:10-13; Hebrews 3:6,14-15; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5,9; 2 Peter 1:5-11; 2 Peter 2:20-22; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:1-6,24-25; 1 John 3:4-10]

Now, this is not a claim to absolute sinless perfection. God’s grace does cover the sins of those who are of genuine faith in him as long as they are not those who are deliberately and habitually sinning against God and who are refusing to obey our Lord’s commands, as a matter of life practice. For 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 while we wait for our Lord’s return for his faithful bride.

For not everyone who says to Jesus “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but those doing (obeying) our Lord’s commands. Many who profess faith in Jesus Christ will stand before God on the day of judgment convinced that heaven is their eternal destiny but he will say to them, “Depart from me you workers of lawlessness. I never knew you!” (see Matthew 7:21-23). So we must forsake the deeds of darkness (sin) and put on Jesus Christ and his righteousness. And we must live moral lives, pleasing to Jesus Christ.

Walking in The Light

Based off 1 John 1-2

An Original Work / November 16, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When I lift up my voice, and

Sing praise unto God,

I will fellowship with my

Lord and Savior, King.

In Him there is no darkness.

He is in the light of truth.

If we walk in His light,

From sin He purifies.

If we repent of our sins,

He’ll forgive us now,

When we humble ourselves, and

Before Jesus bow.

The man who says, “I know Him,”

But does not obey His truth,

There is no truth in him.

In darkness still he’s found.

Do not love the world of sin,

For it is hell bound.

If you follow the world, you’ll

Not in Christ be found.

The world and its desires

Will not last; they’ll expire.

The one who does God’s will,

Receives eternal life.

See that what you have heard from

Christ remains in you.

Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and

In His Father, too.

This is what He promised us –

His eternal life with God.

So, continue in Him, and

You’ll receive a crown.

https://vimeo.com/114160122

Cast Off the Works of Darkness

An Original Work / June 8, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Loving One Another

Romans 13:8-10 NKJV

Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Love is Obeying God

Now, most of the time that you will see this word “love” in the New Testament Scriptures, it will come from the Greek word “agape.” And it means “to prefer,” and in this case to prefer what God prefers, which is all that is holy, just, honest, faithful, morally pure, upright, godly, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. For the believer in Christ it means to prefer to live through Christ, choosing his choices, and obeying them in his power and strength and wisdom, all for the glory of God, by God’s grace.

So, when this talks about loving one another, it is speaking of doing for others what is for their good, not to harm them. For love is action, not just feelings and emotions. And we love others with the love of God in the ways in which God loves us. And Jesus loved us so much that he willingly put himself in a position where he would give his life up for us on a cross in order to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will deny self, die to sin, and walk in obedience to God’s commands, in practice.

Hated and Persecuted

Now none of us can do exactly what Jesus did for us on that cross, and it is not necessary that we should even think that possible, for what Jesus did, only he could do. And what he did has been done and does not need to be done again. But what we can do is to be those who are willing to speak the truth of the gospel to the people of the world, and in that way we are laying down our lives for the salvation of human souls for eternity. Because when we do that, we will be hated and persecuted, even by other “Christians.”

For so many people professing Jesus as Lord today are being convinced that they do not have to give up their sins and that they do not have to obey God’s commands, for they are being told that is “works salvation” which is not of God. But our salvation from sin, although it is not of our own doing, is not absent of the works that God prepared in advance that we should walk in them. Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught that faith in Jesus Christ means dying to sin and obeying God’s commands as a matter of life practice.

Don’t Sin Against Others

So, if we are loving God, and if we are loving one another with this agape love, which comes from God, we will not deliberately and habitually sin against each other, especially as a matter of life practice. For those who make it their practice to commit adultery, to be unfaithful to their spouses, and to make moral impurity their practice, they are not acting in love but in selfishness, self-indulgence, and hate. And to murder people literally, or with your words only, or to steal from others what is not yours, is also to hate.

In other words, we can’t live like the devil and then expect that God is going to receive us as belonging to him, and that he is going to forgive all deliberate and habitual sin being done against God and against other humans, just because we profess him as Lord with our lips. For love does no harm to other humans because it is not based in our feelings and in our emotions, but it is based in God, who is love, and thus it is committed to treating other humans with kindness and to obeying our Lord’s commands.

Send a Revival

An Original Work / June 25, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.

Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.

Teach us to daily walk in your footsteps.

Guide us in your truth, and may we find rest.

Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.

Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.

Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.

Make us a people who walk close to you.

Change our hearts to conform to your likeness.

May we love others who are in distress.

Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.

Make us a people who walk close to you.

Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.

May we serve others as though serving you.

Keep us in fellowship with you, I pray.

May we obey you in all things today.

Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.

May we serve others as though serving you.

https://vimeo.com/126020794

Loving One Another

An Original Work / June 8, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Sunday, June 7, 2026

Behave Like You Love Jesus

Romans 12:9-13 NKJV

“9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; 11not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; 13distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.”

The Video Portion

Now at the end of this you will see a link to a video talk I did on this passage of Scripture. These talks are mostly all not preplanned and prescripted video talks, but generally I just read the passage and then just talk about it as the Lord leads. It is a lot like we are just sitting in the living room across from one another and I am just sharing what I get out of the passage as I read it. And while the video is being uploaded to the internet, then the Lord has me write the written portion, which is not going to be an exact replica of what is in the video. But again, I am trusting the Lord to give me the right words.

Love Without Hypocrisy

This word “love” means to prefer, more specifically to prefer what God prefers. And what he prefers is all that is godly, righteous, morally pure, upright, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. And to be hypocritical is to pretend something you are not, to give the outward appearance of being one way while in private, when no one else is looking, you are the opposite of that. It is to claim love with your lips, but while you do what is unloving, usually deliberately and habitually, without conscience.

Abhor What is Evil

We learn about what God regards as evil when we read the Scriptures. But if we are true followers of Christ, we have the Holy Spirit living within us giving us a conscience and biblical discernment to know what is evil as opposed to what is good. And yet the Scriptures teach that if we do evil that we are without excuse because God has revealed himself to us through his created works. So if we choose evil, we do so in rejection of the Lord because our flesh prefers evil over good. But we are to be those who truly hate evil.

Cling to What is Good

What is good is to be determined by God and by the teachings of the Scriptures and not by human flesh. What is good is what God prefers which is all that is holy, morally pure, upright, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. This is what we are to embrace. This is what we are to hold on to. This is to be what we look like and how we live, in practice. And this goes right along with abhorring evil. So what is good is not ignoring evil, but it is calling evil what it is, and calling people to repentance.

Brotherly Love

Now this kind of love is more of an affectionate and friendly and relational kind of love among followers of Christ. But it still needs to be the kind of love which comes from God and which prefers what God prefers. The two go hand-in-hand. We should love the sinners, but we should hate the sin. We should not give people permission to keep living in sin, doing evil to others, because we want to show them “brotherly kindness.” For it is never kind to lie to people by giving them permission to keep on in habitual sin.

Serving the Lord

As those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we are to be followers of Christ who obey him and his commands and who put sin to death, by the Spirit, and who walk in holiness and in righteousness, all in the power of God. Our lives are to be surrendered to the Lord, in his service, diligent and fervent in spirit in our desire to serve the Lord and to do his will. We are not to be lazy and slothful people who give God a short nod of notice while we go on living in the flesh. We are to be serious about obeying him daily, in practice.

Rejoicing in Hope

Now here we need to test the spirits to see which ones are of God. And we need to be testing what we hear as “the gospel” message against the teachings of the Scriptures in their correct biblical context. Many people are teaching lies and are giving people a false hope of eternity with God. But Jesus taught that to come after him we must deny self, die to sin daily, and follow him in obedience to his commands. And this involves tribulations and suffering for the sake of the truth of gospel at the hands of the deceivers.

Meeting Needs

Now this one requires much spiritual discernment. Yes, we should be loving and compassionate people who care about what others are going through who reach out to help where we can. And we are to be those who are actively ministering to the needs of our fellow Christians who are followers of Christ. We are not to be selfish and stingy. But so many liars and con artists are preying upon the compassionate hearts of others in order to take advantage of them. So pray for discernment to know what true needs are.

Safe in the Arms of Jesus

By Frances J. Crosby and William H. Doane 1868

Safe in the arms of Jesus,

Safe on His gentle breast;

There by His love o’ershaded,

Sweetly my soul shall rest.

Hark! ’tis the voice of angels

Borne in a song to me,

Over the fields of glory,

Over the jasper sea.

Safe in the arms of Jesus,

Safe from corroding care,

Safe from the world’s temptations;

Sin cannot harm me there.

Free from the blight of sorrow,

Free from my doubts and fears;

Only a few more trials,

Only a few more tears!

Jesus, my heart’s dear Refuge,

Jesus has died for me;

Firm on the Rock of Ages

Ever my trust shall be.

Here let me wait with patience,

Wait till the night is o’er;

Wait till I see the morning

Break on the golden shore.

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Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Let Us Use Them

Romans 12:3-8 NKJV

“For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 4For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.”

One Body in Christ

As followers of Jesus Christ we are all one body, the body of Christ. But we are all different. We are all uniquely who we are individually. God didn’t make us all the same. He didn’t gift us all the same. And we are not all called in the same way to the same exact ministries. And even if we were all teachers, our teaching style may differ one from the other. For God did not make us to be clones of each other. He made us uniquely who we are by his design, for his purposes. And he is not going to use us in all the same ways.

Yes, in the gatherings of the church, the biblical body of Christ, i.e. those of genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus, there needs to be law and order. We need to have overseers to make sure things are done in order and according to the will and purposes of God. But just because a man is a pastor, elder, deacon, or overseer, it does not make him superior to the rest of us, and he should not treat us as though he is a cult leader who we must follow blindly wherever he leads us. Overseers must lead by example, not by an iron fist.

Also, in today’s world, many of these pastors, elders, deacons, and overseers are not following in the ways of the Lord, but in the ways of the flesh. Jesus is not their commander in chief, but they are following business models for how to “do church.” So many of them are not leading the church, the body of Christ, in service to the Lord, but they are teaching them lies, and they are training them in the ways of the culture and not in the ways of the Lord. For many of them are acting just like cult leaders.

And so many gatherings of the church are not biblical gatherings at all. One man serves as king over all, and he does all the preaching, and no one is testing what he is teaching to see if it is of God or not. The people are not given opportunity to minister to one another, for the “pastor” is considered the sole “minister.” And he is raised up above all the rest. So he is more like a cult leader almost to be worshipped as though he is a god. And what he says goes whether or not it is of God and is biblical and righteous.

Not a Business

So, please understand that the church is not a building or an organization incorporated under the state called “church.” The church is the biblical body of Christ comprised of all who are of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ via dying with Christ to sin, and being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as servants of God and of his righteousness. And all of us are given gifts of the Spirit and assignments from God called our “body parts,” and all of us are necessary parts.

So our gatherings should not be for the purpose for all of us to sit in pews or in chairs and in rows while we all listen to one man do all the preaching and one small group of musicians do all the ministering in music. But, in an orderly and biblical way, we should be ministering to one another, using the spiritual gifts given us by God in our body parts assigned to us by God. All of us should be speaking the truth of God’s Word to one another in love in order to help each other to grow to maturity in our walks of faith in Christ.

We are to be those who are exhorting one another daily so that none of us may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. And we are to be stirring up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, but encouraging one another. And we are to be addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, with each body part doing its work. For when each part is working properly, the body grows and builds itself up in love.

We are All Necessary!

So God did not design his church, the body of Christ, comprised of all who are of genuine biblical faith in Christ Jesus, to just be bench warmers while only a select few get to do all the ministering. We are all necessary to the proper working of the body of Christ. And the Bible teaches that in the last days that both men and women will prophesy (preach, proclaim the Word of God) and will dream dreams and see visions (Acts 2:16-18). So we need gatherings of the church where each part is able to do his/her work.

And this is why the Lord put me on the internet 22 years ago, so I would have a voice, so I would have a place where I could minister using the spiritual gifts given me by God in my body part assigned to me from God. And here I am able to connect with other Christians (other body parts) and we can and do encourage one another in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord. We each have a voice and a place where we can be used of God to share his gospel message and to help each other to grow in Christ Jesus.

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:11-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20; 1 Peter 2:9,21; 1 John 2:6]

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.

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