Do Not Be a Hypocrite!

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil. But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:33-37 NASB1995)

Jesus Christ was speaking here to the Pharisees. And who were the Pharisees of Jesus’ day? They were the religious, instructors in religious practices, and those who proclaimed faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but who did not live what they preached. They were fakes and phonies who presented one image on the outside while inside they were full of all sorts of wickedness. They were religious hypocrites, in other words.

The Pharisees of Jesus’ day were skilled at hypocrisy. Jesus described them in this way (based off Matthew 23:1-39):

• They do not practice what they preach

• They do their deeds to be seen by others

• They love places of honor; they love attention

• They lead people to hell on the promise of heaven

• They profess one thing but live the opposite

• They adhere to religious rituals but not to God’s righteousness

• They appear clean (righteous) outwardly but inwardly are evil

• They are full of wicked deeds, greed, hypocrisy and self-indulgence

• They persecute those who are truly righteous in God’s sight

But a hypocrite can be anyone who gives one impression of themselves outwardly, for others to see, while they live the opposite of what they present, in practice. And we are not talking here about perfection vs. imperfection, for none of us will be completely perfect until Jesus returns for his faithful bride and he takes us to be with him for eternity, which is when our salvation, which is progressive, will be complete, and we’ll be whole.

We are talking here about fakery, willfully presenting one image of oneself outwardly for others to see while living the opposite of that when no one else is looking. This is about talking the walk while not living it, in practice, but while living the opposite of it, in practice. This is about deliberately misleading other humans to believe one thing about you while you live the opposite of that in reality. We all need to live what we profess, in practice.

So, what Jesus was teaching here is that we should be honest about who we are and what we are doing. And this means, even if we profess our wrongs, that we should be honest about what we are doing to correct those wrongs, as well. Many people want to make a good impression on others so that others will like them, and so they will perform for an audience because they want to be liked by others. But we need to be real, not fakes, not phonies.

And this is not saying we should publicly announce every wrong step we have ever taken in our lives but that we should not lie to others about who we are or where we have been to where we give out false impressions. And I believe that is one reason the Lord periodically has me share some of my testimony, for I have not always walked with him as closely as I do now. I have not always served him faithfully, but I had a time of moral failure, too.

But this does not mean that it is okay for any of us to keep sinning as a matter of life practice, deliberately and habitually sinning against God, as long as we are being honest about it. For Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to deliver us out of addiction to sin so we will now serve him with our lives in faithful obedience to him. We are to live holy lives, pleasing to God, all in his power, by his grace, because we love him and want to obey him.

So, not only are we not to be fakes and phonies who give one impression outwardly while we live differently when no one else is looking, but we are to be those who have denied self, died with Christ to sin, who are living to God and to his righteousness in surrender to his will and purpose for our lives. We are no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as servants of our Lord, doing what God has called us to do – all for his purposes and for his glory.

[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]   

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

Do Not Be a Hypocrite

An Original Work / May 1, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

With Jesus or Against Him?

Jesus Christ said, “He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.” (Matthew 12:30 NASB1995)

What does it mean (or look like) to be with Christ? It means that we are on his side, in agreement with him, and supportive of his teachings. We are in relationship with him via faith in Jesus Christ which results in us denying self, dying to sin, and following him in obedience to his commands. We are his followers doing what he commands, as a matter of life practice. And we are his servants and his messengers doing his bidding in taking the true message of the gospel of Christ to the people of the world for their salvation.

Our lives are committed to him and to his service to be who he created us to be, to go where he sends us, and to say what he gives us to say to the people, regardless of how we get treated in return, and even if we are persecuted for speaking the truth. For we are standing against the devil and against injustice, deception, false gospels, immorality, and the like. And we are standing for truth, righteousness, godliness, moral purity, uprightness, honesty, faithfulness, and obedience to our Lord and to his commands. 

So, those who are not with Christ are those who are against him, not for him. Their lives are not surrendered to the Lord to walk in his ways and to do as he commands. But they are still living to please the flesh and not God, still wanting to keep on in their sinful practices and to not follow Christ in walks of righteousness and in moral purity. Or they are like the Laodiceans who were neither on fire for Christ nor totally against him, but who were lukewarm, and so he was about ready to spit them out of his mouth.

For we cannot remain neutral about our faith in Christ. We cannot make a profession of him as “Lord” (Owner-Master) of our lives and then walk off and keep living for self while going through religious practices to make it look like we are serving him with our lives. For the Scriptures make it clear that faith in Jesus Christ, if it is genuine, must result in us dying to sin and walking (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice, although not necessarily in absolute perfection. For faith = obedience.

So, if all we are doing is going through the motions of religious practice, but while we continue in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands, then we are against Jesus, not for him. And if we are neutral in our walks of faith so that we are not actively sharing the message of the gospel of Christ with the people on the planet earth, out of fear of rejection and persecution, then we are not working for the Lord but we are living for ourselves and for our own comfort and pleasure.

Therefore, we cannot just make a profession of faith in Jesus, and then attend weekly religious services, but then live however we want, doing whatever brings us pleasure. We need to be those who are standing on the truth and righteousness, in practice, and who are speaking the truth of the gospel to the people for their salvation from sin and for their eternal life with God. Thus, we must be willing to suffer for the sake of the gospel and even to be falsely accused of wrong doing because we speak the gospel truth.

[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

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZv3jzOTE70

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With Jesus or Against Him?

An Original Work / April 30, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Woe To You America, Pt 2

“At that time Jesus said, ‘I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.’” (Matthew 11:25-26 NASB1995)

What are “these things” being referred to here? Jesus was speaking of a generation which did not respect and honor the Lord and his messengers, but who found fault with them because they did not do things the way that they wanted them to be done. For they did not follow the ways of the world and of the society and culture around them, but they followed the ways of the Lord, instead. And so they were odd balls who ended up being mocked and criticized rather than honored for being true servants of our God.

And then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles were done, because they did not repent. They did not turn from their sinful ways, and they did not honor and obey God. And so he warned them that on the day of judgment that their punishment would be greater than that of Sodom and Tyre and Sidon, because they were given so much more and yet they did not turn from their sins to follow Jesus in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living, as they ought to have done, since given so much!

And I believe that today the Lord is giving the same message to the nation of the United States of America. We, as a nation, have been given so much in the way of material possessions and opportunities and freedoms that so many other nations and peoples do not have. We have Bibles all over America, and we have Christian radio and television and internet sites where we can read or hear the Scriptures and be taught by people who know Christ and who are teaching the true gospel, but who are in the minority.

Now we do have a lot of people teaching the Scriptures here in America, but the majority of them appear to be those who are diluting and altering the gospel message in order to make it less offensive and more attractive to the ungodly of this sinful world. It seems that the majority are like the people that Jesus faced who accused him falsely of what he did not do just because he didn’t join in with them in doing things their way according to their culture and what appeases human flesh. So he was an oddball to them.

And if we follow the ways of Jesus that he taught and exemplified, and so we live to obey God and to do his will, and we reject sinful patterns of behavior, and so we live and teach the gospel that he taught, and not the “gospel” that appeases human flesh, then we will most likely be treated as oddballs, too. And we may be called teachers of “works salvation” or “legalists” lacking in genuine love and compassion. And some of the institutional “churches” may invite us to leave because they were warned about people like us with “strong convictions.” For we do not blend in with the world and its culture.

So, we are the “infants,” so to speak, because we are those who believe God and the teachings of the Scriptures and who follow him in his ways and who do not compromise with the world and with our culture in order to “fit in.” This does not make us perfect people, but we are those who believe the Scriptures, taught in the correct biblical context, and whose goal it is to obey God rather than to do what pleases human flesh. But we are also the discarded and the “throw aways” because we don’t live like the world does.

But because of our trust in the Lord and in his word, and because we don’t compromise with the world to be accepted, but we believe God, the Lord then reveals his Word and his will to us, for our hearts and our minds are receptive to his truths. But for those who live to please the flesh and the world and not God, their hearts and minds are not receptive to the truth of the Scriptures but they prefer the lies, instead. And this seems to be the majority which are living worldly lives while the minority follow our Lord.

So, this is also a warning to the USA of the judgments of God on our nation, for our nation, as a nation, proclaims to be one nation under the one true God, and for whom Christianity is the predominant faith of choice. Yet so many profess Jesus with their lips, but their hearts are far from God, for they live like the world for worldly pleasures rather than to please God with their lives. And so many of our leaders are proclaiming faith in Jesus while they live in hypocrisy doing all sorts of evil to the people of the world.

[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] 

Wake Up!  

Based off Ephesians 5:1-21; Revelation 3:1-6

An Original Work / November 25, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead.

Your God awaits you to do what 

He says to you. 

Be not conformed to your selfish will.

Trust in the Lord. Do what He says. 

He will give you victory.

Do not walk in darkness; 

Come into the light of love.

Listen to your Savior calling

You to obey all His teachings.

Repent of your sin, and 

Christ will shine His love on you.

He waits patiently for you to

Heed His whispers to your heart.

Will you hasten to obey Him;

Not from Him depart?

Live your life from this day forward,

Walking in His love and mercy.

Let Him cleanse you of all your sins.

Dwell with Him today.

Do not insult God’s grace to you.

Do not make light of your sin.

Let the light of His truth come 

And free you from within.

https://vimeo.com/125863007

Woe To You America, Pt 2

An Original Work / April 30, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Woe To You America, Pt 1

“Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent. ‘Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.’” (Matthew 11:20-24 NASB1995)

When I Was Deceived

I have lived as a citizen of the United States of America from birth, and I am now 76 years old. From early childhood on up I was taught that my nation was a Christian nation, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And we were taught to pledge (vow) our allegiance (fidelity) to our government and to honor our military as our heroes who save us from the “bad guys” of the world. And we were taught to sing patriotic songs of government worship – all this in the church and in our public schools.

So, I did what I was told to do, no questions asked. I believed that our government was who they claimed to be, doing what they claimed to be doing, and that political right and political left really existed. I also believed that the political right was mainly Christians while the left was mainly non-Christians. So I thought I was honoring God by voting for the political right, and I thought I was voting for leaders who were Christians and who were following God with their lives, for this was the impression I was given.

I also believed the news media, that whatever they said happened really happened like they said it did. I never considered that they might be lying to us, the people. And I believed the history of the USA as it was taught to us in our public schools. I believed what my pastors taught, too, that it was the truth of what the Scriptures teach. But I did begin to question some of that in my late 20’s when I started to be a more serious student of the Scriptures, and I could begin to see some of the contradictions taught me.

But even as late as the year 2000, during the presidential elections, I was convinced that George W. Bush was the “good guy” and that Al Gore was the “bad guy.” So, when they had the “hanging chads,” with regard to recounting the votes in Florida, I believe it was, I was even praying to God for GW Bush to win and for Al Gore to lose. So, when GW Bush won the election, I was elated, and I was probably thanking God for it. I think I may have even cried, I was so happy that the “good guy” won and that the “bad guy” lost. 

My Eyes Being Opened

But four years later, in 2004, the Lord began to open my eyes to seeing an entirely different picture of the US government, of our presidents, and of our congress. And he led me to begin reading about the history of my nation and its symbols and its buildings and its idols of worship. And this is when the internet was still pretty wide open and not so much controlled as it is today. And the Lord kept putting in my mind the names of people and of nations and of people groups that previously I had no knowledge of whatsoever. 

And so I did the homework, and I began reading about all the things the Lord was leading me to read about. But let me state here that I am not much of a reader, although I am much more so today than I was back then, or before that. I always had and still have some reading comprehension difficulties, and I am a slow reader, and I graduated high school with a 1.4 GPA. But in 2002 the Lord sent me back to school and he taught me that I could learn if I would just trust him to help me. So I learned I could learn.

Otherwise, I would never have tackled all the reading and all the subjects he started me reading. For he was having me read about science, history, geography, and government, etc., which were subjects I was horrible at when I was in high school. And he was introducing me to so many different factions of government, locally and globally, and to the groups they all were a part of, and what kinds of things they were all involved in, which included Satanic rituals, child abuse, theft, deceit, and global terrorism and coups.

And I soon learned that the USA government are the “bad guys” taking over other nations, stealing their natural resources, burning down their buildings, and raping and killing their people. Our government is the world’s worst terrorist organization, and they create other terrorist organizations, training and equipping them to do their dirty work so that it looks like the US is fighting the terrorists, but they are the terrorists. They are the “harlot” who rides the beast, i.e. the wealthy and powerful who are ruling the world.

So they create all kinds of “False Flag” operations to make it look like other “terrorists” are coming against us just so they have an excuse to go into other nations, to go to war with them, and to take over their nations, to steal from them, and to murder their people. And some of those operations included the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the destruction of the world trade center buildings on 911, and weather manipulation in order to conquer parts of America and their natural resources that they want possession of, etc.

And most of this you will not learn about if what you read or listen to or watch is government controlled media, or media controlled by the wealthy and powerful of the world who are bringing all of us into a New World Order. And even some of the supposed “independent media” are still controlled by the government and/or by the wealthy who run the world. They might tell us some of the truth the mainstream media does not report, but it might still be filtered by the people who run the world. But there are other options.

For us Christians, if we want the truth, the main thing we need to do is to pray for God to reveal the truth to us and to expose to us the lies which we are believing. For so many of us were brainwashed from birth on up. And then we should pray to the Lord to lead us to media outlets which are not beholding to the wealthy and powerful of the world but which will tell us the unadulterated truth about the USA government and their crooked dealings throughout the world. And our trust needs to be in God, and not in man.

[Psalms 118:9; Psalms 146:3; Psalms 147:10-11; Isaiah 40:23; Jeremiah 17:5-6; Hosea 8:4; Hosea 13:10; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9,18-23; 1 Corinthians 7:23; Galatians 1:10; Galatians 2:12; Ephesians 4:14-16; Ephesians 6:5-8; Colossians 2:8,20-23; Colossians 3:23-24; 1 Thessalonians 2:3-8; 1 Peter 4:1-5; 2 Peter 3:17-18] 

For Our Nation  

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Trust Him with your life today.

Make Him your Lord and your Savior.

Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.

He will forgive you of your sin;

Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.

On our knees to God we’re praying,

Seeking God to give us answers

That are only found in Him.

God is sovereign over all things.

Nothing from His mind escaping.

He has all things under His command,

And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing

In our Lord, and interceding

For our nation and its people

To obey their God today.

He is our hope for our future.

For our wounds He offers suture.

He is all we need for this life.

Trust Him with your life today.

https://vimeo.com/379406352

Woe To You America, Pt 1

An Original Work / April 30, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

If This, Then That

“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32-33 NASB1995)

 

Please understand here that to confess Jesus/God before other humans is not just words spoken. For this word “confess” means to “speak to the same conclusion as; to be in full agreement with; to align with.” So this has to do with us aligning with, agreeing with, and coming to the same conclusion as God/Christ Jesus, but not only about who Jesus is and what he did for us on that cross, but about our sins and our need to die with him to sin and to now obey him and his commands in practice, by his grace, in his power.

 

For to deny Christ is not just about lip service, either. For there are many people who give lip service to Christ/God but who deny him by their actions, by their thinking, by their attitudes, and by continuing to live in sinful addiction without genuine repentance and a change (transformation) of heart and mind away from sin to walks of faith in obedience to our Lord. So we must align with Christ in how we live and we must not deny him by our behaviors if we want to be saved and have eternal life with God in heaven.

 

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; 1 John 1, 2, & 3]

 

“Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.” (Matthew 10:34-36 NASB1995)

 

What was the meaning of Jesus’ words here? Well, first of all, how was Jesus generally treated? He was loved by some, but hated by the many. He was followed by many for awhile because of the miracles he performed, and because he fed them and healed their diseases. But the majority rejected him, and they rejected his gospel message and what he required of them, for they thought his teaching was too hard. And many in authority opposed him and persecuted him and mistreated him because of who he was.

 

So, Jesus’ message to us who are his followers is that, as they treated Jesus, so will they treat us. For, some of his enemies were members of his own household who thought he was crazy and who wanted to put him away. His most severe critics were the religious leaders in the temple who tried regularly to trip him up with his words, hoping to have cause to accuse him of wrong he did not do. So the point here is that, if we follow Jesus with our lives, in obedience to his commands, we will be treated like he was.

 

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Ephesians 6:10-20; Romans 5:3-5; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

 

“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:37-39 NASB1995; see also Luke 9:23-26)

 

We who follow Jesus Christ with our lives are not to put any human being, no matter who they are, above God in priority in our lives. We are not to let any other human being influence us to disobey God and to not follow in his ways or to reject his calling on our lives. Now, when we are children, we must obey our parents, but we are not to obey sin. We can say “no” to sin. And the same applies for married women. We do not have to obey sin if our husband requires us to obey sin. We can say “no” to all sin always!

 

And Jesus taught that to come after him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow him in surrender to his will in obedience to his commands. For if sin is what we obey, and not God and his commands, then we do not have life in him. So, if we hold on to our old lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if for Jesus’ sake we deny self, die to sin, and obey his commands, in practice, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. We find our lives in Christ.

 

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

 

If This, Then That

An Original Work / April 29, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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