Love Your Enemies

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:43-48 NASB1995)

I am going to do this a little backwards today. I am going to address what is meant by this last sentence in verse 48 first, for that is often a confusing and controversial subject over which there can be much misunderstanding. 

The word “perfect” means “mature, complete.” The Greek word is téleios, and it has to do with becoming mature in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord. It has to do with our spiritual journey which will not be complete until we die or until Jesus returns for his faithful bride and he takes us to be with him for eternity. It is the process of sanctification and being made holy by faith in Jesus Christ in obedience to his commands. And the verb tense is future, i.e. you “shall be perfect,” not that we are perfect (complete) already.

But this is not to be taken ever as an excuse for deliberate and habitual sin in the life of one who professes faith in Jesus Christ. For our faith and our salvation are to be progressive, ongoing, as we each day follow our Lord in obedience to his commands. And we might stumble along the way and need to be restored sometimes, but sin should no longer be our habit. For we are all to be works in progress as clay in the hands of our Potter God who is shaping us and molding us into his likeness, as we cooperate with him.

So, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, who are works in progress being shaped and molded by God into his likeness, as we follow him in obedience to his commands, we are to be those who love, not just people who are nice to us, but all people, including those who persecute and mistreat us. And this love, which comes from God, prefers what God prefers, which is all that is morally pure, upright, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord. So with this love we will not sin against those who hate us.

So, instead of hating our enemies and doing evil to them, we are to love them and pray for them and do good to them, even to those who do evil against us. And there is no time limit on this kind of love. We are to love those who have done evil against us for generation after generation. For love has no time limit. But please understand that this love is based in moral purity, so this love will never go soft on sin. It will not approve of or pacify sin. But it will take a stand against sin and for godliness and moral purity.

For it is not love if we pacify people in their sin, and if we give them the impression that their sins no longer matter to God. Tolerance of sin is not love. When the church tolerates deliberate and habitual sin among its members, although they may feel like that is love, it is not love, but it is hate. And kindness is not lying to people just to make them feel good, either. And it is a lie to tell people that they can keep sinning by habit, and not obey God, in practice, and that heaven is still what awaits them.

So much of what is called “the church” today is tolerating sin among its members in the name of love and kindness. But that is a lie from hell! But that does not mean we should be hateful to those who sin, either. We can, in pure love and kindness, address sin for what it is, and call people to repentance (turning from sin) and to walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands. And if the sinners refuse to repent, the Scriptures give us instructions on how to handle that situation, too (1 Corinthians 5:1-13).

[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] 

Leap for Joy

  

Based off of Luke 6:20-36

An Original Work / August 2, 2011 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Leap for joy in that day.

Great is your reward in heaven.

Blessed are you who are poor;

Blessed are you who hunger now.

You will be satisfied and 

You will laugh if you weep now.

Blessed are you when men hate you

And exclude you because of Christ.

Leap for joy in that day.

Love your enemies who hate you.

Do them good; say kind things;

Pray for those who treat you wrong.

If you love those who love you

What reward is there for you?

Love your enemies and your

Reward will be great in heaven.

Leap for joy in that day.

You will be sons of the Most High.

Be ye kind; merciful

To the ungrateful always.

If you love those who love you

What reward is there for you?

Do to others as you would have

Them do to you every day.

Leap for joy in that day.

Great is your reward in heaven.

Blessed are you who are poor;

Blessed are you who hunger now.

You will be satisfied and

You will laugh if you weep now.

Blessed are you when men hate you 

And exclude you because of Christ.

https://vimeo.com/126494171

Love Your Enemies

An Original Work / April 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

You Shall Not Commit Adultery

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Matthew 5:27-28 NASB1995)

 

Defining Adultery

 

What is adultery? It isn’t just the act of sexual intercourse with someone to whom you are not married while you are married to someone else. In fact, you don’t have to be married to anyone, and you can still commit adultery. And this isn’t just about men lusting after women to whom they are not married. Any person, male or female, is capable of committing adultery by lusting after another person, whether or not the other person is the opposite sex from them. And this other person doesn’t have to be live and in person.

 

Probably the most common and active way in which people today, male or female (usually predominantly male), are committing adultery is through the viewing of pornographic or sexually seductive TV shows, movies, cartoons, games, pictures, and videos. And these can be men with men, and women with women, or men with women, and women with men. Or in some cases these may involve children, sadly so. And many children are being taken advantage of sexually, even by one or both parents. Very sad indeed!

 

And then there is the kind of adultery which involves men or women (more often men) engaging in a sexual act with themselves, which then falls into the category of homosexuality. And this often goes right along with the viewing of sexually charged material. But the one committing adultery may also be stimulated by their own memories or fantasies without any outside stimulation at all. And those who are addicted to this may even prefer themselves over their own spouses, for this is so powerfully addictive!

 

And then when you think of how God describes spiritual adultery in the Scriptures, it is adultery when we prefer the world over God, or when we prefer and give more attention and affection and caring to other humans than what we give to our own spouses. So not all adultery is sexual in nature, for it has also to do with preferring someone or something else over God and over our spouses. For God is to be in first place, and our spouses are to be in first place over other humans, not the other way around.

 

“If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.” (Matthew 5:29-30 NASB1995)

 

Literal or Figuratively?

 

I tend to take this Scripture passage more figuratively than literally. For, at least in my thinking, a person could get rid of a physical eye or a hand or a leg and still live in spiritual, physical, emotional and/or sexual adultery. And that is because adultery comes from what is stored up in our hearts, not from a physical eye or hand, even though eyes and hands may be used in the process of committing adultery. “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.”

 

See: [Matthew 15:17-20; Luke 6:45]

 

So, this is primarily a heart issue. And until what is stored up in the heart is dealt with and removed, by the grace of God, in his power, via the full cooperation of those who are living in adultery, in sinful addiction, the heart will continue to pump out what is stored up in the heart. And this is why many addicts are never successful in gaining victory over their sins, and why they keep repeating the same addictive sins over and over again. And it is because they do not deal with it on a heart level, but on a surface level.

 

For example, if you are angry with your spouse (or God) over something, but you have not let go of that anger, chances are pretty good when you get angry that you will retaliate by feeding your own flesh or by taking it out on your spouse. Or if you have not forgiven your spouse (or God) about something you believe he or she did to you (whether they did or not), then that unforgiveness will continue to seep into your daily decisions, actions, thinking, and behaviors. So the heart has to be dealt with first.

 

For “the eye” is used in Scripture to speak of discernment and judgment. And the hands are often spoken of in terms of our deeds and behaviors. And whether or not we give in to sin has much to do with spiritual discernment and judgment and with our actions (deeds, behaviors). So, less literally, this could be speaking of plucking out of our lives all wrong discernments and all wrong behaviors, which usually come in that order. For wrong decisions result in wrong choices and behaviors. So, again, this is a heart issue.

 

[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 Heart of Man 

 

Based off Matthew 15:1-20; Mark 7:1-23

An Original Work / April 4, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Listen to me ev’ryone and

Understand this teaching of Christ:

Why do you break the commands

Of God for the sake of tradition?

When you follow the ways of man,

And don’t obey the words of Christ,

You nullify the words of God,

And you hold to the ways of man.

 

What comes out of a man’s mouth is

What makes him unclean and dirty.

The things that come out of the mouth

Come from the heart, from within him.

The heart of man is so sinful;

From his nature, out comes evil:

Lying, cursing, greed and malice,

Lust and lewdness, deceit, slander.

 

Jesus calls us to obey him;

Turn from our sins; follow His ways.

Yet, his people honor him with their lips,

but their hearts not with Him.

Their worship of God is in vain.

Their teachings are rules taught by man.

Jesus calls us; gently leads us

To return and follow His truth.

 

https://vimeo.com/125490002

 

You Shall Not Commit Adultery

An Original Work / April 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Salt and Light

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.” (Matthew 5:13 NASB1995)

Salt is used for seasoning and for preserving food. And to season is to flavor, and flavor is the distinctive taste of a food or drink; an indication of the essential character of something. And food is often a symbol spiritually of the word of God, of the truth of the gospel, and of Jesus Christ himself. So we who are following Jesus Christ with our lives are to be a representation to the people of the earth of the essential character of Jesus Christ and of his gospel message. We are to be those who maintain, uphold, continue in, safeguard, and defend the essential character of Jesus and of his gospel.

Nonetheless, that does not describe what I view as the majority of those calling themselves “Christians” today in my nation, the USA. So many teachers of “the gospel” have diluted the message of the gospel to the point to where it barely resembles the gospel of Christ at all. So many are teaching that all we have to do is to give a verbal confession of Christ as Lord and now we are saved for eternity, done deal, but regardless of how we live, and regardless of what we do with Christ and with his gift of grace from that moment forward. So the church, in general, has lost its saltiness.

Therefore, we have a mass of people professing Jesus as their Savior and Lord who have little to no regard at all for his teachings and for what he requires of us in the way of obedience to his commands in holy living. They have been told that all they have to do is “accept Jesus into your heart” and now heaven is guaranteed as your eternal destiny. But Jesus said if anyone would come after him that he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our lives of sin, and we do not obey God, in practice, we will lose them for eternity. 

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16 NASB1995)

But here is another issue of concern. So many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, even if their faith is genuine, are not sharing that faith with other people. They are not sharing with the people of the world, and with the church, the truth of the gospel as taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles. And some who are sharing “the gospel” are sharing a diluted and altered “gospel” message which does not put sin to death in the lift of the “believer in Christ,” but rather entertains it. But as Christians we are to be shining the light of the truth of the gospel to the people.

And we are pretty much all given an open door, at least for now (in the USA), to share the gospel message on the internet. So many Christians are on social media, which is a great place to share the gospel with others. And we can begin a blog on the internet where we can share the gospel. And there are multiple Christian discussion sites on the internet where you can share the gospel. And you should share the gospel with your friends and neighbors and with others who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who are believing the lies and not the truth. For time is running out. Satan rules.

Forget about what other humans might think of you, or how they might respond to you if you share the gospel with them, but share the gospel taught by Jesus. Tell the people that faith in Jesus Christ requires of God that we repent of (turn from) our sins and follow our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, from now to eternity, by the grace of God, in the power of God. For the grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return.

[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] 

Zeal for Your House

Based off John 2:17; Psalms 69:9

An Original Work / August 1, 2016

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.

Lord, I love my times with You.

I love to worship You and sing Your praises.

Time in Your Word brings me closer to You,

List’ning to You speaking to me,

Gently guiding me in truth.

Lord, You are my life’s example,

Showing me how I should live.

I love to walk with You where’er You lead me.

No greater joy have I when serving You. 

Loving, giving, resting in Your strength, 

I’m yielding to Your will. 

Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.

See the church turned upside down:

Marketing ventures taking place of worship,

Men of the gospel turning into clowns.

Gospel message made appealing,

So the world will feel at home.

Lord, we need a great revival.

Turn their hearts, Lord, back to You.

Open the blind eyes, turn them all from darkness,

Lord, to the light. May they return to You, 

Turn from their sin, forsake idols,

Be restored to God again.

https://vimeo.com/177433676

Salt and Light

An Original Work / April 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

They Falsely Say

“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5:10-12 NASB1995)

We live in a day and age, at least here in the USA we do, when so many who profess the name of Jesus are listening to the lies being taught them by other human beings, while they refuse to believe the truths that Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught in the Scriptures. And what I am referencing here is a half-truth false gospel message which is widely being adopted across the USA in place of the true gospel taught by Jesus and his apostles. They prefer the lies because the lies don’t require we obey God.

So, these false teachers of what they call “the gospel” convince so many people that a mere profession of faith in Jesus Christ assures them of forgiveness of all sins and of eternal life with God, but regardless of how they live from that point forward. And many of them are emphatic about teaching that God makes no requirements of us other than “belief,” which they do not define. And so if we teach that faith in Jesus must result in us dying to sin and obeying God, they call that “works salvation.”

Now, when Jesus lived on the earth, what he taught was not received well and accepted by all people. Even most of the Jews, who knew what the Old Testament Scriptures taught, and who were even teachers of the Scriptures, refused Jesus’ teachings. And so they fought against him, and they tried to trip him up with his words so they would have cause to accuse him of wrong. And they called him all sorts of names, even associating him with the devil, because they refused to believe who he was and his gospel message.

So, when we who are genuine followers of Jesus Christ teach the words of Jesus and of his apostles, taught in the correct biblical context, and so we teach that God requires death to sin and obedience to his commands as part of faith which saves, we might sometimes, or many times, face opposition from those who are listening to the lies of other humans who are teaching what tickles itching ears and what does not require death to sin and obedience to God. So, they might proclaim that we are teaching lies.

So, we show them the Scriptures. We show them what Jesus and his apostles taught as God’s requirements for those who are of genuine faith in Jesus Christ. But even when faced with the written Scriptures, many of them will deny them and try to find some way around them, sometimes from their own imaginations, but often just reciting what they have heard other people teach as “the gospel.” For so many have been brainwashed that God does not require that they obey his commands or put sin to death in their lives.

But the grace of God is not a “get out of jail free card” based on lip service only. The grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return. And Jesus taught that to come to him we must deny self, die to sin daily, and follow him in obedience to his commands. For Jesus put our sins to death on that cross so we will now die to sin and walk with him in obedience to his commands.

[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] 

Yet, even when we are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, even by others who claim to be Christians, saved by grace, but who are twisting the Scriptures to teach lies, instead, we are blessed of God. We are blessed when people insult us and falsely say all kinds of evil against us on account of Jesus Christ and what he taught the people. So we are not to get angry. We are not to retaliate. But we are to rejoice and be glad, for our reward is in heaven. For in the same way they persecuted the prophets of the past.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 2 Timothy 3:12; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13] 

Only in Him  

Based off Isaiah 30

An Original Work / February 19, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love 

Woe to those who look to man’s help;

Who turn away from Jesus Christ;

Forming an alliance not in step with God;

Making their own plans, and praying not.

Willing not to listen to truth,

They close their ears to what is right.

Pleasing words are all that they’ll hear;

Feel good messages that bring cheer.

Trust in your Lord; turn from your sin.

Put your faith now ONLY IN HIM.

Do not turn to idols. They’ll not satisfy.

Jesus will save you. That’s why He died.

Your Lord will be gracious to you.

He cares all about you, ‘tis true.

He forgives you all of your sin

When you give your life up to Him.

Oh, how truly gracious He’ll be

When you bow to Him on your knees;

Turning now from your sin; walking in his ways.

He’ll lead and guide you all of your days.

Now you will sing praises to Him.

He delivered you from your sin.

You’ll tell others now of His grace,

So they may see Christ face-to-face. 

https://vimeo.com/87181019 

They Falsely Say

An Original Work / April 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus Taught Them

I believe the Lord is leading me, beginning today, to focus for a while on the teachings of Jesus Christ, and how he connected with the people, and how he related to them. And I believe he wants me in the book of Matthew right now until he leads me somewhere else. For the past nine years the Lord led me to primarily use Bible Gateway’s “verse of the day,” although extending it beyond just one verse, often including the whole chapter the verse was in. So, I believe it is time to do something different. I know God will lead me.

When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. 2 He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying,

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Matthew 5:1-9 NASB1995)

So, who are “the poor in spirit”? They are the humble of heart, mind, attitude, and self-evaluation. They are those who recognize that they were born with a sinful nature and that they are in need of deliverance from slavery to sin. So they are those who know that they need the Lord, not just to forgive their sins, but to rescue them out of their addiction to sin. So, by biblical faith in Jesus Christ they choose to deny self, die to sin, and obey God and his commandments, all in his power and strength and wisdom.

The same applies with those who mourn, for this is not just about weeping over the loss of people we love, but this is about weeping over our sins to the point of genuine repentance. We don’t just feel sorry that we sinned, but we grieve so much that we ever sinned that we want that deliverance. We want to be set free from that bondage to sin so we can now serve God with our lives and walk (in conduct) in holiness and righteousness, living to please God in doing his will, as led by and as empowered by God’s Spirit.

And who are the gentle? They are the meek. But remember with me here that Jesus was regarded as meek, but he was not weak on faith or truth or doctrine or on sin. So this is about “exercising God’s strength under his control, i.e. demonstrating power without undue harshness” (Bible Hub). But there were certainly times which called for Jesus to be harsh when it came to people, especially those claiming to be of God, living in hypocrisy and in deliberate and habitual sin against God. Sometimes we have to be strong.

Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are those who, in truth, want to be delivered from their addiction to sin so that they can obey God and his commands and live holy lives, pleasing to God. For righteousness has to do with what is approved by God, i.e. that which meets with his judicial approval. It is all that is deemed right by the Lord, such things as true repentance, submission to God, surrender of our wills to the will of God, and walks of faith in obedience to our Lord in the power of God within us.

Yes, the merciful are the compassionate, the caring, and the sympathizing, who put their emotions into action in reaching out to other people in their times of need to try to help them as best they know how to do. But mercy is never to go soft on sin, or to make allowances for deliberate and habitual sin in the lives of those professing faith in Jesus Christ. And compassion is not withholding the truth from people who need to hear it just so they won’t feel bad. So we need to be those who speak the truth, but who speak it in love.

And the pure in heart are those whose lives are surrendered to Jesus Christ, to doing his will, who do not make moral compromises to please the flesh. They are unadulterated in thought, words, and actions, when it comes to believing in Christ, and to doing his will, and to speaking his truth. They don’t soft-pedal the gospel to make it less offensive, and they do not pacify themselves or others in living sinful lifestyles. They are not those who just talk the Christian walk, but they live it, in practice, by the grace of God.

And to be peacemakers has nothing to do with making compromises of truth and righteousness in order to make peace with other people who object to the teachings on repentance and obedience to God and to his commands, which are necessary components of faith which saves. Peacemakers are those who help others to make peace with God via dying with Christ to sin and walking in obedience to his commands by God-persuaded faith in Jesus. And we are not those who willfully pick fights to deliberately stir up trouble.

All whose lives are surrendered to God in humble submission to him in obedience to his commands in holy living, who fit with these qualifications listed above, belong to the Lord. We have the comfort of knowing our God is with us, and he will be with us through all our trials. And as long as we remain in him, in obeying him, and in no longer making sin our practice, we have the hope of salvation from sin and of eternal life with God. But all who live in sin, in disobedience to God, will not inherit eternal life with God.

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

Blessed Are You  

Based off Luke 6:20-49 NIV 1984

An Original Work / August 29, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

“Blessed are you; blessed are you 

Who are poor for God’s kingdom is yours.

Blessed are you; blessed are you 

Who are hungry, you’ll be satisfied.

Blessed are you; blessed are you 

Who weep now, for you will laugh with joy.

Blessed are you; blessed are you 

when men hate and reject you because of Christ.”

“Rejoice in that; rejoice in that day 

And leap for joy; great your reward.

But I tell you; but I tell you 

To love those who hate you; do them good.

Pray for those who; pray for those who

Treat you wrong and say kind things of them.

Do to others; do to others as you would 

Have them do; have them do to you.”

“If you love those; if you love those 

Who love you, what praise is there for you?

Because Christ is; because Christ is kind,

Be merciful, just like He is.

Forgive others; forgive others 

Their offense against you; be ye kind.

Hear My words and; hear My words and 

Put them into practice, then you’ll be fulfilled.”

https://vimeo.com/115046573

Jesus Taught Them

An Original Work / April 25, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

He Rescued Us

 

All Things God's Way

The apostle Paul was writing to the church in Colossae, encouraging them in their faith in Jesus Christ, and in the love which they had for all the saints.

“For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.” (Colossians 1:9-12 NASB1995)

For all of us who are in Christ Jesus are in Christ by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in him, resulting in us being 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 servants of God in walks of obedience to his commands. So, to do God’s will, we need to know God’s will. And we learn God’s will and purpose for our lives by being students of the Scriptures who study them in their appropriate biblical context, as led by the Holy Spirit. 

And we need to know God’s will so that we will walk (in conduct) in a manner worthy of (fitting to; appropriate to) the Lord, to please him in all respects. So, what does that look like in our lives? This has to do with our lifestyles, with how we live from day to day, in practice, in conduct, in attitude, in word, and in action, as led by the Lord. We must no longer strive to live for the pleasures of the flesh, but we must now be determined to follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, all in his power and wisdom.

And what is pleasing to the Lord? All the things written in the Scriptures which teach us what we must do and how we must live as followers of Christ, as well as all that we must forsake and cut out of our lives. For it pleases God when we forsake our sins to follow him in obedience to his commands. It pleases him when we live holy lives, according to the Spirit, and no longer according to the flesh. And it pleases God when we follow his leading in becoming who he created each one of us to be for his glory.

And we are to be bearing fruit in every good work. And our fruit has to do with what we produce, with the results of our faith in action. It is the outgrowth of our faith shown by our attitudes, words, and actions. And it can be in utilizing the gifts of the Spirit given us by God in the “body parts” assigned to us by God within the universal body of Christ, the church. And that can be shown in many different ways, depending upon our callings and our giftedness of God and what he has for us to do, as his servants.

And we need to be steadfast in faith and in service to our Lord in obeying what he has for us to do for his purposes and for his glory – all in his power and wisdom and strength. For it is God who calls us. And it is God who qualifies us. And it is God who equips us for his service. And he is the one to direct us in what to do and in what to say, and for what purposes, and in what setting, and how often, and in what timing, etc. For we are not all the same. We don’t all have the same callings. And every day is not the same.

So, our service to him should not be for selfish purposes. It should not be for our own self-glory. We should not be the ones charting our own course, determining our own steps. But our lives should be surrendered to doing the will of God, his way, in his power, directed by the Spirit and not by human flesh. And we should be very careful not to judge one another by our own way of thinking, or by how we do things, for God did not make us all the same. All judgments must be from God and his word, according to his word.

[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]

Fit for Service 

 

An Original Work / October 5, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Holy Spirit, come within us.

Cleanse our hearts, 

and from sin free us.

Make us holy vessels fit 

for service to the King.

Fill us with Your love and power.

Anoint us within this hour

To be living witnesses 

For Jesus Christ, our King.

Our praise to Him bring.

Father God, our heart’s desire,

Come and speak to us in power.

Revive our hearts to obey You;

Live for You always.

May we love and serve You only,

Walking with You; 

Not a phony.

May we always tell the truth,

And show integrity.

Your true servants be.

Jesus, Savior, sanctify us.

Purify our hearts within us;

Be transformed into Your likeness,

Holy unto You.

May we always listen to You

Speaking Your words 

Now within us.

May we heed Your counsel to us;

Follow You today.

Do all that You say. 

https://vimeo.com/113979906

All Things God’s Way

An Original Work / April 25, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love