Come Out Of Her!

Today the Lord is leading me to combine two passages of Scripture together which have parallel messages, one to the other. Here is the first one:

 

Matthew 16:24-27 NASB1995

 

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.”

 

What is the message for us here? Coming to faith in Jesus Christ involves so much more than just making a verbal profession of faith in the Lord Jesus. This is about us, by the Spirit, putting to death the fruitless deeds of the flesh and us now following Jesus Christ in obedience to his commands. This is about us walking away from our old lives of living for self and in sin so that we can now obey God and walk in freedom from slavery to sin. This is not about inviting Jesus into our sinful lives to forgive us our sins while we continue to pile up the sins, but this means giving up our old lives of sin.

 

This means walking away from it all, closing the door behind us, and now going wherever God leads us in doing all that he commands us to do. It means letting our old lives now burn to the ground while we start a whole new life, by the grace of God, without all the baggage we once were carrying and holding on to. For this is about exchanging our old lives for new lives in Christ Jesus, now free from bondage to sin so we can now serve our Lord in surrender to his will. So the old us must be put to death with Christ so we can now walk in newness of life in Christ no longer as captives to sin. Why?

 

Jesus Christ is going to return one day, not only to take his faithful bride to be with him for eternity, but to repay everyone according to their deeds. And this includes all people, whether Christian or not, or whether professing faith in Christ Jesus or not. We are all going to have to stand before our Lord and give an account of what we did with Christ and with his salvation. And not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the ones DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father. For if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, we 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]

 

Revelation 18:4-8 NASB1995

 

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; 5 for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. 7 To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’ 8 For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong.”

 

The message in this passage of Scripture is similar to the one above. Only here we are being called to come out of “Babylon” (see verses 1-3). So what or who is “Babylon”? Although she is called a woman and a prostitute, she is not a singular human being. She is more of a corrupt, immoral, wicked, wealthy, prideful, global, economic, political, and religious system which has captivated many people, and which has led many people astray and into sin and into walks of disobedience to God and to his commands. And she is supported by much of what is called “the church” in our world today.

 

Part of who she is can certainly be the New World Order institutional “churches” of today which are partnered with the state in unholy unions forbidden by God. These institutions are not the biblical body of Christ under the authority of Jesus Christ, but these are modernized businesses of human origin being marketed to the world. And so they pattern their gatherings after the ways of the sinful world in order to draw into their gatherings the ungodly of the world. And so they alter the gospel of Christ to make it less offensive and more acceptable to human flesh and to the world at large.

 

All of this God forbids! And so he is calling all his people to come out from among her so that we do not share in her sins and in her punishment. We are not to be those who give our loyalty, devotion, fidelity, and worship to these flesh-based institutions, even if they might give lip service to God, to Jesus Christ. For we are not to be partnered with the world in unholy unions. So, not only must we deny self, die to sin, and follow Jesus in obedience, but we must not partner with the ungodly in their unholy unions and give our loyalties, devotion, and fidelity to what is not of God and is against God.

 

For God is going to judge us by our works and by our allegiances and by what or who we follow, by who or what we give our loyalties and hearts and devotion to. So, not only is he calling us to deny self, die to sin, and follow him in walks of surrender to him in obedience to his commands, but he is also calling us to come out from among the world and its trappings. And this includes coming out from these institutional market-driven gatherings of people called “church” which are worldly and fleshly and which are not teaching self-denial, death to sin, and obedience to God’s commands.

 

[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]

 

And this is not something to be taken lightly or ignored. We live in very troubled times, and things are not looking promising in the world around us. Signs are everywhere that we are nearing the end of time, although God is the only one who knows when that will be. And not everyone who professes faith in Jesus Christ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. So, deny self, die to sin daily, and follow Jesus in obedience from this moment forward. And come out from among the influences and the teachings of this “harlot” who is leading many people down a path of sin, and not in the ways of God.

 

The Train 

 

An Original Work / July 17, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

The train is coming down the tracks.

It captures all who in faith lack.

The engine is controlled by man;

Leads each captive to ruin.

 

The cars, they are God’s holy church,

Which follows men who are on the search

To trap the church in their own snare;

For Christ they do not care.

 

The track, it leads to God’s judgment

For those who are not repentant,

But follow, each his own stubborn way,

And Jesus they do not obey.

 

So God is calling to His bride

To turn from sin and in Christ abide;

Stop placing their trust solely in man;

Trust Christ for His forgiveness.

 

https://vimeo.com/113676228

 

Come Out Of Her

An Original Work / May 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Watch Out and Beware!

Matthew 16:5-12 NASB1995

And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 7 They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring any bread.” 8 But Jesus, aware of this, said, “You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? 9 Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up? 10 Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up? 11 How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12 Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

How Soon We Can Forget

“You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?” 

How soon we can forget what God has done and is doing on our behalf. We can experience the miracles of God at certain times in our lives, but when the next trial comes we can totally forget the miracles he performed the other times, on our behalf, as though God somehow changed and he is no longer working miracles. New findings, or new circumstances, or sudden changes in the environment in which we live can lead us to forget the goodness of God he worked on our behalf in other difficult circumstances.

Many people forget what Jesus did for us on that cross in delivering us from our slavery to sin, too. So, when the next temptation comes, they go right back to the same old sinful practices, as though they had not been delivered at all. One moment they are thanking and praising God for his salvation, but when the old temptations reappear, they forget that Jesus put our sins to death with him and rose from the dead so we, by faith in him, will now die to sin and live to God in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living.

Hear Jesus with Your Hearts

“Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 

The leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees was hypocrisy, but it is what they taught, too, not just what they lived. For they did not believe in Jesus. They did not accept his teachings. And so they did not teach what Jesus taught. However they had pervasive influence which they exerted over the people. And what they taught were rules taught by men and not the truth of the gospel taught by Jesus Christ. So Jesus was warning his followers to not get caught up in their ways and to not follow after their teachings.

Pharisees Character Traits

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

As We Gain Understanding

“Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 

We don’t always get things right the first time we hear them spoken, do we? Sometimes it is because we have something else going on in our minds which may block us from hearing correctly, or else we easily forget what God has shown us previously. Or, because of other things we have been taught down through the years, it might be difficult for us to learn that we were taught some things wrongly by people who taught them wrongly to us. And so it might take a while to sink into our hearts and minds the truth spoken.

But this is never to excuse away purposefully being dull of hearing and receiving because you don’t want to accept the truth being spoken to you. And what many are ignoring today are the teachings of Jesus and of his apostles with regard to the gospel of our salvation. Many will fake ignorance because they don’t want to accept that faith in Jesus must result in us dying to sin and obeying God, in practice, in the power of God, for it to be genuine faith which saves. So be those who listen to and who obey God’s teachings.

[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] 

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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Watch Out and Beware!

An Original Work / May 2, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hearts Far From God

“This people honors Me with their lips,

But their heart is far away from Me.

But in vain do they worship Me,

Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.” (Matthew 15:8-9 NASB1995)

“Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.” (Matthew 15:17-20 NASB1995)

Some people think that if they do certain “good things” that it alleviates them of any other responsibilities. They think if they follow certain religious practices that it covers them from all of their sins. For the Pharisees of Jesus’ day, they were all concerned over the fact that Jesus’ disciples did not wash their hands before they ate, but the Pharisees did not obey God’s moral laws. They were full of wicked deeds, greed, hypocrisy, and self-indulgence. 

Some people are very good at sounding religious or of appearing as though they are worshipers of God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – but it is in talk only. For their hearts are far from God. They may sound religious, and they may be very articulate in speech whenever they talk about God or the Scriptures or faith in Jesus Christ. But by their actions they deny the one they profess to worship, so their worship of God is in vain (useless, futile).

For God is not impressed by religious rituals which do nothing to change the human heart. He is not impressed by how many “church services” you attend, or by how many “worship songs” you sing or “prayers” you recite. He is not excited over what is external only but which does nothing to change the human heart and to bring the person to repentance and to walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands. Forms of worship mean nothing to him.

And this is not talking about perfection, for none of us will be absolutely perfect (complete) until Jesus takes us home to be with him and we no longer live in these flesh bodies. But it is talking about what we practice; how we live in purpose from day to day as a matter of life course. What occupies our hearts and minds and emotions? Is it serving the Lord with our lives? Or is it pleasing the flesh and doing things our own way, instead?

Is God truly the one ruling your hearts and minds and behaviors? Or is the flesh still the one in command? Are you good at looking righteous on the outside while you live like the devil whenever your flesh calls out to you? Do you make surface level attempts to improve how you are living but while you never truly deal with the intents of the heart? So, when the heart calls out, you answer by giving in to adulteries, evil thoughts, lies, and the like?

Many people professing faith in Jesus Christ continue to live in addictive sin because that is where their hearts are. They have not been transformed of the Spirit of God in heart and mind, and so the heart keeps leading them to continue to commit the same deliberate sins over again. They may try to “do better,” but because the heart has not changed, they have not truly changed, for they are still taking the “my do it” approach to the Christian faith.

So, if you are still holding on to unrepentant sin, and even if you try to change, you face one failed attempt after another, please realize that this is a heart issue first and foremost which then results in a behavioral issue. First you must surrender all the evil stored up in the heart like lust, adulteries, lies, unforgiveness, resentment, bitterness, selfishness, and pride, and then humble yourselves before God in genuine repentance, and never go back!

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

Your Heart  

An Original Work / October 24, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Tenderly He speaks, softly so.

Gently He calls - His will to know.

Won’t you invite Him in your heart?

Humbly accept Him now.

Bow before Him with contrite heart.

May you obey His will.

Seek Him with all your heart and soul,

And your heart, His Spirit fill.

Jesus died to free you from sin, 

Giving you new life to begin,

Walking with Him ev’ry hour, 

Obeying His commands.

Won’t you trust Him to be your Lord?

His grace you can’t afford.

Freely He gives you peace within, 

When you turn from all your sin. 

Live for Him ev’ry passing day.

Meet with Him; read His word and pray.

Serve Him in the way He leads you,

Doing all that He says. 

Do unto others as you would

Have them do unto you.

Love them with Jesus love within you.

Your hearts to God be true.

https://vimeo.com/125864134

Hearts Far From God

An Original Work / May 2, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hearing But Not Receiving

Jesus Spoke in Parables

Jesus Christ, when he lived on the earth, frequently spoke to the people in parables. And a parable is a short story which illustrates biblical truth in a way that is relevant to things the people knew and experienced, such as farming and fishing and boat riding, etc. But those things and experiences were symbolic of spiritual truth that they needed to hear and to have applied to their lives so that they would stop doing what was against God and so they would now serve God with their lives in obedience to his commands.

And, although there were times when the people who were not following Jesus caught on to some of what he was teaching through some of the parables, for some of them got offended by the messages in them, the parables often went over the heads of those who did not have ears to hear and eyes to see the truth of who Jesus was and of what he was teaching them. But the parables were great teachers of Biblical truth for those who would listen, like God can speak to us in dreams for the same reasons.

“Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,

‘You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;

You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;

For the heart of this people has become dull,

With their ears they scarcely hear,

And they have closed their eyes,

Otherwise they would see with their eyes,

Hear with their ears,

And understand with their heart and return,

And I would heal them.’” (Matthew 13:13-15 NASB1995)

And that is the case with The Parable of the Sower who went out to sow his seeds. Some seeds fell beside the road, others fell on rocky places, while others fell among thorns. In all three cases the seeds did not yield a crop. On the first soil, the seed had no impact. The second soil had no depth, so the seed did not take root, but withered away. And the third seeding was choked about by the thorns among which the seed fell. Only the good soil (#4) produced a crop that lasted and produced even more of a crop.

And then we are given an explanation of the parable:

“When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.” (Matthew 13:19-23 NASB1995)

What are We to Learn?

So, what’s the lesson for us here? Many people hear but they don’t really listen. What they hear “goes in one ear and out the other,” metaphorically speaking. So even though they may have heard the gospel message taught, it makes no impact on their lives at all. Then there are those who hear the word and so they immediately receive it, perhaps because they didn’t hear the “whole gospel” and so they didn’t really know what they were signing up for. So when they are persecuted, they drop out and go back to normal.

And then there are those who hear the gospel message taught, and perhaps they may even make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, but the things of this world choke it out and so it never does bear fruit in their lives. They may even call themselves Christians, but the evidence is not there to prove their case. But those who listen, and who surrender their lives to the Lord, and walk in obedience to his commands, who put their sins behind them, and who continue in that course, are those who bear fruit for eternal life.

So, we need to not ignore God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – and his teachings. And we need to not make superficial confessions of faith in Jesus Christ which do not bear spiritual fruit for the kingdom of God. And we need to not let fear of being persecuted or the trappings of this world defeat us so that we lose sight of who God is and what he has provided for us in deliverance from sin so we can now obey him and his commands. For if sin is what we obey, and not God, we 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] 

In Keeping Them 

Based off Ps. 111:10; 19:7-11

An Original Work / June 3, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Stand in awe of your Lord.

Harken to His teachings.

Follow where He leads you.

Live for Him today.

Through Him you gain wisdom;

Knowledge; understanding.

To my Lord belongs all

Worship and my praise.

Perfect is the Word,

Refreshing souls in His love.

His commands are faithful,

Guiding us each day.

Joy comes to the heart of

Those who love His teachings;

Follow His instructions.

He will light their way.

Abide in the Lord, and

Obey His commandments.

His Word is more precious

Than all of our gold.

By His Word He warns us,

Comforts, and implores us.

When we follow His Word,

There is great reward.

https://vimeo.com/97324081

Hearing But Not Receiving

An Original Work / May 1, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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

 

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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