Why Can't We All Get Along?

Matthew 27:39-43 NKJV

39And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads 40and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

41Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said, 42“He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. 43He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

Why do people hate? Why do they murder? Why do they steal, kill, and destroy? Why do they mock those who are different from them? Why must they be insulting of people who are not like them? Just because someone else is not like you, or does not share the same skin color or family heritage or nationality or faith (religion), it does not give you the right to hate them, to mistreat them, and/or to murder them. They are not our enemies to be hated just because they don’t think, act, and behave or believe like we do. 

But this doesn’t mean that we all become minions under the control of a global new world order just so we all get along with each other, either. For many are calling out for and are crying out for “peace,” but whose “peace”? And, at what cost? Who sets the standard for peace? For there to be peace there has to be a central standard that everyone must adhere to, willing or not. And so this will involve compromise. This will involve us all agreeing to the same global standard or be willing to be murdered for being different.

But to answer the first questions, people hate, murder, steal, kill, and destroy because, as humans, we are all born with sin natures, all capable of selfish and sinful desires. But not everyone gives into prejudice and murder, but they may have other sinful practices which are against their creator God, and which are also against their fellow humans. So, what is the solution? Many are hungering after world peace. They think that is the solution. But forcing everyone to all think, speak, and act the same is not the solution.

Should there be laws? Yes! Should there be a central standard of behavior that we should all live by? Yes, depending on whose standard it is and if it requires compromise of truth and righteousness and personal conviction. God’s moral laws set a good standard for us all to live by, such as we should not steal, murder, commit adultery, slander, and covet others’ possessions. And we shall love our neighbors as we do our own selves. Also, we should obey traffic laws for everyone else’s safety. These are reasonable laws.

But no one should be forced to follow another’s religion, faith, and practices. Jesus did not force himself on anyone. He gave all of humanity a choice to believe him and to follow him, or not. Are there consequences if we do not believe in Jesus Christ, and if we do not follow him in obedience? Yes, there are. But those come from God who is our creator who made us and who sets the standard for how we are all to live. And he is the only one who has the right to condemn us, other than those given that authority under God’s law.

Basically, as long as humans exist on the earth, and as long as sin still exists among us, we are not all going to get along with one another. Are there things we can all do to make peace with one another without compromising our own faith, values, beliefs, and convictions? Surely there are. We can be kind to one another. We can cease from being nasty and hateful. Just because we believe differently from someone else we don’t have to be hateful about it. We can speak the truth, but speak it in love and not hate.

But as Christians, this does not ever mean compromising truth and righteousness and obedience to our Lord and to his commands just so that we “all get along.” We don’t alter and dilute the truth of the gospel just so we don’t offend people. We don’t soften Jesus’ teachings just to make people feel good. If I see another human being step out into traffic, and I can see that they are going to get hit, I will call out to them to pull back for their safety. And I will keep sharing the gospel for people to be saved from sin.

Jesus was hated, persecuted, and put to death on a cross because he was different, and because he spoke truth that people did not want to hear. They didn’t like him because he was not like them, and because he did not bow to them and to their earthly standards based on their own traditions which were not based on love for one another. He loved other humans in a way that they did not love, and he spoke truth to the people and not the lies so many of them spoke and lived. So they mocked him and they murdered him. 

All of us who profess faith in Jesus Christ should do our best to show other people love and kindness, without us having to compromise our faith and convictions. We can be loving while still speaking the truth to people. We don’t have to get hateful and nasty and make mean and cutting remarks just to get our point across. And we should not be fighting with other people over things that don’t matter for eternity, that are just differences of opinion. Speak the truth? Yes! But speak it in love. Don’t be hateful. Be kind.

[Proverbs 24:17-20; Proverbs 25:21-22; Matthew 5:8-12,43-48; Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:27-36; Luke 10:27; John 12:25,42-43; John 13:33-35; John 14:15-21; John 15:12; Romans 12:9-11,14-21; 1 Corinthians 13:1-8; 1 Corinthians 16:14; Galatians 6:2; 1 Peter 4:8; 1 John 4:7-8]

Nails Were Pounded  

An Original Work / June 4, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Nails were pounded when 

He hung on a tree;

Suffered for us so 

we could be set free.

He died for our sins; 

rose up from the grave,

So we could be forgiven; 

by His grace we’re saved.

A spear pierced His side; 

His clothes they’d divide;

A crown on His head 

to mock Him instead

Of honoring Him 

as our Savior, King,

Who gave his life for the world 

to be free from sin.

Forsaken by friends, 

though He’d not offend.

He lived perfectly; 

our High Priest to be.

He calls us to see, 

and by faith believe; 

In repentance receive Him; 

live eternally. 

https://vimeo.com/125966495

Why Can’t We All Get Along?

An Original Work / May 8, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Then They Crucified Him

Matthew 27:35-37 NKJV

 

35Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet:

 

“They divided My garments among them,

And for My clothing they cast lots.”

 

36Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there. 37And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him:

 

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

 

Jesus Christ is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He always was and he always will be God. And he was with God from the beginning. And he is our creator God. And over 2000 years ago he left his throne in heaven, he came to earth, and he was born as a human baby to a human mother, but he was conceived of the Holy Spirit, so he was not born with a sin nature as we are.

 

[John 1:1-36; John 8:24,58; John 10:27-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 9:5; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 1:8-9; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]

 

While Jesus Christ lived on the earth, during his final 3 years of ministry, he healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, fed the hungry, and he performed many miracles. He also taught the need for repentance (death to sin) and for walks of obedience to our Lord in holy living as critical and necessary components of biblical faith which saves people from sin, and which promises them life eternal with God in heaven.

 

Although he was received by some, he was rejected by the many. Even though he had large crowds who followed him, for a time, because of his miracles, and because he fed them and healed their diseases, most deserted him, saying his words were too hard to listen to. And they were indeed hard. For he taught that to come after him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow him in obedience to his commands.

 

The Jews, particularly those who were in positions of influence, power, rule, and authority within the Temple of God, did not like Jesus. They did not accept that he was their Messiah they had been waiting for. And they were jealous of him and threatened by him because of his temporary popularity among the people. For they feared that they might lose their own positions of power and rule over the people since so many were following Jesus.

 

So, many of them did whatever they could to try to discredit Jesus and who he claimed to be, and he claimed to be God. So they plotted all sorts of evil against him to try to trip him up with his words so they would have cause to accuse him of wrongdoing. But they were not successful. So they convinced the Roman authorities to have him crucified on a cross (a tree) based on false accusations against him. And so they put him to death on a cross.

 

But this was in God’s plan all along that it should happen this way. For Jesus came to the earth and took on human form for the sole purpose that one day he would be our sacrificial lamb put to death for the redemption of our sins. For when he died, our sins died with him, and when he rose from the dead, he rose victorious over sin, death, hell, and Satan, that we might now live in victory over sin in walks of obedience to our Lord in surrender to him.

 

And for all who have believed on him, who have been crucified with Christ in death to sin, and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin, but as servants of righteousness, we have the promise and the hope that when we die, or when Jesus returns for his faithful bride, we will be with him for eternity. All our suffering will be over and we will be at peace with our Lord for all of eternity. Praise be to God!

 

[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 9:23-26; Luke 17:25; John 6:35-58; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-24; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Peter 1:1; 1 John 3:4-10] 

 

When I Go Home

 

By G. M. Eldridge

 

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes…” Revelation 21:4

 

In the moment He appears

And the light from heaven shines,

I’ll forget ev’ry fear,

Ev’ry pain I’ll leave behind.

Then I’ll see Him as He is

And I’ll know Him as I’m known.

Ev’ry tear wiped away when I go home.

 

Ever present is the tho’t

That a moment waits for me

When unworthy as I am,

His glory I will see.

I will empty all my praise

Before my Father’s throne.

Ev’ry tear wiped away when I go home.

 

If the trial I endure,

And your presence I can’t find,

Be near me, Lord, I pray,

Bring back unto my mind

That your promises are firm

And I’m never on my own.

Ev’ry tear wiped away when I go home.

 

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Then They Crucified Him

An Original Work / May 7, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Denial of Jesus Christ

Matthew 26:69-75 NKJV

Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, “You also were with Jesus of Galilee.” 70But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are saying.” 71And when he had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, “This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth.” 72But again he denied with an oath, “I do not know the Man!”

73And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, “Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.” 74Then he began to curse and swear, saying, “I do not know the Man!” Immediately a rooster crowed. 75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” So he went out and wept bitterly.

Do you know that there are many ways in which we can deny Jesus Christ? For not all denial is verbal, and not all denial says expressively, “I do not know the man!” For we can deny him by our lifestyles, by the choices that we make, by the things that we view and by the things we listen to. We can deny him by ignoring him and his teachings and his instructions to us as we go our own way, instead. And we can deny him by refusing to speak the truth of his gospel to the people of this world, out of fear of rejection.

We deny Jesus when we put ourselves and our desires in first place instead of putting Jesus Christ and his desires and his commands in first place in our hearts and minds, which is evident by the things that we do and say. Like Peter, we can deny Jesus out of fear of what other people are going to think about us or say about us or do to us. And that is because we put self first, and not Christ Jesus first and foremost in our lives. And this happens when our desires fit more with the world than they do fit with our Lord’s desires.

Anytime we are aware of the Lord drawing us in a particular direction, and prompting us to say something or to do something or to write something, but we ignore his promptings out of fear of rejection, we are denying Christ. And if our Lord calls us to a specific ministry, but we know this is going to mean rejection and persecution and false accusations charged against us by the ignorant, and so we ignore his calling because we don’t want to be considered odd or off balance or whatever, we are denying Jesus Christ.

Like, if the Lord says to me, “Get up and write,” and I am certain this is what he wants me to do, but I want my sleep more, I am denying him. And I will tell you here that the Lord does not have me on a set schedule. I do not have a 9 to 5 job, five days a week. He has me writing all different times of the day or night, and every day of the week. And even when I am sick or I have a fever he will tell me to get up and write. And I must obey him. And I know for certain I have not missed a day in over 5 years; all glory to God.

But I am not claiming that I have never denied him, that I have never asked for more time, or to be excused this one time. But by the grace of God, and in the power of God, I do make it my practice to not deny him, to follow his lead, to do what he says, and to write when he asks me to write, even if it is on subjects that I know are going to get me hated and rejected and mocked and ignored and thought crazy or even banned from a site. And I am not teaching rebellion here. We should submit to authorities, but not ever to sin.

So, anyway, the point here is that denial of Christ doesn’t have to be verbal only, as it was with Peter, for it to be denial. We don’t have to do or say anything in particular, but we might still deny Jesus by what is stored up in our hearts and by our attitudes and by our actions and our reactions. And we might deny him purely by our silence. For Jesus didn’t call us to be silent. He called us to be his servants and messengers in spreading the good news of the gospel with the people of the world, no matter the consequences.

So just be aware that Peter’s denial of Christ is not the only way in which any of us might deny our Lord. For denial includes refusing, disallowing, blocking, preventing, forgoing, and/or declining to hear the Lord, to listen to him, and to obey him. When we know he is speaking to us, and we know he is leading us in a particular direction, but we end up snubbing him out of selfishness, we are, in essence, denying him. When we put our own self-interests in place of his will for us, we are denying our Lord in some way.

So, don’t be someone who denies Jesus by your refusal to bow down to him as Lord and to follow his lead and to do what he says. Don’t put your own self-interests above God and his will and purpose for your life. Surrender your all to God, to Jesus Christ, to do his will, to go where he sends you and to say whatever he gives you to say to the people, even if you are hated, rejected, and persecuted in return. And if you have been living in denial of Christ, weep as Peter wept, repent, and obey your Lord from this day on.

[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] 

Not Be Silent 

Based off Psalm 30 

An Original Work / December 3, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

O Lord my God, I’ll exalt You.

I called for help, 

And You healed me.

O Lord my God, 

You brought me from the grave. 

You spared me from hell.

Sing to the Lord, you saints of His;

Praise His holy name today.

Weeping may remain for a night; 

Joy at break of day.

Our debt He did pay!

O Lord my God, I said, “I will 

Ne’er be shaken.” Secure, I felt.

O Lord my God, You forgave me.

Confident I stand in You.

When I could not see

Your face I was dismayed.

I called to You. O Lord, 

You are my help.

You were merciful to me;

By Your grace set free!

O Lord my God, I’m so thankful for

Salvation through my Jesus.

You turned wailing into dancing;

Clothed me with Your joy today,

That my heart may sing

To You and not be silent.

Praise Your name. O Lord my God,

I will give you thanks forevermore.

My Lord, I adore!

https://vimeo.com/117908145

The Denial of Jesus Christ

An Original Work / May 7, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Do You Know Betrayal?

Matthew 26:47-56 NKJV

And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

48Now His betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him.” 49Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. 50But Jesus said to him, “Friend, why have you come?”

Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him. 51And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

52But Jesus said to him, “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. 53Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? 54How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?”

55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not seize Me. 56But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.

Jesus Christ had 12 male disciples who traveled with him and who worked alongside him in ministry during his three years of ministry prior to his death on a cross. But right before Jesus and his disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray, Jesus announced that one of them was going to betray him, and that one was Judas. And now Judas had arrived at Gethsemane with a great multitude, and Judas then betrayed Jesus with a kiss. And the multitude laid hands on Jesus and took him, which was to fulfill Scripture.

Do you know what it is like to be betrayed with a kiss? And it doesn’t have to be a literal kiss, but can be any form of kindness and affection that has the outward sign of friendship but which is a lie disguised as truth. Someone close to you acts as though they are your friend, that they care about you, even that they are on your side and in agreement with you. But behind your back it is a different story. Behind your back they speak evil against you to others so that they turn others against you who believe their lies about you.

But this doesn’t have to be anyone you know personally and that you are in a friendship relationship with. These can be people of power, influence, and prominence within the “church” or within the governments of nations, or they can be “Christian” actors or musicians or sports figures or pastors or teachers who give an outward appearance of godliness and of moral purity and as people who can be trusted to tell us the truth. But they are all lying to the people who have put their trust in them. They cannot be trusted.

Now Jesus, being who he was, was fully aware that he was being betrayed by his former disciple, Judas, so he was not surprised by this. He was prepared for it. But many people in this world have placed their trust in other human beings, and they have put their hope in them, as well, and so they have given them their loyalty, support, and devotion, believing that they are the “good guys” of the world who are working for our good. But sadly many of them are Judases who are really plotting our demise, instead.

And this is one of the reasons why the Scriptures teach that we are not to put our trust in other humans. We are not to follow other humans blindly, believing everything they tell us, that it is the truth. But we are to test the spirits to see which ones are of God and which ones are not. And we must face the reality that not everyone is who they claim to be, and we should prepare our own hearts for the reality that anyone can turn out to be a Judas, even the most trusted figures among us, no matter who they are.

But two main things here are of critical importance. We should never make “gods” out of other humans. We should not put our trust and hope in them as though they are the ones to save us and to protect us. But our trust needs to be solely in God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – and we must follow him in obedience to his commands. And secondly, we must face the reality of the times in which we live and of the prophesies of Scripture and realize that prophesy of Scripture is being currently fulfilled before our eyes. So we must be spiritually prepared for the inevitable.

Jesus was prepared. This didn’t mean that Judas’ betrayal did not hurt him. He was human. He had human emotions. He loved Judas. And I am certain that it broke his heart that Judas would reject our Lord and that he would turn against him, which then meant that Judas would spend eternity in hell and not in heaven. Yet Jesus still treated Judas with love. And we need to treat our enemies with love. But be prepared for betrayal, not to fear it, but so that it does not destroy you. And then love and pray for your persecutors.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 16:33; Acts 14:22; Romans 5:3-5; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

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.

http://youtu.be/_XQkomPFz4Y

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Do You Know Betrayal?

An Original Work / May 7, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

"Are You Still Sleeping and Resting?"

Matthew 26:36-46 NKJV

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” 37And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. 38Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

39He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

40Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

42Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

44So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”

We live in a day and time in the world where the world is very unsettled, and where Christians are being persecuted and killed for their walks of faith in Jesus Christ. Even in the USA where I live, although we don’t yet have Christian persecution to the point of beatings, imprisonments, and putting them to death for their faith, as a general rule and practice, those who are faithful to God in service and in sharing the truth of the gospel that Jesus taught are being persecuted, lied about, ignored, mocked, and rejected.

And what is being put to death is the truth of the gospel. And it is largely being replaced with an altered half-truth (lie) which leaves the “believers” still dead in their sins, still without hope of salvation from sin, still wandering in their sin aimlessly and not obeying God and his commands in practice. And they call this “grace.” And they claim this is what Jesus died for, just to forgive us our sins so when we die we get to go to heaven and not hell. But Jesus died to deliver us out of bondage to sin so we will obey his commands.

And the world as we know it is crumbling. Nations are falling one by one and are being brought into subjection to a one world government which is not of the people or for the people but which is being controlled by a certain number of people who are very rich and powerful who are the ones truly running the world. The economy in my nation appears to be crashing while the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. And our form of government appears to be crumbling, as well, leading us to this one world government.

Wickedness is all over the place, in the world and in the gatherings of what are called “churches,” too. Lies and liars abound in and out of “the church,” as do manipulators, con artists, hypocrites, thieves, and crooks. “Wolves in sheep’s clothing” are posing as “pastors” of “churches,” and they are leading the masses to believe the lie and to reject the truth of what it means to believe in Jesus and to be saved from our sins and to have eternal life with God. Most do not teach death to sin and obedience to God as faith in Christ.

What we are seeing is what the Scriptures warned us about that would take place near the time of our Lord’s return. This is a lot like the days of Noah where people are eating and drinking and partying like today is just another day, and as though tomorrow will always come, and as though we will always have what we have now, and as though our government is not crooked, and as though God is not going to judge the people of this world, and as though we don’t need to get the gospel to the people of the world.

But, as Jesus was facing the reality of his death to come, and of the betrayal of one of his 12 disciples, which was going to bring about his death, and what he knew it was going to cost him, and how painful it was going to be – but not just the beatings and the death on the cross, but him taking upon himself the sins of the entire world – he knew that he must get down on his knees and pray to God the Father. He knew he must ask for the support of his disciples, too, that they would watch with him and pray to God.

And knowing what he was up against, and how horrible this all would be, there was that part of him which was human which cried out to God that he would not have to endure this suffering. And yet he prayed every time, “nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” But it wasn’t just what was coming that was grieving him. It was that his disciples, in the weakness of their flesh, could not watch with him, but they kept falling asleep. So he again let them know the seriousness of what was soon to become a reality.

And this really represents where we are today. Jesus and his gospel message are being put to death, and they are being replaced with a “friendlier” version of both in order to pacify human flesh. And all this is going on while the world is being obliterated and people are dying at the hands of their enemies and while people who give the appearance of goodness are betraying the people of our nations in order to bring us all into the order of the Beast, where we will be forced to bow to the beast or to suffer for it.

And even though so much of this is happening right in front of our eyes to where we can’t miss it, so many professers of faith in Jesus Christ are still spiritually sleeping, still doing whatever pleases them and what makes them happy, even while our world is crashing and burning all around us and so many people are dying and going to hell because they did not believe in Jesus and by faith in him die to sin and obey his commands, in practice. So all of us need to have our eyes opened and live like tomorrow will not come.

[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] 

Tick Tock  

An Original Work / May 1, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Tick tock, tick tock, time is a passing.

The time on the clock keeps ticking

While the church is fast a-sleeping.

Satan’s on a rampage 

‘Cause his time is running out.

Will you worship God the Father, 

God the Son and Holy Spirit?

Will you obey all of His 

Commands for you today?

Jesus died to pay your ransom,

So that you could be forgiven.

Won’t you come to Him in truth

And penitently pray to Him?

Tick tock, tick tock, time is a wasting.

The cross of our Lord awaits you.

Won’t you come and share His table,

Drink the cup and eat the bread

In memory of Him?

Take a heart examination,

And accept our God’s salvation.

Humbly bow in adoration

And proclaim His name.

He wants for you to believe in

Him who interceded for you 

When He died for your sins

And He rose from death in victory.

Tick tock, tick tock, time’s end is nearing.

How He longs to take and keep you,

In His arms He wants to hold you,

If you will but come to Him

And call on Him today.

His desire is that you please Him

In all of your life’s ambitions; 

Be a living sacrifice

And be transformed today.

Let Christ’s love and grace sustain you,

And His promises prepare you

For His soon return to earth

To gather all His saints to Him. 

https://vimeo.com/119270762

“Are You Still Sleeping and Resting?”

An Original Work / May 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Parable of The Talents

Matthew 25:14-30 NKJV

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 16Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. 19After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

20“So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 22He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’ 23His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

24“Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’

26“But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

29‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

The Application to Our Lives

So, what is the message for us today that we are to take away from this parable? God, in his love and mercy sent Jesus Christ to the cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now die to sin and live for God in walks of surrender and submission and in obedience to his commands. So he has provided the way of salvation from sin for all who will receive him and for all who will obey him and for all who will serve him with their lives. But we have to take the way that he offers, and not ignore it.

And the Bible teaches that for all who believe in Jesus, we are gifted of the Holy Spirit with spiritual gifts which we are to use for the spiritual encouragement and strengthening of the body of Christ, as a whole. And God has assigned each one of us within the body of Christ our “body parts,” i.e. the ministry areas to which he has called us. And he equips us for these areas of ministry when we listen to him and we follow him and we submit to him and to his purposes he has for our lives. So these are our talents.

And he gives us the Holy Spirit to indwell his followers, to give us counsel, guidance, and direction in the ways in which the Lord would have us to go. And he teaches us all things about Jesus, and he leads us in the ways of righteousness, and he empowers us to live holy lives, pleasing to God. And he gives us courage to step out in faith and to share the message of the gospel with the people of the world, and to endure persecution for the sake of righteousness, all for the glory of God and for the salvation of souls.

He also gives us the written Word of God in the Scriptures to teach us the ways of the Lord and to counsel us in the ways that we should go, and to warn us against falling back into sin. And they are to encourage us and to help us to walk worthy of the Lord in obedience to his commands and in the forsaking of all sin in order to live holy lives, pleasing to God. And in reading the Scriptures, and in putting their truths for our lives into daily practice, we are thus multiplying the gifts given us by God, which is pleasing to God.

And one day our Lord is going to return and we are all going to have to stand before him in judgment and give an account for what we did with Jesus, and for what we did with the salvation from sin he provided, and what we did with the gift of his written Word, and the gifts of the Spirit, and the body parts assigned to us, and the indwelling Holy Spirit sent to teach us all things and to help us walk worthy of our Lord in obedience to his commands. And if we were faithful in service, we will receive our eternal rewards.

But for those who buried the gifts given by our Lord, who did not submit to Christ as Lord, who did not obey his commands, in practice, and who did not die to sin, but who continued to make sin and disobedience their master, there will be “hell to pay.” For what God provided, they buried, they ignored, and they did what they wanted to do with their lives, instead. And it was not out of ignorance that they did this, but out of a lack of desire to please God, but with a desire to please sin and self and the flesh, instead.

[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] 

Gift of God  

Based off Various Scriptures 

An Original Work / October 25, 2016

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus Christ, Son of God,

Died for us on a cross;

Conquered death, sin, and hell,

So, with Him, we would dwell.

For, by His grace, we are saved.

He set us free from all sin.

Thanks be to God for His Gift.

Through faith in Him, we’re forgiven.

Holy Spirit of God,

Given to us who believe,

Gives us new life in Christ;

Made to be just like Him.

We died with Christ to our sin.

New lives in Him we begin,

Walking with Christ day by day.

We read His Word, and we pray.

Jesus, He is our Lord.

Follow Him where He leads.

Tell the world of His grace.

We’ll see Christ face to face.

Soon He is coming again.

We’ll be forever with Him.

He’ll wipe our tears all away.

Oh, what a wonderful day!

https://vimeo.com/188931779

The Parable of The Talents

An Original Work / May 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

What Does Love Look Like?

Matthew 22:34-40 NKJV

34But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

37Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Love is not lust. It is not selfishness. It is not all about me, and what others can do for me. It is not all about feelings and emotions. It is not conditional on whether or not others like or love me, or even if they treat me well or they don’t. If I love other people it can’t be based on them and who they are or what they do or what they say. For I must love even my enemies and those who mistreat me and who may say all manner of evil against me. I must love even if I am not loved in return, for that is how Jesus loved us.

Love must be unconditional, to love even the worst of the worst that we have ever known or come in contact with. And it means to prefer what God prefers, which is all that is holy, righteous, godly, morally pure, upright, faithful, honest, and obedient to God and to his commands. For us who believe in Jesus it means to prefer to live through Christ and to choose his choices and to obey them in his power. But love is not soft on sin. It does not coddle people in their sin. But it calls for repentance and obeying God.

And if we love even our enemies and those who mistreat us, we pray for them, we do good to them, and we treat them with kindness. And kindness engages speaking the truth in love to people, and not lying to people just to make them feel good. Lies are never kind! So they are not loving, either! And withholding the truth from people they need to hear, just so they will not be upset with us or reject us or speak evil against us, is not loving or kind, either. Love speaks the truth even when we are persecuted in return.

And if we love God we will obey him and his New Covenant commands. For if we do not obey him, we do not love him. And if we do not love him, we do not know him, and we are not in relationship with him. For to love God with our whole heart, mind, and soul means that we prefer him above all others, and we prefer to walk in holiness, righteousness, and in obedience to him. Sin is no longer what we practice, what we go after, but we want to live for the Lord in doing his will. We want to serve him with our lives forever.

[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] 

God’s Great Commands  

Based off of Matthew 22:34-40

An Original Work / July 10, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Loving God and loving others

Are the Lord God’s great commands.

On these rest all of the others;

Live by them and you’ll not fail.

Be a witness, share the gospel,

Be a light in this dark world.

Share the love of Jesus always

To a world who has not heard.

Serving others; be like Jesus;

Wash their feet and pray with them.

Be a healer; mend their hurts and

Show them how to turn from sin.

Be a living example of

How to live for Jesus Christ,

Walking with Him in His footsteps,

Leading others to new life.

Give to God and give to others

Of yourselves in ev’ry way.

Obey your Lord, do His bidding;

Bow your knees and humbly pray.

Pray for others to know Jesus.

Tell how they can be set free

Of their sins and live for Jesus; 

Walk with Him eternally. 

https://vimeo.com/127355075 

What Does Love Look Like?

An Original Work / May 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love