Not in Sexual Promiscuity

“Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.” (Romans 13:11-14 NASB1995)

If we read the book of Romans, in its entirety, in its full biblical context, we will see that the apostle Paul was not a “cheap grace gospel” kind of preacher, but he taught the whole truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

In chapter 1, verse 18, he wrote: “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.” And in chapter 2, verses 5-6, he wrote: “But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each person according to his deeds.”

In Romans 6 he wrote: “Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?” “For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.” (Romans 6:16,20-21)

And in Romans 8 we read that Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross “so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit” (v. 4). “For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God” (vv. 6-8).

Do you understand what this is teaching? No matter what we profess with our lips, if sin is still what we practice, deliberately and habitually, we will not have salvation from sin, and we will not inherit eternal life with God, but we will face the wrath of God, instead. For salvation from sin is not by lip service only, but it is by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ which denies self, dies to sin daily, by the Spirit, and which walks (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, empowered by God’ Spirit.

So, this is why we have this warning in Romans 13 letting all who profess faith in Jesus Christ know that it is critical to their salvation and eternal life with God that they lay aside the deeds of darkness (sin, wickedness) and put on the armor of light (truth, righteousness, holiness), and that they behave properly, “not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts” (vv. 13-14).

“So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:12-14).

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23). So, please take this seriously, for you will die in your sin if you do not repent.

[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 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22] 

Your New Life  

Based off the Gospels  

An Original Work / May 15, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Go and make disciples of peoples,

Teaching them to obey their Savior.

Do not fear, but go where He sends you.

Tell them all of what you have heard.

The kingdom of God now is upon you. 

Come, and follow Jesus, your Lord.

He will make you fishers of man.

If the people Jesus desire,

They must die to sin and to self-life.

If they want to hold on to their lives

They will lose them forevermore.

Surely you heard that coming to Christ

Means a new life in Jesus, your Lord.

Follow Christ wherever He leads.

Love the Lord with all of your heart, and

Love your neighbors as you would yourself.

Preach the gospel to all the nations.

Do not worry what you will say.

Proclaim the freedom for all the captives.

Share the light with all who are blind.

You are ministers of our God.

https://vimeo.com/95450440

Not in Sexual Promiscuity

An Original Work / February 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Elephant in The Room

“Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For this, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” (Romans 13:8-10 NASB1995)

Pornography addiction is at high numbers among professing Christians. According to AI, which also agrees with other statistics I have read over the years, about 75% of professing Christian men and about 40% of professing Christian women, and up to 50% of pastors report viewing pornography. And many children are vulnerable to be included in these statistics, as well. And smartphones in the hands of adults and children alike make for easy access to pornography in secrecy, even in the corner of a crowded room. But many “Christians” are not viewing this as adultery, but that is truly what it is. For..

Jesus said, “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. 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 5:27-30 NASB1995)

And the very sad reality in all of this is that the church at large, in the USA, anyway, is largely pacifying these professing Christians in their sins of idolatry and adultery rather than to call them to biblical repentance and to purity of devotion, both to the Lord and to their spouses (for those married). For they don’t want to offend the sinners, because they want them to come to their gatherings, so they either justify or rationalize or pacify or ignore the reality of this epidemic sin and adultery issue rather than to demand a change of heart and mind resulting in a change of behavior via repentance.

So, pornography use and addiction is the “elephant in the room,” i.e. “a major problem or controversial issue that is obviously present but avoided as a subject for discussion because it is more comfortable to do so” (source AI).

But this is not an issue to be ignored and swept under the rug as though it is a minor offense not worth mentioning. This is not only sin against God, but it is sin against one’s spouse (if you are married), and it is adultery, and it is destroying many people’s marriages and families. And it is the catalyst that is sending many people to hell because they want to hold on to their sin and to their pornography, which they want more than they want their spouses, and more than they want to be delivered (saved) from their slavery to sin so that they can now serve the Lord Jesus with their lives in obedience to him.

Professing Christian, please know that the Scriptures teach that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God, no matter what we have professed with our lips. For we are not saved from our sins and on our way to heaven based on lip service only. We must be those who deny self, die to sin daily, by the Spirt, and who walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in the power of God. And this is not saying we will never sin, but sin should not be our practice, our habit, our addiction. But now we should be servants of the Lord Jesus Christ.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 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 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]

Send a Revival  

An Original Work / June 25, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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

Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.

Teach us to daily walk in your footsteps.

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

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

Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.

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

Make us a people who walk close to you.

Change our hearts to conform to your likeness.

May we love others who are in distress.

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

Make us a people who walk close to you.

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

May we serve others as though serving you.

Keep us in fellowship with you, I pray.

May we obey you in all things today.

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

May we serve others as though serving you.

https://vimeo.com/126020794

The Elephant in The Room

An Original Work / February 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Spiritually Lukewarm

Jesus says: ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” (Revelation 3:15-22 NASB1995)

What does it look like if you are spiritually lukewarm? You are halfhearted, unenthusiastic and indifferent about the Lord and your walk of faith in him. You profess his name, and you might go through weekly religious rituals, and attend faithfully local gatherings of the church (or what are falsely being called “church”), but you are still living by the flesh, still doing what you want to do without concern for what God requires of you in the way of thought, word, and deed. For you are still the one running your life.

And you don’t have to be living a severely wicked life, doing all sorts of evil, in order to be regarded as “lukewarm.” For lukewarm is that kind of in between, neither on fire for the Lord, nor totally against him and his commands. You may even do a lot of things right, and live a moral life, but Jesus is not King of your life. God is not the one in control. You are still the one making all the decisions, choosing your choices, and the Lord gets a cursory nod occasionally. This should not be! This not biblical faith!

Another symptom of being lukewarm is being caught up in the ways of the world, craving the things the world desires like wealth, popularity, things, possessions, attention, entertainment and whatever else the world is offering. And it isn’t that all these things are bad, though many of them are, but it has to do with where our heart is, and what our priorities are, and who or what is getting most of our passion and desire. And is the world and its treasures of greater importance than submission to Christ as your LORD?

So, the Lord is calling all who profess his name to rearrange their priorities to where HE is LORD (Owner-Master) of their lives, and to where they bow to him and serve him in being and in doing what he has for all of us to be and to do, for his purposes, and for his glory. And if you know that he is not the one ruling your life, then he is calling you to repent of your sins of idolatry and adultery and to surrender your all to him in full submission to him as King of your life, and to now commit your life to his service.

Many who profess the name of Jesus, and who call their gatherings “the church,” have pushed Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit right out the door, if they ever let him inside in the first place. For they got caught up in the ways of the world, and into turning their gatherings into stage productions and marketplaces to be marketed to the world. So, in order to win the world to their gatherings they diluted and altered the gospel and the character of God to fit what they believed would draw in large crowds from the world.

So, Jesus Christ is standing outside the door of these lukewarm adulterated worldly gatherings of what are being referred to as “the church.” And he is knocking, and he is giving an invitation to let him inside. But letting him inside means submitting to him as Lord, leaving your lives of sin behind you, and now following the ways of the Lord in obedience to his commands in holy living, by the grace of God, via God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ. And that open door will result in genuine biblical fellowship with the Lord Jesus.

[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] 

The Letters 

Based off Revelation 2-3

An Original Work / December 17, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

To the angels of all the churches write:

These are the words of your Lord and your God.

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

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

I know all your hard work and your perseverance,

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

Listen to what I say to you.

You have people there who deny My name,

And who put the cross of Christ up to shame.

They entice the people to Me, profane,

And their worship of Me is all in vain.

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

And you put up with them easily enough.

Listen to what I say to you.

You give off an image of godliness,

But what you present is so fraudulent,

Or else you lack passion for Jesus Christ, 

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

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

He who overcomes will have eternal life.

Listen to what I say to you.

I know your afflictions and poverty;

How you suffer for your Lord patiently.

Do not fear the devil and company.

You be faithful to your Lord endlessly.

I know all your weakness and your dedication.

You have kept My Word and not denied your Lord.

I will write on you My new name. 

https://vimeo.com/114655138

Spiritually Lukewarm

An Original Work / February 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

They Are Mostly Dead

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.” (Revelation 3:1-3 NASB1995)

The church is the body of believers in Jesus Christ, as well as it is the gatherings of the people of God. But, as in nearly all gatherings, not everyone present is a genuine believer in Jesus Christ, and not every believer in Christ is living as they ought to live in obedience to our Lord’s commands in holy living. So, all throughout the New Testament we have examples of this where the church, in specific locations, was in need of correction, discipline, repentance, and renewed faith in the Lord Jesus.

Now my understanding of how this worked is that the church in any specific location, such as in Sardis, for example, was the body of believers in Jesus Christ in the whole city. And back then they did not all gather in some very large building called “church”. They met in people’s homes, and their homes were not large, so each gathering was probably the size of a small group home Bible study in our day. So, the church overall, in the city as a whole, had a certain reputation of being alive spiritually, but they were mostly dead.

Now, in the gatherings of the church (or in what is falsely being referred to as “the church”) today, in the USA, they are mostly all presenting an image that they are of God, that they are believers in Jesus Christ, and that what they preach is the truth of God’s Word. Yet it appears that the vast majority of them are businesses of human origin, in partnership with the world and with the government, in unholy unions which are being marketed to the people of the world. And so they compromise truth to “win the world.”

Although they profess that they are of God, and that they believe in Jesus Christ, so much of what is called “church” today is compromised with the world, and with big business, and with the government. And they are not, in truth, following Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Scriptures in their correct biblical context. But they are teaching the Scriptures out of context and are twisting them in order to appease human flesh and to not offend the ungodly who they are trying to draw into their ungodly worldly gatherings.

So, God/Jesus Christ is calling out to his idolatrous and adulterous church who are living more like the world, and who are catering to human flesh, and who are altering, diluting, and misconstruing the teachings of the Scriptures to make them more acceptable to the ungodly and to human flesh. He is calling them to remember the teachings of the Scriptures, to keep (obey) the commands of God, and to repent (turn from) their sins of idolatry and adultery to now live for Jesus Christ in righteous living.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 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 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 Letters 

Based off Revelation 2-3

An Original Work / December 17, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

To the angels of all the churches write:

These are the words of your Lord and your God.

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

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

I know all your hard work and your perseverance,

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

Listen to what I say to you.

You have people there who deny My name,

And who put the cross of Christ up to shame.

They entice the people to Me, profane,

And their worship of Me is all in vain.

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

And you put up with them easily enough.

Listen to what I say to you.

You give off an image of godliness,

But what you present is so fraudulent,

Or else you lack passion for Jesus Christ, 

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

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

He who overcomes will have eternal life.

Listen to what I say to you.

I know your afflictions and poverty;

How you suffer for your Lord patiently.

Do not fear the devil and company.

You be faithful to your Lord endlessly.

I know all your weakness and your dedication.

You have kept My Word and not denied your Lord.

I will write on you My new name. 

https://vimeo.com/114655138

They Are Mostly Dead

An Original Work / February 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

They Who Justify The Wicked

Proverbs 17 Select Verses NASB1995

4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips;

A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding

Than a hundred blows into a fool.

11 A rebellious man seeks only evil,

So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

13 He who returns evil for good,

Evil will not depart from his house.

15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,

Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

20 He who has a crooked mind finds no good,

And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

23 A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom

To pervert the ways of justice.

There are many people today who are in positions of influence who profess faith in Jesus Christ with their lips, but whose hearts are far from God. For they are the wicked, the adulterous, the idolatrous, the liars, the thieves, the murderers, the evildoers, the foolish, the rebellious, and those who return evil for good. They are also some people, such as pastors, elders, deacons, missionaries, and evangelists, who are people of enormous influence who justify the wicked and the evildoers, and who condemn the righteous who are living according to the will of God. For they teach lies to the people.

They sit in positions of authority and rule and influence, portending to be of God and to speak the words of God to the people, but while they speak lies, instead. For they purposefully and willfully teach the Scriptures out of context to make them say what they do not say if taught in the appropriate context. And the purpose is to deceive and to lead people to follow after the lies and not the truth. Some of them may do so out of ignorance, but when confronted with the truth will refuse the truth and will embrace the lies. So that is not a sign of people who are seekers of truth and righteousness.

There are also people in positions of rule and authority within human governments who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who are teaching lies to the people. And the lies are not just about what the Bible teaches, but they lie about who they are and what they are doing or not doing. And they have tremendous followings of people who are fooled by them. Yet they are evildoers disguising themselves as servants of God but whose goal it is to deceive and to mislead and to turn people away from the truth of God’s word to follow after the lies, instead. For they are “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”

And many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ are following after these liars and deceivers because they prefer the lies over the truth, or because they have been fooled by them. Yet many people who follow these liars are not willing to test these spirits to see if they are truly of God, or not. And so they hold on tight to their idols, expecting their idols to deliver as they said they would, not realizing that they have been duped by master manipulators whose goal it is to steal, to kill, and to destroy, and not to save. So don’t let yourselves be duped by them. Test the spirits to see who is of God or not.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23). For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return (see Titus 2:11-14). So, deny self, die to sin, and obey God always.

[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] 

Seven Woes  

Based off Matthew 23

An Original Work / May 31, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love 

Woe to you, teachers of the law;

Hypocrites, you keep men from God.

You refuse to obey the truth,

Nor will you permit others to.

You travel o’er land and sea

To win a single convert to you.

When he becomes one 

You make him twice as much

A “son of hell” as you are.

Woe to you, blind guides of mankind.

You distort the words of your God.

By your practices you declare

Your oaths mean nothing, though you swear.

You give a tenth of your spices,

But you neglect justice, mercy.

When you focus your 

Time and talents on

What is external, you miss out.

Woe to you, who appear so clean,

When inside you are crass and mean.

You work hard to look so upright,

While you hide all your sins inside.

You deceive yourselves when you think

You would not have done what others

Did to God’s messengers 

And prophets of old,

For you will do much the same.

You’re to blame.

https://vimeo.com/125489388

They Who Justify The Wicked

An Original Work / February 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humble and Submissive

I am reading in Luke 7:36-50 NASB1995, some of which I will summarize.

Jesus was invited to dine with a Pharisee at his house. And while he was there a woman who was a sinner came there to see him. She brought with her an alabaster vial of perfume, “and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.” But the Pharisee said to himself, “If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”

The Pharisee’s name was Simon, and Jesus then told him a parable:

Luke 7:41-43: “A moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.” And He said to him, “You have judged correctly.” 

Luke 7:44-50: Turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet. You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume. For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” Then He said to her, “Your sins have been forgiven.” Those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?” And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

So, what can we learn from this? No matter how great your sin, no matter what kinds of things you have done, or how long you have done them, if you come to the Lord humbly, repentant, submissive, in surrender of your life to Jesus Christ, worshipful of who he is and of what he did for us in giving his life up for us on that cross to deliver us out of our addiction to sin so that we can now live for him in walks of obedience to his commands, he will forgive you. And he will set you free from your slavery to sin so that you can now serve him with your life for the remainder of your days. It is never too late!

We can also learn to not be self-righteous, looking down on those who have (or have had) a sordid reputation. For all of us were born into sin, and none of us can be righteous in our own merit, of our own flesh. All of us must come to a place of humility, as did this woman, in repentance, and in genuine love for our Lord. For it is only by the grace of God that any of us are set free from our slavery to sin so that we can now obey our Lord and walk worthy of him. And this does not mean we are to tolerate and approve of sin, but to show the love of Jesus to all people, no matter who they are.

We can also learn that genuine salvation and love for our Lord is not in profession only, and it is not in ritualistic religious practice, but it is in humility, repentance, compassion, and submission to him as Lord of our lives. It is in obedience to him and to his commands and in the forsaking of our sins to now serve him with our lives. It is in doing for our Lord what he requires of us in thought, word, and deed, and not in performance only, and not just doing what we are willing to do while we ignore his commands. For love for God is doing what pleases him, not what pleases our human flesh.

[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] 

My Cry for Mercy  

Based off Psalm 86

An Original Work / October 31, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hear my prayer, Lord, I am needy.

Guard my life, for I’m devoted to You.

Save me! I’m Your servant.

You are my God. I trust in You.

O, Lord, have mercy on me,

For I call to You.

Bring joy to me, for to You

I will lift up my soul.

You are giving and forgiving.

You abound in love to all who

Call upon You. Hear my prayer, Lord.

Listen to my cry for mercy.

In days of trouble I call to You,

Knowing that You will 

Do marvelous things,

Because You are my God.

Teach me Your way; I’ll walk in it.

In Your truth, Lord, You will guide me.

A pure heart, Lord, You will give me,

So that I may glorify You.

Turn to me, Lord, and grant 

Strength to Your servant. 

O, Lord, You are my help,

For You love and You comfort me.

Teach me Your way; I’ll walk in it.

In Your truth, Lord, You will guide me.

A pure heart, Lord, You will give me,

So that I may glorify You.

https://vimeo.com/114690984

Humble and Submissive

An Original Work / February 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When Hate Says, "I Love You"

“We love, because He first loved us. If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.” (1 John 4:19-21 NASB1995)

Today (2/19) is my mother’s birthday. If she was still alive, she would be 112 years old (she died at age 86). In two days from now is my mother-in-law’s birthday (2/21). If she was still alive, she would be 97 years old (she died at age 87). 

I had just chosen the Scripture passage for this morning, as led by the Lord, when I sensed the Lord was leading me to honor the lives of these two women, both named Dorothy, so I did that first. And then I came back to this passage. And that is when I noticed the numbers on the Scripture passage (19-21), the dates on which these two women were born.

Now, I am a person who notices patterns in numbers, and in words and phrases, too, so that is not unusual for me to notice the parallels here. But sometimes it is God who opens that door because he has something he wants to show me, for me to share, and I believe that is the case here. For the name Dorothy (both were named Dorothy) means “gift of God.” And..

In the New Testament, the “gift of God” is first and foremost Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God (God incarnate) who lived on the earth and who died in order that he, via his death and resurrection, might put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in him, we might now die with him to sin, and live to him and to his righteousness, in walks of surrender to his will, in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit, which is also God’s gift to us, the gift of salvation from slavery to sin. And this results in the gift of eternal life with God, via continued walks of faith.

Gift of God: [John 3:16-21; John 4:7-10; Romans 5:15-21; Romans 6:1-23; 2 Corinthians 9:10-15; Ephesians 2:8-10; 2 Timothy 1:5-7]

So, when this passage of Scripture (above) mentions the word “love,” this is the kind of love it is speaking of, the love of Jesus Christ our Lord who willingly gave his life up for us on that cross so that, by faith in him, we will now die to sin and live to righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands, in daily living, by the grace of God, and in the power of God. And this is the kind of love we are to have for our fellow humans, that we willingly give up our lives (what we want) to see others set free from their slavery to sin so that they can now serve our Lord and obey his commands.

For, when we who profess faith in Jesus Christ love other people, this is to be the kind of love which Jesus had for us which is self-sacrificing, willing to give up our rights and our pleasures, even being willing to be hated, falsely accused of wrong, persecuted, rejected, cast aside as unwanted, and even threatened with death because we speak the truth of God’s word to the people and not the lies (the feel good messages) which tickle itching ears. 

But if sin is what you practice, and not obedience to God, and so you deliberately and habitually sin against God and against those to whom you have purportedly committed yourself to love, then that is not love. That is hate. Hate says, “I love you,” but then does the opposite of love, for it then commits adultery, sexual immorality, lying, cheating, stealing, perjury, slander, and the like, and out of lust, pure selfishness, pride, resentment, bitterness, and unforgiveness. And it does so habitually, without repentance. So, don’t call it love if sin is what you practice and not obedience to God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 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 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]

O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go  

George Matheson, 1882 / Albert L. Peace

O Love that wilt not let me go,

I rest my weary soul in Thee;

I give Thee back the life I owe,

That in Thine ocean depths its flow

May richer, fuller be.

O light that followest all my way,

I yield my flickering torch to Thee;

My heart restores its borrowed ray,

That in Thy sunshine’s blaze its day

May brighter, fairer be.

O Joy that seekest me through pain,

I cannot close my heart to Thee;

I trace the rainbow through the rain,

And feel the promise is not vain,

That morn shall tearless be.

O Cross that liftest up my head,

I dare not ask to fly from Thee;

I lay in dust life’s glory dead,

And from the ground there blossoms red

Life that shall endless be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt69WDtYNLo

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When Hate Says, “I Love You”

An Original Work / February 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love