Our God of Second Chances

Corrected by The Lord

 

Acts 9:1-6 NKJV

 

1Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

 

3As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” 5And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” 6So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

 

Saul, who later became the apostle Paul, was then a persecutor of the church, the body of Christ who believed in Jesus Christ as their Messiah and Lord, a faith in Jesus Christ which was then called “The Way.” But God had a different plan for the life of Saul/Paul. He planned that Saul/Paul would no longer be a persecutor of Christ’s followers, but that he would become a follower of Christ himself, a servant of the Lord, and a minister of the gospel of Christ to the people of the world. And that he did faithfully to the death.

 

So, Jesus Christ, in the spirit, visited Saul who was on his way to persecute, and perhaps also to put to death, even more followers of “The Way.” And this is interesting how Jesus approached him. He said to Saul, “Why are you persecuting me?” So why did he say that when it was the followers of Christ he was persecuting? Because, as followers of Christ, we are part of his body, and therefore how others treat us who are truly his followers, they are treating Christ in the same way. And that is an important thing to realize.

 

For if anyone who claims faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and/or including the Lord Jesus, is mistreating a genuine follower (disciple) of Jesus Christ who is speaking truth to the people, that person is also mistreating the Lord Jesus. For to “kick against the goads” is to fight against the will of God, against the leading and direction of God in the lives of those who profess his name, but out of a desire to go it their own way. And so sometimes the Lord has to discipline his people to get them back on track.

 

But Saul responded to the Lord’s correction and discipline with the right heart, mind, and attitude. Instead of resisting the Lord out of a stubborn heart, mind, and self-will, Saul submitted to Christ and to his will. And he said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” And this is the kind of response and attitude that all of us should have when we are corrected by the Lord if we are, perhaps, going the wrong direction. I was there once, and the Lord corrected me, and he brought me back, and he showed me, too, what to do.

 

Called of God to Ministry

 

Acts 26:14-18 NKJV

 

And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

 

Here Paul shared his testimony of his conversion with his opposition. And here we read what Jesus assigned Paul to do. He was to be a minister and a witness of the things which he had seen from Christ and the things which Jesus would yet reveal to him by the Spirit. And the Lord would deliver him from those who would come against him and who would certainly persecute him for his faith in the Lord Jesus, just as he had done to others. And he was in the middle of one of those situations when he shared this testimony.

 

But he was to go to the Jews and to the Gentiles, many of whom would persecute him, and he was to “open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in” Christ. And this is the essence of the gospel message that, by faith in Jesus Christ, we will now turn away from our sins, and that we will now walk in faithfulness to our Lord and to his commandments.

 

And this is the call of God on the lives of all who profess faith in Jesus Christ, first that we will be those who repent (turn from) our sins and now obey our Lord’s commands, in practice, in the power of God. And then that we would share that message of the gospel with the people of the world as often as possible, wherever possible, and especially on the internet which is presently still open to most of us to share the truth of the gospel with the people of the world. But it won’t be long before that all is going to change.

 

But if you are someone who professes faith in Jesus Christ, but who is still living to please the flesh, and not God, don’t think that there is no hope for you or that God could never use you after you did “such and such.” We serve a forgiving God and a God of second chances. But we must turn from our sins, and we must now obey our Lord, in practice, and make him truly Lord of our lives. For this is not something we can do in the flesh, but only in the power of God as our lives are surrendered to him and to his service.

 

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:11-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20; 1 Peter 2:9,21; 1 John 2:6]

 

Servant of the Lord

 

Based off Romans 1:1-17

An Original Work / July 26, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Servant of the Lord;

For the gospel you’re set apart.

Promised through the prophets of old:

Jesus, Son of God.

Through Him, and for His name alone,

We receive His grace

To call people, Him to obey;

Coming from their faith.

Servant of the Lord,

For the gospel you’re set apart.

Promised through the prophets of old:

Jesus, Son of God.

 

You belong to Christ;

Loved by God, and called to be saints;

Serving God with whole heart and mind;

Preaching Jesus Christ;

Always praying for others’ needs;

Helping hand to lend;

Giving courage to others’ faith,

For the praise of God.

You belong to Christ;

Loved by God, and called to be saints;

Serving God with whole heart and mind;

Preaching Jesus Christ.

 

Servant of the Lord;

Of the gospel, I’m not ashamed;

For salvation, power of God

To those who have faith.

In the gospel find righteousness:

Being right with God.

Turn from sin, and trust Jesus Christ.

By faith, live in Him.

Servant of the Lord;

Of the gospel, I’m not ashamed;

For salvation, power of God

To those who have faith.

 

https://vimeo.com/119511640

 

Our God of Second Chances

An Original Work / May 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

King James Only

This is something I run across frequently.

FYI: To all who are on here who are “King James Bible” only people: The Scriptures did not originate with King James, who commissioned the translation to take place, and who, from what I have read, was not a man of God. The King James Bible was a translation mostly based off earlier translations. It is not the original inspired word of God. The original manuscripts, from what I understand, no longer exist. So what we have are copies of copies and multiple layers of translations by human beings who are not infallible. 

Therefore, the King James Bible is not the “only” acceptable English translation of the holy Scriptures. And it is not written in American English of the 21st century. So for me, for instance, who grew up reading that translation, but who started college reading on a 4th grade level, I do not understand the King James Bible. I need something written in my language that I can understand. There are other good translations out there, as well as some that are bad.  We should test them all under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

So don’t judge other Christians by whether or not they read the King James Bible only. Judge them based upon what they are teaching and how they are living and whether or not they are true servants of the Lord Jesus doing his work. That is true to Scripture. Thank you.

P.S. I just recently started using the New King James Bible translation because it is written in the language that I speak, which is 21st century American English. I like it so far, but I test it to make sure it is on point. I do pray earnestly that what I share here will always be the truth of God's word if what I am sharing is the Scriptures. I take the Word of God very seriously. And I pray for the Lord to lead me in what to write, and this is the first thing he put on my heart this morning to share with all of you.

Divine Appointments

An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, leading him to go down a particular road. And there he saw a man from Ethiopia sitting in his chariot, reading Isaiah the prophet. And the Holy Spirit told Philip to go near to his chariot.

 

Acts 8:30-38 NKJV

 

So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him. 32The place in the Scripture which he read was this:

 

“He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;

And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,

So He opened not His mouth.

33In His humiliation His justice was taken away,

And who will declare His generation?

For His life is taken from the earth.”

 

34So the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?” 35Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. 36Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?” 37Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” 38So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

 

The same Lord as who spoke to Philip, first through an angel, and then through the Holy Spirit, is God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And he is still in the business of speaking to his people via angels, the Holy Spirit, dreams or visions, revelations (prophesies), and the written word of God. The Spirit still speaks truth to our hearts within us, and he leads us and guides us in the ways of the Lord in doing the will of God for our lives. We just need to listen.

 

But so many people today have been scared off from hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit within them showing them the way the Lord would have them to go, not just generally, but more specifically in individual situations. And partially this is due to the vast amount of misuse and abuse of the Spirit by people who are going by their emotions rather than by walks of faith and obedience to our Lord and to his commands. For so many are fakes and phonies who claim being led by the Spirit when it is the flesh leading.

 

But just because some people abuse the Spirit and present what is fake, rather than what is genuine, it should not deter us from hearing the Spirit’s voice speaking truth to our hearts and leading us where the Lord would have us to go in doing what our Lord commands that we should do. But we do need to be discerning. And we need to be those who test the spirits to see which ones are of God. And we should test to see if what we are hearing is in line with the teachings of the Scriptures and not against God’s Word.

 

And then we should follow the Spirit’s voice within us leading us in the direction he would have us to go. Yes, the written word does teach us the ways of the Lord and the ways of righteousness and holy living, and it warns us against sin and what is false and not of God. But the Holy Spirit gives us very specific directions in what to write, and who to see or who to call or text or email in very specific situations, so we need to hear his voice and heed his callings upon our life to go where he sends us and to do his will.

 

For, what if Philip had ignored the angel and the Holy Spirit in where they were leading him because what they were telling him to do was not in the written word of God? The same with Paul and Peter and the other apostles. They were led by the Spirit in who to talk to or to go see or who to not see. And because they obeyed and went and spoke God’s words to the people, many people believed in Jesus Christ, died to sin, and were reborn of the Spirit of God to walk in obedience to our Lord in fellowship with him.

 

So, we, as well, need to be in tune to the Spirit’s voice so that we don’t miss the opportunities given us by God to share his gospel with the people of the world. I mean, I would not be here on the internet writing what the Lord leads me to write each day if I did not listen to the Holy Spirit’s voice speaking to me leading me here and where to post and what to write. But we always need to test the voices in our heads against the character of God and his teachings, because the devil imitates the voice of God, too.

 

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:11-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20; 1 Peter 2:9,21; 1 John 2:6]

 

The Spirit Calling

 

An Original Work / November 12, 2019

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Hear the Spirit calling.

He’ll keep you from falling.

Tenderly He’s calling,

“Come and follow Him.”

 

Walk with Jesus daily.

Don’t give in to lazy.

Folks may call you crazy.

Fellowship with Him.

 

Follow where He leads you.

Eat what Jesus feeds you.

His love will renew you

If you follow Him.

 

Do what Jesus tells you.

Don’t let your faith fail you.

His love will avail you

If you walk with Him.

 

Jesus, Lord and Savior,

Reigneth now forever.

He gave us His favor

So we’d live with Him.

 

Turning now from our sin,

Holy Spirit live-in.

Holiness we walk in,

Purified by Him.

 

https://vimeo.com/373006449

 

Divine Appointments

An Original Work / May 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Being Right With God

Receiving the Holy Spirit

 

Before Jesus’ death and resurrection and his ascension back to heaven to be with God the Father, he promised his followers that after he ascended back to the Father that he would send them the Holy Spirit who would be in them and who would teach them all things pertaining to Christ. He would be their comforter, encourager, teacher, counselor, and guide, and he would speak to them the words of God, and he would empower them to live for the Lord and to walk in his ways and to be his witnesses, and to be Christ in them.

 

So, the apostles, if they heard that there were those who were of faith in Jesus Christ, they would go to them and pray for them and/or lay hands on them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. But since that time, we receive the Holy Spirit at the moment we believe in Jesus and we die with him to sin and we choose to follow him in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living, by the grace of God. For, if we do not have the Spirit of Christ dwelling within us, we do not belong to Christ (Romans 8:9).

 

[John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:13; Acts 1:8; Acts 10:44-45; Romans 8:9-14; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 1:13-14; Titus 3:4-7; 2 Timothy 1:12-14]

 

A Heart Not Right With God

 

Now there was a man named Simon who was a sorcerer who believed in Jesus Christ. And he was amazed at the miracles and signs being done.

 

Acts 8:18-24 NKJV

 

And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, 19saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

 

20But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! 21You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. 22Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 23For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

 

24Then Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.”

 

There are many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, who want all the benefits that come along with such faith, but their hearts are not in the right place, i.e. they are not right in the sight of God. Their motivations are not godly, not morally pure, and not upright in the eyes of the Lord. For their minds are still set on the things of the flesh, and what are not of God. They are still looking for what’s in it for them, but not with the heart attitude of service to the Lord in putting sin to death and in obeying our Lord.

 

For their desires are selfish and self-centered, and not godly. Although they profess faith in Jesus Christ, and they may even go through some of the motions of religious practice, perhaps to impress others, and/or to cover up what they are really like, and what they are really doing behind closed doors when no one else is looking, still their hearts are not given over to the Lord to his service to live holy lives, pleasing to God. For their “faith” is all in performance only, but not in actual practice in the power of God.

 

So God is saying to them that they need to repent, to turn from their sins to now follow Jesus in walks of obedience to his commands. For to repent is to have a change of heart and mind resulting in a change of behavior. It is not just saying we are sorry that we sinned, but it is turning around and now going the opposite direction of what we had been going. We were walking in sin and living according to the flesh, but now we are walking in righteousness in obedience to our Lord’s commands, because we love God.

 

And many who hold on to their sins, even though they profess faith in the Lord Jesus, do so because they have hearts which are filled with all sorts of bitterness, anger, hatred, unforgiveness, pride, self-importance, and sinful addiction. So they are not willing to relinquish control of their lives over to God, for they want to still be the ones in control. For what they truly worship is not God but the idol of self and selfishness and self-indulgence. So they hold on to what is in their hearts, which comes out in their behaviors.

 

And yet they may ask others to pray for them, and they may even be somewhat honest about what they are doing, or had been doing, and yet still not relinquish control of their lives over to God. For they want to give the impression that they are going in a forward direction but while they still linger in living according to self. So they are the ones still trying to figure it out but while they ignore what God already said about what they are doing and what the solution is if ever they are to be free from bondage to sin.

 

[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]

 

Servant of the Lord

 

Based off Romans 1:1-17

An Original Work / July 26, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Servant of the Lord;

For the gospel you’re set apart.

Promised through the prophets of old:

Jesus, Son of God.

Through Him, and for His name alone,

We receive His grace

To call people, Him to obey;

Coming from their faith.

Servant of the Lord,

For the gospel you’re set apart.

Promised through the prophets of old:

Jesus, Son of God.

 

You belong to Christ;

Loved by God, and called to be saints;

Serving God with whole heart and mind;

Preaching Jesus Christ;

Always praying for others’ needs;

Helping hand to lend;

Giving courage to others’ faith,

For the praise of God.

You belong to Christ;

Loved by God, and called to be saints;

Serving God with whole heart and mind;

Preaching Jesus Christ.

 

Servant of the Lord;

Of the gospel, I’m not ashamed;

For salvation, power of God

To those who have faith.

In the gospel find righteousness:

Being right with God.

Turn from sin, and trust Jesus Christ.

By faith, live in Him.

Servant of the Lord;

Of the gospel, I’m not ashamed;

For salvation, power of God

To those who have faith.

 

https://vimeo.com/119511640

 

Being Right With God

An Original Work / May 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

An Unparalleled World Coalition?

Acts 8:1-8 NKJV

 

Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

 

3As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison. 4Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. 5Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. 6And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. 8And there was great joy in that city.

 

Persecution of Christ Followers

 

Saul (who later became the apostle Paul after our Lord transformed his heart and mind and he became a follower of Jesus Christ) had just approved of the stoning and death of the deacon Stephen, a man of God who had just spoken truth to the people. And now a great persecution against the church arose, and most of the believers in Jesus Christ were scattered. And Saul was a central figure in the persecution of Christ’s followers, i.e. the church.

 

But I love what this says next. Therefore, those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. Amen! Praise Jesus! Those who were Christ followers did not let persecution and the real possibility of death keep them from sharing the message of the gospel with the people of the world. And that is a sign of real biblical faith in action, when we care more about the salvation of the people than we do about how we are treated in return.

 

And when Philip went down to the city of Samaria preaching Christ to them, multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, and many people were healed of infirmities, and many people were delivered from unclean spirits. Praise Jesus! Sometimes what is truly bad can have a good result. Although tragedy and death are horrible, if that is what it takes to produce spiritual life in people by faith in Jesus, then God be praised.

 

Last Days

 

I believe we are living in the last days before the return of Christ, and that the kinds of things which were happening to the Christ followers at the time of Stephen’s death are happening today, only more widespread, and at the hands of the wealthy and powerful of this world who are the ones truly running the world we live in. And this includes at the hands of the president of the USA and his counterpart in the political nation called “Israel.”

 

I read something today, apparently spoken by the US president, where he said, “Therefore, I am mandatorily requesting that all Countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and that, if Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honor to have them also be a part of this unparalleled World Coalition.” Now, this is sounding to me more like the one world order of the beast of Revelation.

 

Whether or not this is worldwide or just confined to a small set of world countries, this is not a good thing. And this is about one or two world countries dominating the other countries of the world and forcing them into some kind of “unparalleled World Coalition,” which sounds a whole lot like the mark of the beast and his one world order. And the political nation called “Israel” is party to this and/or they are the ones actually initiating it.

 

The Future

 

I am not God, and I am not some kind of magician with a “crystal ball” to tell me what is going to happen next. But I am a follower of Jesus Christ by faith in the Lord Jesus. And I am a student of the Scriptures. And I believe there are very obvious signs that we are living in the very last days before the return of Christ, and that the beast of Revelation is rising, and it is taking over the nations of the world, which we can see evidence of.

 

And sadly, it appears that the president of my nation is definitely doing and speaking what appears to fit with the prophesies of Scripture about the beast, and about the antichrist, and about the events of these last days. More and more it appears that we are moving quickly ahead to that mark of the beast and us not being able to buy or sell unless we take the mark (influence, character, nature) of the beast upon our own lives.

 

And let me state here that the physical and political nation called “Israel” is not biblical Israel. They are not the Israel of God, for, as a nation, they have denied Jesus as the Christ, which makes them antichrist (1 John 2:22). All who believe in Jesus Christ, who have died with him to sin, and who are following our Lord in obedience to his commands are biblical Israel, whether Jew or Gentile. So don’t worship the political nation of Israel, as many do.

 

[Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19; Matthew 21:43; John 8:18-19,38-47; John 10:16; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:1-6; Colossians 3:12-15; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13; 1 Peter 2:9-10,24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9] 

 

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

 

An Unparalleled World Coalition?

An Original Work / May 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Resisting The Holy Spirit

Stephen, a deacon in the church (the body of believers in Jesus Christ), was a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit and power who did great wonders and signs among the people. But there were those who opposed him who stirred up the people against him. And when asked if the accusations against him were true, he then went through the history of the Jews, beginning with Abraham, covering both the good and the bad in their history. And then he ended his history lesson with these words to the Jews who were there:

 

Acts 7:51-53 NKJV

 

“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”

 

The Stiff-necked

 

What does it mean to be “stiff-necked” in heart and ears? It means to be haughty, obstinate, stubborn, and unwilling to change in heart, mind, and behavior, and to submit to the one in authority, who is God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. And to be uncircumcised in heart and ears is to be spiritually rebellious, stubborn, and unwilling to surrender to God and to his commands. It is to be lacking in biblical faith and in obedience to our Lord out of a rebellious heart, unwilling to change and to follow Jesus.

 

And in what ways did they resist the Holy Spirit? Well, it was the Holy Spirit who spoke through Moses and through the prophets and through Jesus Christ and through the apostles, and through all of God’s messengers who were speaking under the direction of the Holy Spirit, and not in their own flesh, speaking the words and messages of God to the people. So when they resisted and rejected the messages of God spoken through his messengers down through the ages, they were indeed resisting the Holy Spirit.

 

And not only did they not listen to God’s messengers and to their messages sent from God to the people, but they often persecuted, mistreated, beat, falsely accused, falsely incarcerated, and put to death those who were speaking God’s messages, which were for their good. And they falsely accused Jesus of wrong he did not do, and they had him arrested, put on trial, beaten beyond recognition, and nailed to a cross where he was put to death because he spoke the truth that the people did not want to hear.

 

Even though they, as a people, were given the commands of God, which they were to follow, they did not keep the law of God. Now they may have remained faithful to some of their religious rituals, and to some of the liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary, and/or Sabbath laws, but they were guilty of not obeying God’s moral laws. For they resisted the Holy Spirit, and they murdered their Messiah and the prophets before him, for they were stubborn and unwilling to obey our Lord.

 

So it Continues

 

And it is not that much different today. Many who profess faith in God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears. And many of them are those who resist the Holy Spirit and those speaking the biblical messages of God to the people today. And they, as well, are religious in form and in practice in some areas but while they ignore the moving of the Holy Spirit, and the gifts of the Spirit, and God’s messages he is giving today through his messengers.

 

And I am definitely not saying here that we should accept every word or action spoken in the name of God, or as though it is from the Holy Spirit, or every spiritual gift or prophecy supposedly coming from God to the people. For there are many liars and deceivers among us. There are many fakes. There are many who go beyond what the Scriptures teach and they make up their own gospel and messages and gifts supposedly coming from God. So we must be spiritually discerning here, for not everyone is from God.

 

But the Scriptures teach us: “19Do not quench the Spirit. 20Do not despise prophecies. 21Test all things; hold fast what is good. 22Abstain from every form of evil.” So, we are neither to reject it all nor are we to accept it all just because it sounds good, or it looks good, or someone tries to convince us that this is of God, and of the Holy Spirit. But sadly so many people are accepting and participating in what is clearly not of God while they and/or others reject what is truly biblical and of God and of the Spirit of God.

 

And far too many people professing faith in Jesus Christ today have gone the way of the world and of compromise of faith and conviction, whose ears are closed to the truth of the Scriptures unless they are hearing only the feel-good stuff. Many are being convinced that an acknowledgment of faith in Jesus is enough to secure them forgiveness of all sins and heaven as their eternal home, but while they are still living in sin and in disobedience to our Lord. But unless they repent and obey God, they will not be saved from hell.

 

[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]

 

Teach Them 

 

Based off various scriptures

An Original Work / May 24, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Open up the blinded eyes of

Those who walk in sin’s darkness.

Turn them to the light of Christ

And to His righteousness.

Turn them from the pow’r of Satan.

Turn them to the peace of Christ,

So they may receive forgiveness

And eternal life.

 

Teach them to put off their old selves

And their former way of life,

And to put on their new self,

Reborn to be like Christ;

To not copy worldly customs;

Be transformed in life and mind;

Obey freely His word in them,

Pleasing unto God.

 

Teach them how to love their neighbors

Truly as they love themselves;

Be a witness; share the gospel;

Satan’s lies dispel;

Comfort all who mourn in sadness;

Share Christ’s love and joy today.

Do this through your life and witness

For your Lord always.

 

https://vimeo.com/125485489

 

Resisting the Holy Spirit

An Original Work / May 25, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

God's True Tabernacle

Acts 7:44-50 NKJV

 

44“Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David, 46who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47But Solomon built Him a house.

 

48“However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

 

49‘Heaven is My throne,

And earth is My footstool.

What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,

Or what is the place of My rest?

50Has My hand not made all these things?’

 

The Church

 

When I was growing up as a child, and throughout a good portion of my life, the building where Christians met for church services was called “the House of God.” And the room where the services were held was called “the Sanctuary of God” and “Holy Ground.” And the church was not who we the people were. The church was the building, the place where Christians met to hear the Scriptures taught and to sing praises to the Lord in worship of God. It was a place we went to and then we left until we went there again.

 

And today, that is still how many people view “the church,” as a building where Christians meet for weekly church services. And these churches are not only defined by physical location but also by church denomination. I was often asked by others what I was. Was I a Baptist, or a Presbyterian, or an Episcopalian, or a Lutheran, or a Methodist, and so on. “Church” was not just a building that you went to once or twice a week, but it was a particular church denomination, or else it was regarded as “non-denominational.”

 

And “church” was also a place where we learned government worship in the singing of patriotic songs. And we were taught to put hand over heart and to pledge (vow) our allegiance (worship, fidelity) to our government and to our nation, which was regarded as “one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” But it has never been that. We are not a people all under the one true God, under submission to his authority and rule, and we are surely not indivisible, and liberty and justice for all is not existent.

 

But none of that describes the biblical church. Yes, in the Scriptures we are taught about the church in various locations, such as in Rome, Corinth, Galatia, Ephesus, and so on. But “the church” was the people of God, those who by faith in Jesus Christ had been crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as servants of righteousness in the power of God. They were all those within that one city who were worshipers of the one true God.

 

So, with regard to “church membership,” if we believe in Jesus Christ, and if we are following Jesus with our lives in obedience to his commands, in practice, we are already members of the church, the body of Christ. So we do not need to become members of these institutions of human origin called “church” which are mostly divided by church denominations and are largely incorporated under (partnered with) the government in unholy unions, most of which are also being marketed to the world, all of which God forbids.

 

[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]

 

Our Gatherings

 

And our gatherings are not restricted to just one particular location or day in the week or hour of the day, either. For we now worship God “in spirit and in truth” wherever we are located and regardless of what day of the week that it is. And the Scriptures teach that we are to gather together with the body of Christ daily for mutual encouragement and edification, and for instructing one another in the faith, and in how we are to live, exhorting one another every day so that none of us may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

 

Therefore, we the church, the body of Christ, should be gathering together daily for mutual spiritual encouragement and exhortation. And the location does not matter as long as it is somewhere appropriate. And the gatherings don’t all have to be in physical locations, either. I am seeing much more of the biblical body of Christ in operation on the internet than in many of these physical gatherings where only a few select people lead in singing and only one man usually does all the preaching (prophesying, exhorting).

 

But the Scriptures teach that all of us who are the church, the body of Christ, have been given spiritual gifts to be used within the body of Christ for mutual encouragement and edification so that we help one another to grow to maturity in our walks of faith, in obedience to our Lord, in holy living. And God has given us all our assigned “body parts” which we are to operate in within the gatherings of the church to help one another to walk faithfully in service to the Lord Jesus in obedience to his commands in his righteousness.

 

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:15-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; 1 Peter 2:9; James 5:19-20]

 

Lord, Move Me 

 

An Original Work / October 16, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Be my desire, my heart set on fire,

Lord, move me to worship You only, I pray.

Fill with Your Spirit, my heart overflow.

Lord, may I long for You; Your word to know.

Teach me to walk with You, Lord, in Your power,

And may I serve You, Lord, right now in this hour.

 

Lord, how I want to obey You forever.

Help me to hear You, Lord, so I will not stray.

Teach me to love You; adore You always.

Envelope me, Lord, with Your grace today.

Meet me in my need, and show me Your mercy.

Forgive me for all things, as I humbly pray.

 

Counsel me, lead me, direct me, and guide me,

So I follow You, Lord, where’er You lead now.

I love to hear You speak Your words to me.

I am so grateful that You set me free.

Wash me, and cleanse me, and make me like You, Lord,

And I will live with You for eternity.

 

https://vimeo.com/125966625

 

God’s True Tabernacle

An Original Work / May 25, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love