Have You Trampled on The Son of God?

Hebrews 10:26-29 BSB

 

“26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. 28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?”

 

If We Deliberately Go On Sinning

 

Many people brush over this passage of Scripture because they don’t like what it says, or else they will try to explain it away to say something different from what it is saying, because they don’t want to believe what it teaches. But this is taught all throughout the New Testament Scriptures by Jesus and by Paul and by the other New Testament apostles. Different wording, perhaps, but the same message. We can’t just accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and then immediately dismiss the real reason that he died.

 

For in Jesus’ death and resurrection he put our sins to death with him and he rose in victory over our sin so that, by faith in him, we will now deny self, die to sin daily, and walk (in conduct, in practice) according to his commands. For the purpose of his death on that cross was not just to forgive us our sins and to give us eternal life with God, but it was to deliver us out from our addiction to sin so we will now follow him in walks of surrender to him, in obedience to his commands, by God’s grace, in the power of God within us.

 

And yet we have many people today teaching the opposite of this within the gatherings of “the church.” And they are teaching people that all they have to do is to “pray the prayer” to receive Christ, or to say that he is Lord, and to believe in Jesus’ death and bodily resurrection (taught out of context), and now they are saved, done deal, nothing else required. But Jesus taught that to come after him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin and to self), and follow him in obedience to his commands.

 

Progressive Salvation

 

But this isn’t only about right after someone receives the gospel message and then they go on sinning. This includes them returning to addictive sin at any time throughout their lives, and if they do not repent, and if they do not return to Christ prior to their death or prior to Christ’s return. For they have chosen their sin over God. And the Scriptures make it quite clear that if sin is what we obey, if it is our habit (addiction) that we keep returning to over again, and not God’s commands, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

 

And why is this so? Because we are not “once saved always saved” as many would have you believe. For our salvation is a process of salvation which we must continue in to the very end if we want to have eternal life with God. For, as followers of Christ, we are saved (past), we are being saved (present active), and we will be saved (future) when our Lord returns. But all this is dependent on us continuing in the faith, in walks of surrender to the Lord, in obedience to his commands, and no longer as slaves to sin, until the end.

 

[Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:24; Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; Hebrews 9:28; Hebrews 10:19-39; 1 Peter 1:5,9; 1 John 3:4-10]

 

Hebrews 10:30-31 BSB

 

30For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

 

So, please take this seriously! This is nothing to trifle with. Don’t listen to those preachers who are telling you that all you have to do is to make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and now you are good to go for eternity. Read the Scriptures in their appropriate context. If you, although you make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, are living in deliberate and habitual sin, as a matter of practice, and obedience to God and to his commands is not your practice, you will NOT have eternal life with God. Don’t play around!

 

Follow Him 

 

Based off Luke 9:22-25

An Original Work / February 21, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Jesus, Son of God,

Died for us on a cross.

 

Anyone who would come to Him

Must deny himself and follow.

He must take up his cross daily;

Die to sin and self each day.

 

Father, God above,

Loved us so: gave His Son.

 

If you want to save your old life;

Keep on sinning, follow your ways,

You will lose your life forever;

Hope of heaven gone away.

 

Spirit of our God

Gives us life in God’s Son.

 

Nonetheless, if you die to self;

Forsake your sin; follow Jesus,

You will live with God in heaven,

And forever praise His name!

 

https://vimeo.com/117316842

 

Have You Trampled on The Son of God?

An Original Work / July 7, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

To Love and Good Deeds

Hebrews 10:19-25 BSB

“19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

“23Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. 24And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. 25Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”

Old Covenant vs New Covenant

Under the Old Covenant God had with the Jews (biblical Israel of that time), the temple of God was a physical building, built by human hands. And there was a room inside the building called the “Holy of Holies.” The room was covered with a curtain and only the High Priest was permitted to enter, and only one day a year. And his purpose was to make atonement for his own sins and for the sins of the entire nation. Inside was the presence of God.

But, under the New Covenant, that all changed. For, in Jesus’ death on that cross, not only did he put our sins to death with him, but that curtain that stood between us and the “Holy of Holies” was torn in two so that now, by faith in Jesus Christ, we all might enter into God’s holy presence. Back then they went through human priests, but now we are a priesthood of believers in Christ and we need no human priests to mediate between us and God.

Our Only High Priest

And Jesus Christ is now our (and only) High Priest. And his sacrifice for our sins on that cross was the last physical sacrifice necessary to atone for our sins. For in his death he put our sins to death with him so that, by biblical faith in Jesus Christ, we might deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands in holy living. And in his resurrection he rose from the grave victorious over sin, death, hell, and Satan, on our behalf.

Draw Near to God

Because of Jesus’ sacrifice for us on that cross, in putting our sins to death with him, and because he rose from the grace in victory over sin, on our behalf, then by faith in him we can now live in freedom from slavery (bondage) to sin, and we can, in the power of God, live holy lives, pleasing to God, in obedience to his commands, as a matter of life practice. We just have to resist temptation to sin and follow our Lord wherever he leads us.

And we must hold resolutely (decisively, definitely) to the hope we profess. But that hope must be biblically sound and supported. We cannot just claim who we are in Christ because we prayed a prayer to receive Christ and so we believe that we are now good to go to heaven regardless of how we live. We must deny self, die to sin daily, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, as a matter of life practice, in the power of God, by his grace.

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 9:23-26; John 4:31-38; John 10:27-30; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 10:14-15; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-14; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:9,21,24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Our Gatherings

And then, as believers in Christ, we are now part of Christ’s body, the body of Christ, the church (the only church). And now we are to be ministering to each other and encouraging and exhorting one another in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord and no longer as slaves to sin. And to do this we need to be gathering together, either in person, or on the internet, or via a phone call or a text message or however it is possible for us to gather.

But in most gatherings of these institutional churches of today, partnered with the world and with the government, being marketed to the people of the world, there is no place for any of us to minister to one another like we are able to do here on the internet, or like some people are able to do in small home gatherings (house churches). We need to be ministering to one another and sharing with each other what God is teaching us each day.

And if we are not able to find other believers in Christ who are interested in gathering with us in person for the purpose that we might spur one another on to love and good deeds, and so we might speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and so we might exhort one another daily so that not one of us will fall captive to the deceitfulness of sin or to false gospels taught, then right now (in the USA) the internet is still available.

[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 2:9,21; James 5:19-20; 1 John 2:6]

I Sing of His Mercy  

Based off Psalm 32 

An Original Work / April 10, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Blessed are those whose sins are forgiven

By the blood of Jesus Christ.

Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does

Not count against them; freedom found.

When, in silence, I did not confess 

My sin to You; had no strength.

Then I owned up to my sin and

You forgave and cleansed me within.

Therefore let the godly pray to You;

Draw near to You; grace they’ll find.

They will not be o’ertaken by afflictions,

But in Christ peace abounds.

Lord, You are my hiding place.

I find my refuge in You secure.

You protect me from all evil.

You give songs of vict’ry in You.

Lord, You teach me to walk in Your ways;

Counsel me in love, I know.

Help me to not be stubborn and

Unwilling to follow in Your truth.

Thank You for Your love and mercy.

I put my trust in You always.

I rejoice in my Lord and 

I sing of Him throughout all my days.

https://vimeo.com/91747192

To Love and Good Deeds

An Original Work / July 7, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Victory Over Addiction to Sin

Matthew 19:23-26 NIV

 

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

 

25When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” 26Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

 

The “gods” They Worship

 

Why do you think that it is difficult for rich people to be saved from their sins and to have eternal life with God? I believe it is because they own so much, and they have so much money, and so many possessions, that the things of this world end up becoming their “gods” in place of God becoming their God. They want to hold on to their riches and to their possessions, but they know that faith in Jesus Christ means total surrender to the Lord, and so they fear if they surrender to the Lord that he will require of them that they give up much or all of their worldly possessions, and they don’t want to lose them.

 

But I believe this story isn’t just about rich people. This is about anyone who is holding on to anything they are unwilling to surrender to the Lord and so it keeps them from being genuinely delivered out of their bondage to sin so that they can now serve the Lord with their lives. And what comes to mind is anyone who is addicted to any particular sinful habit who is unwilling to let go of it in order to follow our Lord in obedience to his commands. They can’t be saved from their sins because they are unwilling to deny self, die to sin, and surrender their all to the Lord to obey him and his commands.

 

With Man This is Impossible

 

Ephesians 2:8-10 BSB

 

“9For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.”

 

When I read “With man this is impossible” in the passage in Matthew, it immediately brought to mind this passage of Scripture in Ephesians 2. Why? Because this passage teaches us that our salvation is not from ourselves, i.e. “with man this is impossible.” None of us, in our own flesh, of our own will and purpose, by our own “good works” can ever earn or deserve our own salvation. We can never be “good enough” to be right with God of our own doing, of our own flesh. But our salvation is not absent of works, but they are the works of God which God prepared in advance that we should do.

 

And that took me to the subject of addiction to sin and gaining victory over addiction to sin. Many people are trying to do this in their own flesh, and it just isn’t working. They read all the books on this subject, and they read internet teachings on this subject, and they receive psychological counsel, and other people’s advice. And so they try these things, and they may work for a while, but for many (or most) of them, what they try to do in their own flesh eventually fails. Why? Usually because they fail to surrender it all to the Lord. It is that “treasure” that they don’t want to have to give up.

 

Victory is Possible with God

 

Luke 9:23-24 BSB

 

23Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. 24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.”

 

So, this is the solution. You want to have victory over addiction to sin, and deliverance from slavery to sin, and eternal life with God? You have to let go and let God. You have to deny self, take up your cross daily (die daily to sin and to self), and follow Jesus in obedience to his commands, and in surrender to his will, all in the power of God at work within those of genuine faith in Christ. You can’t do it in your own flesh, of your own human effort. This faith which brings salvation is not from ourselves. In our own flesh we can never be good enough to be saved from our sins. So surrender to God!

 

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

 

Video Talk on the same topic:

 

https://youtu.be/uFvOx5nstSY

 

He Lifted Our Burdens

 

Based off Isaiah 9:2-7

An Original Work / February 15, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

People walk in darkness. They abide in their sin.

It has power o’er them. True belief escapes them.

 

Jesus Christ came to save them. He gave His life up for them;

Crucified; died for our sin, so we might be forgiven,

And have life up in heaven.

 

Many come to know Him. God’s love now o’erflows them.

They rejoice in vict’ry. Their sin is but hist’ry.

 

We were once bound in slav’ry. Jesus lifted our burdens;

Set us now free from Satan, so we now walk in freedom.

Sin has no more dominion.

 

Praise be to our Savior! He showed us His favor.

He took all our burdens; cast them all upon Him.

 

He is our mediator; The Light which shines in darkness.

Counselor in our troubles; He gives peace now in our hearts;

Joy which is everlasting.

 

https://vimeo.com/86854416

 

Victory Over Addiction to Sin

An Original Work / July 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

My Testimony

Hebrews 4:14-16 BSB

 

“14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. 16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”

 

Recap: In Hebrews 3-4 we are warned against falling back into sin and into disobedience to our Lord, thus falling away from our fellowship with Jesus Christ. And we are warned against hardening our hearts and rebelling against the commands of our Savior, and then remaining there for a long time. And we are encouraged to listen to the voice of the Lord, to put sin to death in our lives, and to walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands if we want salvation and eternal life with God.

 

My Testimony

 

I believed in Jesus at age 7 and I followed the Lord with my life. I was involved in Christian ministry most of my life, walking with the Lord, obeying his commands, and following his leading, although I was not perfect. But then I had a difficult pregnancy with my last child which resulted in me needing to have a hysterectomy mid-1981. And then my hormones went crazy after that. And I began to experience early menopause symptoms. So I was at a stage in my life where I was very emotionally vulnerable.

 

At the same time, I was going through a healing process with regard to the sexual and physical and emotional abuse I had suffered at the hands of my father. So I cried a lot!! All those memories, most of which I had forgotten, were beginning to surface, and I was giving them over to the Lord, praying them through one by one. And I had few people supporting me through this process, and some who were against me. And I was caring for my four small children at the same time. But I was relying on the Lord to get me through.

 

Seven Years Passed

 

Seven years passed and we were now living in another town in a different state where the people were not friendly to outsiders. If you were not “one of them” you were not wanted. And many of us “outsiders” received the same treatment. And the menopausal symptoms were increasing, but I was considered too young to be going through that, so I was written off by most doctors. So, I was lonely and afflicted, in need of good friends and Christian fellowship, and my husband was travelling a lot with his job. I was hurting!

 

Now, as both my husband and I have shared before, without me knowing it, I had married a man who was addicted to sexual sin, which is where he remained, but where he says he is now gaining victory. I pray that he is! And rather than my husband supporting me in this time, and helping me through it, he took advantage of my weakness, instead, and he pushed me into joining in with him in his sin. I still had a choice. I could have said no. So I am at fault for allowing that to happen and for me to sin with my husband.

 

Another Seven Years Passed

 

My sins against the Lord continued on and off for a period of about seven years with breaks in between where I would get back on track in following the Lord and then something would happen that would lead me back into sin, usually having to do with my husband. And my husband and I have both confessed this publicly, and he is presently writing his story on an internet site called “Substack,” so what I am sharing is no secret. This has been out in the open for the past 8 years. But this was a real severe battle for me.

 

The last year of returning to this sin had a break of seven years prior to that. So it was like six years on, seven years off, and then one more year added on to a total of seven years battling with this sin. And that year was in 2000, the year both of my parents died, which was an emotionally difficult year for me. And then I got very serious about confronting this sin and conquering it in the power of God. And he showed me I was not forgiving Jesus for not rescuing me from my father, and so I forgave him, and he delivered me.

 

And Then..

 

The year was 2004. My husband and I were training to be church planters. I was going for my consecration and he was going for his ordination on the promise that he was no longer living in sexual sin, which turned out not to be true. But the Lord had a different plan for me. He had a calling for my life which was his calling even before I was formed in the womb of my mother, even with him knowing all the battles I would face throughout my life, even with him knowing that I would struggle with sexual sin for a period of seven years. But his plan was to use me to be his voice to the people of the world.

 

Could he have struck me dead and sent me to hell when I turned my back on him to follow my husband in sexual sin? Yes! He could have! But he had a plan and a purpose for my life. Because of his grace and mercy I am where I am today, doing what I am doing, writing down what the Lord is teaching me from my times spent with him daily in his word, and then placing these writings on the internet for a herald to “Run With It,” the name of my blog. And I closed that door shut on my past life, never to be reopened. Amen!

 

A Believer’s Prayer

 

An Original Work / July 31, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

With my whole heart, Lord, I pray

To be Yours, and Yours always.

Lead me in Your truth today.

May I love You, and obey.

Lead me in Your righteousness.

When I sin, may I confess;

Bow before You when I pray;

Live for You and You always.

 

Love You, Jesus, You’re my friend.

Life with You will never end.

You are with me through each day,

Giving love and peace always.

You will ne’er abandon me.

From my sin You set me free.

You died on that cruel tree,

So I’d live eternally.

 

Soon You’re coming back for me;

From this world to set me free;

Live with You eternally.

Oh, what joy that brings to me.

I will walk with You in white;

A pure bride, I’ve been made right

By the blood of Jesus Christ;

Pardoned by His sacrifice.

 

https://vimeo.com/114796263

 

My Testimony

An Original Work / July 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

P.S. I have my husband’s approval to share this with you today.

The Thoughts and Intentions of The Heart

Hebrews 4:12-13 BSB

 

“12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”

 

In Context

 

In context, the people who professed faith in Jesus Christ were being warned against thinking that they were secure in their salvation and in eternal life with God based off lip service only, it appeared. And they were being told that they were the church, the body of Christ, the people of God via faith in Jesus Christ only if they continued in their walks of faith in obedience to our Lord’s commands and if they did not revert to living in sin (in disobedience).

 

They were to see to it, thus, that none of them had a wicked heart of unbelief that turned away from the living God and that turned back to living in sin. For, belief in Jesus Christ requires obedience to God’s commands and death to sin. And those who continue in sin, and who do not obey God, in practice, will not have salvation from sin and eternal life with God (see Hebrews 3-4). For faith = obedience, and disobedience = unbelief.

 

The Word of God

 

What is “The Word of God”? Jesus Christ is “The Word.” And the teachings in the Scriptures are “The Word of God.” But they must be read and taught in the correct biblical context, for many people today are teaching lies from the Scriptures taught out of context. And we must be careful to make certain we are using a reliable Bible translation (if more than one is available to us), for there are some which teach contrary to the Word of God. So be discerning!

 

Does The Word of God provide us with encouraging words? Yes! Absolutely! Yet, The Word also must cut to the heart and soul of humans to convict us of sin and to warn us against false teachings, and to warn us against returning to sin and to disobedience to God, and the consequences thereof. The Word must serve also as judge of the thoughts and the intentions of our hearts, to expose evil for what it is, and to call us to repent of sin and to obey God.

 

Everything Exposed

 

There are people professing faith in Jesus Christ today for whom sin is still what they practice, and not obedience to God and to his commands (under the New Covenant). And many of them are sinning secretly where no one else can see what they are doing. And the access to Smart Phones (to the internet), in the secrecy of the phone facing them only, to where no one else can see what they are viewing, is opening the door wide to all kinds of sin.

 

But nothing is hidden from God’s sight. And I am well aware that some people are teaching that if you “prayed the prayer” to receive Christ that God can no longer see what you do. But that is a lie from hell. God can see, and he does judge, and he judges everyone according to their deeds. And we must all give an account to God for what we did with what we’ve been given. And many will be denied eternal life because they disobeyed God.

 

Please read what these Scriptures teach with regard to faith in Jesus Christ, what that looks like biblically, and with regard to how we live and the words that we speak and the things which we practice. For Jesus taught that if we want to come after him we must deny self, die to sin daily, and follow him in obedience. For if sin is what we obey, in practice, and not obedience to God, we will not have eternal life with God, but hell will be our eternal destination.

 

[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]

 

P.S. God does not condemn those who are his for singular acts of sin or of disobedience which are not deliberate and habitual. Where God draws the line has to do with what we practice. If sin is our practice (habit), and if disobedience to God’s commands is our practice (what we do repeatedly), and not holy living, and not death to sin, and not obeying God with our lives, then we are not saved from sin and we do not have eternal life with God.

 

Your Word 

 

Based off Psalms 119

An Original Work / December 27, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Praise You with an upright heart as

I learn of Your righteousness.

I seek You with all my heart;

Do not let me stray from Your law.

I have hidd’n Your word in my heart

That I might not sin against You.

Open my eyes that I may see

Wonderful things in Your word.

I am a stranger on earth.

 

I have chosen the way of truth;

My heart is set on Your word.

I will walk about in freedom,

For I have sought out Your truth.

Teach me knowledge and good judgment,

For I believe in Your law.

Your hands made me, and they formed me;

Give me understanding, Lord.

I put my hope in Your word.

 

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light unto my path.

You are my shield and my refuge;

In Your word I put my hope.

My heart trembles at Your word, Lord.

May my lips o’erflow with praise.

May my tongue sing of Your truth, Lord.

Your salvation, Lord, long I.

Your word, Lord, is my delight.

 

https://vimeo.com/125862410

 

The Thoughts and Intentions of The Heart

An Original Work / July 6, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Falling Short of God's Rest

Hebrews 4:1-2, 6-7 BSB

 

“1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. 2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.”

 

6Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience, 7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

 

God’s rest, being spoken of here, is not in reference to the Jewish Sabbath rest, but to God’s eternal rest, to salvation from sin and eternal life with God. Many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, and who refer to themselves as Christians, will not enter into God’s eternal rest because of disobedience, because sinning against God remained their habit and not obedience to God and to his commandments (under the New Covenant).

 

Too many people today are being taught a false gospel of salvation which does not require death to sin and obedience to God, as required by God. Those who are accepting that false gospel, and who are continuing in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in walks of surrender to God, in obedience to his commands, will not enter into God’s eternal rest. They will not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God, because of unbelief.

 

So, this is a caution and a warning against falling short of this eternal rest being offered to us by God, which comes from God, and which is not of our own doing. And the way people fall short of it is by rejecting the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles on the truth of the gospel, taught in the correct biblical context, and they are listening to liars who are telling them they don’t have to obey God and they don’t have to forsake their sins.

 

But even many who believe that God requires obedience to his commands and death to sin have this false sense of security that God is still going to let them into his heaven because they prayed the prayer to receive Christ or because they do many other “Christian” things. And so they excuse away their deliberate and habitual sin, and give themselves grace, while they ignore the fact that God says we will die in our sins if we don’t die to them.

 

Too many people who refer to themselves as “Christians” are relying on a false hope of salvation from sin and of eternal life with God while they continue in deliberate and habitual sin against God and not in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands. So, if that is where you are today, please know that will not get you saved, and it will not give you eternal life with God. So today, repent of all sin and follow God in obedience.

 

[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]

 

Trust and Obey 

 

Words by John H. Sammis, 1887

Music by Daniel B. Towner, 1887

 

When we walk with the Lord

in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,

He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

 

Not a shadow can rise,

not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear,

not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

 

Not a burden we bear,

not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss,

not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

 

But we never can prove

the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,

for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

 

Then in fellowship sweet

We will sit at His feet.
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way.
What He says we will do,

Where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.

 

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

 

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Falling Short of God’s Rest

An Original Work / July 5, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Exhort One Another Daily

Hebrews 3:12-19 BSB

 

12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. 13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first. 15As it has been said:

 

“Today, if you hear His voice,

do not harden your hearts,

as you did in the rebellion.”

 

16For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? 17And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? 19So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.

 

The Scriptures are written not to men only, but also for women, and so this word “brothers” is not intended to be for men only. A better word here is the word “brethren” which has to do with belonging to the same family, in this case, with the family of God. This is written to fellow believers in Jesus Christ, whether male or female. As those who belong to the family of God, none of us should have a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. And Paul summed up “unbelief” as equivalent to disobedience.

 

For faith in Jesus Christ is not shown genuine by lip service only. Our faith is proven genuine by our obedience to our Lord and the fruit of that in our lives. So, if someone claims to be a follower of Jesus Christ, but that person is still living in sin, and not in obedience to our Lord’s commands, as a matter of life practice (habit), then according to the Scriptures that person is not of genuine faith in the Lord Jesus. And this is not saying that we must be absolutely perfect, but that willful sin must no longer be our habit (practice).

 

And so we, as the family of God, are to exhort (encourage, urge, compel) one another DAILY to not give way to sin’s deceitfulness, but to put sin to death in our lives, and to walk in obedience to the Lord and to his commands in daily living. And this is so that, hopefully, none of us may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin and then fall away from the faith. For we have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance of faith we had at first, which is only promised via us dying to sin and obeying our Lord.

 

For who are the ones who have heard the Word of the Lord and have rebelled? They are all who continue in deliberate and habitual sin and who ignore and do not obey the commands of our Lord, as a matter of life practice. They know right from wrong. They know when what they are doing is evil, and that it is contrary to the laws of God, and yet they do them anyway, for that is what they desire in place of desiring after our Lord and his holiness and righteousness. And disobedience, in practice = unbelief.

 

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

 

As the Deer

 

By Martin J. Nystrom

Based off Psalm 42:1

 

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

Exhort One Another Daily

An Original Work / July 5, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love