Forgiveness and Renewal

Jeremiah 50:17 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

“17Israel is a scattered flock,

chased away by lions.

The first to devour him

was the king of Assyria;

the last to crush his bones

was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

 

Biblical Israel Today

 

Who is Biblical Israel today? We are both Jew and Gentile by biblical faith in Jesus Christ, in death to sin and in walks of obedience to God, in the power of God, as led by the Spirit of God in holy and righteous living. We are all whose lives are surrendered to the Lord Jesus Christ, to doing His will and purpose for our lives. But this does not mean that we will never sin (1 John 2:1-2), but it does mean that sin against God should no longer be what we practice. For obedience to our Lord should now be what we live by.

 

It is possible, though, for a true follower of Christ, at some point in their lives, under certain circumstances, to be led astray from their pure devotion to the Lord and to fall back into sin and to need to repent and to return to the Lord in surrender to His will, in obedience to His commands. And it is happening today that many who profess faith in Jesus Christ are being led astray by “lions,” i.e. by people who, by their lies, devour other people by chasing them away from pure devotion to God to let them keep sinning.

 

Israel Today: [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; see also Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19]

 

Jeremiah 50:18-19 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

18Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:

“I will punish the king of Babylon and his land

as I punished the king of Assyria.

19I will return Israel to his pasture,

and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan;

his soul will be satisfied

on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.”

 

Being Led Into Sin

 

The New Testament Scriptures speak harshly against those who willfully and deliberately lead God’s people, His true sheep, astray. They are guilty before the eyes of God of sin just as much or more than the ones who are being led into sin. And in today’s world, here in the USA where I live, this is exactly what so many “shepherds” of the sheep are doing. For we have many pastors teaching lies to the people, telling them that God does not require of them that they die to sin and obey God and His commands, but He Does!

 

Those who lead others to sin: [Matthew 18:6-9; Mark 9:42-48; Luke 17:1-2]

 

But now this is never to be used as an excuse for sinning against God. No matter what others have done to us or said to us or put pressure on us about in order to get us to fail God and to sin against Him, we are all still responsible before God for our own actions. We are still guilty of sinning against God if we yield to the pressure to disobey God. And so all who have committed sin against the Lord must repent of their sins, and they must now walk in obedience to our Lord and to His commands, as servants of God.

 

Jeremiah 50:20 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

“20In those days and at that time,

declares the LORD,

a search will be made for Israel’s guilt,

but there will be none,

and for Judah’s sins,

but they will not be found;

for I will forgive

the remnant I preserve.”

 

Biblical Salvation from Sin

 

When Jesus Christ died on that cross it was to put our sins to death with Him, and He rose victorious over death, sin, Satan, and hell on our behalf so that, by faith in Him, we will all deny self, die to sin daily, and walk (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord and to His commands as a matter of life practice, because we love God, and we want to serve Him with our lives. We will then be forgiven of our sins, and we will have the hope of eternal life with God, but provided that we continue in walks of obedience to our Lord.

 

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).

 

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are 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 as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. 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).

 

[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]

 

Forgiveness and Renewal

An Original Work / August 22, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

The Ransom

 

An Original Work / September 8, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Jesus paid the ransom so we’d be forgiven;

Purified from our sin so we’d be set free.

Crucified on a tree; took on Him our sin.

Buried our sin with Him; rose in victory.

Jesus calls us to Him; asks that we flee from sin;

Obey His commandments; live eternally.

 

God our Father loves us, which is why He gave us

His Son to die for us on a cruel tree.

God created us to walk in fellowship

With Him daily trusting in His righteousness.

He has a plan for us to abide in His grace;

Be transformed in our hearts; live for Him always.

 

Won’t you trust in Jesus? Be your Lord and Master?

He wants to forgive you, give you victory.

Over sin and yourself, Jesus set you free.

Daily walking with Him, live victoriously.

Invite Him in your heart. He’ll give you a new start.

Your old life behind you, a new creature be.

 

https://vimeo.com/125864288

When Thoughts Trouble

I pray to the Lord when thoughts trouble my mind.

I put my trust in Him. Then, peace I do find.

I have no control over what others do.

They all have the freedom to others subdue. 

It pains me to watch how some lie and they trick.

Their plans are so sneaky. Their words are so slick.

They hate what is good, and they love what is wrong.

Their deeds are so evil. To God, not belong.

They talk about God as though He is their friend.

But it is words only. On Him, not depend.

They follow the flesh, and do all that they will.

Their lusts now control them. Their vows not fulfill.

They need to repent of their sins unto God,

Forsake all their idols, and on their knees bow.

And God will forgive them of all of their sin,

When they believe Jesus, and let Him come in.

So, I pray for them. But ‘til they bow the knee,

Their sins they continue, temptation not flee.

And it breaks my heart that from faith they depart,

And they won’t let God give to them a new start.

So…

I pray to the Lord when thoughts trouble my mind.

I put my trust in Him. Then, peace I do find.

An Original Work / April 4, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Are You a Lost Sheep?

Jeremiah 50:6-7 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

“6My people are lost sheep;

their shepherds have led them astray,

causing them to roam the mountains.

They have wandered from mountain to hill;

they have forgotten their resting place.

7All who found them devoured them,

and their enemies said,

‘We are not guilty,

for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture,

the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’”

 

God’s Chosen People

 

Under the Old Covenant, God’s people were the Jews. They were Israel. They were God’s chosen people by physical lineage, whether or not they obeyed the Lord and did what He said. But that did not mean that God approved of them or that they had salvation from sin and eternal life with God just because they were Jews by physical birth. They still had to surrender their lives to God, to obey His commands, and to live holy lives, pleasing to Him, in the power of God, by faith in their Lord God.

 

Under the New Covenant, God’s people are all who are of genuine biblical faith in Jesus Christ, whether they are Jew or Gentile by physical birth. And by faith in Jesus Christ we deny self, die with Christ to sin, and we are 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 walks of obedience to our Lord and to His commands. This does not make us perfect, but if sin remains our practice, and not obedience to God, we do not have eternal life with God.

 

Their Shepherds

 

Who are the shepherds of God’s people today? And God’s people today are only those who are of genuine biblical faith in Christ Jesus in denying self, dying to sin, and in walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands as a matter of life practice. Our main shepherd is Jesus Christ, but our human shepherds are typically pastors and elders of church fellowships. And church fellowships are all gatherings of the body of Christ for prayer, fellowship, the teaching of God’s word, sharing of meals, and for mutual encouragement.

 

Sadly, many of these “shepherds” of God’s people are not following in the ways of the Lord, but they are following in the ways of the flesh, and they are teaching lies to the people, thus leading them astray to follow after what is not of God but what is of human flesh, instead. And many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ are following the ways of these shepherds, and they are continuing in deliberate and habitual sin, many not realizing that this will lead them straight to hell and not to heaven if they do not repent.

 

Jeremiah 50:4-5 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

“4In those days and at that time,

declares the LORD,

the children of Israel and the children of Judah

will come together, weeping as they come,

and will seek the LORD their God.

5They will ask the way to Zion

and turn their faces toward it.

They will come and join themselves to the LORD

in an everlasting covenant

that will never be forgotten.”

 

The Truly Repentant

 

Now, this is what we hope for, for the salvation of human lives from the pit of hell, who by faith in Jesus Christ will now deny self, die to sin, and obey God and His commands (New Covenant) in the power of God, as a matter of life practice, in the power of God at work within them. And this includes both Jews and Gentiles by physical birth. For in Jesus’ death on that cross He destroyed the barrier that stood between Jew and Gentile and He made us both one people by biblical faith in Jesus Christ. We are now biblical Israel.

 

For no one is biblical Israel by human descent. And not all are children of Abraham just because they are his physical descendants. For it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but only the children of the promise, a promise that God made with Abraham and his seed, his seed being Jesus Christ. So, if we belong to Christ, by biblical faith in Jesus Christ, then we are Abraham’s seed, and we are heirs according to the promise. But all who deny Jesus as the Christ, God regards as being the antichrist. See:

 

Israel Today: [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; see also Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19]

 

Are You a Lost Sheep?

An Original Work / August 22, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

 

Hymn lyrics by William Williams, pub.1745

tr. by Peter Williams, pub.1771

Music by John Hughes, 1907

 

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,

Pilgrim through this barren land.

I am weak, but Thou art mighty;

Hold me with Thy powerful hand.

Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,

Feed me till I want no more (2X).

 

Open now the crystal fountain,

Whence the healing stream doth flow;

Let the fire and cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through.

Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,

Be Thou still my Strength and Shield (2X).

 

Lord, I trust Thy mighty power,

Wondrous are Thy works of old;

Thou deliver’st thine from thralldom,

Who for naught themselves had sold.

Thou didst conquer, Thou didst conquer

Sin and Satan and the grave (2X).

 

When I tread the verge of Jordan,

Bid my anxious fears subside;

Death of deaths, and hell’s destruction,

Land me safe on Canaan’s side.

Songs of praises, songs of praises,

I will ever give to Thee. Amen (2X).

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7G59DKf-AI

He Took Our Pain

Based off Isaiah 53

Who has believed our message?

To whom has our Lord been revealed?

He had no beauty or majesty;

His looks, to none did appeal.

He was despised, rejected.

A man of much suff’ring and pain,

From whom people have hid their faces,

then looked on Him with disdain.

Surely He took up our pain.

Our sorrow He bore on Himself.

Punished by God, we did judge Him so.

By His wounds, we are made well.

We all, like sheep, have wandered;

Each one of us turned his own way.

The Lord has taken upon Himself

Our sin, so we do not pay.

It was God’s will to crush Him,

To cause Him to suffer for us.

He paid the price for us to be free,

So we’re not mastered by lust.

By grace, through faith we are saved.

We are given new life in Christ.

By faith, we died with Him to our sin.

Through Christ, we now walk in light.

An Original Work / March 25, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

They Have Not Humbled Themselves

Jeremiah 44:3-10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

“3Because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew. 4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

 

5But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods. 6Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.

 

7So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant? 8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside?

 

As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth. 9Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.”

 

Who are They?

 

Who are they today who are willfully and deliberately and habitually sinning against God without remorse, and without repentance, and without obedience to God and to His commands? They are the selfish and the self-indulgent who do as they please without regard for God and for His commands, and without regard for who they hurt in the process. They are idolaters and adulterers and the morally impure. And they are liars and those who fake their Christianity but who do not live what they profess.

 

They are superficial “Christians” who give the appearance of being in relationship with Jesus Christ but by their lifestyles they deny Him. They are those who give lip service to the Lord but who depart from Him and from His commands and from all that is holy, just, righteous, and morally pure, in order to gratify the sinful cravings of the flesh. They are drunk on sin, living to please the flesh, and following after the idols of this world while they profess Christ as Lord and Savior and salvation from sin for themselves.

 

And they are parasites. They are manipulators, deceivers, malicious, liars, the morally unclean, opportunists, untrustworthy, egocentrics who take advantage of other people and their vulnerability, and who use gaslighting as a way to control others and to manipulate others. They love to play mind games with others to keep them off balance and to create friction, also as a means to control and to manipulate others to their advantage. And they love to play the part of the victim when they are indeed the perpetrators.

 

Many are they today who are living in addiction to sexual immorality, who are habitually committing adultery against their spouses. And this doesn’t have to be a physical relationship with another person. Biblical adultery can be purely to just lust after another to whom one is not married, which can include (but does not have to) addiction to pornography and to self-gratification. They may also be those who are addicted to alcoholic beverages, or they can merely be intoxicated to their sinful habits.

 

Even though many of them profess faith in Jesus Christ with their lips they dismiss Him by their thoughts, attitudes, actions, and behaviors. For their idols are not something made out of wood or gold or metal or stone, but they are the sinful desires and passions of their own hearts, i.e. the things they long for and lust after and want more than they want to submit to God and to surrender to His will and to follow Him in obedience to His commands. They want their sins more than a biblical marriage to their spouses, too.

 

Therefore, they are those who provoke God to anger because they profess to know Him, and yet they deny Him habitually by chasing after their idols. For the god they serve is not our creator God, but it is whatever their flesh craves and gives in to and yields control over to on a deliberate and habitual basis, which is against God and against His will and against His Word. And even if they are confronted with the truth of what the Scriptures teach, they will not listen. But they will hear God say, “I never knew you. Depart!”

 

[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]

 

They Have Not Humbled Themselves

An Original Work / August 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

He Gives Purpose 

 

An Original Work / June 9, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

“Listen to Me when I’m calling to you.

Obey freely My word.

Follow Me in all of My ways.

Do all that I say.

Hear Me gently whisper to you

My will for your life and future.

Give all of your life and heart to

Follow Me always.”

 

Repent of your sins and worship Jesus.

He’s your Lord and Master.

He died for your sins so you could

Live with Him today.

He has a plan for your life and

He gives purpose and direction.

He gives meaning to your life,

So follow Him today.

 

“I love you so much I gave My life for

You to walk in My ways,

Living for Me each day as you

Bow to Me and pray.

Witness for Me of your love for Me and

Of My grace and mercy,

How I died to save you of your

Sins now and always.”

 

https://vimeo.com/119038798

Obeying Other Humans Over God

Jeremiah 35:12-17 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

12Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 13“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.

 

14The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!

 

15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me. 16Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.

 

17Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”

 

Is This For Us?

 

These are the words of God spoken by the prophet Jeremiah to the people of God of that time. So they are not written specifically for us. And yet, there is much biblical truth spoken here which can be applied to our lives, as well, a truth that is spoken to the people of God all throughout the New Testament Scriptures, too. And that is that all of us must obey God’s commands. We must put God above all others. We must not put humans above God. God must be first place in our lives now and always, and we must serve Him.

 

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 BSB)

 

Applying This to Today

 

So, what was the situation here? The people were listening to other humans, and they were obeying them, but they were not obeying God and His commands. And this is still the situation today when so many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ are following the words and the ways of other humans rather than obeying the words of God. And this is especially evident in all the different versions of what people call “the gospel” which the people are largely believing, many of which are contrary to the teachings of Christ.

 

Some Examples of This

 

I used to teach ladies’ Bible studies. And one of the things I came up against on a somewhat regular basis was some of them challenging the words of God written in the Scriptures because their pastors taught something different. They looked to their pastors more in the position of God, and if he said it, they took it as though it came from God. But if what we were studying from the Scriptures contradicted what their pastors taught, then they sided with their pastors and what they taught, instead of believing God.

 

And I still face this situation on the internet where people will disagree with what I am sharing from the Scriptures because they were taught something different. And this is one of the main reasons I include Scripture references in pretty much everything that I write, because it is critical to me that I support what I am saying that the Scriptures teach with references to the Scriptures themselves so that you all who are reading this can see for yourselves what the Scriptures teach, and so you will believe God.

 

False Teachers and Teachings

 

For we have so many false teachers among us teaching lies to the people via taking Scriptures out of their correct biblical context and then twisting them to make them say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. But we live in a day and time when so many people are preferring the shorter messages, and the feel good messages. So if it sounds good they go with it rather than to take the time to search the Scriptures themselves to make certain that what they are receiving and believing is the truth.

 

One of the biggest lies being believed today is that you can just pray a prayer to “receive Christ,” or you can proclaim with your lips that Jesus is Lord and that he died on a cross for our sins, and that he was resurrected from the dead, and now you are saved, done deal, nothing else required. But if you read the Scriptures in their full biblical context you will learn that God requires of us who profess faith in Jesus that we deny self, die to sin, and that we obey God and His commands as a matter of life practice.

 

The Gospel of Christ

 

Both under the Old Covenant and under the New Covenant we are instructed of God via His Word that we are to turn from our wicked ways, and that we are to correct our actions to be in agreement with His commands. And we are not to go after “other gods” which can be other humans or sinful practices or anyone or anything we raise above or in place of God. We must not give ourselves over to lying, cheating, stealing, hating, manipulating, and/or to sexual immorality, etc., but our lives must be given over to God.

 

For, we are taught in the Scriptures that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God and to His commands, that no matter what our lips profess, we will not inherit eternal life with God. And we will not be saved from our sins. God will judge us according to our deeds, the Scriptures teach us. And not everyone who says, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one doing (obeying) the will of God the Father who is in heaven. So believe God. Believe His word. Don’t put humans above 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]

 

Obeying Other Humans Over God

An Original Work / August 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

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.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB4KcleYiWM

 

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Because of All The Evil

Jeremiah 32:28-35 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

“28Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. 29And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

 

“30For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

 

“31For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence 32because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. 33They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

 

“34They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. 35They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.”

 

Parallels to Today

 

When I began to read this passage of Scripture today I immediately saw a parallel to the teachings in the book of Revelation having to do with the fall of Babylon (the harlot). For we read in Revelation 18 about Babylon (the harlot) and her many sins against God. She had become a home for demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit, and every detestable beast, and the nations of the earth had drunk of her immorality, and her sins were piled up to heaven, and God had remembered her iniquities, and so she was to be consumed with fire. In a single hour she is to be destroyed.

 

And then I recalled the poem the Lord just had me post on the internet, which he gave me to write in March of 2018. For it was in reference to sin running amok within the walls of churches, the gospel truth facing so much disdain, men in pulpits making jokes about sacred things, compromising the truth of the Scriptures to appease human flesh. There is so much focus on worldly things, and so many pastors who are just actors playing their roles feeding lies to the people, entertaining the audience. Professing Christians are living in immorality, marriages are falling apart, but few seem to care.

 

And this largely describes the state of affairs in my nation (the USA), and within our government, and within many of the gatherings of the church (or what are falsely being referred to as “churches”). And I do believe that the government within my nation fits the description of “the harlot Babylon,” although I am certain this fits with other nations and their governments and their “churches,” as well, to a certain degree. But none have quite the power and influence over the rest of the world as does the government of my nation which is under the control of the One World Order “Beast.”

 

And I do believe that the USA, as a nation, but more specifically the government of my nation, is under the judgment of God the same as is described here in Jeremiah 32 and in Revelation 18. For the church at large in my nation has partnered with the world and united with the government in unholy unions, and so they have altered the gospel to make it more palatable to the ungodly and to human flesh, and they have rejected God’s requirements of repentance (turning from sin) and for obedience to His commands, and so many people are now believing the lies and not the truth.

 

The judgment of God is coming to the USA. It may already be here, too, in some forms and fashion. But the big heavy hit is on its way, in due time, in the timing of God. We can see it in the things being presented to us in the news, and in the alternate news, and just in general by the things going on in the world about us. So much is changing, and so fast. And so much is moving away from biblical Christianity and salvation from sin, and so many people are believing, living, and proclaiming the lies which send people to hell, and not to heaven. So pay attention. And obey God from now on.

 

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

 

Because of All The Evil

An Original Work / August 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

For Our Nation 

 

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

 

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Trust Him with your life today.

Make Him your Lord and your Savior.

Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.

He will forgive you of your sin;

Cleanse your heart, made new within.

 

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.

On our knees to God we’re praying,

Seeking God to give us answers

That are only found in Him.

God is sovereign over all things.

Nothing from His mind escaping.

He has all things under His command,

And will work all for good.

 

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

 

Men deceiving: We’re believing

In our Lord, and interceding

For our nation and its people

To obey their God today.

He is our hope for our future.

For our wounds He offers suture.

He is all we need for this life.

Trust Him with your life today.

 

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