Keep Your Behavior Excellent

“Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.” (1 Peter 2:11-12 NASB1995)

As followers of Jesus Christ we are to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. And this isn’t just about sexual immorality and/or porn addiction, but this covers every area of our lives where we might be being drawn toward fleshly lusts (desires of the flesh) which are not pleasing to God and which are contradictory to the will of God and/or to moral purity. And this can cover all kinds of ground including the music we listen to, videos we watch, books we read, stories we tell, and the list goes on and on.

For God did not put us on this earth to please ourselves. He did not put us on this earth to be entertained and to live for what pleases our flesh. He put us on this earth to give him glory and praise by believing in Jesus, denying self, dying to sin, and obeying our Lord and his commandments, in the power of God. He put us here because he has a purpose for our lives which he has planned for us and which he wants us to do. So we need to seek his face to find out his plan, and then we need to walk in his ways, by his grace.

For the Christian life isn’t just about putting off the bad stuff and to stop making sin our practice. It is about putting on the good stuff of God and to walk in his ways according to his commands. We put off the bad behaviors and we now keep our behaviors excellent, according to the will of God, by his grace, and in his power. Instead of living to please the flesh, we now live to please God in doing what he has called us to do. For how we live bears testimony as to whether or not what we profess is a reality in our lives.

Put Offs and Put Ons: [Matthew 5:27-30; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Colossians 3:5-11; 1 Timothy 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-17; 1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]  

Only in Him  

Based off Isaiah 30

An Original Work / February 19, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love 

Woe to those who look to man’s help;

Who turn away from Jesus Christ;

Forming an alliance not in step with God;

Making their own plans, and praying not.

Willing not to listen to truth,

They close their ears to what is right.

Pleasing words are all that they’ll hear;

Feel good messages that bring cheer.

Trust in your Lord; turn from your sin.

Put your faith now ONLY IN HIM.

Do not turn to idols. They’ll not satisfy.

Jesus will save you. That’s why He died.

Your Lord will be gracious to you.

He cares all about you, ‘tis true.

He forgives you all of your sin

When you give your life up to Him.

Oh, how truly gracious He’ll be

When you bow to Him on your knees;

Turning now from your sin; walking in his ways.

He’ll lead and guide you all of your days.

Now you will sing praises to Him.

He delivered you from your sin.

You’ll tell others now of His grace,

So they may see Christ face-to-face. 

https://vimeo.com/87181019

Keep Your Behavior Excellent

An Original Work / March 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Out of Darkness into The Light

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” (1 Peter 2:9-10 NASB1995)

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are the chosen of God. We are a holy nation, which is a spiritual nation. We are a royal priesthood, not in need of human priests to intervene for us to God. For we can now enter into God’s holy presence by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We can speak directly to God without other human intervention. And we now belong to God, and he owns us, and our lives are now to be surrendered to him to do his will, to obey his commands, in the power of God, by his Spirit.

We are to be those who are taking the message of salvation to the people of the world. But we need to make certain that “the gospel” we are believing is the one taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, and that it is not one that has been altered and diluted to make it more acceptable to human flesh. For the most popular “gospel” message being taught in the USA today is not of God, but is of the flesh of humans who are softening it to make it more palatable to humans who want to continue in their sin.

But we are to be the people of God who are proclaiming the excellencies of God who has called us out of darkness (sin, wickedness) into his marvelous light (Jesus Christ, righteousness, godliness, death to sin and obedience to our Lord and to his commands). For Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to put our sins to death with him, and he was resurrected from the dead so that we will now die to sin and obey his commandments as a matter of life practice. And this is the message of the gospel we are to share.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; Acts 26:18; 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; Colossians 3:1-17; 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]   

And all this is a gift from God. Not one of us, in our own merit, deserves to be forgiven our sins and to be given new lives in Christ Jesus to be lived for his glory. All this is because of God’s grace. But God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return. And if we want to follow Jesus we must deny self, die daily to sin, and obey our Lord and his commands (Titus 2:11-14; Luke 9:23-26).

Unless You Are Born Again

Based off John 3:1-21

An Original Work / November 3, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Nicodemus came to Jesus.

He acknowledged God was with Him.

Jesus said, “You can’t see heaven

Unless you are born again.”

“How can a man be born when he’s old?

Can he enter into his mother’s womb?”

Jesus answered, “Flesh is flesh,

So of the Spirit, you must be.”

Jesus said to Nicodemus,

“You’re a teacher, and yet you don’t

Understand of what I tell you,

Because you will not believe.

“For God so loved the world that He gave

His one and His only Son for your sin.

So, whoever believes in Him

Has eternal life in heav’n.

“Light has come into the world,

But human beings love the darkness,

Because their deeds are so evil,

So in truth, they stand condemned.

“Everyone who practices evil

Fears that the Light will expose his sin.

Yet, whoever lives his life by the Light

Does so through his God.”

https://vimeo.com/114686371

Out of Darkness into The Light

An Original Work / March 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Pure Milk of The Word

“Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.” (1 Peter 2:1-3 NASB1995)

“Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander..” (1 Peter 2:1)

All throughout the New Testament we are taught that faith in Jesus Christ, if it comes from God and is not of the flesh, it will result in us denying self, dying with Christ to sin, and walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands – all in his power and strength and wisdom. And we are taught all the kinds of things that we, as followers of Christ, are to put out of our lives, by the grace of God, and the kinds of things we are to put on in our lives in their place, as led by the Spirit. For we put off the sinful nature and put on Christ.

Put Offs and Put Ons: [Matt 5:27-30; Matt 7:21-23; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; 1 Co 6:9-10; Gal 5:16-24; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 3:5-11; 1 Thes 4:1-8; 1 Tim 4:7; Titus 2:11-14; Heb 12:1-17; 1 Pet 1:14; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 1 Jn 3:4-10]  

"..like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation.." (1 Peter 2:2)

Now, when this instructs us, like newborn babies, to long for the pure milk of The Word, this is not encouraging us to be immature in faith and to be infantile in behaviors. It is talking about us hungering after the Word of God like a newborn baby hungers after their mother’s milk. Now, I nursed all four of my children, so I know what that is like to have a baby at my breast sucking in as much milk as they can get, to want it with their whole being like it is a matter of life and death if they do not have it, or have enough.

This is how we are to hunger after the pure word of God. We are to desire it with our whole being, longing to hear from our Lord, and longing to know what his word teaches us and how we are to apply it to our daily lives. We want to know The Word so we can obey it; so we can live it by the grace of God; and so we can grow in it in all knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, so that we can, by the grace of God, be putting it into daily practice in our lives. And so we drink in The Word like an infant drinks their mother’s milk.

“..if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.” (1 Peter 2:3)

Please pay close attention to these “IF” statements all throughout the Scriptures, but especially in the New Testament under the New Covenant God has with his people (Jew and Gentile by faith in Jesus Christ). For when it begins with “if” it is introducing a conditional clause. It is saying “if this is true, then this is what follows.” So, what does it mean if we have “tasted the kindness of the Lord”? This is speaking of his grace to us in providing us with salvation from our slavery to sin so we can now serve God with our lives:

“Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.” (Romans 11:22)

For our Lord’s kindness is not a free ride to heaven based on lip service only. His grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return. And Jesus 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 sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God (Titus 2:11-14; Luke 9:23-26).

“If” Vs [Matthew 10:22; John 8:31-32; John 15:1-12; Romans 11:17-24; 1 Corinthians 15:2; Colossians 1:21-23; 2 Timothy 2:10-13; Hebrews 3:6,14-15; 2 Peter 1:5-11; 2 Peter 2:20-22; 1 John 2:24-25; 1 John 3:4-10]

Gift of God  

Based off Various Scriptures 

An Original Work / October 25, 2016

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus Christ, Son of God,

Died for us on a cross;

Conquered death, sin, and hell,

So, with Him, we would dwell.

For, by His grace, we are saved.

He set us free from all sin.

Thanks be to God for His Gift.

Through faith in Him, we’re forgiven.

Holy Spirit of God,

Given to us who believe,

Gives us new life in Christ;

Made to be just like Him.

We died with Christ to our sin.

New lives in Him we begin,

Walking with Christ day by day.

We read His Word, and we pray.

Jesus, He is our Lord.

Follow Him where He leads.

Tell the world of His grace.

We’ll see Christ face to face.

Soon He is coming again.

We’ll be forever with Him.

He’ll wipe our tears all away.

Oh, what a wonderful day!

https://vimeo.com/188931779

The Pure Milk of The Word

An Original Work / March 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Conditional or Unconditional?

John 8:31-32 NIV

“To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’”

There are many people today who are teaching that God’s love for us is unconditional. Is it? It is in the sense that we do nothing to earn or to deserve his love. He doesn’t love us because of our own goodness, but because he is love. In that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

But how they teach his unconditional love is that God loves us no matter what we do. No matter if we ignore him, make sin our practice, deny him as Lord of our lives, he still adores us and he showers us with his blessings, so they say. Basically, we can live a life of total denial of him and they teach that will never stop God from loving us and showering us with blessings.

But is that biblical? 

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.” Jn. 14:15, 21, 23-24

“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.” Jn. 15:10

So, is there a difference between the love God has for the whole world in that he sent his Son Jesus Christ to die on a cross for our sins, and the love he has for his followers, which is an intimate relationship kind of love? I believe there is. For, those who do not believe in Jesus don’t experience the love of God in the same way we do who are in Christ, by faith in him.

So, is our relationship with Jesus Christ conditional? Yes! Not only must we believe on him to have eternal life, but we must abide in his love, and we must keep his (New Covenant) commandments, and we must hold to his teaching and to our faith to the very end. And we must walk, not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit, and we must not disown him. 

But none of this can be accomplished in and of ourselves, of our own doing and choosing, and of our own flesh. It is only as the Spirit of God indwells us and empowers us to live righteously that we can live in his righteousness.

[See also Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-17; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Co 15:2; Col 1:21-23; 2 Tim 2:10-13; Hebrews 3:6,14-15; Jn 15:1-12; Lu 9:23-26]

John 8:33-38 NIV

“They answered him, ‘We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?’

“Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word. I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.’”

Some people think that if their parents claimed to be Christians that it makes them Christians. Or they think that because they grew up in the institutional church that it automatically means they are God’s children. Or they think a verbal confession of faith, or words repeated, or baptism, or Catechism assures them of their salvation and eternal life with God.

But none of that is required for salvation of sin, and none of that assures anyone of being in relationship with Christ, born again of the Spirit of God, forgiven of their sins, and headed to heaven when they die.

Jesus went on to tell them that their father was the devil, and that they wanted to carry out their father’s desires. He said that they were doing the works of their father, the devil, for they were looking for a way to kill Jesus. Yet they claimed that the only father they had was God.

But Jesus’ words to them set the record straight. If we make sin our practice we are slaves to sin, and that leads to death, not life everlasting. Those who walk (in practice) in sin have no inheritance in God’s eternal kingdom (Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-17; 1 Jn 1:5-9; Lu 9:23-26; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8).

So, when this says here that if the Son sets us free that we are free indeed, that does not mean that we can claim to have faith in Jesus Christ, decide therefore that we have been set free from our sin, but then go on living in sin, feeling as though being “free” is merely freedom from the punishment of sin and thus we can keep on in our sin now without guilt or fear of harm.

For, Jesus makes it clear here that if God is our Father, we will love Jesus, and Jesus says that to love him is to obey him (Jn 14:23-24).

And John says that we know that we have come to know Jesus/God if we keep his commands. If we say, “I know him,” but we are not doing what he commands, as a matter of practice, we are liars, and the truth is not in us. But if we are obeying God’s word (under the New Covenant), then love for God is made complete in us (See 1 Jn 2:3-6).

But many who profess faith in Jesus Christ are willfully ignoring this truth because they prefer the lies of the devil, instead. And that is because they want to continue to live in their sin without guilt, and they want the freedom to live however they want, and they don’t want to have to surrender their lives to Jesus Christ. They want to retain control over their own lives.

So, those who are living like this will usually reject the truth when it is presented to them, and they may even attack the truth with lies they heard or with ones they made up themselves. Or they may make excuses for why they are still living in slavery to sin, as though Jesus didn’t die to set them free, and as though they just have to find a way to break their bad habits.

But those who belong to the Lord hear what God says. So, if anyone is not willing to hear the truth of God’s teachings in Scripture on this subject of God’s requirements for us for our eternal salvation, then Scripture says they don’t belong to God. For his sheep listen to him, and they follow (obey) him.

Open My Heart  

An Original Work / July 2, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

“Be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil” (Rm. 16:19b).

Open my heart. Let Your truth in.

Make of me a servant, pure within;

Sing of Your praise all of my days. 

Let Your Spirit transform all my ways.

Jesus Christ died on a cross to

Save me from my sin.

“Repent of sin. Be cleansed within.

Obey all of His commands today.”

“Why do you doubt? Why do you fear?

Jesus Christ will wipe away your tears.

He cares for you. He feels your pain.

Die to sin, and life with Him you’ll gain.

Follow Him where’er He leads you.

Talk with Him each day.

Then you will know what He has planned

For your life before your world began.”

“Come unto Me, weary in heart.

Let My love and grace to you impart.

Believe in Me. Trust in My care.

Take your burdens to the Lord in prayer.

He will meet all of your needs, 

And give you peace within.

Rejoice in Him! Tell of His love.

He will give you comfort from above.”

https://vimeo.com/116072845

Conditional or Unconditional?

An Original Work / January 15, 2021

Reposted March 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Are We Living by The Spirit?

“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please… Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.” (Galatians 5:16-17,24-26 NASB1995)

The whole purpose of Jesus dying on that cross, putting our sins to death with him, and being resurrected from the dead, was so that, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in him, we might now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living, for the glory and praise of God, and in the power of God, as led by the Spirit, and not in our own flesh. Sin is to no longer have mastery over our lives, but Jesus Christ is now to be Lord and Master of our lives, as we submit to him.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

So, what should that look like to “walk by the Spirit”? And to “live by the Spirit”? Certainly it involves daily denying self, putting sin to death, by the Spirit, and walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. But it isn’t all just about putting sin to death and obeying God’s commands. It is also about answering God’s call upon our lives to go where he sends us, and to say what he commands, and to do what he has gifted and called us to do as members of his body, the body of Christ. It is about ministering to others.

For Jesus Christ did not give his life up for us on that cross just to save us out of our bondage to sin and to promise us eternity with God when we die. He gave his life up for us to change us and to conform us to the likeness of himself and to make us into the people of God fit for his service. Our lives are no longer to be our own to be lived for our own purposes, but our lives are to be surrendered to the will of God for his purposes. And he has something very specific that he has for each one of us to do in this life.

Our callings from God, although the same in some respects, are also very different from one another. For although we may have similar gifts of the Spirit, we won’t all be the same body parts, and we may not all use our gifts in all the same ways. For God made us all different, and he uniquely designed each one of us specifically as he had planned for our lives. And so we are not all going to fit into some organized standard created by other humans as to how our body parts are to operate within the church.

And let me give you an example of this. I was on a Christian discussion site a few years back where there were these two women who opposed me on a regular basis. One of their criticisms was that I had songs posted at the end of most all of the writings given me by the Lord. They felt that wasn’t biblical for some reason. For it just didn’t fit with what they were used to. But the Scriptures instruct us Christians to address one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom.

[Ephesians 5:15-21; Colossians 3:16; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25]

So, in 2004, the Lord called me to write down what I am learning from him during my times spent with him in the word each day and to post these writings on the internet so that a herald could “run with it” (the name of my blog). In 2011 he started me writing simple songs of faith. In 2018 he started me writing poems. And in 2020 he started me making video talks. And these he has me post on the internet on various sites on a daily basis. This is my calling from God, which may not be the same as everyone else.

Your calling of God may be something similar as mine, or it may be something completely different from the calling of God on my life. And that’s good that we are not all the same. But all of us should share one common denominator, and that is that we are being led by the Spirit, and that we are walking by the Spirit, and that we are living by the Spirit and no longer according to our sinful flesh. And what we are doing should be in line with the Spirit and with the Scriptures and it should not be against the Scriptures.

[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; James 5:19-20]

Fully Ready!  

Based off Acts 20-22,26; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8

An Original Work / June 19, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Why are you weeping and breaking my heart?

I’m fully ready to suffer for Christ.

If I must die for the sake of His name,

I am convinced it will not be in vain.

Glory to God and to His Son Jesus,

Who has redeemed us; bought with His blood.

May I speak to you? Jesus came to me;

Asked of me, “Why do you persecute me?”

He said, “Now get up and stand on your feet.

Go, and you’ll be told all I have for you.

I have appointed you as a servant,

And as a witness; you have been sent.”

“Go into the world and preach the gospel.

Open the blind eyes. They will receive sight.

Turn them from darkness to the light of Christ;

From power of the evil one to God,

So they may receive forgiveness of sins,

And a place among those who’re in heav’n.”

https://vimeo.com/115439432

Are We Living by The Spirit?

An Original Work / March 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Called to Freedom

“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery… For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Galatians 5:1,13-14 NASB1995)

The book of Galatians centers much on the subject of the Old Covenant law and what it looks like for the believers in Christ to be free from the liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary, and Sabbath laws. And it addresses the subject of the Judaizers who were trying to convince the Christians that they had to obey some of the Old Covenant laws and customs, most especially that they must be circumcised. Paul let them know that they did not have to be circumcised of the flesh, but of the Spirit only.

But Paul also let them know that freedom from the Old Covenant liturgical and ceremonial laws was not freedom to now live in sin. It was not freedom to now live however they wanted to live. It was not freedom to not have to obey God and his New Covenant commands. Under the New Covenant we still have to obey God. Sin must not be our practice. Holy and righteous living, by the grace of God, in the power of God, should be what we now practice. For to love is to prefer what God prefers, which is obeying God.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:1-26; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10]  

Too many people today are teaching that, under the New Covenant, God’s grace forgives us of all sins and promises us eternal life with God, but regardless of how we live, even if we continue in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord. But God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return (Titus 2:11-14). So, what they are teaching the people are lies disguised as truth. 

But we also still have Judaizers among us today who are trying to convince Christians to be more like Jews and to hold to some of the Old Covenant ceremonial laws and customs, and that this will draw them closer to God. But that is a lie, just like it was when Paul wrote to the Galatians. And we also have it being pushed on Christians that we should give honor and support and almost a kind of worship to the physical and political nation of Israel, which, as a nation, is anti-God and antichrist, not God’s chosen ones.

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

So, we need to be students of the Scriptures who study them in the correct biblical context, under the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit. And we need to be followers of Jesus Christ who test what we are hearing from others against the teachings of the Scriptures, taught in the correct biblical context. For we are not free to keep sinning against God, and we do have to obey his commands. And we are not to give our honor, value, and support to a political nation which is anti-God and antichrist in faith and practice.

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

Called to Freedom

An Original Work / March 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

But The Fruit of The Spirit is..

“Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” (Galatians 5:19-24 NASB1995)

Basically, what these few verses did here was to present the true biblical message of the gospel of Christ, of our salvation. For Jesus Christ, in his death on that cross, took upon himself our sins, and he put our sins to death with him, and he was resurrected from the dead, so that, by faith in him, we will now die to sin and walk with him in obedience to his commands. By the grace of God we will put off the old sinful nature, be born of the Spirit, and now live holy lives, pleasing to God, bearing the character of our Lord.

For, when the Scriptures teach that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God, this is speaking to all who profess faith in Jesus Christ. It serves as a warning to us to not take God and his commands lightly. It lets us know that faith in Jesus Christ, if it is biblical faith, and so it comes from God, will result in us denying self, dying to sin daily (by the Spirit) and us walking (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in the power of God.

BUT… if we continue to make sin our practice (habit, lifestyle), and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, then we don’t know God, we are not in fellowship with Jesus Christ, he is not our Lord, we don’t love God, we are not his offspring, we are not saved from our sins, and we do not have eternal life with God. For it is not the one who says, “Lord, Lord,” who is saved from their sins and who has eternal life with God, but it is all who are doing (obeying) the will of God the Father in heaven (see Matthew 7:21-23).

So, don’t believe the lies which are spreading so rapidly today which are teaching that we can “believe” in Jesus, have all our sins forgiven, and be guaranteed entry into God’s heaven when we die, but while we continue to make sin our practice, and regardless of whether or not we obey our Lord’s commands. For faith = obedience. And disobedience = unbelief, as taught all throughout the New Testament Scriptures. But you can see this especially in reading Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; and 1 Corinthians 10:1-22.

Therefore, if our faith in Jesus Christ is of the Spirit, and not of the flesh, it should produce in us the fruit of the Spirit and not the fruit of the flesh. No longer should we be engaged in habitual lies, adultery, idolatry, sexual immorality, fighting, drunkenness, and carousing, etc. But we should be producing love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. But love obeys God. It is centered in moral purity. And kindness is not lying to people. So obey God, not the flesh.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:1-26; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10]  

Awestruck Grief  

An Original Work / April 21, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When in awestruck grief 

o’er my sins, Lord, I bow,

Will You hear me, Lord, 

and forgive me just now?

I am so amazed that 

You could love me so.

Yet, Your love and kindness 

ever fill my soul.

Lord, You are amazing, 

and gracious and kind

To have offered Yourself 

for us when we’re blind.

You were crucified 

on that hill, Calvary,

When they hung Your body 

to die on a tree.

Now that You’ve redeemed us 

and, thus, set us free,

I pray, Lord, for all 

on this earth to believe

In Your sacrifice, Lord, 

cleansing all our sin,

So that we can live for You, 

and die within.

https://vimeo.com/116209740

But The Fruit of The Spirit is..

An Original Work / March 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love