Justified By Faith

Romans 5:1-2 NKJV

 

“1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

 

I am borrowing this from a writing from two months ago, “Peace with God,” because this is what I am being led of the Lord to do today. For it is good if we can know and understand the meanings of these words in the Scriptures so that we can apply them to our walks of faith in the Lord Jesus.

 

Justified

 

What does it mean to be justified? It means to be made righteous, to be conformed to a proper standard, which is God’s standard for how we ought to live as followers of Jesus Christ. And to be righteous is to be morally pure, upright, honorable, faithful, honest, decent, and obedient to God, in practice, by the grace of God, and in the power of God, which is not of our own flesh. For it refers to what is deemed right by the Lord, what is approved in his eyes. Justification is to show what is right, and to be cleared of all charges.

 

Faith

 

And what is faith? It is belief, fidelity, moral conviction, and faithfulness. And it is divine persuasion, the persuasion of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands in holy living, by the grace of God, in the power of God. For this faith comes from God, it is authored by God, it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God, and it is not of our own doing, but it is something we must put into practice, by God’s grace.

 

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Hebrews 12:1-2; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24]

 

Peace

 

And what is this peace with God being spoken of here? It is wholeness, fullness, and completeness. It has to do with us being joined together with Christ, united with him by faith in him, no longer separate (apart) from God, but now joined with him in unity of heart, mind, purpose, and action. We are now in Christ by faith in him, and he is in us by his Spirit. And we are at peace because our trust is now in our Lord and not in ourselves, and because we know God has all things under his control. So we trust him.

 

Grace

 

And what is this grace of God in which we are to be standing? Well, the grace of God, which is gifted to us by God, 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. God’s grace is what sent Jesus Christ to the cross to put our sins to death with him, and to be raised from the dead, so we can now die to sin and obey God, in practice. For it is God’s purpose that we no longer walk in sin but in obedience to him.

 

[Titus 2:11-14; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23]

 

God’s Glory

 

And so we exult (rejoice) in the hope (faith, anticipation, expectation) of the glory (honor, praise, worship, and intrinsic worth) of Almighty God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Our God always was, and always will be. And he is absolutely holy and righteous in all that he does. And he is the one who formed us in the wombs of our mothers. And he is the one who made salvation from sin possible for all of us who put our faith and hope in him to deliver us out of sin.

 

And 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).

 

[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]

 

The Peace of Christ 

 

Based off of Colossians 3:1-17; Ephesians 5:19-20

An Original Work / October 31, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you,

As you teach with all wisdom,

Teaching one another to not

Think on earthly things;

Think instead on things above,

Where Christ sits with God, in love,

Saving us from all of our sins,

Cleansing us; made new within.

 

Let the peace of Christ rule your hearts,

As you sing songs unto Him;

Speak to one another with psalms,

Hymns, and spir’tual songs;

Always giving thanks to God,

In the name of Christ, His Son,

Who gave His life up for us all,

And gave us eternal life.

 

Let the love of Christ within you

Rule in your hearts; grace within,

Purifying you from your sin,

Make you whole within.

Forgive as the Lord forgave.

Show His kindness ev’ry day.

In word or deed, whate’er you do,

Glory give to Jesus Christ.

 

https://vimeo.com/125863950

 

Justified By Faith

Borrowed from “Peace with God”

An Original Work / April 8, 2026

Reposted on June 4, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Is Darkness Your Old Friend?

Romans 2:17-24 NKJV

Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God, 18and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. 21You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.

In the world today, what this is speaking of is a matter of those who hypocritically profess faith in Jesus Christ, who can recite Bible verses, who know intellectually what the Scriptures teach, who know the commands of God under the New Covenant, that we are to obey them, who are indeed those who instruct and who teach others in the things of God, according to the teachings of the Scriptures, who will even defend the Scriptures, but who do not live them, but who live against them, as a matter of life practice.

They know the commands of God. They know what God’s word says about the kinds of things that we are not to do as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ. They are not ignorant. And many of them are very scholarly when it comes to the teachings of the Scriptures. And some of them are pastors of church congregations, or they are missionaries or evangelists, and those who teach others about right and wrong, but who themselves do not practice what they preach. But rather, they do the opposite, by habit (addiction).

Romans 2:25-29 NKJV

25For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? 28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.

So, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, how can we apply these biblical principles to our lives today? Basically, what this is teaching us is that going through the motions of religious practice, making a verbal confession of Christ as Lord, getting baptized, joining a “church congregation,” faithfully attending Saturday or Sunday services, paying your tithes, and going through religious rituals and ceremonies which have been passed down from generation to generation is not what determines our salvation from sin.

For we are not Christians who are Christians only outwardly, superficially, by going through the motions of religious rites and rules and ceremonies, speaking here of what is regarded as legalism, which is of the flesh of humans, and not of God. We may look good, sound good, and sound as though we really know the Scriptures, but if we don’t live it, in practice, we are just hypocrites putting on a performance. And I am not saying we must all be perfect, but that we should be those who live what we preach.

And to be a Christian inwardly does not mean that we remain silent about our faith in Jesus Christ and that we keep it hidden from others so that they will not hate us and reject or mock us. For to be a true follower of Christ we are to deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands. And this should be shown outwardly by our works which are of the Spirit, in us bearing spiritual and biblical fruit for the kingdom of God. And we are to be sharing the gospel of Christ with the people of the world.

Hello Darkness

Sadly, it seems today that the majority of those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, at least here in the USA, do not believe, in truth and in practice, in the gospel of salvation taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles. So many are believing the lies which tell them that all they must do is profess faith in Jesus and now they are good to go, while many of them continue in deliberate and habitual sin. But even many who know the truth are still living in addiction to sin, so they keep returning to their vomit.

So, darkness (sin) is their “old friend” who they keep going back to over again. And so they create their own imaginary world where they can profess to be Christians while sin is still their god. And this is predominantly but not limited to sexual immorality, and more specifically in the area of adultery which has to do with lusting after others to whom one is not married, according to Jesus (Matthew 5:27-28). And this seems predominantly in the area of porn addiction and all that comes along with that, including the lies.

For those who live in addiction to sin, some may put on a performance of all goodness while in secret they are living a double life. They are not walking in obedience to the Lord, in practice, for sin is still what they are holding on to. But they cover it up with lies, and with performance, for their hearts have not changed. What is stored up in their hearts is still coming out in their addictive behaviors. So by their hypocrisy they are blaspheming the name of Jesus who died on a cross to deliver us from our addiction to sin.

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

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior

And your testimony is separate from Him.

Your words not matching your actions today.

Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.

Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,

For you profess one thing, but other you do.

Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.

Not living in truth to what you confess.

Lying about it puts you in a mess.

Living a lie is your practice, ‘tis true of you.

Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.

Your heart is not given to your Lord God.

Because of how you live, you are a fraud.

Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

https://vimeo.com/287303934

Is Darkness Your Old Friend?

An Original Work / June 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Know the Goodness of God

Romans 2:1-4 NKJV

 

“1Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. 2But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. 3And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? 4Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?”

 

Now this is specifically addressing the subject of hypocritical judging, and it is not an indictment against all judging. For we are to judge right from wrong, and good from evil. We are to test the spirits to see which ones are of God, and which are not. But we are not to judge other people unjustly, by human standards, by our own traditions, by comparing others to ourselves, or in hate, with the wrong motives, prejudicially, by appearances, and/or without first giving the person a hearing or a chance to defend himself.

 

[Matthew 7:1-5; John 7:24,51; John 8:15-16; Romans 2:3; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 1 Corinthians 6:1-6; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 11:1-4; Galatians 6:1-5; Ephesians 5:11; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; James 5:19-20; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 1 John 2:18-25; 1 John 4:1; Jude 1:22-23; Revelation 2:2]

 

But hypocritical judging is especially grievous to the Lord and is a slap in the face (an insult) to him and to his grace. And this is being done by those who are making a practice of sin themselves, deliberately and habitually, while they stand in judgment of others’ sins which may be even far less grievous to God. Or else they stand in judgment of others who are committing the same sins as what they are committing willfully and continuously, by habit. Thus they are despising the goodness of God which is to lead to repentance.

 

Romans 2:5-11 NKJV

 

“5But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6who ‘will render to each one according to his deeds’: 7eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; 8but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, 9tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; 10but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11For there is no partiality with God.”

 

Now there are a lot of people today who believe that once they have professed faith in Jesus Christ that God will never judge them, no matter how much they sin against God. It is true that the grace of God pardons our sins if we have, by biblical faith in Jesus Christ, repented of (turned from) our sins, and now by the grace of God we are following the Lord in obedience to his commands. But God’s grace is not carte blanche (free reign) to keep living in sin without judgment, and without punishment.

 

For the grace of God, 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 await our Lord’s return. And if we claim to be in fellowship with God while we continue in deliberate and habitual sin, we are liars. And if we claim to know God but while we do not obey him in practice, we are liars. And if we profess Jesus as Lord but sin is still our practice, and not obeying God, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

 

For on the day of judgment we will all have to stand before the Lord and he will judge us according to our deeds, according to how we lived and whether we surrendered to him, forsook our sins, and followed him in obedience, or if we stubbornly continued in deliberate and habitual sin and not in obedience to his commands. For all who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, they will face the wrath of God. And they will hear God say, “I never knew you. Depart from me workers of lawlessness.”

 

[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]

 

Love Must Be Genuine

 

Based off Romans 12:9-21

An Original Work / October 22, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Love must be genuine.

Hate what’s evil; cling to good.

Love each other with affection.

Show respect for ev’ryone.

Never lack in your zeal.

Serve the Lord with diligence.

 

Rejoice in steadfast hope.

In affliction, patient be.

Keep on praying; share with others.

Practice hospitality.

Bless those who persecute.

Feel with others sympathy.

 

Be not filled with conceit.

Daily sit at Jesus’ feet.

Live in harmony with others.

Live at peace with ev’ryone.

Repay not to someone

With the evil he begot.

 

Do not take your revenge;

Leave it to the wrath of God.

If your enemy is thirsty,

Give to him something to drink.

Do what’s right for mankind.

Evil: overcome with good.

 

https://vimeo.com/114695549

 

Know the Goodness of God

An Original Work / June 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Without Excuse

Summary Romans 1:18-25

 

All of human kind has been shown God’s invisible attributes through his created works (his creation). So, if any of us chooses ungodliness and unrighteousness and uncleanness, in the lusts of our hearts, in exchange for the truth about God, and if we end up worshipping the created instead of the creator, he will not force himself upon us. But if we choose sin over righteousness, then we should not expect God to bless us with his heavenly blessings. He will judge us, instead, for we are without excuse in his eyes.

 

Romans 1:26-32 NKJV

 

“For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

 

“28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.”

 

An Uncomfortable Subject

 

Now, this is not a popular passage of Scripture, and it is one which people will often pass over, probably because it is uncomfortable, for it deals with subjects people don’t like to talk about, as a general rule. For we live in an era within the institutional church, in particular, where they are generally “soft-balling” the gospel in order to avoid confronting people with the truth of what God’s word teaches on such subjects as this. For they are trying to attract the world to their gatherings, so they may avoid passages like these.

 

But, contrary to what many people are teaching in the gatherings of the church (the body of Christ), or within these institutional market-driven “churches” of human origin, God is not okay with any of us living in sin, making sin our practice (our lifestyle). For Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to deliver us out of our addiction to sin so we will now serve him with our lives in walks of surrender to him in obedience to his commands. So these “church” gatherings which are embracing immorality are anti-biblical.

 

Choose Sin, Choose Death

 

Now, this is not just covering the subject of sexual immorality, although that is certainly prominent here. But this is also speaking against all wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, envy, murder, strife, deceit, backbiting, hating, violence, betrayal, unforgiveness, and lacking in love and mercy, etc., as a matter of life practice. But please know that the Scriptures do not teach that if we sin once that we are now under the judgment of God (see 1 John 2:1-2). But God’s grace is training us to say “NO!” to all worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives, in this life (see Titus 2:11-14).

 

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

 

So, God is not okay with us continuing in deliberate and habitual sin, and he will judge us, and he will condemn us if we choose to make sin our practice, and if righteousness, godliness, and obedience to our Lord and to his commands are not what we practice. For those who deliberately practice what is sinful in the eyes of the Lord are not only deserving of death, but according to the Scriptures, all who continue in habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord in holy living, will not have eternal life with 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]

 

Teach Them 

 

Based off various scriptures

An Original Work / May 24, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Open up the blinded eyes of

Those who walk in sin’s darkness.

Turn them to the light of Christ

And to His righteousness.

Turn them from the pow’r of Satan.

Turn them to the peace of Christ,

So they may receive forgiveness

And eternal life.

 

Teach them to put off their old selves

And their former way of life,

And to put on their new self,

Reborn to be like Christ;

To not copy worldly customs;

Be transformed in life and mind;

Obey freely His word in them,

Pleasing unto God.

 

Teach them how to love their neighbors

Truly as they love themselves;

Be a witness; share the gospel;

Satan’s lies dispel;

Comfort all who mourn in sadness;

Share Christ’s love and joy today.

Do this through your life and witness

For your Lord always.

 

https://vimeo.com/125485489

 

Without Excuse

An Original Work / June 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Power of God

Romans 1:16-17 NKJV

 

“16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith.’”

 

The Gospel of Christ

 

First off, what is the gospel of Christ? And the reason I ask that question is because there are multiple renditions out there being called “the gospel,” most of which are alterations of the gospel taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, as taught in the correct biblical context. But Jesus taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin and to self), willing to suffer for the sake of the gospel, and we must follow him in obedience to his ways. For Jesus died that we might die to sin and live to righteousness in obedience to our Lord’s commands.

 

Ashamed or Not Ashamed

 

And what does it look like if we are ashamed of the gospel taught by Jesus and the apostles in the correct biblical context? It means we care more about what people think of us than we care about the salvation of human lives. And so we do not share the gospel with others, because we want people to like us. Or else we dilute and alter the gospel to make it less offensive and more acceptable to the ungodly, which includes many who profess faith in the Lord who are not following him in obedience. And all of this takes place if being liked by people supersedes being approved by God.

 

Thus, if we are not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, then we will be bold in sharing with others the truth of the gospel for their deliverance from their addiction to sin so that they can now serve God with their lives in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands. And it will be of critical importance that we make certain that the gospel we are sharing with others is the gospel taught by Jesus and by his apostles in the correct biblical context. For we will want to make sure that we are not passing on to others any lies that we had been taught and maybe accepted for a while, too. We want to speak truth!

 

[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]

 

What is Biblical Faith?

 

And what is faith? Well, biblical faith is not of our own doing, not of human flesh nor of the will of mankind. The faith to believe in Jesus is authored and perfected by Jesus Christ, it comes from God, it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die to sin and to obey our Lord in daily practice. For Jesus shed his blood on that cross to buy us back for God (to redeem us) out of our bondage to sin so we will serve the Lord Jesus with our lives in walks of obedience to his commands, all in the power of God.

 

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Hebrews 12:1-2; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24]

 

And what does it mean to live by faith? It means that our life practice is to serve the Lord Jesus with our lives, to walk in his ways, to follow him wherever he leads us, and to do whatever he commands that we do. So this isn’t something that we just profess with our lips while we go on serving ourselves and doing whatever our flesh desires. This is about being fully surrendered to the Lord day by day, and hour by hour, to go where he sends us, to say what he gives us to say, and to do what he wants us to do. And it is being sensitive to the Spirit’s voice so we know what to do and when.

 

Your New Life 

 

Based off the Gospels 

An Original Work / May 15, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Go and make disciples of peoples,

Teaching them to obey their Savior.

Do not fear, but go where He sends you.

Tell them all of what you have heard.

 

The kingdom of God now is upon you.

Come, and follow Jesus, your Lord.

He will make you fishers of man.

 

If the people Jesus desire,

They must die to sin and to self-life.

If they want to hold on to their lives

They will lose them forevermore.

 

Surely you heard that coming to Christ

Means a new life in Jesus, your Lord.

Follow Christ wherever He leads.

 

Love the Lord with all of your heart, and

Love your neighbors as you would yourself.

Preach the gospel to all the nations.

Do not worry what you will say.

 

Proclaim the freedom for all the captives.

Share the light with all who are blind.

You are ministers of our God.

 

https://vimeo.com/95450440

 

The Power of God

An Original Work / June 3, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Follow Jesus with Your Lives

Summary Acts 28:17-22

So Paul had been in prison for awhile because the Jews were accusing him falsely of something he did not do. Eventually he appealed to Caesar and then he went on a long trip to get to Rome. When Paul got to Rome he called the leaders of the Jews together, with whom he shared his story and his predicament. So, they scheduled a day and time to meet with him.

Acts 28:23-29 NKJV

23So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening. 24And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved. 25So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, 26saying,

‘Go to this people and say:

“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;

And seeing you will see, and not perceive;

27For the hearts of this people have grown dull.

Their ears are hard of hearing,

And their eyes they have closed,

Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,

Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,

So that I should heal them.” ’

28“Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!” 29And when he had said these words, the Jews departed and had a great dispute among themselves.

And so he spoke to them about Jesus Christ from the law of Moses and the Prophets. Some were persuaded, and some disbelieved. And then Paul quoted them the words of Isaiah the Prophet, as quoted above. And he was letting them know that this was talking about them. For so many of them, although they had been taught about Jesus from the Old Testament, and Jesus Christ, when he was on this earth, had taught them the truth of who he was, and why he came, and of God’s requirement that they deny self, die to sin, and follow Jesus, they refused to believe that their Messiah had come.

And the words of Isaiah can and do apply to many people today who profess faith in the one true God – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – but who deny him by their actions, in practice. And many of them do indeed claim ignorance for things they truly are not ignorant of, because they don’t want to obey them. They don’t want to surrender their lives to Jesus Christ, to his control, to deny self, die to sin, and obey the Lord in practice. And so they pretend ignorance. But they will be judged by God and he will say, “I never knew you. Depart from me!”

So, please understand that the gospel of Christ is not an invitation to just profess him as Lord and to believe in his death and resurrection. It is not to just say some words in a prayer repeated after someone else who then proclaims you are now a child of God and you are guaranteed heaven as your eternal destiny. It is to die with Christ to sin and to be raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as servants of our Lord in walks of surrender to his will, in obedience to his commands, in living holy lives pleasing to God – all in the power of 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] 

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! 

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Follow Jesus with Your Lives

An Original Work / June 2, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Ruined Vessels

Acts 27:9-11,21-25 NKJV

 

9Now when much time had been spent, and sailing was now dangerous because the Fast was already over, Paul advised them, 10saying, “Men, I perceive that this voyage will end with disaster and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also our lives.” 11Nevertheless the centurion was more persuaded by the helmsman and the owner of the ship than by the things spoken by Paul.

 

21But after long abstinence from food, then Paul stood in the midst of them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss. 22And now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve, 24saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ 25Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.

 

Vessels in Trouble

 

The apostle Paul was still a prisoner. He had been so for several years now, although he had done no wrong. He only spoke truth to the people that many did not want to hear. Now he was on a ship on his way to Rome where he was to appear before Caesar. But the ship was in trouble because of the wind, and so Paul cautioned them if they continued on this course that it would end in disaster and in the loss of many lives. But the centurion did not listen to Paul, but he was more persuaded by the owner of the ship.

 

And, as I think on this, I cannot help but see a spiritual parallel to what was happening then to what is happening in the church today, although it is not entirely “apples to apples,” i.e. completely similar in every respect. But a ship is a vessel, and the church, the body of believers in Christ, is to be a chosen vessel of God, in whom God dwells, by His Spirit, who is chosen of God to live holy lives, pleasing to God, in obedience to our Lord, who is to take the unadulterated message of the Gospel to the people of the world.

 

But the true owner of many of these vessels, called “churches,” these days is not the Lord Jesus Christ but the world, and the government, and big business, which are leading probably the majority of the church in the wrong direction and to grave disaster and to the loss of many human lives for eternity. For so many of these vessels are not listening to the Lord, but to the world, and to preachers who are marketers and business men who are leading so many people to hell on the false promise of heaven for eternity.

 

Messengers of God

 

So, the Lord has sent some of his messengers, much like Paul, into some of these “church” gatherings to try to warn them against continuing on the same course, and of how it will end in disaster and in the loss of many lives. But it appears, from what I can see, that not many are listening to the Lord through his messengers, but they are continuing on course because they are listening to the voices of the false gods of the people, instead, who are steering them in the wrong direction and to ultimate eternity spent in hell.

 

But when it became apparent (back to the story now) that Paul was right, and that they should have listened to him, for things were now becoming a lot more obvious that he was right, for they were being faced with much disaster and loss that could no longer be ignored, then they began to listen to his counsel. It was too late to save the vessel, though, but individual lives would be saved. The ship would be destroyed, but not the people. So they were not to fear, because God had promised them the salvation of lives.

 

And what this reminds me of are all the warnings in the Scriptures about the last days before the return of Christ. So much of what are called “churches” today are human-based businesses and organizations which are partnered with the world and with the government (both of which God forbids), which essentially fit with biblical Babylon. And God has been warning his people for some time to come out from among them so that we do not share in their sins and in their punishment. But so many have refused and remained.

 

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

 

Judgment on Babylon

 

And, yet, the Lord has promised that he will judge this Babylon. The vessel will be destroyed. But human lives can be saved if they will listen to the Lord’s true biblical messengers who are speaking the truth of God’s Word to them, as Jesus and as his New Testament apostles taught it, in the correct biblical context. Judgment is coming, which should be obvious to anyone paying attention at all to what is going on in the world and in “the church.” Absolute chaos is all over everywhere, it would appear. So listen to the 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).

 

[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]

 

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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Ruined Vessels

An Original Work / June 2, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love