The Kings' Golden Statues

Daniel 3:1-3 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

1King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up. 3So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.

 

Parallels to Our World Today

 

Now I am going to stop here and I am going to share what immediately came to my mind as I read this. I live in the USA. Our current president is Donald Trump, a very proud and arrogant man who boasts about himself. So our “king” had erected a golden statue of himself on April 28, 2026, which was followed by a formal religious dedication ceremony on May 6, 2026. The statue is 15 feet high, but on its pedestal it is 22 feet high. It depicts Trump with a raised fist, referencing the July 2024 photograph taken immediately following an assassination attempt. The statue is called “Don Colossus”.

 

King Nebuchadnezzar’s statue was also golden and it was sixty cubits high. And a cubit is equal to about 1.5 feet, so his statue was about 90 ft high, nearly or actually 4 times the height of Trump’s statue of 22 feet high. And that immediately took me back to Daniel, chapter 2, where it spoke of 4 kingdoms of the earth, the 4^th being the last one. So this would have to be the kingdom spoken of in the book of Revelation, especially as is described for us in chapter 13. This is the kingdom under the rule of “the beast,” and I believe that is where we are now headed, soon to be realized in its entirety.

 

“40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others. 41And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay. 42And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. 43As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.” (Daniel 2:40-43 BSB)

 

Comparing This to Revelation 13

 

Daniel 2:4-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

4Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded: 5As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”

 

Revelation 13:7-8,11-12,15 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

“7Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. 8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.” “11Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon. 12And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.” “15The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.”

 

We know that much of what is contained within the book of Daniel is prophetic and it is in regard to these last days, the days of the 4^th kingdom of the rule of the beast. And the beast is rising, and he is (or they are) conquering nation after nation to bring all under this one world order of the beast. And the US government serves this beast (as the harlot) in taking down one nation at a time, which has been happening for a long while now, and which is still happening. And the de facto government of the USA is not who we see, but it is a group of the elite and powerful who rule the world.

 

So, basically, what we read about here in Daniel 2-3 (and probably more) parallels to what is happening now in our world. And we can see the signs of it if we pay attention to what is actually taking place and if we do not have our minds blinded by loyalties to any particular politician or political party. And, in reality, the two-party system in the USA is a farce. They are just two sides of the same whole working for the same people while putting on a performance that they are against one another, which is to get the people of this nation fighting against one another over something that doesn’t exist.

 

So, our trust is to be in the Lord Jesus Christ, and He is to be the only one to whom we bow and give our worship (loyalty, devotion, submission) to. And we need to be people of discernment who can see the signs of the times in which we live, and who will not get caught up in the worship of other humans or kings, or any kingdoms of this earth. We must not look to any humans to be our “saviors,” but God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – is the only one we are to look to in order to save us from the evils of this world. So, obey the Lord, die to sin, and live holy lives pleasing to God.

 

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

 

The Kings’ Golden Statues

An Original Work / August 23, 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.

 

https://vimeo.com/379406352

The Kingdom That Will Never Be Destroyed

I am beginning to read the book of Daniel from the Old Testament. I will summarize some and quote some of it. Now Daniel and his three friends Hananiah (Shadrach), Mishael (Meshach), and Azariah (Abednego), all of whom were Israelites, were, by the order of King Nebuchadnezzar, called to serve in the king’s palace. And they were given food and drink which Daniel and his friends refused, for they would not defile themselves. But after ten days of eating only vegetables and drinking only water, they looked healthier and better nourished than all those who were eating the king’s food.

 

Daniel 1:17-21 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

“17To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams. 18Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. 19And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king’s service. 20In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom. 21And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.”

 

Here I am reading in Daniel 2:1-45, summarizing and quoting some:

 

Now King Nebuchadnezzar had dreams which troubled his spirit, so he ordered the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain to him his dreams. But they were unable to interpret his dreams, so the king ordered that all the wise men (including Daniel and his three friends) were to be executed. So Daniel asked the king for more time so that he could give him the interpretation. And during the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven and declared:

 

“20Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,

for wisdom and power belong to Him.

21He changes the times and seasons;

He removes kings and establishes them.

He gives wisdom to the wise

and knowledge to the discerning.

22He reveals the deep and hidden things;

He knows what lies in darkness,

and light dwells with Him.

23To You, O God of my fathers,

I give thanks and praise,

because You have given me

wisdom and power.

And now You have made known to me

what we have requested,

for You have made known to us

the dream of the king.” (Daniel 2:20-23 BSB)

 

Daniel shared with the king the interpretation of his dream given to him by God, which he acknowledged to the king that it came from God. And now I will admit here that I am not one of these people who understands all these things, even though I have read these Scriptures many times. But the dream had to do with the kingdoms that were to come upon the earth. But then the God of heaven would (and now has) set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. And it will shatter all those other kingdoms and will bring them to an end, but it will itself stand forever. And that is the kingdom of God/Christ.

 

The Takeaway From This

 

All earthly kingdoms will eventually pass away, but only the kingdom of God, of Christ Jesus our Lord, will remain and last forever. So, what can we take away from all of this? Well, for one we are to obey God and not man if man requires that we do something which is contrary to the will of God. No matter what it costs us, even if it costs us our lives, we are to stand on the Word of God, and obey our Lord and His teachings, doing the things He requires of us. And we are to leave the results in His hands. For He is God, and He has all things planned out for our lives, so we put our trust in Him.

 

With regard to dreams and visions, they have not gone away as some people would have you believe. In the New Testament we read that God spoke to His servants in dreams and visions, and Peter quoted the prophet Joel in letting the people know that in the last days God will pour out His spirit, and His sons and daughters will prophesy (proclaim the words of God, preach), and they will dream dreams and see visions. And we are still living in the last days. But all dreams and visions must be tested against the teachings of the Scriptures to make certain they are from God and not of human flesh.

 

But going back to the kingdoms of men versus the kingdom of God, please do not put your trust in other humans to “save” you from what ails this world. No politician, no matter who they are, is going to save our nations from what ails them. For they are but flesh, and so many of them truly are not of God, even if they profess to be. But so many of them are of Satan, serving the devil and his purposes, and if truth be told they are working against us, and not for us. In the USA, where I live, our entire government is not who they claim to be, but they serve the New World Order “beast”.

 

The Kingdom of Christ

 

So, what does the kingdom of God/of Christ look like? Well, it is not an earthly kingdom of human flesh, but it is a godly kingdom of the Spirit of God and not of man. And we dwell in that kingdom in our spirits and not with our physical bodies, although we still live in these bodies, and these bodies are to be surrendered to God to do His will. And we dwell in the kingdom of Christ via biblical faith in Jesus Christ which requires that we deny self, die to sin (repent of our sins) and follow our Lord in obedience and in surrender to His will and purpose for our lives, in the power of God.

 

For 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 in the present age. For Christ “gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)

 

And we learn in 1 John 1-3 that if we claim that we have fellowship with God, but yet we walk in darkness (sin), we are liars. If we claim that we know God, but we do not obey His commandments, in practice, we are liars. For it is not the one who claims He is “in Christ” who is “in Christ,” but it is the one who has denied self, died with Christ to sin, and who is now walking in obedience to our Lord and to His commands, in practice, and no longer in sin. We have the hope and the promise of eternal life with God in heaven.

 

[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 Kingdom That Will Never Be Destroyed

An Original Work / August 23, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

The Kingdoms of Earth Pass Away

 

Lyrics by Henry R. Trickett, 1887

Music by James H. Fillmore, 1887

 

The kingdoms of earth pass away one by one,

But the kingdom of heaven remains;

It is built on a rock and the Lord is its King,

And forever and ever He reigns.

 

The tempest may rage and its anger acclaim,

Yea, the wind and the torrents may roar,

And the strong gates of hell may assail it in vain,

Still the kingdom shall stand ever more.

 

The kingdom of God is now open to all,

E’en the vilest may now enter in;

There’s a welcome for all who will turn to the Lord,

Full salvation and pardon for sin.

 

It shall stand, It shall stand,

Forever and ever and ever,

It shall stand, It shall stand,

Forever and ever. Amen and Amen.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCAO2TpbeY0

 

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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.”

 

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