An Alliance Against God's Will

Isaiah 30:1-5 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

“Woe to the rebellious children,”

declares the LORD,

“to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine,

who form an alliance, but against My will,

heaping up sin upon sin.

2They set out to go down to Egypt

without asking My advice,

to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection

and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

 

3But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame,

and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

4For though their princes are at Zoan

and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

5everyone will be put to shame

because of a people useless to them.

They bring neither help nor benefit,

but only shame and disgrace.”

 

Woe to The Rebellious Children

 

Who are the “rebellious children” today? They are all people who make professions of faith in Jesus Christ with their lips but whose lifestyles speak the opposite. They are those who call themselves “Christians,” but in reality are not followers of Jesus Christ, for they are still living according to the sinful passions of the flesh, and not according to the commands of God. And they are not followers of Christ because they are followers of the teachings of humans who twist and distort the Scriptures to excuse away their sins.

 

They prefer the teachings of humans who dilute and alter the gospel message to make it less offensive and more acceptable to human flesh. They prefer a “Christianity” which allows them to live however they want to live without regard for what God requires of them in the way of thought and word and deed. They prefer “gospel light” because it makes no requirements of them that they must forsake their sinful practices and now live holy lives, pleasing to God, in surrender to the Lord Jesus and to His commands.

 

Alliances Against God’s Will

 

So, what kind of alliances are professing Christians making today which are against the will of God and are against His plans and purposes for our lives? Many of them have to do with joining institutional market-driven businesses of human making which are called “churches,” but which are being led by cult leaders and marketeers who are following business models for how to conduct their “churches,” rather than following the model of Christ written down for us in the Scriptures which teaches us the ways of our Lord.

 

And so many of these alliances are teaching a false grace gospel which gives the sinners permission to keep on in their sin after they have made professions of faith in Jesus Christ. So many of them are teaching that we do not have to put sin to death in our lives (repent of our sins), and we do not have to obey God and His commands, for they call that “works salvation.” So, for those who are still making sin their practice, these kinds of alliances are attractive to them, because they don’t make them feel guilty for sinning.

 

False Alliances, the People’s Shame

 

These are people who do not seek the counsel of God, because they don’t truly want His counsel, because they know what His Word teaches about sin and sinful addiction and repentance and obedience to our Lord’s commands. So they seek out other humans who will tell them what their itching ears want to hear. And they will follow them instead of following God. Because then they can live however they want, and do whatever pleases them, while they still claim to be Christians and to be followers of Jesus Christ.

 

But this will be to their shame, for it is contrary to the will and purpose of God written down for us in the Scriptures for us to follow. It will be to their disgrace that they put their trust in other humans over and above putting their trust solely in God. For one day we are all going to stand before God on the day of judgment, and we will have to give an account as to what we did with Christ and with His gospel and with the teachings of the Scriptures on what it looks like to be true followers of Christ who obey God’s commands.

 

Believe The Truth

 

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; 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]

 

An Alliance Against God’s Will

An Original Work / August 11, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

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

Their Hearts are Far From God

“Gospel Light”

 

Isaiah 29:13-14 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

13Therefore the Lord said:

“These people draw near to Me with their mouths

and honor Me with their lips,

but their hearts are far from Me.

Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

14Therefore I will again confound these people

with wonder upon wonder.

The wisdom of the wise will vanish,

and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”

 

We live in a day and age, at least here in the USA we do, when what is being called “The Gospel of Christ” is often a very diluted and altered version of the true biblical gospel. The false teachers remove key Scriptures from their appropriate biblical context, and they twist them to say what they do not teach if understood in the correct biblical context. And so many of them give a false hope of salvation to the people, promising them forgiveness of all sins and heaven as their destiny, based on a verbal confession of faith only.

 

Therefore, we have multitudes of people confessing Christ as Lord and Savior who give lip service only to God, but whose lives and lifestyles do not reflect Christ and His teachings on what it means to be saved, sanctified, forgiven, and to have eternal life with God. So, although they profess faith in Christ with their lips, their hearts are far from God, which is evident in their actions, words, attitudes, and behaviors, by their practices. For what they are following are words taught by humans which are half-truths, i.e. lies.

 

Secret Sins

 

Isaiah 29:15 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

15Woe to those who dig deep

to hide their plans from the LORD.

In darkness they do their works and say,

“Who sees us, and who will know?”

 

Many of those who are following the “Gospel Light” teachings of humans, which are not of God, are believing that they can now continue in their deliberate and habitual sins against God without conscience and without remorse or repentance. Many of them are being convinced that God can no longer see their sins, and when He looks at them, even if they are in the acts of sin, all He sees is Jesus. And if they should feel guilty, they are being taught to just “claim who you are in Christ,” although they are not in Christ.

 

But none of us can hide what we do from the sight of God. He is all seeing and all knowing, and even if no one else can see, God definitely sees us both on the outside and on the inside. So he knows what we are thinking or plotting or doing or whatever. So you cannot hide from God. But many do hide what they are doing from their spouses, or from their bosses, or from the church, because they know that what they are doing is evil, and they do not want to be found out. But God sees. God knows all that we do.

 

Upside Down

 

Isaiah 29:16 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

16You have turned things upside down,

as if the potter were regarded as clay.

Shall what is formed say to him who formed it,

“He did not make me”?

Can the pottery say of the potter,

“He has no understanding”?

 

This is exactly what is taking place in this generation. Who God is and what He teaches are absolutely being turned upside down. His gospel message is being turned upside down so that good is now being spoken of as evil, and evil is being spoken of as good. And lies are being spoken of as truth, and truth is being spoken of as lies. And so those of us who are teaching the truth of the gospel are being called teachers of “works salvation,” and thus people are being told that they should ignore us and embrace the opposite.

 

But 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).

 

So, know the truth of what God’s Word teaches, and obey the truth, and reject the lies. For your salvation and where you will spend eternity are dependent on you believing and living the truth and rejecting the lies.

 

[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]

 

Their Hearts are Far From God

An Original Work / August 11, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Search me, O God 

 

By James E. Orr, 1936

 

Search me, O God, and know my heart today,

Try me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray;

See if there be some wicked way in me;

Cleanse me from every sin, and set me free.

 

I praise Thee, Lord, for cleansing me from sin;

Fulfill Thy word and make me pure within;

Fill me with fire, where once I burned with shame;

Grant my desire to magnify Thy name.

 

Lord, take my life, and make it wholly Thine;

Fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine;

Take all my will, my passion, self and pride;

I now surrender, Lord, in me abide.

 

O Holy Ghost, revival comes from Thee;

Send a revival, start the work in me;

Thy Word declares Thou wilt supply our need;

For blessings now, O Lord, I humbly plead.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl_sd1gH6hU

 

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Trust in The Lord Forever

Isaiah 26:1-4 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city;

salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

2Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—

one that remains faithful.

3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind,

because he trusts in You.

4Trust in the LORD forever,

because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.

 

The strong city spoken of here, with salvation established as its walls and ramparts, is the church, the body of Christ, i.e. all those who are of biblical faith in Christ Jesus who have, by the grace of God, denied self, died to sin, and who are obeying our Lord and His commands as a matter of life practice. We, the people of God, are that strong city. We the people of God are the church. The church is not a building called “church.” And it is not a church denomination, and it is not a business incorporated under the state.

 

So the strong city, the church, is not a physical place. It is the people of God. And we, as the body of Christ, can gather together in any appropriate location, whether in person in a physical location or via a phone call or a text message or an email or a group chat or on the internet in general where we are permitted to gather as the body of Christ and to share with one another what we are being taught each day of the Lord for the encouragement of the body of Christ, as a whole. And we should meet together daily, if we can.

 

And our salvation is not a “get out of jail free card” pardoning us from all sin based off a verbal profession of faith in the Lord Jesus. Biblical faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God, and which is not of our own doing, requires that we deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to His commands. For Jesus gave His life up for us on that cross, and He was resurrected from the dead in order that we might die with Him to sin and now walk in obedience to His commands in holy living, in His power.

 

If we want to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God we must be those who are living righteously, in the power of God, via submission to God. And we must remain faithful to the Lord and to His teachings and to His commands (New Covenant), in life practice. Our minds are to be set on the Lord and on doing His will, and they must no longer be set on sin. And we must continue in Him in doing His will and no longer walking in sin until the time that our Lord returns for His faithful bride and we go to be with Him.

 

Isaiah 26:5-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

5For He has humbled those who dwell on high;

He lays the lofty city low.

He brings it down to the ground;

He casts it into the dust.

6Feet trample it down—

the feet of the oppressed,

the steps of the poor.

 

The proud, the arrogant, the self-sufficient, the selfish, the self-indulgent, and all for whom sin is what they practice, and not obedience to our Lord, and not righteous living, even if they give lip service to God, they will be judged by God for refusing to obey Him and to surrender their lives to Him. Now, some He may cast judgment on in this life, perhaps as a means to bring them to genuine repentance, but others may not face His judgment until the end. And they who reject Him as Lord will be cast into hell.

 

Isaiah 26:7-10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

7The path of the righteous is level;

You clear a straight path for the upright.

8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD;

we walk in the path of Your judgments.

Your name and renown

are the desire of our souls.

9My soul longs for You in the night;

indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn.

For when Your judgments come upon the earth,

the people of the world learn righteousness.

10Though grace is shown to the wicked man,

he does not learn righteousness.

In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly

and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.

 

So, it is critical that our hearts and minds and behaviors are in the right place, in submission to Christ as Lord, and in surrender to His will, in obedience to His commands. For a level and straight path is the path of godliness, holiness, and righteousness. And the upright are those who obey God and who choose to do His will. Our desire should be for God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. We should long to do what pleases Him. And, as His servants, we will face many trials and tribulations to mature us.

 

But, sadly, even though God shows grace even to the wicked, many do not turn their hearts to the Lord, but they continue in deliberate and habitual sin against God, because that is where their hearts are. That is what they crave, what they long for, what they desire above all else. Even if they have known the path of salvation from childhood, many will remain on a sinful course, living to please the flesh, denying Christ as Lord/Master, and resisting His commands. And heaven will not be their destiny. Hell will be their future.

 

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

 

Trust in The Lord Forever

An Original Work / August 10, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Your Heart 

 

An Original Work / October 24, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Tenderly He speaks, softly so.

Gently He calls - His will to know.

Won’t you invite Him in your heart?

Humbly accept Him now.

Bow before Him with contrite heart.

May you obey His will.

Seek Him with all your heart and soul,

And your heart, His Spirit fill.

 

Jesus died to free you from sin,

Giving you new life to begin,

Walking with Him ev’ry hour,

Obeying His commands.

Won’t you trust Him to be your Lord?

His grace you can’t afford.

Freely He gives you peace within,

When you turn from all your sin.

 

Live for Him ev’ry passing day.

Meet with Him; read His word and pray.

Serve Him in the way He leads you,

Doing all that He says.

Do unto others as you would

Have them do unto you.

Love them with Jesus love within you.

Your hearts to God be true.

 

https://vimeo.com/125864134

The Covering That is Cast Over People

Isaiah 25:6-8 ESV

 

“On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples

    a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,

    of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.

And He will swallow up on this mountain

    the covering that is cast over all peoples,

    the veil that is spread over all nations.

   He will swallow up death forever;

and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,

    and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth,

    for the Lord has spoken.”

 

When we read Isaiah 2 we learned that the mountain of the Lord, which was Zion, was Jesus Christ, our Messiah and Lord, and it is His body, His church. Jesus Christ is Zion and His church, His body, is Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem (not the physical city of Jerusalem). Zion refers to God’s spiritual kingdom but it is also a term used to describe God.

 

Anyway, in Isaiah 2 we read about this mountain of the Lord in the latter days, the days of the Messiah, that people will flow to in order “that He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths.” So, the mountain is a “He,” and the “He” is definitely someone people are flowing to so that we can be taught His ways and so that we can walk in His paths.” And that would be Jesus Christ, our Messiah, our God.

 

As it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame” (Romans 9:33; cf. Hebrews 12:22-24; 1 Peter 2:4-10).

 

Now, going back to today’s passage, “this mountain” is to be considered a parallel to the mountain in Isaiah 2, which would indicate that this mountain is also representing our Lord Jesus and His heavenly kingdom. And now if you read in v. 7 “and He will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all the peoples,” what covering comes to mind? That reminds me of that veil of spiritual blindness because of sin.

 

So, what happened when Jesus Christ died on that cross for our sins? Jesus Christ who knew no sin became sin for us on that cross and so when He died our sins were put to death with Him so that, by God-given faith in Him, we would die with our Lord to sin and live to Him and to His righteousness. Then we are delivered from our spiritual blindness and now we can see the light of the truth of the gospel. So the covering of sin over our lives was swallowed up by Jesus in His death on that cross so that we can be free from our slavery to sin and walk in His holiness and righteousness.

 

And in His death on that cross and in His resurrection He did swallow up death forever for those of childlike faith who have been crucified with Christ in death to sin and who have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life in Him, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. If we are believing in Jesus Christ, and if we are walking in His ways, and not in sin, we have the hope of eternal life with God.

 

And when we go to be with Him for eternity, He will wipe away all our tears from our eyes, for there will be no more pain, sorrow, sickness, and trials and tribulations which test our faith on this earth. And sin and wickedness will not exist in heaven. There will only be righteousness and holiness and godliness in heaven. And we will be with our Lord forever, amen!

 

“It will be said on that day,

    ‘Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, that He might save us.

    This is the Lord; we have waited for Him;

    let us be glad and rejoice in His salvation.’” Isaiah 25:9 ESV

 

Right now, if our faith in Jesus Christ is genuine, we are saved (past), we are being saved (present active), and we will be saved (future) when Jesus takes us home to be with Him for eternity, which is when our salvation will be complete and our marriage to Christ consummated. So we rejoice in our salvation now, but we will again rejoice in our salvation when it is completed and we will be with our Lord forever.

 

But this is conditional upon us first of all dying with Christ to sin and then living to Him and to His righteousness, and then us continuing to die with Him to sin and to walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands (New Covenant) in walks of righteousness and holiness. For if sin is what we practice, and if righteousness and obedience to our Lord are not what we practice, then we will not inherit eternal life with God, and we won’t be saved in the end.

 

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

 

The Covering That is Cast Over People

An Original Work / January 24, 2023

Reposted on August 10, 2026, w/slight editing

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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God is My Salvation

Isaiah 12:1-2 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

In that day you will say:

“O LORD, I will praise You.

Although You were angry with me,

Your anger has turned away,

and You have comforted me.

2Surely God is my salvation;

I will trust and not be afraid.

For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,

and He also has become my salvation.”

 

When we humans are born into this world, we are born with sin natures, in the image of Adam, the first man God created, and the first man to sin against God. Ever since Adam sinned against God in disobedience to God’s command, all humanity has been born with sin natures, separate from God, unable within our own flesh to be acceptable to God. Not one of us, no matter how many good things we might do, will be acceptable and approved of God in our own flesh, of our own fleshly works. We are lost without Christ.

 

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 3:9-26; Romans 5:12-19;  Romans 6:1-23; 1 Corinthians 15:21-22,42-49; Ephesians 2:1-3,8-10]

 

So, God in His love and mercy, sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to the earth to be born as a baby to a virgin woman, but conceived of the Spirit and not of man. So Jesus was not born with a sin nature as we are, and He never sinned all the time He lived on the earth. But Jesus Christ always existed with God, and He is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He was with God from the beginning and He is our creator God. And He became our savior in His death on a cross.

 

Deity of Christ:

 

[Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3:22; John 1:1-36; John 8:24,58; John 10:30-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 10:1-4; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8-9; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]  

 

When Jesus died on that cross, and rose from the dead victorious over sin and the grave, it was to put our sins to death with Him and to rise in victory over sin so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Him we will now deny self, die to sin daily, and walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to His commands. For our salvation is not just forgiveness of sins, but it is deliverance from addiction to sin, and it is empowerment of God to live holy and righteous lives in surrender to His will and purpose for our lives.

 

Isaiah 12:3-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, 4and on that day you will say:

“Give praise to the LORD;

proclaim His name!

Make His works known among the peoples;

declare that His name is exalted.

5Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things.

Let this be known in all the earth.

6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion,

or great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

 

Our faith in Jesus Christ is not of our own flesh. The faith necessary for salvation from sin and eternal life with God comes from God, it is authored and perfected by Jesus Christ, it is persuaded of God, and it is gifted to us by God. And so God sets the conditions, not us. He determines the course we must follow, not us. We do not get to choose our own path. And God requires that we deny self, die to sin, and follow Him in obedience to His commands as a matter of life practice, all in the power of God, by His Spirit.

 

[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]

 

We now belong to Christ and we are now His possession, and He has rule and authority over our lives. He is the one to determine our steps and to chart our course and to lead us in the ways of righteousness and holiness. We don’t just “get saved” so that when we die one day we get to go to heaven and not to hell. For if we deny Christ and His authority over our lives, and we do not follow Him in obedience to His commands, but we keep on living in sin, we will not be saved and we will not have eternal life with God.

 

And this is not saying we must be absolutely perfect in every respect 100% of the time or we are gone, out, no longer saved. But in the same respect, if we decide that God’s grace now gives us freedom to keep living in sin and that obedience to His commands is not required, then we are out on our own. And this is not determined by words only. The evidence of this is in our habits, our behaviors, how we live day by day. If we are not surrendered to Christ, but if sin is still our practice, we do not have life in Jesus Christ.

 

[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 9:23-26; Luke 17:25; John 1:1-36; John 6:35-58; John 8:24,58; John 10:30-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; 2 Corinthians 5:15,21; Ephesians 4:17-24; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 1:8-9; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Peter 1:1] 

 

God is My Salvation

An Original Work / August 10, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

You are Loving and Forgiving

 

Based off Psalm 86

An Original Work / February 19, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

You are loving and forgiving,

Jesus, Savior, King of kings.

You provided our redemption.

By Your blood You set us free.

You are gracious; full of mercy.

No deeds can compare with Yours.

Great are You; there is none like You.

Glory be to Your name.

 

Teach me Your way, and I’ll walk in it.

O Lord, I will walk in Your truth.

May I not have a heart divided,

That Your name I give honor to.

I will praise You, O Lord, my Savior,

For great is Your love toward me.

You have delivered me from my sins.

Your grace has pardoned me.

 

You, O Lord, are full of compassion,

Slow to anger, bounteous in love;

Faithful to fulfill all You promise;

Glory be to Your name above.

Hear, O Lord, and answer Your servant.

You are my God. I trust in You.

Turn to me and grant Your strength to me.

You are my comforter.

 

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Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God

Isaiah 9:2-3 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

2The people walking in darkness

have seen a great light;

on those living in the land of the shadow of death,

a light has dawned.

3You have enlarged the nation

and increased its joy.

The people rejoice before You

as they rejoice at harvest time,

as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

 

I have read and studied and written from the teachings of the book of Isaiah many times, especially over the past 22 years, but longer than that. And one thing I have noticed is how much the book of Isaiah speaks of the coming of Jesus Christ, of His birth, His life on the earth, His death and resurrection, and of the Messianic age, even though He had not yet come, and often as though He had already appeared. Isaiah 53 especially covers these subjects.

 

And all of us humans are born into sin, with sin natures, in the image of Adam. And we are separate from God and unable in our own flesh to be acceptable to God. So God the Father sent His only begotten Son into the world to be born as a baby to a virgin woman. But he was conceived of the Holy Spirit, and not of man. So Jesus was not born with a sin nature as we are. And He grew to be a man, and then He began His years of ministry on the earth accompanied by 12 chosen disciples. He is/was The Great Light!

 

We read about Him in John 1 where He is, at first, referred to as “The Word.” But further on down in the passage of Scripture it is revealed to us that “The Word” is Jesus Christ (God-incarnate) who lived among the people. He was with God in the beginning, and He was/is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And all things were made by Him, i.e. He is our creator God. And He is The Light that shines in the darkness.

 

Although some people did acknowledge Him for who He was (and is), and they did receive Him as their Lord and Messiah, the vast majority did not. And it is still the same today. Even though many have seen the “Great Light” which shines in the darkness (in a world of sin), and some may give lip service to Him, only a minority have discontinued walking (in conduct) in the darkness (sin, wickedness) and are now walking in The Light of truth and righteousness (Jesus Christ) in the power of God at work within their lives.

 

Isaiah 9:6-7 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

6For unto us a child is born,

unto us a son is given,

and the government will be upon His shoulders.

And He will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7Of the increase of His government and peace

there will be no end.

He will reign on the throne of David

and over his kingdom,

to establish and sustain it

with justice and righteousness

from that time and forevermore.

The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

 

Again, this is talking about Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who came into the world, was born as a baby to a virgin woman, but conceived of the Holy Spirit. When he was about 30 years old he began His earthly ministry with his 12 selected disciples. For the next three years he healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, fed the hungry, comforted the sorrowful, and taught the necessity of repentance (death to sin) and obedience to God for salvation and for eternal life with God.

 

For a while He had a large following, mostly because of the miracles that He performed, and because He fed large groups of people miraculously on at least two occasions, that I am aware of. But most of the religious rulers and people of influence in the temple of God were jealous of His popularity and they hated Him, and so they did all kinds of things to try to trip Him up in hopes to discredit Him. And they especially did not like His messages and the words that he spoke to the Pharisees, Sadducees, and to the Scribes.

 

Eventually they plotted His death on a cross, which they had carried out by the Roman government. But in Jesus’ death on that cross He put our sins to death with Him, and in His resurrection he conquered death, sin, Satan, and hell so that, by faith in Him, we will now die to sin and live to God and obey God and His commands as a matter of life practice. And He is now Lord and Master of our lives, and He is Lord over His church, i.e. over all of us who have surrendered our lives to Him. He is our wonderful counselor, our God.

 

Now, what is important for us to know here is that Jesus is God, and for us to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God we must, by faith in Him, deny self, die to sin daily, and follow Him in obedience to His commands, in life practice, in the power of God. And He is to be head of the church, not the government, not the marketing schemes, and not the pastors, but Christ. He is the one who is to be in charge of the church and directing her in the way she should go. And we are to follow Him wherever He leads us.

 

[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]

 

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God

An Original Work / August 9, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

My Jesus, I Love Thee

 

Hymn lyrics by William R. Featherstone, 1864

Music by Adoniram J. Gordon, 1876

 

My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine;

For thee all the follies of sin I resign.

My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou;

If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

 

I love thee because thou hast first loved me,

And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;

I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow;

If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

 

I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,

And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;

And say, when the death-dew lies cold on my brow,

If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

 

In mansions of glory and endless delight;

I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright;

I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;

If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

 

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Do Not Fear What They Fear

Isaiah 8:11-15 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

 

11For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

 

12“Do not call conspiracy

everything these people regard as conspiracy.

Do not fear what they fear;

do not live in dread.

13The LORD of Hosts is the One

you shall regard as holy.

Only He should be feared;

only He should be dreaded.

14And He will be a sanctuary—

but to both houses of Israel

a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,

to the dwellers of Jerusalem

a trap and a snare.

15Many will stumble over these;

they will fall and be broken;

they will be ensnared and captured.”

 

A Conspiracy

 

What is a conspiracy? A conspiracy is a plot, a plan, a scheme, and/or an agreement among a number of people to do something evil, wicked, hateful, sinful, and/or what is potentially harmful to others, which is not in their best interest, which may or may not also be something illegal. And then we have something called “conspiracy theories,” which are being touted as claims of a conspiracy taking place, which they claim are not true, so they say we must not believe them, even if they are true, and if they are actually happening.

 

We who belong to the Lord must not latch ourselves on to everything we hear or read about in the news or from other people or on social media just because “so and so” said it, and thus it must be true. It doesn’t matter who said it, how well respected they are, or how knowledgeable they are. We should test everything we are hearing or reading or are being told is true against the Scriptures, and in prayer, seeking the counsel of God in these matters. Some of what we hear will be true. But some of it will be lies.

 

Scare Tactics

 

So much of what we hear and read in the news or on social media is just scare tactics or things to provoke people fighting with other people. So much of it is amplified way beyond what is really happening. And much of what is really happening is being ignored and is not even making the news. But the point here is that we should not believe everything we hear or read just because we think it comes from a reputable source. And we should not allow ourselves to get all worked up over things which may not even exist.

 

We should take everything to the Lord in prayer, seeking His counsel and wisdom so that we do not buy into any lies, whether the lies are that an actual conspiracy is happening, or that it is not happening, and thus must be ignored. But whether or not what we hear is truth or not, or is happening or is not happening, we are not to be afraid. We are not to fear what others fear or what others intend for us to fear, which is their goal in spreading the lies. But we should inquire of the Lord as to how we should respond.

 

Only God Should Be Feared

 

Now, we do need to exercise wisdom and good judgment here. If someone warns us that danger is ahead and we might want to take a different route, we should not just automatically brush them off. But at the same time we should not just automatically believe them and then fall into a trap, either. We have this all the time on our computers with all kinds of warnings coming up that if we don’t do such and such that it will go bad for us. But in reality if we believe them, that is the real trap. So be cautious, but pray over it all.

 

And this goes to the medical profession, as well. Drugs are being pushed on the people here in the USA as the solution for most everything including fear, anxiety, stress, difficulties, challenges, body aches and pains, and the list goes on. I used to buy into that, but then the Lord led me to trust him with my body and to stop taking pharmaceuticals for every ailment or pain. And, praise the Lord, I have been pharmaceutical dependent free for 18 years. We can live without drugs, and some drugs make matters much worse. I know.

 

Take Note: I am in no way telling any of you that you should stop taking drugs. I am not a doctor. But I am suggesting that you take everything to the Lord in prayer, seeking His counsel, and that you follow His leading.

 

So Much Fearmongering

 

And so much of what is in the news media is just fearmongering. They want us afraid. They want us emotionally upset and fearing everything and each other. And so much of this coming from our government, claiming that the “bad guys” are “the other guys” and not us (the USA), is just garbage. They want us believing that the US government are the good guys and that these other countries are the bad guys when, in reality, it is flip-flopped from that. And you don’t have to believe me. Pray about it. Seek God’s counsel in this.

 

[Jeremiah 1:4-19; Matthew 10:24-28; Philippians 1:12-14; 2 Timothy 1:6-7; 1 Peter 3:13-17; Revelation 2:9-10; Acts 23:11; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10]

 

But no matter what we are being told, whether they are lies or they are the truth, we should not let fear control us. Should we fear God? Absolutely! Should we believe His warnings to us in the Scriptures? YES! We should not be stupid and ignore everything that is going on all around us. But we should pray for wisdom and direction to make right and just and sensible decisions about our health, and how that should be treated, and concerning the world and what is happening. And we should follow the guidance of God, not man.

 

Do Not Fear What They Fear

An Original Work / August 9, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Look to God

 

An Original Work / November 11, 2016

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Fear not. Look to God.

He will strengthen you. He is your Rock.

He’ll meet all your needs.

Rest in Him, and be filled with His peace.

When sorrow fills your life, pray to the Lord.

Believe His promises. Trust in His Word.

He’ll lead you each day.

Give your life to Him. Follow His ways.

 

Lean on Him today.

He will comfort you. Trust Him always.

Read His Word and pray.

Tell the world of His love and His grace.

When trials come your way, be not afraid.

God watches over you. Be not dismayed.

He’ll work all for good,

For the called of God. Jesus, they love.

 

Sing songs. Praise your Lord.

Lift your voice to Him. Shout out His Word.

He forgave your sins,

Cleansed your heart. You are made new within.

When you are faced with temptation to fear,

Remember God will be with you. He’s near.

He’ll take care of you.

He will keep you in His love, tis true.

 

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