Examining Ourselves

 

With a Godly Jealousy

2 Corinthians 11:1-4 NKJV

 

“Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you do bear with me. 2For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!”

 

Betrothed to One Husband

 

What was Paul saying here? By him sharing with the people the gospel of our salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord, and by the people believing in Jesus, dying with him to sin, being reborn of the Spirit, and then walking in obedience to the Lord’s commands, in practice, he served as the pastor who married the two together. For he essentially performed the wedding ceremony where they said, “Yes!” to Jesus, to be his bride, and for Jesus to be their husband. But they were now beginning to accept the lies as truth.

 

And so he let them know that he was jealous for them with a godly jealously, much like a Christian man or woman might be jealous with a godly jealousy when their spouse begins to drift away and to show interest in someone else in place of them. But the concern for their spouse is not from selfish motives, but it is out of a heart of love for them, and a desire to see them walk with the Lord in obedience to his commands and to have a godly marriage where they treat each other with honor, love, value, and respect.

 

So, if we have spouses who, although they may profess faith in Jesus, are living in adultery against the Lord and their spouse, in practice, we should be concerned. We should be grieved in our spirits. And if many professing Christians are giving lip service only to the Lord while their true god is themselves and entertainment and sexual adultery and idolatry, this should grieve us, as well (see 1 Corinthians 5:1-13). We should be burdened for those who have lost their way and pray for them to repent and obey God.

 

For we live in an age when it appears that the majority of them calling themselves “ministers of the gospel” are spreading lies to the people, instead of the truth. So many have diluted and altered the gospel to exclude the need for biblical repentance and obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice. And many who teach the need to repent and to obey God teach it as something optional, i.e. as something we should do, but with an open door to not do and still be regarded a Christian on one’s way to heaven.

 

What is the gospel Jesus and Paul and the other apostles taught?

 

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).

 

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 while we wait for Jesus’ return. 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 (see Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1-3).

 

Not of Ourselves

 

Ephesians 2:8-10 NKJV

 

“8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

 

So, what’s this saying? Well, we know that the grace of God, by which we are saved, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives. So grace is not a free ride to heaven based off lip service only. And salvation, which is progressive, is deliverance out of bondage (addiction) to sin so we can now walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands. And faith comes from God and it is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to deny self, die to sin, and obey our Lord.

 

And since it is not of ourselves, not of our own fleshly works, not only can we do nothing to earn or to deserve our salvation, but we do not get to define what that salvation looks like, either, for it is not of human flesh, but of God. And Jesus died on that cross to put our sins to death with him so we will die to sin and obey God in practice. And “works” are not excluded from our salvation, for we are, by faith in Jesus Christ, his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk (in conduct, in practice) in them, all for the glory 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]

 

My Sheep 

 

Based off John 10:1-30 NIV

An Original Work / June 24, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

My sheep hear me. They know me.

They listen to my voice and obey.

I call them and lead them.

They know my voice, so they follow me.

They will never follow strangers.

They will run away from them.

The voice of a stranger they know not;

They do not follow him.

 

So, I tell you the truth that

I am the gate, so you enter in.

Whoever does enter

Will find forgiveness and will be saved.

Nonetheless whoever enters

Not by the gate; other way,

He is the thief and a robber.

Listen not, the sheep to him.

 

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,

Who laid his own life down for the sheep.

I know them. They know me.

They will live with me eternally.

The thief only comes to steal and

Kill and to destroy the church.

I have come to give you life that

You may have it to the full…

 

They know my voice, so they follow me.

 

https://vimeo.com/114938263

 

With a Godly Jealousy

An Original Work / June 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Seed You Have Sown

2 Corinthians 9:10-15 NKJV

 

“10Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, 11while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 12For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, 14and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you. 15Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”

 

Persecuted for Speaking the Truth

 

Now I will say here that I am still being faced with some strong opposition to the writing that the Lord gave me on the subject of women in ministry, which was titled, “She Loved Much.” There are some people who believe that God intends that his daughters have absolutely no voice whatsoever within the gatherings of the church, the body of Christ, i.e. those of genuine faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. But if we have no voice at all, then we cease to be part of the body of Christ, ministering to one another as God intends.

 

If we have no voice, but we are to exist in silence only when we are with other believers in Christ, then most of the teachings in the Scriptures on the body life do not apply to us. So it is okay then for parts of the body to say to other parts, “We have no need of you”? No! It isn’t! Did Jesus send women to share the gospel with men? Yes! Did he not honor a woman for doing what the man should have done, but did not do? Yes! Did Peter allow for women and men to prophesy together on the day of Pentecost? Yes!

 

So, why do so many take Paul’s instructions on the silencing of women in the gatherings of the church as to mean that women are to have no voice at all? It was clear that what he was teaching was in regard to women who were usurping authority over men, and who were causing a disturbance, and who were asking questions out loud and were disrupting the gatherings. And it is clear in Paul’s words that he was speaking of order within the gatherings, which has men as the heads, and women as in submission to the men.

 

But some will insist that God intends for all women to be in absolute silence always and to never speak, even if called upon to speak, and even if given permission to speak within the gatherings of the church. Even though God spoke through his prophet Joel that in the last days that his sons and daughters would prophesy, so many women are being silenced and are not being permitted at all to share in the gatherings of the church what they are being taught by God via their times spent with him each day in his word.

 

Encouragement From God

 

So, when I read this passage of Scripture this evening from 2 Corinthians 9:10-15, the Lord immediately began to encourage me. For the Lord called me 22 years ago to be one of his messengers, to take the message of the Gospel and the teachings of the Scriptures to the people of the world and to the church, via the internet. And he has given me thousands of writings which he has had me post on the internet which have gone to the people of the world and to the gatherings of the church throughout the world.

 

And so he was saying to me through this passage of Scripture, “Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness.” For “the seed I have sown” is in the words which God has given me to write in sharing with the church and with the world what the Scriptures teach with regard to salvation and our roles as followers of Christ, and with regard to obedience to God and holy living and being his servants and messengers.

 

And he encouraged me through these words, “For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men.” So what he was saying to me here is that these writings are supplying the needs of the saints, and there are those who glorify God for the obedience of my confession of Christ.

 

And then he encouraged me through these words, “and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” The Lord encouraged me that there are people throughout the world who are receiving these messages who are being blessed by them who are praying for me and who are thankful to God for the ministry he has given to me and that I did not remain silent, but by faith in Jesus I obeyed the Lord and I spoke his messages to the people.

 

All Glory to God!

 

This blessed my heart! This gave me such encouragement! All that I am and have that is good is from God and not from me, so he gets all the glory!!

 

A Believer’s Prayer

 

An Original Work / July 31, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

With my whole heart, Lord, I pray

To be Yours, and Yours always.

Lead me in Your truth today.

May I love You, and obey.

Lead me in Your righteousness.

When I sin, may I confess;

Bow before You when I pray;

Live for You and You always.

 

Love You, Jesus, You’re my friend.

Life with You will never end.

You are with me through each day,

Giving love and peace always.

You will ne’er abandon me.

From my sin You set me free.

You died on that cruel tree,

So I’d live eternally.

 

Soon You’re coming back for me;

From this world to set me free;

Live with You eternally.

Oh, what joy that brings to me.

I will walk with You in white;

A pure bride, I’ve been made right

By the blood of Jesus Christ;

Pardoned by His sacrifice.

 

https://vimeo.com/114796263

 

The Seed You Have Sown

An Original Work / June 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 NKJV

 

“But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.”

 

Freewill Offerings

 

As best as I understand this, under the Old Covenant God had with his people Israel, they were required to tithe 10% of their income to support the Levitical priesthood, the needy, and other temple needs. But under the New Covenant, where the believers in Christ met from house to house, and in the temple courts, the Christians were not required to give 10% of their income to the ministry of the saints, and to the poor, but they were to give freely as they each purposed in their hearts to give, and not as a grudging obligation.

 

But the important thing to remember here is not just that they should give freely from their hearts, and not as under obligation, but to what they should be giving. Their giving was to meet the needs of the poor within the Christian community, but it was also to help support those who were serving as full-time ministers of the gospel, to meet their basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter. But in our world today that is not the picture I am getting of what so many people’s offerings are really going to, sadly so.

 

The Temple Today

 

The Temple of God, after Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension back to heaven to be with The Father, was no longer the temple of the Jews, but now it was and is we the people of God via biblical faith in Jesus Christ. We are those who by faith in the Lord Jesus were 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 now as servants of our Lord and of his righteousness. We the people of God are that temple in whom God dwells by his Spirit.

 

No building called “church” is the church. And all buildings called “church” are not the temple of God. They are not God’s house. God does not dwell in buildings, but he dwells in human hearts and lives. So the church is not something we go to, for we are the church. But the church does gather together in various places. But it is not for entertainment and for our “weekly fix” until the next week. We the church are to gather together daily for mutual encouragement and edification, as EACH PART does its work.

 

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:15-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; 1 Peter 2:9,21; James 5:19-20; 1 John 2:6]

 

Where is the Money Going?

 

If we are part of any gatherings of the church, i.e. of the people of genuine faith in Jesus Christ, we are NOT under biblical obligation to tithe 10% of our income to support those gatherings. But we should give freely from our hearts to the work of the ministry (by biblical standards) and to the needs of the poor among us. Sadly there is so much corruption in so many gatherings of what are being called “churches,” and there is enormous misuse and abuse of the offerings gathered which are going to non-essentials and to the extravagant things of this world which are not approved by God at all.

 

For the church is for the purpose that we should be encouraging one another in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord. And “ministers” of the gospel are all of us who are sharing the truth of the gospel with the people of the world. And “full-time ministry” is working full time for the Lord in ministering to the people as Jesus did, and as his New Testament apostles did, not in building huge buildings for large crowds, and for entertainment, and for marketing, but actually working full-time in sharing the true gospel and in ministering to the physical and spiritual needs of the people of God.

 

Sowing and Reaping

 

So, sowing and reaping isn’t about giving money to “the church” so they can build big buildings and entertain the world and market “the church” to the world, and so that they can pay their pastors enormous salaries so that they can give their time to marketing and entertaining and not to spreading the truth of the gospel full-time. And it isn’t just about giving money and seeing what that produces in other people’s lives. But it is about sharing the gospel with the people so that many will believe in Jesus and follow his leading.

 

But this is also about how we spend our time and what we spend our time on, and what that produces in our own lives, and what that produces in how we impact other people’s lives, either for good or for evil. Are we living for the Lord full-time? Doing what his word teaches us that we must do? And are we sharing the truth of the gospel with the people of the world? Or is all our spare time spent on what is of the flesh, and on entertaining ourselves, and not on what is of God and ministering God’s love and grace to others?

 

[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]

 

Servant of the Lord

 

Based off Romans 1:1-17

An Original Work / July 26, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Servant of the Lord;

For the gospel you’re set apart.

Promised through the prophets of old:

Jesus, Son of God.

Through Him, and for His name alone,

We receive His grace

To call people, Him to obey;

Coming from their faith.

 

You belong to Christ;

Loved by God, and called to be saints;

Serving God with whole heart and mind;

Preaching Jesus Christ;

Always praying for others’ needs;

Helping hand to lend;

Giving courage to others’ faith,

For the praise of God.

 

Servant of the Lord;

Of the gospel, I’m not ashamed;

For salvation, power of God

To those who have faith.

In the gospel find righteousness:

Being right with God.

Turn from sin, and trust Jesus Christ.

By faith, live in Him.

 

https://vimeo.com/119511640

 

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

An Original Work / June 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Time is Precious

Time is precious, don’t neglect to

Follow Jesus with your life.

Follow Him where’re He leads you.

Trust in Him, give not to strife.

Jesus gently, gently leads us

In the way that we should go.

Harken to Him, follow His ways,

Make it real, and not for show.

Die to sin and follow your Lord,

Do all that He now commands.

Be a witness, share the gospel

With a world, without Him stands.

We are all born with sin natures,

In the image Adam, came.

All fall short of our God’s glory,

But by faith we’re not the same.

Faith in Christ, He now transforms us

To His image, be like Him.

Walk with Jesus, do what He says,

No longer live life for sin.

World about us, what disaster!

Liars now all everywhere!

Fear of future holds in bondage

Those who give up in despair.

Don’t be fooled by politicians

Who pretend be on your side.

Put your trust in Jesus only,

From now on in HIM abide!

Give the future to the Master,

Jesus Christ our ONLY KING!

Let Him hold you, lead you, guide you.

Peace in Christ to you He’ll bring!

An Original Work / June 18, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Open Your Hearts to Us

2 Corinthians 7:2-7 NKJV

 

“2Open your hearts to us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one. 3I do not say this to condemn; for I have said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. 4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

 

“5For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. 6Nevertheless God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.”

 

Marketing Ventures

 

Now, I am not going to attempt to try to go into all of the background of this, and to try to go into a discourse on what was happening in the life of Paul and some of the other apostles at the time this was written. For I believe the Lord is giving me a modern day application of this as to how it might possibly be applied to our lives and to our circumstances in the year 2026. For there is a lot going on in the gatherings of “the church,” at least in my nation, which I believe fits well with this passage of Scripture.

 

For we live in a day and age here in the USA when so much of what is called “church” has been turned into institutions of human-making, by design and purpose, incorporated under (partnered with) the state (the government), which are being marketed to the people of the world in order to increase their numbers (their attendance). My husband and I were church planters for a while under this system, and so we got a little caught up in some (not all) of the marketing things, and we thought we were doing the right thing.

 

But Then

 

Well, I am going to speak from my own experience, which I know others have faced, too, so I am not alone in this. But I took God and his Word seriously, to obey them. And what I was beginning to see happening inside these institutional market-driven “churches” is that so many of them were turning their gatherings into theatre productions to entertain the masses. And so they were also altering the gospel message to make it less offensive to the ungodly, and they were also being taught who to “get rid of,” too.

 

And I was one of the ones they were warned about in their training sessions, i.e. people with “strong convictions,” that they were to invite people like us to go somewhere else where we would be a “better fit.” For me, I spoke the truth of God’s Word, not out of order, but only when called upon and given permission to speak, but in a setting where they were no longer accepting the gospel message that Jesus taught, but they were recreating the gospel to not include our need to die to sin and to obey God and his commands.

 

So I Questioned

 

So I questioned what I saw as being contrary to the teachings of the Scriptures, in the appropriate manner, with grace, and I refused to bow to spiritual compromise. And I would not tell lies, and I would not manipulate, but I spoke truth, spoken in love, against the lies and manipulations. And I held on to the truth and to moral character. I did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as led by the Spirit. I was not out of order. But I wasn’t going in the same direction as most of them were going, so they got rid of me.

 

And this is a very condensed version of what all I went through at the hands of pastors and elders who falsely accused me of wrong I did not do, and who put me on church discipline because I would not tell lies, and who banned me from their church property because I spoke the truth of what God’s word teaches in a group of women, and who kicked my husband and I and our youth ministry out of their “church” just because they didn’t like us, because we didn’t fit with their marketing plans for how to grow their numbers.

 

But God!

 

But God turned all of that around for good, and he then sent me to the internet where I have been sharing for the past 22 years what the Lord has been teaching me through his word each day. And right now, but that could change, he has blessed me with internet sites where they accept me and where they allow me to share what the Lord is teaching me each day from my times spent with him in his word. So God can turn what seems to be impossible situations in our lives around for something good, for his glory.

 

Here, for now, I have the freedom to share the truth of the Scriptures and what they teach about the gospel of our salvation. And I am allowed to speak against sin and to encourage people to come to repentance and to leave their lives of sin behind them to follow the Lord in obedience to his commands. That day will one day end. And I believe we are getting closer and closer to that time by the minute. So I am very thankful for God’s call upon my life, and that I am still here to share with you the Word of God.

 

[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]

 

Zeal for Your House

 

Based off John 2:17; Psalms 69:9

An Original Work / August 1, 2016

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.

Lord, I love my times with You.

I love to worship You and sing Your praises.

Time in Your Word brings me closer to You,

List’ning to You speaking to me,

Gently guiding me in truth.

 

Lord, You are my life’s example,

Showing me how I should live.

I love to walk with You where’er You lead me.

No greater joy have I when serving You.

Loving, giving, resting in Your strength,

I’m yielding to Your will.

 

Zeal for Your house, it consumes me.

See the church turned upside down:

Marketing ventures taking place of worship,

Men of the gospel turning into clowns.

Gospel message made appealing,

So the world will feel at home.

 

Lord, we need a great revival.

Turn their hearts, Lord, back to You.

Open the blind eyes, turn them all from darkness,

Lord, to the light. May they return to You,

Turn from their sin, forsake idols,

Be restored to God again.

 

https://vimeo.com/177433676

 

Open Your Hearts to Us

An Original Work / June 18, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Come Out From Among Them

2 Corinthians 6:11-18 NKJV

 

“11O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open. 12You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. 13Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.

 

“14Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

 

“I will dwell in them

And walk among them.

I will be their God,

And they shall be My people.”

17Therefore “Come out from among them

And be separate, says the Lord.

Do not touch what is unclean,

And I will receive you.”

18“I will be a Father to you,

And you shall be My sons and daughters,

Says the Lord Almighty.”

 

The Unbelievers

 

How do the Scriptures define “unbelievers”? They are not just all who make no professions of faith in Jesus Christ. But they are many who profess to be in relationship with our Lord but who deny him by their words and by their actions. For the Word teaches us that faith in Jesus Christ requires that we deny self, die to sin, and obey God in practice. Faith = obedience. And disobedience = unbelief. So, if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, we are not people of faith in Jesus Christ.

 

[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]

 

Unequally Yoked

 

So, what does that mean? It means to be partnered, joined with, united with those who are of this world and who are not genuine followers of Jesus Christ. So this can include people who profess faith in Jesus but who have not died to sin and who are not obeying God as a matter of life practice, but who are still walking in the ways of the flesh and of the world. So this is like the church incorporated (merged, unified) under the state and with the world who are marketing “the church” to the world, which God forbids.

 

[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]

 

And God is calling his people to come out from among her and to be separate and to not touch what is unclean. And what is unclean in the eyes of the Lord? Anything that contradicts God and his righteousness and holiness, and that promotes sin, and approves of and accepts addiction to sin as the norm for Christians, and that which compromises the gospel message in order to attract the ungodly to “church” gatherings. If it teaches we don’t have to obey God and that we can keep sinning, it is “unclean.”

 

Come Out

 

What are we being commanded to come out from? This is not telling us to have nothing to do with the ungodly at all, or how else will we be able to show them love, compassion, mercy, and kindness? How else will we be able to minister to them and to share with them the good news of the Gospel? We need to be “in” the world but not “of” the world. We are not to partner with the world in unity with them which is opposed to God. We are not to be like the world, doing the kinds of things that the ungodly do in practice.

 

We are not to be supporting and giving our agreement and our financial support to what is contrary to the teachings of the Scriptures on the subject of what (who) “the church” is, and how she is to operate as the body of Christ, and on the subject of what the gospel of Christ teaches it means to be “in Christ,” and on the subject of what it means to be the children of God and heirs of the promise. We need to be Christ followers and not be followers of human beings, many of whom are leading the people wrongly.

 

Then God will receive us, and he will be a Father to us, and we will be his sons and daughters. For, to be “in Christ,” we must deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, in life practice, not necessarily in absolute sinless perfection (1 John 2:1-2). And he commands that we not join in with and partner with and merge with what is not of God, and which is against God and his commands, to where we are in agreement with and supportive of what is sinful, immoral, wicked, and antichrist.

 

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

 

Come Out From Among Them

An Original Work / June 18, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love