Run With It: July 2025

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Somewhere Out There

Somewhere out there lives now are falling apart.

For the truth is, many from God now depart.

Make their own truth, fitting how they want to live,

For the truth is, their lives to God will not give.

Full surrender to God to now do His will

All forsaken so they can now live a thrill.

Fleshy pleasures subvert God’s will for their lives.

Hidden treasures now covered up with their lies.

All on purpose, wandering souls to live on,

Do what they want, while God’s word now they step on.

Truth that matters they will now toss far away,

And truth tellers they will now surely betray.

But the truth is Jesus was our sacrifice.

On that cross then He died to give us new life.

Die to sin and walk now in all of His ways,

Follow Him now all throughout all of your days.

Life in Him now, surrender to all His will,

Serve Him only, your being He will now fill.

Life in service, doing what God has designed

For our lives, we all need His purpose to find.

An Original Work / July 31, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Behold, the Lamb of God!

”The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!’” “Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God!’ The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, ‘What do you seek?’ They said to Him, ‘Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?’ He said to them, ‘Come, and you will see.’” (John 1:29,35-39 NASB1995)

Under the Old Covenant God had with his people Israel (Jews only), lambs were sacrificed for the atonement (payment) for sins. And this was something that had to be repeated over and over again. But when Jesus Christ, God the Son, gave his life up for us on that cross, he was the final and the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world. For in his death he became sin for us so that when he died, our sins died with him, so that by faith in him we will now die to sin and live for God and obey him.

And John the Baptist had this revealed to him by God the Father that Jesus Christ was that sacrificial lamb of God sent by God to take away the sin of the world, i.e. to deliver the people of this world out of their slavery to sin so that, by faith in him, they will now die to sin and walk in obedience to the Lord in daily practice, in God’s power. And John the Baptist was called of God to prepare the hearts of the people for the coming of Jesus, so that by faith in him, they would forsake their sins and now walk in the ways of the Lord.

And because John the Baptist believed God, and he was faithful to the call of God on his life to be “a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said,” people began to follow Jesus, not many at first, but some, some of whom became his close disciples who then ministered along with him for about three years, the time of his ministry on the earth prior to his death, resurrection, and ascension back to heaven to be with God the Father, whereby he sent us his Spirit.

And I just love the progression of this here. One of the first to follow Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. And he said to his brother Simon, “We have found the Messiah” (the Christ). And Andrew brought Simon to Jesus, and Jesus named him Peter. The next day Jesus found Philip, and he called him to follow him, and Philip did. Then Philip found Nathanael, and he told him about Jesus, and he invited him to come and see the Lord. And on and on it went, and people believed in Jesus Christ as their Lord (vv. 39-51).

And as I was thinking about all of this, what came to mind is how we don’t really know how what we do might impact one person who then impacts others for Christ who then impacts others for Christ. We may reach one person who comes to Christ, who then is on fire for the Lord, who then shares his or her (their) faith with someone else who then may share their faith, and so on and so forth. Especially if our ministry is on the internet, we may have no knowledge of how God is using us, but he is, if we are of him.

So, the encouragement here is to be faithful to the call of God to be sharing the truth of the gospel with the people of the world, and then to trust God with the results. And the truth we should be sharing is what Jesus taught and what his New Testament apostles taught, in their full and correct biblical context. For so many people today are teaching a diluted and altered “gospel” that makes no requirements for death to sin and walks of obedience to our Lord as part of faith which saves. So, please know the truth.

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

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

Your Servant Witness

An Original Work / March 13, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humbly I bow, Lord, before You,

Bringing my requests to You.

May I listen; hear You speaking.

May I follow You in truth.

Gently lead me in Your service.

Guide my steps and strengthen me.

Fill me with Your love and mercy.

May I live for Thee!

Let me be Your servant witness,

Telling others of Your grace.

May I always share the gospel

With those I meet face to face.

May I show the love of Jesus,

Caring for the needs of men;

Be Your servant witness always

For my Lord, Amen!

My desire to be like Jesus,

Living for Him ev’ry day.

May I obey all His teachings

Given me, so I’ll not stray.

Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master.

You are the King of my heart;

Follow You where’er You lead me;

Not from You depart!

https://vimeo.com/125493983

Behold, the Lamb of God

An Original Work / July 31, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Make Straight The Way

This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” Then they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?” He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.” (John 1:19-23 NASB1995)

This was God’s calling upon the life of John the Baptist in preparation for Jesus’ ministry. But truthfully, this is God’s calling upon all of us who believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives. We are all called of God to proclaim the excellencies of him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light. We are all to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth in taking the message of the gospel to the people of the world, and via us setting the example before them as to how this life should be lived.

We are all to be the Lord’s witnesses and those who are sharing the message of the gospel with the people of the world, and in teaching them to repent (die to sin) and to obey our Lord’s commandments. And we are to be those who make straight (upright, righteous, godly) the way of the Lord, i.e. the way of salvation from sin and eternal life with God. We are not to be those who cheapen the message of the gospel to make others feel good about themselves, but we are to teach dying to sin and walks of obedience to God.

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; Ephesians 5:11-14; 1 Peter 2:9,21; 1 John 2:6]

Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” (John 10:27-30 NASB1995)

And Jesus said to Paul (then Saul): “I am sending you, to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’” (Acts 26:17-18 NASB1995)

And Paul wrote: “Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Galatians 5:19-21 NASB1995)

Paul wrote: “If indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” (Ephesians 4:21-24 NASB1995)

Paul wrote: “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.” (Titus 2:11-14 NASB1995)

And John wrote: “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” And “The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected.” (1 John 1:6-7; 1 John 2:4-5 NASB1995)

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

Make Straight The Way

An Original Work / July 31, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The True Light Enlightens

“There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” (John 1:9-13 NASB1995)

The “true Light” being spoken of here is Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He always was, as is God the Father, and he was with God in the beginning, and he is our creator God who made us, who formed us in the wombs of our mothers. And light has to do with truth and righteousness, and it is the opposite of darkness which represents what is evil and sinful. Light also has to do with the truth of the gospel of Christ, of our salvation.

When Jesus enlightens us, he speaks the truth of his word to us. He said,

“If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.” (Luke 9:23-26 NASB1995)

So, if we want to put our faith in Jesus Christ for salvation from sin, and for eternal life with God, Jesus requires that we deny self, we die daily to sin, and that we follow him in walks of obedience to his commands. For when Jesus took up his cross it was to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now die to sin and obey him, in his ways. For if we hold on to our old lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if we die with Christ to sin and to self, by his grace, then we have the hope and the promise of salvation and of eternal life with God.

For to be ashamed of Jesus and his words is to deny what he teaches in favor of what tickles itching ears and what gives us permission to continue living in sin, no repentance and no obedience to God required. It is to ignore the bulk of the teachings in the New Testament on the subjects of faith, salvation, repentance, obedience, and eternal life with God, especially regarding what God requires of us who claim that we are his, by faith in Jesus. And he requires death to sin and obeying him. If we choose to ignore his teachings, we will not be received into his kingdom, when he returns.

He said, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’” (Matthew 7:21-23 NASB1995)

So, you see, it is not enough for us to just profess faith in Jesus Christ with our lips, but we must be those who are obeying our Lord and his commands, in practice, in the power of God living within us, and not of our own doing. And the very sad reality here is that many people today are believing that all that is required of them is a confession of faith in Jesus Christ, and they are now saved and on their way to heaven, but regardless of how they live. And one day they will stand before God in judgment, and he will declare to them, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.” Ouch!

And Paul taught that when we believed in Jesus Christ with biblical faith, “our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin.” “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts.” “Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?” “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:6,12,16,23 NASB1995) Die to sin. Obey God, not sin. Have eternal life.

For Our Nation

Professionally recorded in Nashville, TN

Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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.

http://youtu.be/_XQkomPFz4Y

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The True Light Enlightens

An Original Work / July 31, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Lies Spread Against You

“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matthew 5:10-12 NASB1995)

I am a minister of the gospel of Christ who shares the message of the gospel daily in the writings that the Lord gives me to share each day. But the gospel message that I share is presently under attack, and it is being knocked down and misrepresented and falsely accused of it being “works salvation,” which it is not. And so I am also being attacked and falsely accused of teaching “works salvation.” And some of these personal attacks are to my face, and some of them are possibly behind my back where I cannot see them.

And it doesn’t matter how much I quote the words of Jesus Christ and of his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context, this is largely being ignored in favor of a very popular “gospel” message which teaches that we can make a verbal confession of faith in Jesus Christ and that is enough to secure for us salvation of all sin and eternal life with God in heaven, no works required at all. And they will usually quote the Scriptures out of their biblical context in order to try to prove their point.

And many people are buying into this “no works,” “no obedience,” “no repentance” gospel message because it makes no requirements of them that they must die to sin and obey God and do the works God prepared in advance that they should do, in obedience to him, as his workmanship, and in order to have genuine salvation from sin and the hope of eternal life with God. For all of God’s promises have conditions we must meet in order for us to be recipients of those promises. And his gospel is not unrestricted.

Nonetheless, it appears that the dominant “gospel” being taught and received and accepted in the USA today, and perhaps in other nations, is a diluted, altered, and twisted “gospel” message which takes Scriptures out of their original context, and then twists them to say what they do not say if taught in the appropriate context, and which makes no requirements of its adherents that they must die to sin, obey God, and do the works God prepared in advance that we should walk in them, as his followers.

But are we saved by our own fleshly works? No! We can do nothing in our own flesh to earn or to deserve our own salvation. It is only by the grace of God, and only by God-persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus, and not of our own doing, that any of us have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. But Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught that we must die to sin and obey God in practice or we do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. If sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God, but we will face the wrath of God, instead.

And this is because faith in Jesus Christ is not lip service only. Faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God, and which is persuaded of God, will be persuaded of God as to his holiness and righteousness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die with Christ to sin and to now walk in obedience to his commands, in daily practice, or it is not biblical faith which saves. Faith = obedience, and disobedience = unbelief (see Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; etc.).

So, yes, we do not work to earn our own salvation. But our salvation from sin, which comes from God, requires that we obey God, in practice, and that we not continue in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord, for us to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. Jesus taught it. Paul taught it. And the other New Testament apostles taught it. But this obedience is not of our own flesh, but it is empowered by God, as is our death to sin by the grace of God, in his power. Bottom line, we must surrender all to God!!!

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 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 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 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

Lies Spread Against You

An Original Work / July 31, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

No Fake Righteousness

Salt Becoming Tasteless

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.” (Matthew 5:13 NASB1995)

We who profess faith in Jesus Christ are to be those who have died with Christ to sin and who are now walking in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in daily practice, though not necessarily in absolute sinless perfection, but no longer as slaves to sin for whom sin is our practice. We are to be those who are living holy lives, pleasing to God, and for whom righteousness and obedience are our practice. We are the salt of the earth.

We are not only to be those who are no longer living in sin, living to please our flesh, but we are to be those who are obeying our Lord, in practice, living to please God in all that we are and do and say. We are to be those who are setting the right example of what it means to be a Christian and a follower of Christ, and one who is of genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus, living for the purpose to do the will of God and to serve him with our lives.

And we are to be witnesses for Christ in sharing the truth of the gospel of our salvation with the people of the world, who preserve (like salt does) the word (the bread) of life in its truth and righteousness and wholeness and purity and correct biblical context. And we are to be those who guard and protect the Word of God, his gospel, from decay and from false ingredients inserted within which may distort and detract from its purity and purpose.

But somewhere along the line we may get off course, and we may lose our way, and we may be drawn in by the world to doing what should not be done by people of faith in Jesus Christ. And we may get distracted by the attractions of the world and therefore become “tasteless,” no longer good for anything which is of God and of his will and purpose for our lives; no longer having an impact on other people’s lives for the truth of the gospel of Christ.

And if that is where we remain, and if we do not genuinely repent and turn back to God in humble surrender to do his will, but we continue in our sins and in walks of disobedience to the Lord, then we will no longer have the hope of eternal life with God, according to the teachings of the Scriptures. For the Scriptures teach the church that if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, that we will not inherit eternal life with God.

But then there are people who make professions of faith in Jesus Christ who never have, in truth, repented of their sins and walked in obedience to the Lord, in practice. Although they may give lip service to the Lord, their professions of faith are superficial, for they never did die with Christ to sin, and so they were never cleansed of their sins, of the Spirit, and so they have continued in deliberate and habitual sin against the Lord Jesus and others.

Some of them are particularly addicted to specific sins which may come in waves, but in a series of repeated patterns of certain behaviors. And even though they profess faith in Jesus, they have not yet truly bowed to him as Lord, in humble surrender to do his will. But they keep on in their sinful patterns of behavior, even if sometimes they talk about needing to change. For they won’t do what is required of God for them to change direction.

But whether you were once salt, but then have since become tasteless, no longer good for anything which is of God and of his will and purpose for our lives, or you were never salt to begin with, but you faked your Christianity in order to appear outwardly as a Christian while you continued in sinful patterns of behavior, the truth is still the truth. We must deny self, die to sin daily, and walk in obedience to our Lord, which is the faith which saves. But if we make sin our practice, and not obedience, we will die without Christ.

For Our Nation

Professionally recorded in Nashville, TN

Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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.

http://youtu.be/_XQkomPFz4Y

Caution: This link may contain ads

Salt Becoming Tasteless

An Original Work / July 30, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Adultery in Your Heart

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.” (Matthew 5:27-30 NASB1995)

Late last night the Lord began preparing me for this passage today. He was giving me a picture in my mind of someone who is egocentric, full of pride, morally unclean, a liar, a deceiver, malicious, a manipulator, not trustworthy, and someone who fakes their Christianity to appear good when they are really evil of heart and practice. They know the truth of the gospel, and they can even recite the gospel truth to others. But in their pride they are not submitting to the gospel but they are continuing in their sexual immorality.

Rather than submitting to God, humbling themselves, turning from their sins, and walking in obedience to the Lord, they hold on to their pride and to their sin. And they continue to drift, to descend, to go under, and to worsen. The feeling was also that they continued on this course because they were feeling sorry for themselves, moping, perhaps blaming others for their predicament, rather than to take responsibility for their own actions. This is someone who is resisting God and a heart transformation of the Spirit.

Then I had this image of someone scattering the seed of the gospel of Christ to this person, but they kept resisting and resisting the witness for Christ who was spreading the message of the gospel which would set them free if only they would be humble, repent, and obey God and die to their old lives of living in sin and for self. But truly it was God who kept giving the witness the message of the gospel, with the intent to bring down the adulterous from their prideful position so that they would die to sin and obey God.

And all this was going through my mind even before I knew what passage of Scripture the Lord would lead me to write on this morning. And then I read this passage of Scripture, and it fit with what I was seeing in my mind. For adultery is not just having sexual intercourse with someone not your spouse. Adultery is looking with lust for another. And this reminds me of pornography addiction, which a high number of people are being controlled by today, even a high number of people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, even pastors.

But the only way anyone is going to be free from addiction to sexual immorality is if they are willing to humble themselves, to forsake their pride, and to surrender their lives to God to do his will. And this may mean giving up some things which habitually serve as tempters to draw them right back into sin. For there is a need to throw off all that leads you to sin, as well as the sin itself, if you are serious with God about being totally free from all addiction to sin. But sadly, not everyone will yield to God. And God will have to be good to his promise, and he will send them to hell. Breaks my heart!

So, don’t be someone who plays with sin assuming that because you made a confession of faith in Jesus Christ that you can keep on in your sin and that God will give you a free pass to heaven. The Scriptures make it very clear that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, regardless of what we profess with our lips, we will not inherit eternal life with God. But many people are gambling that that is not the truth, and that the truth is that they will still go to heaven because they “prayed the prayer to receive Christ.” So, please don’t gamble with your destiny. God will keep his word!

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

Adultery in Your Heart

An Original Work / July 30, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Whatever You Do

“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” (Colossians 3:16-17 NASB1995)

We who believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives were not put here on the earth to live for ourselves, to go our own way, to chart our own course, and to choose our own path. And we are not saved from our sins and promised eternal life with God so that we may go on living in sin and not in walks of obedience to our Lord, living to please the flesh and not God. God did not draw us to himself so we would continue to live for self and not for God. But he called us to holy living and to walks of obedience to God.

For God created us for a purpose, and that purpose is that we might honor God with our lives, that we might follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, and that we might accept his commission (calling) for our individual lives to go where he sends us, and to do and to say what he commands. But the only way we will know the will of God is if we are students of the Scriptures, and if our ears and hearts are in tune to hearing the Spirit of God speak truth to us in our hearts, willing to obey him.

But being students of the Scriptures is not to be just an intellectual exercise, to just gain knowledge. There are people who know the Scriptures, who have even memorized much of the Scriptures, and who have even taught, or are still teaching the Scriptures. But it is all head knowledge. For it is not being applied to their lives. They know how to speak it, but they don’t live it. They can preach it to others, but they don’t put it into practice in their own lives. They know how to sound spiritual, but they are still walking in sin.

So if we are those who are letting the word of Christ richly dwell within us, then we are those who are taking God’s words to heart, and who are putting the Word into practice in our daily lives, by the Spirit. And this is not to say that we will do it perfectly, but that we are walking the walk and not just talking it, and sin is not our practice, but obedience to God is our practice. And so we are those who are teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom so that we might all live for the Lord, doing his will, for his glory.

And when this speaks of us teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, this is not about us all attending a “worship service” where we all sing in unison the songs preselected for us to sing, usually by one person, and usually more about praising God, which is good, but which is not directed at ministering to one another, but which so many of the old hymns actually do. This is about each of us having a song or a poem to share with the rest which will help one another to walk with Jesus.

So, when this says that whatever we do, in word or in deed, we are to do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, the “whatever” does not include sinning against God, and disobeying his commands, and ignoring his calling upon our lives so that we can live however we want. The “whatever” needs to be according to the will and purpose of God for our lives, according to his calling upon our lives, and in agreement with the teachings of the Scriptures on how we are to live lives which are pleasing to God, not to please the flesh.

Your Servant Witness

An Original Work / March 13, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humbly I bow, Lord, before You,

Bringing my requests to You.

May I listen; hear You speaking.

May I follow You in truth.

Gently lead me in Your service.

Guide my steps and strengthen me.

Fill me with Your love and mercy.

May I live for Thee!

Let me be Your servant witness,

Telling others of Your grace.

May I always share the gospel

With those I meet face to face.

May I show the love of Jesus,

Caring for the needs of men;

Be Your servant witness always

For my Lord, Amen!

My desire to be like Jesus,

Living for Him ev’ry day.

May I obey all His teachings

Given me, so I’ll not stray.

Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master.

You are the King of my heart;

Follow You where’er You lead me;

Not from You depart!

https://vimeo.com/125493983

Whatever You Do

An Original Work / July 29, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Greet Every Saint

God's Commands, My Delight!

“If Your law had not been my delight,
Then I would have perished in my affliction.
I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have revived me.
I am Yours, save me;
For I have sought Your precepts.” (Psalm 119:92-94 NASB1995)

We who believe in Jesus Christ are under the New Covenant God has with his people of faith (Jew and Gentile by faith in Jesus Christ), so we are not under the Old Covenant liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary and Sabbath laws of the Old Covenant. But the New Covenant is not lawless. We still have commands of God which we are required to obey as followers of Jesus Christ, which are mostly God’s moral laws. So, by faith we must die to sin and walk in obedience to our Lord.

But this is not something to be seen as a drudgery or as something to be avoided or dismissed just because we are now living under grace and not under the Old Covenant Law. Obedience to our Lord and to his commands should be our delight, i.e. something we want to do because we love God, because we want to serve him with our lives, and because we know that obeying our Lord is the right way and the good way and the best way.

Obedience to our Lord is of upmost importance under the New Covenant, not just under the Old Covenant. And the subject of obedience is stressed often throughout the New Testament writings. For obedience is a sign that our faith in Jesus Christ is biblical faith which saves. It is also an indication that we are, indeed, in an intimate relationship with God, by faith in Jesus Christ. And it says to God that we love him. And it means that we know him.

Many people today who profess faith in Jesus Christ are not teaching the importance of obedience to God. Many are teaching that we do not have to obey God, by faith in Jesus, and that we do not have to repent of (turn away from) our sins. For they are teaching that a verbal confession of Christ as Lord is enough to save them from their sins and to promise them heaven when they die, but regardless of how they live. If some do teach repentance and obedience, it is often taught more as a suggestion, not as a command.

But the commands of God are for our good. They encourage us to walk in the ways of the Lord, and to forsake our lives of living in sin. And this brings us much peace and joy and victory because we are no longer living under slavery to sin but as servants of the Lord and of his righteousness! We now belong to Jesus, our lives are surrendered to him to do his will, and by the grace of God we are able now to walk in the ways of the Lord and not in sin.

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

God’s Commands, My Delight!

An Original Work / July 29, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Lord is Near

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:4-7 NASB1995)

This word “rejoice” means “to delight in God’s grace,” according to Bible Hub’s interlinear. And God’s grace is what sent Jesus to the cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will die with Christ to sin and now walk in obedience to his commands in holy living. And God’s grace is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives. And to rejoice also means to celebrate, to take joy in, to delight in and to take pleasure in the Lord, and in all of who he is, and in all that he has done for us, the people of this world.

And if we are rejoicing in the Lord, in who he is, then we need to know that he is both a God of grace and a God of justice. He will let some people into heaven, while he will cast others into hell. He is a God of mercy, and yet he will punish those who refuse him, and who will not bow to him as Lord. He will keep all his promises, but all God’s promises have conditions. So, he will also keep true to his warnings and to their conditions. And he said that not everyone who says to him, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father in heaven.

And this word “gentle” is not wishy-washy. It does not mean spiritual weakness and backing down from the truth in order to not offend others. It never means to compromise truth and righteousness to spare people’s feelings. It is not lacking in strength or character or boldness to speak the truth that people need to hear. And it never resorts to telling people lies to make them feel better. It is about being fair and just and not overly harsh (unnecessarily). And another word for this is meek. And Jesus was meek, but he was never weak when it came to speaking the truth, in love.

Be anxious for nothing. What kinds of things today might make us anxious? Loss of job and income and not knowing where our next meal is coming from. World leaders who are not trustworthy and who do not keep to their word and who speak lies to the people, and the people not knowing what kinds of tricks they are going to pull on the people of this world. And.. an unfaithful spouse. Car troubles. Health issues. Changes in technology. Rumors of wars. People betraying one another. Not being able to trust other humans to keep to their word. Not knowing what the future holds, etc.

We who put our trust in Jesus Christ to be Lord of our lives must recognize that God is absolutely sovereign over our lives, and his will is being accomplished, and he will take care of us, and he is watching over us who are his, by genuine repentant faith in him. And rather than becoming anxious when life, to a certain degree, appears to be out of our control, we are to pray, and to bring our requests before the Lord, and trust in his grace, and trust that he has all things under his control. And we must let the peace of God fill our minds and hearts and emotions, giving it all over to God.

Your Servant Witness

An Original Work / March 13, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humbly I bow, Lord, before You,

Bringing my requests to You.

May I listen; hear You speaking.

May I follow You in truth.

Gently lead me in Your service.

Guide my steps and strengthen me.

Fill me with Your love and mercy.

May I live for Thee!

Let me be Your servant witness,

Telling others of Your grace.

May I always share the gospel

With those I meet face to face.

May I show the love of Jesus,

Caring for the needs of men;

Be Your servant witness always

For my Lord, Amen!

My desire to be like Jesus,

Living for Him ev’ry day.

May I obey all His teachings

Given me, so I’ll not stray.

Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master.

You are the King of my heart;

Follow You where’er You lead me;

Not from You depart!

https://vimeo.com/125493983

The Lord is Near

An Original Work / July 29, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Monday, July 28, 2025

The Upward Call of God

“Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained.” (Philippians 3:12-16 NASB1995)

When we believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, and we die with him to sin, by faith in Jesus, and we are raised with Christ to now walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God and to his righteousness, we are “born again” of the Spirit of God. The old life of sin we once lived is now to be done away with. And now we are to walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living, and no longer for the sinful pleasures of the flesh, by the grace of God.

But we do not then become instantly perfect in every way. In fact, we won’t be entirely perfect until Jesus takes us to be with him for eternity and we are no longer living in these flesh bodies on this earth. For salvation from sin is a lifelong process. We are saved (past), we are being saved (present), and we will be saved (future) when Jesus returns for his bride, but providing that we have continued in walks of obedience to our Lord and not in making sin our practice. For if sin is our practice, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[Matthew 10:22; John 8:31-32; John 15:1-12; Romans 8:24; Romans 11:17-24; Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Colossians 1:21-23; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; 2 Timothy 2:10-13; Hebrews 3:6,14-15; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5,9; 2 Peter 1:5-11; 1 John 2:24-25]

But the word “perfect” means “reaching the end-stage, i.e. working through the entire process (stages) to reach the final phase (conclusion).” It means “reaching the end (aim)” (source: Bible Hub). Another word for it is “consummate,” which means “complete.” Consummation also refers to “the first act of sexual intercourse between a husband and wife after their wedding ceremony” (Google AI).

The biblical marriage for the Jews involved an engagement period, which was a binding marriage contract. So, biblically they were regarded as husband and wife. But then the husband would go and prepare a place for he and his wife to live together. And then he would come and get her, and there would be a ceremony, and then they would consummate their marriage. And our marriage to Christ is like that. For..

We are in a covenant of marriage relationship with Christ, by God-persuaded faith in the Lord. He is our husband, and we are his bride, and he has gone to prepare a place for us. And one day he will return and he will take us to be with him, at which time our marriage to him will be consummated, and our salvation will be complete (perfect, consummated). In the meanwhile we are in the process of becoming perfect, and of becoming more like Christ in character, and of growing in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord.

Yet, lack of perfection is never to be used as an excuse for continued deliberate and habitual sin and for willful walks of disobedience to God. And the Scriptures make it clear, even the teachings of Paul, that if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, that we will not have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. But we are still clay in the hands of The Potter, being molded into the likeness of character of Jesus Christ, provided that we cooperate with God’s work of grace in our lives in yielding to his control.

So, the point here is that the Christian life is a life-long process of sanctification where, by faith in Jesus Christ, we are being made to be more and more like Jesus. But this requires that we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ, to do his will, and to follow him in obedience, and to not ignore his commands, and to not continue in deliberate and habitual sin. We should be daily growing to maturity in Christ, learning more about our Lord and what he requires of us, while dedicating more and more of our lives to his service.

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

The Upward Call of God

An Original Work / July 28, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Enemies of The Cross

“Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.” (Philippians 3:17-21 NASB1995)

When we are born into this world, we are born with sin natures, separate from God, and unable in the flesh to be acceptable to God. And in our own flesh we can do nothing to be saved from our sins and to have eternal life with God. We cannot even come to faith in Jesus Christ unless God the Father draws us to Christ. And even the faith to believe in Jesus is not of ourselves, but it is persuaded of God and is gifted to us by God. And no amount of good works, done in the flesh, will earn us salvation from sin.

But faith in Jesus Christ is persuasion of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die with him to sin, by faith in him, and to be raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God and to his righteousness. Faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God, will result in walks of surrender and obedience to God, and no longer in sin, or it is not genuine faith which saves us from sin. For faith = obedience, and disobedience is unbelief.

But there are many people today who are teaching an altered gospel message that allows for lip service only to assure one of salvation from sin and eternal life with God. But many of them are deceivers, morally unclean, and manipulators, who spread lies, and not the truth of God’s word. But we are not saved from our sins by lip service only, and then obedience to God and holy living become optional. For faith which saves results in death to sin and walks of obedience to our Lord or it is not faith which saves.

And this is why we have such warnings as this, for many who profess faith in Jesus Christ walk as enemies of the cross of Christ, whose god is their sinful appetites, who set their minds on earthly things, and whose habits include lying, cheating, stealing, committing adultery, sexual immorality, moral impurity, mind manipulation, and the like. And so some of them are teaching that we can just say we believe in Jesus and now we have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. But God requires death to sin and obeying him.

So, we are not to follow those who are teaching that a mere profession of faith in Jesus is enough to secure us salvation from sin and eternal life with God. Our actions must match our words. Faith without works is dead. But these are not works of the flesh trying to earn our own salvation, but they are the works of God being lived out in the lives of those who are of genuine faith in the Lord. For if our faith does not result in death to sin and walks of obedience to God, it is not biblical faith which saves. It is not of God.

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

Enemies of The Cross

An Original Work / July 28, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Being Conformed to His Death

“But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.” (Philippians 3:7-11 NASB1995)

Paul had once lived under the Old Covenant God had with his people Israel, and he was dedicated to following all the Old Covenant liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary, and Sabbath laws. But when he believed in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of his life, all those things he once prided himself in, he now counted loss for the sake of Christ. He no longer put confidence in his own flesh and in the things that were external only, and which he prided himself in because of his religious zeal.

Now his life was surrendered to Jesus Christ to doing his will and purpose for his life. He was no longer just following a set of rules, which he took pride in for his own accomplishments, but now he had a heart realignment of the Spirit of God so that his life was now dedicated to following the Lord in submission, in death to sin, and in walks of obedience to the Lord and to his commands. For this is what it means to have faith in Jesus. Faith in Jesus Christ is not lawless. We still must obey our Lord’s commandments.

And now let me give you a modern day example of this. There are “religious” people in this world who follow their religions and their religious practices with precision and dedication, but their hearts are not surrendered to Jesus Christ (to God). They attend weekly gatherings of the church (or the false church) religiously, and they sing the songs, and pray the prayers, and they listen to the sermons, and they may do good deeds, or they may serve in some area of ministry, but self is still on the throne of their lives, not God.

Yet by faith in Jesus Christ we do not become lawless. By faith in Jesus Christ 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 God and to his righteousness. But we don’t serve our Lord only in some ritualistic religious fashion as a matter of self-pride and accomplishment. We serve and obey our Lord out of love for God and a heart’s desire to serve the Lord Jesus with our lives in doing his will, with or without accolades.

We want to serve Jesus Christ with our lives in doing his will even if it means being hated and berated, and thought to be the scum of the earth because we don’t preach the feel-good diluted gospel which appeals to human flesh and which does not require death to sin and obedience to our Lord and to his New Covenant commands. What other people think or say about us, though, although it may be hurtful, will not deter us from doing the will of God for our lives, for serving our Lord is not about getting the approval of humans.

Serving Jesus Christ with our lives is what faith is all about, and it is about living righteously in the power of God, and not in our own flesh. For to know Christ/God and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings requires that we die with Christ to sin and that we now walk with him in obedience to his commands in holy living, and no longer according to the desires of our sinful flesh. And it means we will be persecuted for our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord, for we take God’s word seriously.

Your Servant Witness

An Original Work / March 13, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humbly I bow, Lord, before You,

Bringing my requests to You.

May I listen; hear You speaking.

May I follow You in truth.

Gently lead me in Your service.

Guide my steps and strengthen me.

Fill me with Your love and mercy.

May I live for Thee!

Let me be Your servant witness,

Telling others of Your grace.

May I always share the gospel

With those I meet face to face.

May I show the love of Jesus,

Caring for the needs of men;

Be Your servant witness always

For my Lord, Amen!

My desire to be like Jesus,

Living for Him ev’ry day.

May I obey all His teachings

Given me, so I’ll not stray.

Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master.

You are the King of my heart;

Follow You where’er You lead me;

Not from You depart!

https://vimeo.com/125493983

Being Conformed to His Death

An Original Work / July 28, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Beware of Evil Workers

“Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh.” (Philippians 3:2-3 NASB1995)

“The dogs” is in reference to false prophets and teachers who teach lies, and not the truth. In context they were in reference to the Judaizers who were trying to convince Gentile Christians that they had to be circumcised, as was required of God’s people under the Old Covenant. But when Jesus Christ died on that cross, he did away with all the Old Covenant liturgical, ceremonial, sacrificial, purification, circumcision, dietary, and Sabbath laws. What remained were God’s moral laws. We must still die to sin and obey God.

So, what is circumcision? It is a literal cutting away of human flesh. And what is the true circumcision? It is a spiritual cutting away of the sinful flesh via the believer in Jesus Christ dying with Christ to sin and being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness. By faith in Jesus Christ we are crucified with Christ in death to sin so that we might now live for God in obedience to his commands in holy living, and for his purposes and glory.

“The dogs” may still be the modern day Judaizers who are trying to convince Christians that they need to be more like Jews, and that they need to follow some of the Old Covenant Jewish customs to enhance their faith. But they are all who teach lies in the name of God, in the name of Christ, and in the name of the gospel of our salvation, and who willfully lead God’s people, or those professing to be God’s people, to follow the lies and not the truth. For they teach a doctrine of salvation which is of human flesh, and not of God.

And some of them have been and still are people of renown who are regarded as servants of the Lord and teachers of truth by many people. What they taught, or what they are presently teaching sounds good, and it seems biblical, because they quote Scriptures, but they often take Scriptures out of context, and they twist them to say what they do not say if taught in the appropriate context. For many of them are teaching the teachings of man and not the teachings of Christ, because it tickles itching ears.

So, what does it look like to worship in the Spirit of God and to glory in Christ Jesus and to put no confidence in the flesh? It means that we are following the teachings of Christ and of his New Testament apostles in what they taught as the gospel of our salvation, and what they taught is required of us now by God for us to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And they all taught that we must deny self, die to sin, and follow Jesus in walks of obedience to his commands, for this is what it means to believe.

Basically, to believe in Christ Jesus as Lord of our lives it means surrender of our lives to God, submission to him as Lord (Owner-Master of our lives), and death to our old ways of living so that we can now walk in holiness and in righteousness in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. It means we no longer are the masters of our own lives, choosing our own course, but we are now following the course that God has for our lives in doing his will, going wherever he sends us, and saying whatever he gives us to say.

But if you are still listening to “The dogs,” who are telling you that God requires nothing of you other than a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, and that God is going to welcome you into his heaven when you die, based on lip service only, stop believing the lies and believe the truth. For by faith in Christ we must now die to sin and obey God with our lives. For if sin is still what we practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God when we leave this earth, but hell will be our eternal destiny.

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.

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