Know The Truth

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

“They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” (1 John 4:1,5-6 NASB1995)

What do false prophets or teachers or preachers do that is false? They speak lies to the people as though what they are saying is from God when it is not from God, but it is from the flesh of humankind. And how is it that it seems as though most people who profess faith in Jesus Christ do not recognize the lies for what they are? It is because the lies are a careful and meticulous blend of truth and lies made to appear as truth, and because they are not testing the spirits against the Scriptures (in context) to discover the lies.

But it isn’t just that. Many are they who prefer the lies, because the lies give them permission to keep living in deliberate and habitual sin without conscience and remorse and biblical repentance, and absent of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice. For the lies promise them that they are permanently saved from the punishment of all sin, that all their sins are forgiven, and sometimes that God can’t even see when they sin, and that by God’s grace they have the guarantee of eternity in heaven with God.

So, this is why we are encouraged here that we are not to believe every spirit, and that includes not believing everyone who calls himself Reverend or Pastor or Elder or Deacon or Prophet or Evangelist or Apostle. For they don’t all speak the truth. Probably most of them are not teaching the gospel taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context. So we need to be students of the Scriptures who study them in their biblical context so that we can discover any lies we have believed.

And we should not base our faith on what we have always heard is the truth, just because so-and-so said it, or just because it feels good and it is comfortable to our ears and fits with our preferred lifestyles. So, if someone teaches something contrary to what we have always believed, we should not write it off unless we have done the due diligence to test it against the Scriptures. For many of us out there, speaking the truth, are being ignored because the majority prefer the lies which feel good and tickle itching ears.

But 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 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; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

Arise and Shine 

Based off Isaiah 60

An Original Work / March 6, 2014 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Arise and shine; your Lord has come.

Allow His light to flow through you,

For many walk in wickedness.

Show them the way to life anew.

Arise and shine. Your Lord loves you.

Lift up your eyes, and look about.

Some do believe, while others doubt.

Believe in all God’s promises.

The many will, In Christ, find rest.

Lift up your eyes, and you’ll be blessed.

Arise and shine; salvation comes

To all who trust in Christ, God’s Son.

Forgiven of their sins, they’ll be,

When they repent on bended knee.

Arise and shine, so all will see.

Lift up your eyes, and see your Lord.

He will revive his church, forlorn.

Though humans have forsaken you,

They will find Christ, and walk in truth.

Lift up your eyes; God honors you.

https://vimeo.com/88371130

Know The Truth

An Original Work / February 22, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Love Which God Has For Us

“We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.” (1 John 4:16-18 NASB1995)

What is this love being spoken of here? The Greek word is agápē, and it speaks of love which centers in moral preference, which prefers what God prefers, which is all that is holy, righteous, morally pure, upright, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. For God is love, and so he is holy, righteous, honest, and faithful in all that he is and does. And so the love which he has for us is also pure, upright, and godly.

So, how was God’s love for us demonstrated to us? God the Father sent Jesus Christ, God the Son, who was the only begotten Son of God, to the earth, to be born as a baby to a human mother, but conceived of the Holy Spirit, and not of man. So he was not born with a sin nature as we are. And when he lived on the earth as God incarnate (in the flesh), he never once sinned. And so he became our perfect lamb sacrifice for our sins.

And in Jesus’ death on that cross, and in his bodily resurrection, he made the way for us to die with him to sin and to be raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as servants of righteousness in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands. By God-persuaded faith in our Lord Jesus we can now walk in freedom from bondage (addiction) to sin and live holy lives, pleasing to God, in his power.

So, if we who profess Jesus Christ as Lord and as Savior of our lives abide in his agápē love, it means that we are acting in accordance with his love. We are upholding, obeying, and conforming our lives to all that is of God, and to all that is morally pure, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. We are no longer walking in sin, making sin our habit, but now serving our Lord and doing his will, in his power, is what we live for.

Therefore, we have confidence on the day of judgment, not because we gave lip service to God and made a verbal profession of faith in Jesus Christ, but because, by God-persuaded faith in our Lord Jesus, we 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 as slaves to his righteousness, by his grace and in his power.

So for those who have given only lip service to the Lord, and whose lives are not surrendered to the Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, but who are still making sin their practice, living to please the flesh, and not living to please God, they do not have the hope of salvation from sin and eternal life with God, but the dreadful expectation of eternity in hell. For they have rejected the truth of God’s word and have chosen to believe the lies, instead.

[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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; 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]

You Loved Me

A song based off the poem by the same name @ Original Works

Music and lyrics by Sue Love @ Original Works & Tosin Iyawo Ogaga

Vocals by Tosin Iyawo Ogaga & Sue Love

An Original Work / December 3, 2019

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When I was lonely and afflicted,

You were there to pick me up.

You took me in Your arms,

And You held me tenderly.

Your love embraced me.

Your grace sustained me.

When my heart cried out to You

In my fear and my despair,

You never turned away,

But You let me know You loved me.

Your grace forgave me.

You did not shame me.

Then, when I answered the call,

“Here, Lord, send me.”

You sent me to where I must be.

Your mercy held me, did not fail me.

All this, You had planned, to use me.

And, when all trials and scorn

Came to test me.

You gave me all that I would need.

You strengthened me so I’d not fail You.

Your kindness blessed me, it touched me.

And, when I needed the church 

To lift up me,

To hearten me so I’d not fail,

You blessed me with folks who would love me.

Their presence with me, Your praise hailed!

And, when I walked through the valley

Of the shadow of the death,

And tears flowed from my eyes,

Still Your kindness was there for me.

Your touch, it healed me.

For I believed You.

When now I think about the ways,

Of the many, many ways

That You in Your great love

Show me that You’ll always care for me,

My heart, it thanks You,

And gladness fills me, fills me.

https://vimeo.com/377807796

The Love Which God Has For Us

An Original Work / February 22, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Teeter-Tottering

When I was a child I played on a playground, and one of the playground apparatuses on which we played was called a “teeter-totter” or “seesaw.” Here is a description of what it was like: “It is designed for two people to sit on opposite ends and ride up and down, with one person rising while the other descends, often by pushing off the ground.” (source Google AI). 

And yet to “teeter” and to “totter” means to stagger, waver, sway, falter, stumble, and flounder. And a person who teeters is like a person who sits on both (opposite) ends of the teeter-totter, continually going up and down in opinion, thought, words, action, and behaviors. And the Bible refers to them as the “double-minded” who have two souls, whose hearts are divided between God and the world, and who vacillate between good and evil.

But you can’t serve sin and God at the same time. You cannot be devoted to your sinful addictions and love God, too. The two don’t mix. You cannot be a follower of Jesus Christ if you are still walking in sinful addiction and if you are unwilling to let go of that addiction to serve and to obey God fully with your lives. And your sinful addiction may be immoral living, or it may just be laziness, apathy, and pure selfishness with a desire to please self over all.

And the Scriptures teach us that those who teeter, who are the double-minded, who are unstable in all their ways, should not expect to receive anything from the Lord when they ask, for they do not ask in faith. And all who are double-minded are instructed to cleanse their hands (deeds), and to purify their hearts. For no one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other.

[James 1:5-8; James 4:6-8; Matthew 6:24; Romans 6:1-23; Acts 26:18]

A Two-Edged Sword

But when we serve the Lord faithfully with our lives, and we are his servants and messengers in taking the truth of the gospel of Christ to the people of the world, we are going to have the double-minded opposing us, trying to get us to follow them, instead, or trying to discredit us so that others will not believe us. And they will have an alternative light, i.e. to the light of the gospel that Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught, in context. 

But we are not to let their opposing ideas and diluted gospel messages, and their attacks on us and on what we are teaching dishearten or discourage us, or keep us from speaking the truth of God’s Word to the people that they need to hear. For if what we are sharing is the penetrating power of the truth of God’s Word, which cuts deep, penetrating the soul, and which reproofs, warns, and convicts the sinfully double-minded, we will be opposed.

And we may find that we are losing friends and followers. And people who once seemed to like us will begin to distance themselves from us. And some of them may end up hating us and being bitter against us, and they may attack us or gossip about us or slander us. But time is short, and many professers of faith in Jesus Christ need to repent of their sins and obey God in practice or they will not have salvation from sin and eternal life with God.

[Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 2:12; Ephesians 6:17; Galatians 5:16-24]

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; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

Fit for Service 

 

An Original Work / October 5, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Holy Spirit, come within us.

Cleanse our hearts, 

and from sin free us.

Make us holy vessels fit 

for service to the King.

Fill us with Your love and power.

Anoint us within this hour

To be living witnesses 

For Jesus Christ, our King.

Our praise to Him bring.

Father God, our heart’s desire,

Come and speak to us in power.

Revive our hearts to obey You;

Live for You always.

May we love and serve You only,

Walking with You; 

Not a phony.

May we always tell the truth,

And show integrity.

Your true servants be.

Jesus, Savior, sanctify us.

Purify our hearts within us;

Be transformed into Your likeness,

Holy unto You.

May we always listen to You

Speaking Your words 

Now within us.

May we heed Your counsel to us;

Follow You today.

Do all that You say. 

https://vimeo.com/113979906

Teeter-Tottering

An Original Work / February 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Not in Sexual Promiscuity

“Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.” (Romans 13:11-14 NASB1995)

If we read the book of Romans, in its entirety, in its full biblical context, we will see that the apostle Paul was not a “cheap grace gospel” kind of preacher, but he taught the whole truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

In chapter 1, verse 18, he wrote: “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.” And in chapter 2, verses 5-6, he wrote: “But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each person according to his deeds.”

In Romans 6 he wrote: “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 when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.” (Romans 6:16,20-21)

And in Romans 8 we read that Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross “so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit” (v. 4). “For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God” (vv. 6-8).

Do you understand what this is teaching? No matter what we profess with our lips, if sin is still what we practice, deliberately and habitually, we will not have salvation from sin, and we will not inherit eternal life with God, but we will face the wrath of God, instead. For salvation from sin is not by lip service only, but it is by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ which denies self, dies to sin daily, by the Spirit, and which walks (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, empowered by God’ Spirit.

So, this is why we have this warning in Romans 13 letting all who profess faith in Jesus Christ know that it is critical to their salvation and eternal life with God that they lay aside the deeds of darkness (sin, wickedness) and put on the armor of light (truth, righteousness, holiness), and that they behave properly, “not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts” (vv. 13-14).

“So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:12-14).

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

[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 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22] 

Your New Life  

Based off the Gospels  

An Original Work / May 15, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Go and make disciples of peoples,

Teaching them to obey their Savior.

Do not fear, but go where He sends you.

Tell them all of what you have heard.

The kingdom of God now is upon you. 

Come, and follow Jesus, your Lord.

He will make you fishers of man.

If the people Jesus desire,

They must die to sin and to self-life.

If they want to hold on to their lives

They will lose them forevermore.

Surely you heard that coming to Christ

Means a new life in Jesus, your Lord.

Follow Christ wherever He leads.

Love the Lord with all of your heart, and

Love your neighbors as you would yourself.

Preach the gospel to all the nations.

Do not worry what you will say.

Proclaim the freedom for all the captives.

Share the light with all who are blind.

You are ministers of our God.

https://vimeo.com/95450440

Not in Sexual Promiscuity

An Original Work / February 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Elephant in The Room

“Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For this, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” (Romans 13:8-10 NASB1995)

Pornography addiction is at high numbers among professing Christians. According to AI, which also agrees with other statistics I have read over the years, about 75% of professing Christian men and about 40% of professing Christian women, and up to 50% of pastors report viewing pornography. And many children are vulnerable to be included in these statistics, as well. And smartphones in the hands of adults and children alike make for easy access to pornography in secrecy, even in the corner of a crowded room. But many “Christians” are not viewing this as adultery, but that is truly what it is. For..

Jesus said, “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)

And the very sad reality in all of this is that the church at large, in the USA, anyway, is largely pacifying these professing Christians in their sins of idolatry and adultery rather than to call them to biblical repentance and to purity of devotion, both to the Lord and to their spouses (for those married). For they don’t want to offend the sinners, because they want them to come to their gatherings, so they either justify or rationalize or pacify or ignore the reality of this epidemic sin and adultery issue rather than to demand a change of heart and mind resulting in a change of behavior via repentance.

So, pornography use and addiction is the “elephant in the room,” i.e. “a major problem or controversial issue that is obviously present but avoided as a subject for discussion because it is more comfortable to do so” (source AI).

But this is not an issue to be ignored and swept under the rug as though it is a minor offense not worth mentioning. This is not only sin against God, but it is sin against one’s spouse (if you are married), and it is adultery, and it is destroying many people’s marriages and families. And it is the catalyst that is sending many people to hell because they want to hold on to their sin and to their pornography, which they want more than they want their spouses, and more than they want to be delivered (saved) from their slavery to sin so that they can now serve the Lord Jesus with their lives in obedience to him.

Professing Christian, please know that the Scriptures teach that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God, no matter what we have professed with our lips. For we are not saved from our sins and on our way to heaven based on lip service only. We must be those who deny self, die to sin daily, by the Spirt, and who walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in the power of God. And this is not saying we will never sin, but sin should not be our practice, our habit, our addiction. But now we should be servants of the Lord Jesus Christ.

[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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; 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]

Send a Revival  

An Original Work / June 25, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.

Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.

Teach us to daily walk in your footsteps.

Guide us in your truth, and may we find rest.

Send a revival to this nation, Lord, I pray.

Bring us to our knees, Lord, humbly today.

Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.

Make us a people who walk close to you.

Change our hearts to conform to your likeness.

May we love others who are in distress.

Be our desire and our hearts’ pure devotion, Lord.

Make us a people who walk close to you.

Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.

May we serve others as though serving you.

Keep us in fellowship with you, I pray.

May we obey you in all things today.

Teach us to be an example of your love, Lord.

May we serve others as though serving you.

https://vimeo.com/126020794

The Elephant in The Room

An Original Work / February 21, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Spiritually Lukewarm

Jesus says: ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” (Revelation 3:15-22 NASB1995)

What does it look like if you are spiritually lukewarm? You are halfhearted, unenthusiastic and indifferent about the Lord and your walk of faith in him. You profess his name, and you might go through weekly religious rituals, and attend faithfully local gatherings of the church (or what are falsely being called “church”), but you are still living by the flesh, still doing what you want to do without concern for what God requires of you in the way of thought, word, and deed. For you are still the one running your life.

And you don’t have to be living a severely wicked life, doing all sorts of evil, in order to be regarded as “lukewarm.” For lukewarm is that kind of in between, neither on fire for the Lord, nor totally against him and his commands. You may even do a lot of things right, and live a moral life, but Jesus is not King of your life. God is not the one in control. You are still the one making all the decisions, choosing your choices, and the Lord gets a cursory nod occasionally. This should not be! This not biblical faith!

Another symptom of being lukewarm is being caught up in the ways of the world, craving the things the world desires like wealth, popularity, things, possessions, attention, entertainment and whatever else the world is offering. And it isn’t that all these things are bad, though many of them are, but it has to do with where our heart is, and what our priorities are, and who or what is getting most of our passion and desire. And is the world and its treasures of greater importance than submission to Christ as your LORD?

So, the Lord is calling all who profess his name to rearrange their priorities to where HE is LORD (Owner-Master) of their lives, and to where they bow to him and serve him in being and in doing what he has for all of us to be and to do, for his purposes, and for his glory. And if you know that he is not the one ruling your life, then he is calling you to repent of your sins of idolatry and adultery and to surrender your all to him in full submission to him as King of your life, and to now commit your life to his service.

Many who profess the name of Jesus, and who call their gatherings “the church,” have pushed Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit right out the door, if they ever let him inside in the first place. For they got caught up in the ways of the world, and into turning their gatherings into stage productions and marketplaces to be marketed to the world. So, in order to win the world to their gatherings they diluted and altered the gospel and the character of God to fit what they believed would draw in large crowds from the world.

So, Jesus Christ is standing outside the door of these lukewarm adulterated worldly gatherings of what are being referred to as “the church.” And he is knocking, and he is giving an invitation to let him inside. But letting him inside means submitting to him as Lord, leaving your lives of sin behind you, and now following the ways of the Lord in obedience to his commands in holy living, by the grace of God, via God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ. And that open door will result in genuine biblical fellowship with the Lord Jesus.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

The Letters 

Based off Revelation 2-3

An Original Work / December 17, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

To the angels of all the churches write:

These are the words of your Lord and your God.

I know all your deeds, and your witness, too,

And who holds to My words and tells what’s true.

I know all your hard work and your perseverance,

Yet I hold against you: you’ve forsaken Me. 

Listen to what I say to you.

You have people there who deny My name,

And who put the cross of Christ up to shame.

They entice the people to Me, profane,

And their worship of Me is all in vain.

They are so adult’rous as they chase their idols,

And you put up with them easily enough.

Listen to what I say to you.

You give off an image of godliness,

But what you present is so fraudulent,

Or else you lack passion for Jesus Christ, 

So you look to others to tell what’s right.

I say turn from your sin, or you will face judgment.

He who overcomes will have eternal life.

Listen to what I say to you.

I know your afflictions and poverty;

How you suffer for your Lord patiently.

Do not fear the devil and company.

You be faithful to your Lord endlessly.

I know all your weakness and your dedication.

You have kept My Word and not denied your Lord.

I will write on you My new name. 

https://vimeo.com/114655138

Spiritually Lukewarm

An Original Work / February 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

They Are Mostly Dead

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.” (Revelation 3:1-3 NASB1995)

The church is the body of believers in Jesus Christ, as well as it is the gatherings of the people of God. But, as in nearly all gatherings, not everyone present is a genuine believer in Jesus Christ, and not every believer in Christ is living as they ought to live in obedience to our Lord’s commands in holy living. So, all throughout the New Testament we have examples of this where the church, in specific locations, was in need of correction, discipline, repentance, and renewed faith in the Lord Jesus.

Now my understanding of how this worked is that the church in any specific location, such as in Sardis, for example, was the body of believers in Jesus Christ in the whole city. And back then they did not all gather in some very large building called “church”. They met in people’s homes, and their homes were not large, so each gathering was probably the size of a small group home Bible study in our day. So, the church overall, in the city as a whole, had a certain reputation of being alive spiritually, but they were mostly dead.

Now, in the gatherings of the church (or in what is falsely being referred to as “the church”) today, in the USA, they are mostly all presenting an image that they are of God, that they are believers in Jesus Christ, and that what they preach is the truth of God’s Word. Yet it appears that the vast majority of them are businesses of human origin, in partnership with the world and with the government, in unholy unions which are being marketed to the people of the world. And so they compromise truth to “win the world.”

Although they profess that they are of God, and that they believe in Jesus Christ, so much of what is called “church” today is compromised with the world, and with big business, and with the government. And they are not, in truth, following Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Scriptures in their correct biblical context. But they are teaching the Scriptures out of context and are twisting them in order to appease human flesh and to not offend the ungodly who they are trying to draw into their ungodly worldly gatherings.

So, God/Jesus Christ is calling out to his idolatrous and adulterous church who are living more like the world, and who are catering to human flesh, and who are altering, diluting, and misconstruing the teachings of the Scriptures to make them more acceptable to the ungodly and to human flesh. He is calling them to remember the teachings of the Scriptures, to keep (obey) the commands of God, and to repent (turn from) their sins of idolatry and adultery to now live for Jesus Christ in righteous living.

[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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

The Letters 

Based off Revelation 2-3

An Original Work / December 17, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

To the angels of all the churches write:

These are the words of your Lord and your God.

I know all your deeds, and your witness, too,

And who holds to My words and tells what’s true.

I know all your hard work and your perseverance,

Yet I hold against you: you’ve forsaken Me. 

Listen to what I say to you.

You have people there who deny My name,

And who put the cross of Christ up to shame.

They entice the people to Me, profane,

And their worship of Me is all in vain.

They are so adult’rous as they chase their idols,

And you put up with them easily enough.

Listen to what I say to you.

You give off an image of godliness,

But what you present is so fraudulent,

Or else you lack passion for Jesus Christ, 

So you look to others to tell what’s right.

I say turn from your sin, or you will face judgment.

He who overcomes will have eternal life.

Listen to what I say to you.

I know your afflictions and poverty;

How you suffer for your Lord patiently.

Do not fear the devil and company.

You be faithful to your Lord endlessly.

I know all your weakness and your dedication.

You have kept My Word and not denied your Lord.

I will write on you My new name. 

https://vimeo.com/114655138

They Are Mostly Dead

An Original Work / February 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

They Who Justify The Wicked

Proverbs 17 Select Verses NASB1995

4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips;

A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding

Than a hundred blows into a fool.

11 A rebellious man seeks only evil,

So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

13 He who returns evil for good,

Evil will not depart from his house.

15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,

Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

20 He who has a crooked mind finds no good,

And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

23 A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom

To pervert the ways of justice.

There are many people today who are in positions of influence who profess faith in Jesus Christ with their lips, but whose hearts are far from God. For they are the wicked, the adulterous, the idolatrous, the liars, the thieves, the murderers, the evildoers, the foolish, the rebellious, and those who return evil for good. They are also some people, such as pastors, elders, deacons, missionaries, and evangelists, who are people of enormous influence who justify the wicked and the evildoers, and who condemn the righteous who are living according to the will of God. For they teach lies to the people.

They sit in positions of authority and rule and influence, portending to be of God and to speak the words of God to the people, but while they speak lies, instead. For they purposefully and willfully teach the Scriptures out of context to make them say what they do not say if taught in the appropriate context. And the purpose is to deceive and to lead people to follow after the lies and not the truth. Some of them may do so out of ignorance, but when confronted with the truth will refuse the truth and will embrace the lies. So that is not a sign of people who are seekers of truth and righteousness.

There are also people in positions of rule and authority within human governments who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who are teaching lies to the people. And the lies are not just about what the Bible teaches, but they lie about who they are and what they are doing or not doing. And they have tremendous followings of people who are fooled by them. Yet they are evildoers disguising themselves as servants of God but whose goal it is to deceive and to mislead and to turn people away from the truth of God’s word to follow after the lies, instead. For they are “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”

And many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ are following after these liars and deceivers because they prefer the lies over the truth, or because they have been fooled by them. Yet many people who follow these liars are not willing to test these spirits to see if they are truly of God, or not. And so they hold on tight to their idols, expecting their idols to deliver as they said they would, not realizing that they have been duped by master manipulators whose goal it is to steal, to kill, and to destroy, and not to save. So don’t let yourselves be duped by them. Test the spirits to see who is of God or not.

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).

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 (see Titus 2:11-14). So, deny self, die to sin, and obey God always.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

Seven Woes  

Based off Matthew 23

An Original Work / May 31, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love 

Woe to you, teachers of the law;

Hypocrites, you keep men from God.

You refuse to obey the truth,

Nor will you permit others to.

You travel o’er land and sea

To win a single convert to you.

When he becomes one 

You make him twice as much

A “son of hell” as you are.

Woe to you, blind guides of mankind.

You distort the words of your God.

By your practices you declare

Your oaths mean nothing, though you swear.

You give a tenth of your spices,

But you neglect justice, mercy.

When you focus your 

Time and talents on

What is external, you miss out.

Woe to you, who appear so clean,

When inside you are crass and mean.

You work hard to look so upright,

While you hide all your sins inside.

You deceive yourselves when you think

You would not have done what others

Did to God’s messengers 

And prophets of old,

For you will do much the same.

You’re to blame.

https://vimeo.com/125489388

They Who Justify The Wicked

An Original Work / February 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humble and Submissive

I am reading in Luke 7:36-50 NASB1995, some of which I will summarize.

Jesus was invited to dine with a Pharisee at his house. And while he was there a woman who was a sinner came there to see him. She brought with her an alabaster vial of perfume, “and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.” But the Pharisee said to himself, “If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”

The Pharisee’s name was Simon, and Jesus then told him a parable:

Luke 7:41-43: “A moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.” And He said to him, “You have judged correctly.” 

Luke 7:44-50: Turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet. You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume. For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” Then He said to her, “Your sins have been forgiven.” Those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?” And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

So, what can we learn from this? No matter how great your sin, no matter what kinds of things you have done, or how long you have done them, if you come to the Lord humbly, repentant, submissive, in surrender of your life to Jesus Christ, worshipful of who he is and of what he did for us in giving his life up for us on that cross to deliver us out of our addiction to sin so that we can now live for him in walks of obedience to his commands, he will forgive you. And he will set you free from your slavery to sin so that you can now serve him with your life for the remainder of your days. It is never too late!

We can also learn to not be self-righteous, looking down on those who have (or have had) a sordid reputation. For all of us were born into sin, and none of us can be righteous in our own merit, of our own flesh. All of us must come to a place of humility, as did this woman, in repentance, and in genuine love for our Lord. For it is only by the grace of God that any of us are set free from our slavery to sin so that we can now obey our Lord and walk worthy of him. And this does not mean we are to tolerate and approve of sin, but to show the love of Jesus to all people, no matter who they are.

We can also learn that genuine salvation and love for our Lord is not in profession only, and it is not in ritualistic religious practice, but it is in humility, repentance, compassion, and submission to him as Lord of our lives. It is in obedience to him and to his commands and in the forsaking of our sins to now serve him with our lives. It is in doing for our Lord what he requires of us in thought, word, and deed, and not in performance only, and not just doing what we are willing to do while we ignore his commands. For love for God is doing what pleases him, not what pleases our human flesh.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

My Cry for Mercy  

Based off Psalm 86

An Original Work / October 31, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hear my prayer, Lord, I am needy.

Guard my life, for I’m devoted to You.

Save me! I’m Your servant.

You are my God. I trust in You.

O, Lord, have mercy on me,

For I call to You.

Bring joy to me, for to You

I will lift up my soul.

You are giving and forgiving.

You abound in love to all who

Call upon You. Hear my prayer, Lord.

Listen to my cry for mercy.

In days of trouble I call to You,

Knowing that You will 

Do marvelous things,

Because You are my God.

Teach me Your way; I’ll walk in it.

In Your truth, Lord, You will guide me.

A pure heart, Lord, You will give me,

So that I may glorify You.

Turn to me, Lord, and grant 

Strength to Your servant. 

O, Lord, You are my help,

For You love and You comfort me.

Teach me Your way; I’ll walk in it.

In Your truth, Lord, You will guide me.

A pure heart, Lord, You will give me,

So that I may glorify You.

https://vimeo.com/114690984

Humble and Submissive

An Original Work / February 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When Hate Says, "I Love You"

“We love, because He first loved us. If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.” (1 John 4:19-21 NASB1995)

Today (2/19) is my mother’s birthday. If she was still alive, she would be 112 years old (she died at age 86). In two days from now is my mother-in-law’s birthday (2/21). If she was still alive, she would be 97 years old (she died at age 87). 

I had just chosen the Scripture passage for this morning, as led by the Lord, when I sensed the Lord was leading me to honor the lives of these two women, both named Dorothy, so I did that first. And then I came back to this passage. And that is when I noticed the numbers on the Scripture passage (19-21), the dates on which these two women were born.

Now, I am a person who notices patterns in numbers, and in words and phrases, too, so that is not unusual for me to notice the parallels here. But sometimes it is God who opens that door because he has something he wants to show me, for me to share, and I believe that is the case here. For the name Dorothy (both were named Dorothy) means “gift of God.” And..

In the New Testament, the “gift of God” is first and foremost Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God (God incarnate) who lived on the earth and who died in order that he, via his death and resurrection, might put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in him, we might now die with him to sin, and live to him and to his righteousness, in walks of surrender to his will, in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit, which is also God’s gift to us, the gift of salvation from slavery to sin. And this results in the gift of eternal life with God, via continued walks of faith.

Gift of God: [John 3:16-21; John 4:7-10; Romans 5:15-21; Romans 6:1-23; 2 Corinthians 9:10-15; Ephesians 2:8-10; 2 Timothy 1:5-7]

So, when this passage of Scripture (above) mentions the word “love,” this is the kind of love it is speaking of, the love of Jesus Christ our Lord who willingly gave his life up for us on that cross so that, by faith in him, we will now die to sin and live to righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands, in daily living, by the grace of God, and in the power of God. And this is the kind of love we are to have for our fellow humans, that we willingly give up our lives (what we want) to see others set free from their slavery to sin so that they can now serve our Lord and obey his commands.

For, when we who profess faith in Jesus Christ love other people, this is to be the kind of love which Jesus had for us which is self-sacrificing, willing to give up our rights and our pleasures, even being willing to be hated, falsely accused of wrong, persecuted, rejected, cast aside as unwanted, and even threatened with death because we speak the truth of God’s word to the people and not the lies (the feel good messages) which tickle itching ears. 

But if sin is what you practice, and not obedience to God, and so you deliberately and habitually sin against God and against those to whom you have purportedly committed yourself to love, then that is not love. That is hate. Hate says, “I love you,” but then does the opposite of love, for it then commits adultery, sexual immorality, lying, cheating, stealing, perjury, slander, and the like, and out of lust, pure selfishness, pride, resentment, bitterness, and unforgiveness. And it does so habitually, without repentance. So, don’t call it love if sin is what you practice and not obedience to God.

[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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; 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]

O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go  

George Matheson, 1882 / Albert L. Peace

O Love that wilt not let me go,

I rest my weary soul in Thee;

I give Thee back the life I owe,

That in Thine ocean depths its flow

May richer, fuller be.

O light that followest all my way,

I yield my flickering torch to Thee;

My heart restores its borrowed ray,

That in Thy sunshine’s blaze its day

May brighter, fairer be.

O Joy that seekest me through pain,

I cannot close my heart to Thee;

I trace the rainbow through the rain,

And feel the promise is not vain,

That morn shall tearless be.

O Cross that liftest up my head,

I dare not ask to fly from Thee;

I lay in dust life’s glory dead,

And from the ground there blossoms red

Life that shall endless be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt69WDtYNLo

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When Hate Says, “I Love You”

An Original Work / February 19, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Ways of Man versus The Ways of God

“Teach me Your way, O Lord;

I will walk in Your truth;

Unite my heart to fear Your name.

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,

And will glorify Your name forever.

For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,

And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.”

(Psalm 86:11-13 NASB1995)

If you are a Christian, i.e. a follower of Jesus Christ, and if you have been on the internet for any length of time, on sites where other professers of faith in Jesus Christ are sharing their faith, you may have discovered that many of them are following after the ways of the flesh rather than the ways of God. Many of them are sharing false gospel narratives and not the biblical gospel of Jesus Christ. For they are believing the lies they are being taught rather than believing the truth of what Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught. But by faith in Jesus, we die to sin and we obey God, in practice.

Yet, what is most popular today is a more watered down and diluted and altered gospel message which is friendlier to human flesh, and which makes allowances for deliberate and habitual sin. For they teach that a mere profession of faith in Jesus Christ promises them forgiveness of all sins and heaven as their eternal destiny, but regardless of how they live, i.e. regardless if they continue to make sin their practice and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living. And they falsely refer to that as “grace.” But that is because they are misunderstanding God’s grace.

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 (See Titus 2:11-14). 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 not everyone who calls Jesus “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Matthew 7:21-23). For faith is not in words only, but faith reveals itself by faith in action.

So, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we need to be those who desire to be taught of God as to what he requires and desires of us who profess his name. We should desire him and his truth and righteousness, and we should long to walk in his ways. And we should walk in the fear of the Lord, in obedience to his commands, and no longer as slaves to sin. For to fear the Lord is to give him honor, respect, and obedience, and to take him and his teachings seriously. For salvation from sin is not a free ride to heaven, but it is deliverance out of addiction to sin to serve and obey God.

[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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Trust and Obey  

Words by John H. Sammis, 1887

Music by Daniel B. Towner, 1887

When we walk with the Lord 

in the light of His Word,

What a glory He sheds on our way!

While we do His good will, 

He abides with us still,

And with all who will trust and obey. 

But we never can prove 

the delights of His love

Until all on the altar we lay;

For the favor He shows, 

for the joy He bestows,

Are for them who will trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet 

We will sit at His feet.

Or we’ll walk by His side in the way.

What He says we will do, 

Where He sends we will go;

Never fear, only trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB4KcleYiWM

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The Ways of Man versus The Ways of God

An Original Work / February 18, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Who Tells The Truth?

 

God's Promises Have Conditions

“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39 NASB1995)

To whom are these words spoken? To those who are in Christ Jesus by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing (see Ephesians 2:8-10). And who are they? They are all who no longer walk (in conduct, in practice) according to (in agreement and in cooperation with) the flesh, but who walk (in practice, in lifestyle) according to (in submission, surrender and obedience to) the Spirit of God (See Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

“For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God” (Romans 8:7-8 NASB1995)

“So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” (Romans 8:12-14 NASB1995)

So, if we want to claim Romans 8:38-39 as our promise from God, then we must be those whose lives are surrendered to the will of God, who have died to sin, who are still dying to sin daily, and who are walking (in conduct, in practice, yet not necessarily in absolute perfection) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, by the grace of God, in the power of God, and by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ which denies self, dies daily to sin, and obeys our Lord and his commands as a matter of life practice.

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

So, please take this to heart. We should not and cannot, in truth, claim the promises of God for his people if we are still living in deliberate and habitual sin against our Lord in willful disobedience to him and to his commands, as a matter of life practice, the dog always returning to his vomit. 

[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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior

And your testimony is separate from Him.

Your words not matching your actions today.

Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.

Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,

For you profess one thing, but other you do.

Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.

Not living in truth to what you confess.

Lying about it puts you in a mess.

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

Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.

Your heart is not given to your Lord God.

Because of how you live, you are a fraud.

Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

https://vimeo.com/287303934

God’s Promises Have Conditions

An Original Work / February 18, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Rededicate America to God??

Donald Trump, the current President of the USA, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, publicly announced a planned event in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2026, to “rededicate America to God.” He invited all Americans to come to D.C. and to it’s national mall to pray, to give thanks, and to rededicate America as “one nation under God.”

So, how does that work exactly? Is that biblical? And have we, as a nation, ever been one nation under the one true God? And are we now? The Lord has taught me a lot on that subject the past 21 years, and I have recently written about it in some previous writings, so I will share here some of what I wrote previously, and on what the Lord has been revealing to me for a long while now about the US government, who they are, and who they serve, and the kinds of things they have been doing for many years across the globe.

The USA and its government and its people are NOT one nation under the One True God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. That is a façade. The opposite is true, in fact. Our government is not a humanitarian group of people who care about the people of the world, or, in fact, the people of their own nation. Our government works for the elite, wealthy, and powerful of the world in taking down nation after nation by force – stealing, killing, deceiving, and destroying, including within their own nation, and right now.

It grieves me to know of what our government has been doing all of my life, under the noses of the America citizens, most of whom have no idea what the US government has done and is doing to the people of the world while disguising their actions as something else. For they habitually lie to the American citizens. But this is not just about one country and their elected officials, but this is about a global order (new world order) being plotted and carried out by the wealthy and powerful of this world who control the world.

As a nation, we have never been one nation under the One True God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. For the US government was founded on the Freemasonry and Universalist religions, and on the occult, which is obvious in our national symbols and monuments and buildings and architecture, and on our $1 bill. And many of our national leaders are/were members of private clubs, some of which are reported to be involved in satanic rituals, occultic practices, and raping and murdering of innocents.

Then “the church” at large decided to partner with the government in an unholy union, which God forbids, and they incorporated (partnered, merged) with the state, and they brought government worship into the gatherings of “the church,” and they taught us to pledge (vow) our allegiance (fidelity) to the government, with hand over heart. And then the government became an idol to be worshipped, which sounds a whole lot like what it talks about in Revelation 13 with regard to the worship of the beast and its image.

So, based on what I know of the history of the US government and their actions toward not only the people in other nations throughout the world, but their actions within our own nation which were against the people of this nation, and in order to give them an excuse to go to war with other nations; and based off what I know of our beginnings, and of what this nation was literally founded upon, and what I know of the actions of our leaders, I have to reach the conclusion that we have never been one nation under our GOD.

And when you look at today’s modern “churches,” which have largely gone the way of the world, who are following marketing schemes of other humans rather than the full gospel of Jesus Christ, you see that the church at large is in great need of a biblical revival. So, attending some “rededicate America to God” event is not going to do it! It appears that most of those who profess faith in Jesus Christ are largely not living for the Lord, in walks of obedience to his commands, free from addiction to sin, but they live like the world.

So, what’s the answer to what ails us as a people and as a nation?

“If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:13-14 NASB1995)

Now, this was a specific promise to a specific group of people at a particular time in biblical history, so this is not a promise to America that if the people of this nation repent of their sins and obey God that our land will be healed. For we live in the last days. We live in the time of the rise of the antichrist, and we are coming into this time of the rule of the beast, which I believe is blatantly obvious. So, instead of joining in with our president to “rededicate America as one nation under God,” we need to follow our Lord in obedience.

The people of this nation who have made no professions of faith in Jesus Christ, and all who profess faith in Jesus with lip service only, who are still living in deliberate and habitual sin, need to repent of their sin. They need to, by the grace of God, by faith in Jesus Christ, and in the power of God deny self, die to sin daily, and walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands, but not so God will make America great, but so they will not die in their sins and spend eternity in hell, and so they will have eternal life with God.

[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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

For Our Nation  

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Trust Him with your life today.

Make Him your Lord and your Savior.

Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.

He will forgive you of your sin;

Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.

On our knees to God we’re praying,

Seeking God to give us answers

That are only found in Him.

God is sovereign over all things.

Nothing from His mind escaping.

He has all things under His command,

And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing

In our Lord, and interceding

For our nation and its people

To obey their God today.

He is our hope for our future.

For our wounds He offers suture.

He is all we need for this life.

Trust Him with your life today.

https://vimeo.com/379406352

Rededicate America to God??

An Original Work / February 17, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Called According to His Purpose

“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.” (Romans 8:28-30 NASB1995)

What is the context here? It is that of suffering for the sake of our faith in Jesus and our testimonies for Jesus Christ, our Lord. If we are those who by faith in Jesus Christ – a faith which comes from God and not from ourselves – have been 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 servants of righteousness, in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands, we will suffer in the flesh, and we will be hated, persecuted, forsaken, forgotten, and tossed aside as unworthy and worthless to most people.

For, what is our calling of God? According to Romans 8, it is that we walk (in conduct, in practice) no longer according to our sinful flesh, but now according to (in agreement and in cooperation with) the Spirit of God (v. 4). For, “If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness” (v. 10). Thus, “we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (vv. 12-14). (See also Romans 6:1-23)

Therefore, if this is what we believe, and if this is what we put into practice, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, and if we do so in the power of God, and not in our own flesh, and so we are being led of the Spirit of God in what to do and in where to go and in what to say, we will be opposed just as Jesus was, and just as his New Testament apostles were, and just as the prophets before them were, and just as many of us of faith in Jesus Christ have been since then. And some of us they will put to death because of what we teach and do.

But God has a plan and a purpose for it all in our lives, and for the sake of the gospel, and for the sake of the salvation of human souls out of their addiction to sin so they can now walk righteously, by the grace of God, and serve the Lord with their lives, and no longer their sinful flesh. First, God uses suffering in our lives to keep us humble and reliant upon the Lord, and not on our flesh, and so we will be more loving and compassionate toward others, and faithful to our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands. And then he uses us as his witnesses to share the gospel message so that people throughout the world can come to know him, too, by faith in Jesus Christ.

The Gospel

[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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; 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]

Fully Ready!  

Based off Acts 20-22,26; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8

An Original Work / June 19, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Why are you weeping and breaking my heart?

I’m fully ready to suffer for Christ.

If I must die for the sake of His name,

I am convinced it will not be in vain.

Glory to God and to His Son Jesus,

Who has redeemed us; bought with His blood.

May I speak to you? Jesus came to me;

Asked of me, “Why do you persecute me?”

He said, “Now get up and stand on your feet.

Go, and you’ll be told all I have for you.

I have appointed you as a servant,

And as a witness; you have been sent.”

“Go into the world and preach the gospel.

Open the blind eyes. They will receive sight.

Turn them from darkness to the light of Christ;

From power of the evil one to God,

So they may receive forgiveness of sins,

And a place among those who’re in heav’n.”

https://vimeo.com/115439432

Called According to His Purpose

An Original Work / February 17, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

If We Suffer With Him

“The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” (Romans 8:16-18 NASB1995)

Who are the children of God? They are all who, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, are denying self, dying daily to sin, and following our Lord Jesus in walks of surrender to him in obedience to his commands, in daily practice. This does not make us perfect, and it does not mean that we will never sin again (1 John 2:1-2), but it does mean that sin must no longer be our practice (habit, addiction), but righteousness, holiness, and obedience to our Lord and to his commands should be what we live by.

[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 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; 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]

And what kinds of sufferings? Well, the first and foremost is in our dying with Christ to sin, being reborn of the Spirit of God, 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 in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. For Satan is going to fight against us to try to get us back. So he will throw all kinds of temptations our way, and he will use other people against us to hurt us in hopes that we will give up and that we will return to living in sin.

So, if we are following Jesus Christ in his ways, according to his will, in obedience to his commands, and so we are also verbal about our faith and the gospel of our salvation, so we are speaking the truth of the gospel to the people, as opposed to the lies, we should expect that we will be persecuted for the sake of righteousness. But sadly most of our persecutors will be pastors, elders, and others who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who do not abide by the Word of God, but who make up their own truth to suit the flesh.

Yet 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 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).

And this (above) is the true gospel that all of us who profess faith in Jesus Christ should be sharing with the world and with others who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who are following a false faith and a false gospel and a false Christ because they are listening to and they are believing in the lies being taught them by “wolves in sheep’s clothing” who serve as pastors, elders, and evangelists. For so many are now teaching that a mere profession of faith in Jesus Christ assures us of salvation and of eternal life with God.

Who Believes?  

Based off Isaiah 53

An Original Work / October 3, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Gospel message, who believes?

Jesus Christ died on a tree,

Saving us from all our sin,

So we might be cleansed within.

Had no beauty found in Him,

That we should desire Him.

Man of sorrows, suffering;

Crushed for our iniquities.

Surely He has borne our griefs;

From our sadness, brings relief.

Bore the stripes; forsaken, He,

So forgiven we might be.

We, like sheep, have gone astray,

Each of us turned his own way.

Jesus calls, “Repent today;

My commandments, now obey.”

Jesus said, to come to him,

We must die to all our sin.

Crucified with Him, we live,

Walking in His righteousness.

Suff’ring servants, we will be,

Taking His identity on us,

When confessing Him

As our Savior, Lord and King.

https://vimeo.com/115517757 

If We Suffer With Him

An Original Work / February 17, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

All Day Long

“Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, ‘For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’ But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.” (Romans 8:35-37 NASB1995)

Five months ago today (9/17/2025), at 12:30 a.m., I began to have sharp chest pain and pressure, sharp pain in my arm on my left side, severe shortness of breath, sharp pressure and pain in my right ear, and stabbing back pain. I let it go for a while, thinking it might go away, but eventually, knowing these were possible heart attack symptoms, I went to the ER at a local hospital where they did a chest X-ray and discovered a lung nodule I had had since 2014 (checked again in 2016) had nearly doubled in size.

This began what has turned out to be a long series of hospital and doctor appointments and tests and/or procedures, which are still ongoing. The diagnosis which I have so far is 1) Moderate COPD, 2) Heart Failure, 3) A Precancerous (not cancerous) Lung Nodule in my left lung, and 4) Possible Spinal Stenosis. What I am still dealing with on a daily basis is chest pain and pressure, sharp stabbing pains in various sections of my body (rotating from place to place), cognitive issues, vision difficulties, and exhaustion. 

Many people have prayed for me, and I have prayed for me and for healing, but God has his ways and his timing and his purposes in all of this. For He says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness” (see 2 Corinthians 12:7-10). So, when I am weak, then I am strong in the strength of the Lord who supplies me with all I need to keep serving him each day despite my pain and my suffering. For my faith is being tested, but God is my portion and my strength who will sustain me through it all.

As the Deer 

By Martin J. Nystrom

Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZv3jzOTE70

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All Day Long

An Original Work / February 17, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

P.S. I do not take drugs. God took me off all medications 17 years ago. I use natural means for pain control, first and foremost which is prayer, and then heat or ice, exercise, and rest. 

Don't Be Surprised

“Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” (1 John 3:13-16 NASB1995)

1 John 3:13 says, “Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.” Who hated Jesus the most? Who laid traps (mind traps) for him to fall into on a somewhat regular basis, hoping to trip him up with his words so that they would have cause to accuse him? Who harassed him on a regular basis, falsely accusing him of wrong when he was showing love to the people? Who were they who were jealous of him and of his temporary popularity among the people? And who plotted and had carried out his death on a cross? 

They were not the pagans and the unbelieving who made no professions of faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But they were God’s people of that time, many of whom were rulers in the temple, and instructors in the Word of God, and people of power and influence within the Jewish community. And they were his own brothers, and perhaps his neighbors. They were people he grew up with, many of whom he probably knew from birth, and that he sat with and talked with in the temple of God of that time.

So, don’t be surprised if it is not so much the people unassociated with “the church” and with worship of the One True God who will hate, persecute, reject, and mistreat you, but it will be others who call themselves “Christians,” and who claim faith in Jesus Christ, and who attend weekly gatherings of the church (or what is falsely referred to as “church”), and even those who serve in positions of leadership as pastors and elders. For many who profess Jesus are rejecting those of mature faith in our Lord.

For we live in a day and time when so much of what is called “the church” is not the universal body of people of genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus putting sin to death in their lives and walking in obedience to the Lord, in practice. But “the church” has become these institutions of human origin created in the minds of people, many in their deceitful scheming, who have partnered with the ungodly in order to pattern their gatherings after the world in order to attract the world so that they can grow their numbers.

Thus, they have compromised with the world in order to “win the world” to their gatherings, but mostly not to genuine biblical faith in the Lord Jesus. For if they literally teach the truth as Jesus taught it, and as his New Testament apostles taught it, in the correct biblical context, it will not draw in large crowds of people from the world into their gatherings. For the true gospel teaches that by faith in our Lord we must deny self, die to sin daily, and walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands, as a matter of practice.

Therefore, if we are ones who are spreading the truth of the gospel to the people of the world, we are likely not to be welcome and accepted in many of these gatherings called “church” which are businesses of human origin partnered with the government and with the world in unholy unions. And we may face much persecution and rejection and ridicule from those in positions of authority. But that’s okay, because God is calling us to come out from among them so we don’t share in their sins and in their punishment.

[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]

But love is not the “feel good” “tickle itching ears” approach to Christianity and to faith in Jesus Christ which so many people are marketing to the world today. Biblical love is willing to put our lives on the line by telling people the truth of the gospel so that by faith in Jesus they will deny self, die to sin daily, and follow our Lord in surrender to his will in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. For if we teach lies to the people, it is the same as us signing their death warrant. For we curse them to hell while promising them heaven as their safety net. And that is hate! It is not love! Don’t lie!

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; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

My Cry for Mercy  

Based off Psalm 86

An Original Work / October 31, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hear my prayer, Lord, I am needy.

Guard my life, for I’m devoted to You.

Save me! I’m Your servant.

You are my God. I trust in You.

O, Lord, have mercy on me,

For I call to You.

Bring joy to me, for to You

I will lift up my soul.

You are giving and forgiving.

You abound in love to all who

Call upon You. Hear my prayer, Lord.

Listen to my cry for mercy.

In days of trouble I call to You,

Knowing that You will 

Do marvelous things,

Because You are my God.

Teach me Your way; I’ll walk in it.

In Your truth, Lord, You will guide me.

A pure heart, Lord, You will give me,

So that I may glorify You.

Turn to me, Lord, and grant 

Strength to Your servant. 

O, Lord, You are my help,

For You love and You comfort me.

Teach me Your way; I’ll walk in it.

In Your truth, Lord, You will guide me.

A pure heart, Lord, You will give me,

So that I may glorify You.

https://vimeo.com/114690984

Don’t Be Surprised

An Original Work / February 16, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Love Others in Truth

“For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.” (1 John 3:11-12 NASB1995)

Cain and Abel

The first man and woman, Adam and Eve, were no longer in the Garden of Eden with God, for God had judged them for their sins of disobedience. Their first two sons were Cain and Abel (see Genesis 3:1-24; Genesis 4:1-16). 

Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. They each offered a sacrifice to God, but God had no regard for Cain’s offering, but he did for Abel’s offering, through which Abel obtained the testimony that he was righteous. So Cain became very angry, and even though God spoke with him about his anger, and what he needed to do about it, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and he killed him. And God told Cain that he was now cursed from the ground that received his brother’s blood from his hand.

Not as Cain

Now, these things were written down for us so that we might learn from this to not desire evil as Cain did. And this reminds me of the teaching in 1 Corinthians 10:1-22 where we are taught about the things that so many of the Israelites did during their time in the wilderness and how God was not pleased with them because of their idolatries, adulteries, immorality, revelry, drunkenness, discontent, grumblings against God, and them putting God to the test. So, they were put to death, and they did not enter into God’s eternal rest (eternity with God) because of their disobedience (unbelief).

All throughout the Scriptures we are given examples of what to do and of what not to do, and of what God regards as sinful, and of what he considers to be righteous. We are taught plenty of what to put off and what to put on, and what to embrace, and what to resist. And we are frequently warned of the consequences of rebellion, disobedience, and of continuing in deliberate and habitual sin against God, that if we do not repent of our sins, and if we do not obey God and his commands (New Covenant), that we will not have eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess as truth.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

What is Love?

So, what can we ascertain as the meaning of the word “love” just from this passage of Scripture alone? Love is the opposite of what Cain did. And Cain was guilty of pride, of self-importance, and of hate and jealously against his brother because of his brother’s approval from God which he did not also receive from God. Cain was so jealous of his brother that it turned into rage and then into murder. And murder does not have to be ending someone’s life, but it can be any act against another which deliberately defames, discredits, and mars the character of another to destroy their reputations.

Love is kindness, generosity, compassion and caring, and it is not jealousy, cruelty, or abuse. Love is truth, and not lies, and it speaks the truth which people need to hear and not the lies which tickle “itching ears.” For this kind of love is based in what is morally pure, upright, godly, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. For this is not of the flesh and determined by how we “feel,” but this love is of God, and it prefers all that God prefers, which is that we deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit, in holy living. Glory to God!

[Matthew 7:13-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 8:51; John 14:15-24; John 15:10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; 1 Peter 1:2; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 5:9; James 1:21-25; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-15; 1 John 3:1-24; 1 John 4:19-20; 1 John 5:2-3; 2 John 1:6]

So, as followers of Jesus Christ, we are to be those who love others, not as the world does in the compromise of truth and righteousness so that others will like us, but as the Scriptures teach what love is, which is all that is of God and is holy and righteous and morally pure and upright and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. We need to love others like Jesus loves us and be willing to tell people the truth of what God’s Word teaches rather than lying to people so they will like us. For belief in Jesus requires that we deny self, die to sin, and obey our Lord’s commands, in life practice.

Love Must Be Genuine 

Based off Romans 12:9-21

An Original Work / October 22, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Love must be genuine.

Hate what’s evil; cling to good.

Love each other with affection.

Show respect for ev’ryone.

Never lack in your zeal.

Serve the Lord with diligence.

Rejoice in steadfast hope.

In affliction, patient be.

Keep on praying; share with others.

Practice hospitality.

Bless those who persecute.

Feel with others sympathy.

Be not filled with conceit.

Daily sit at Jesus’ feet.

Live in harmony with others.

Live at peace with ev’ryone.

Repay not to someone

With the evil he begot.

Do not take your revenge;

Leave it to the wrath of God.

If your enemy is thirsty,

Give to him something to drink.

Do what’s right for mankind.

Evil: overcome with good.

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Love Others in Truth

An Original Work / February 16, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love