Opening My Eyes to See

As some of you may or may not be aware, when the Lord called me to this ministry in 2004, and he had me begin writing down what he was teaching me from my times with him in his word each day, he also began opening my eyes to so many things about what was going on in my nation and in the world that I had absolutely no clue about previously. And so he had me reading all sorts of research articles and news articles and historical documents, and even some science documents, to open my eyes to see.

And I began following what was going on in my nation and in the world, and I began seeing certain patterns of behaviors and such, and I began taking note of them. And as time progressed he began showing me, through other people’s writings, the reality of what he had been showing me and that I had accepted on faith, although I did not understand it all. And I still do not understand it all. And I know he gave me a few writings about Iran, and so I decided to read some of these documents from 10 to 15 years ago today.

Now, my writings back then were long, for they included long passages of Scripture, what I was getting from the Scriptures, any dreams or visions he may have given me as parables to help me to understand what he was wanting me to see, and some of my findings through other articles that I read. For I was pretty ignorant back then of what was happening in the world, and it was important that my eyes would be opened to the reality of what is happening in my world, especially as things are getting much closer to the rule of the beast and end times prophesies of Scriptures.

So, if you are interested, I am going to share one of these writings with you today, especially since the subject of Iran is on the forefront right now. And these writings are just me writing down what the Lord was teaching me as best as I understood it at the time, but he has shown me since then, through so many other sources, the reality of some of the things he was showing me back then. And this was the Lord opening my eyes to see so many things I was so ignorant of before. So, read this if you want:

https://christsfreeservant.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-tangled-web.html

An Original Work / June 19, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Reposted February 28, 2026

P.S. If you read my American history lesson under the title “A Tangled Web,” an original work dated July 22, 2015, I stated then that I was always active in church (Christian) ministry, and Jesus Christ was my life (implied) always. Mostly always that was the case, but there were those times when it wasn’t.

Retain the Standard of Sound Words

“..by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher. For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day. Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.” (2 Timothy 1:10-14 NASB1995)

The apostle Paul served God as a preacher of the gospel with a clear conscience, and yet he was put in prison more than once on false charges. But he regarded his suffering, that it was for the sake of the gospel. And some people are imprisoned on false charges while the guilty go free. For justice is not always served. Sometimes the innocent are incarcerated while the guilty are given the freedom to keep on in their sinful behaviors. But those whose trust is in the Lord must keep trusting the Lord in all things.

For the Scriptures do not teach that if our trust is in the Lord Jesus that we will have an easy life, and that everyone will like us, and that we will never have to suffer. The Scriptures teach us that a walk of faith in Jesus Christ is hard, and that it will mean suffering for the sake of the truth of the gospel, and it will mean being hated because of our walks of faith and because of our testimonies for the truth of the gospel of our salvation. And it may mean that people will speak lies about us and that we may suffer for it.

But when we truly love as God loves, and we love even our enemies, and those who have done evil to us in the past, or in the present, we put our lives at risk that the ones we love may turn against us and do evil against us, and that they might lie about us, and it may cost us much. But, when Jesus left his throne in heaven, and took on human form, he loved his own people. And he spoke the truth of the gospel. And he was hated, and people lied about him, and he was put to death although he had done no wrong.

But we should not let the fear of that overtake us. We must be strong in the strength of the Lord, and put on the armor of God with which to fight off the attacks of our enemy against us. We must commit our lives to the Lord, knowing that we are not promised an easy life and that we may have to suffer and even die for the sake of the truth of the gospel. And we must continue speaking the full gospel message to the people, out of love for God and out of love for our fellow humans, and for their deliverance from sin.

Never should we alter the truth of the gospel out of fear of being hated, rejected, persecuted, betrayed, slandered, incarcerated, or put to death. We must keep on speaking the truth that people need to hear, even if it costs us our reputations or acceptance or friendships or whatever. We must keep teaching that Jesus died to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now die to sin and live to God and to his righteousness in walks of surrender to God in obedience to his commands, so we have life in him.

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] 

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

Retain the Standard of Sound Words

An Original Work / February 28, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Not Ashamed

“For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.” (2 Timothy 1:7-11 NASB1995)

As followers of Jesus Christ, all of us are to be taking the message of the gospel of Christ to the people of the world, which includes to the worldly church, too. And we are to do so unashamedly, without fear of reproach and rejection and/or persecution. And we should not be those who dilute and alter the gospel message to make it less offensive and more acceptable to human flesh out of fear of being mistreated. But we are to speak the truth of God’s word to the people, spoken in love, and without compromise.

[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 2:10; Ephesians 5:11-14; 1 Peter 2:9,21; 1 John 2:6]

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

But when we speak the truth of the gospel, as Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught it, in the correct biblical context, and not out of context to appease human flesh, we might not be popular. We may not have large followings. And we might be opposed. We may be rejected and persecuted. And we might have people who will mock us and reject us and turn away from us and think ill of us because we are speaking words which make them not comfortable, but which convict of sin, and which call for repentance.

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] 

But don’t let the words of others dishearten and discourage you. Don’t let the rejection and mistreatment you might face when sharing the truth of the gospel make you afraid. And, yes, we are not saved by our own fleshly works but only by the grace of God. But 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. And we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them (see Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10).

By Your Grace  

An Original Work / June 27, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Speak Your words to my heart,

Let Your grace and love impart.

Be to me all I need

To love and serve Christ my King;

To love and serve Christ my King.

Change my heart; be like You;

Let me love and serve in truth.

Guide my steps ev’ry day, 

As I bow my knees and pray;

As I bow my knees and pray.

Love You, Lord. You love me. 

You died so that I’d go free

From my sin; pure within;

By Your grace I’m saved from sin;

By Your grace I’m saved from sin.

Invite You in my heart;

Now I have a brand new start.

Repented of my sin,

So that I’d be cleansed within;

So that I’d be cleansed within.

Live for You ev’ry day,

List’ning to the words you say.

Make You Lord of my heart;

Be Your witness, grace impart;

Be Your witness, grace impart.

Obey Your ev’ry word;

Do the things I’ve seen and heard.

Your word, Lord, in me burns,

While I wait for Your return;

While I wait for Your return.

https://vimeo.com/125738774

Not Ashamed

An Original Work / February 28, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Whoever Desires to Love Life

“Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For

“Whoever desires to love life

    and see good days,

let him keep his tongue from evil

    and his lips from speaking deceit;

let him turn away from evil and do good;

    let him seek peace and pursue it.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,

    and his ears are open to their prayer.

But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” (1 Peter 3:8-12 ESV)

These instructions are to us who believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior of our lives, in truth, and in righteousness, and in godly living. We are those who have been crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with him 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. Sin is no longer to be what we practice, what we obey. Righteousness and obedience to our Lord and to his commands are now to be what we obey (see Romans 6:1-23; 1 Peter 2:24).

Collectively we are the body of Christ, his church. The church is NOT a place we go to. It is not a building. It is not a church denomination. It is not a social club nor a civic center. And it is not a corporation under the state and a business being marketed to the people of the world. And it is not a place we visit for an hour or two once or twice a week and then we leave until the next week. And it is not a place for us to be spectators while a few people do all the ministering. But that is what many have made “the church” to be.

The church is us who believe in Jesus Christ, in truth and in righteousness. We are the temple of God in whom God dwells by his Spirit. And we are to gather together for mutual encouragement and edification, as each body part (that’s us) does its work. All of us are to be exhorting and teaching and encouraging and urging one another to live holy lives pleasing to God and to no longer walk in sin, and to serve the Lord Jesus with our lives. And we are to be warning each other against the lies of deceitful false teachings, too.

So this unity of mind that we are to have with one another is not the mind of the flesh nor the mind of men in their marketing gimmicks and deceitful scheming. So if you hear “unity” stressed in the gatherings of what are called “churches,” test what that “unity” is all about. Is it unity with business plans and goals of human making? Or is it unity with Christ and with his gospel message and with his plan and purpose for our lives? For Peter is talking about unity with the mind of God/Christ and with his purposes.

And we can only be united in mind with one another if we are first of all united with God and with his mind and purpose for our lives. And when we are united with Christ in heart and mind and actions, all these other things will be the outgrowth of our relationship with Jesus Christ. We will be people who love one another as Christ loves us and gave himself up for us. We will not be proud, but we will be humble, not bragging on ourselves for our own accomplishments, but humbly giving God the glory for the good within us.

We will not be people who feel as though we have to get even with those who we believe have done evil to us. But we are to love even our enemies. And we are to do good to them, and pray for them, and say to them what will be beneficial to them in the eyes of God. And even if they do evil to us continually, we are to love them in return, and to keep doing good to them. And if those who oppose us are those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, but they are walking in sin, we should warn them of the consequences of sin.

[Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:15-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20]

When we come to faith in Jesus Christ it is not of our own doing – not of the will of the flesh nor of human origin. So we don’t get to decide what that faith should look like. God does! His word does! But we have to read the Scriptures in their context. For many liars and deceivers are teaching Scriptures out of context to make them say what they do not say if studied in the appropriate context. For the faith that comes from God will result in us dying with Christ to sin and walking with him in obedience to his commands.

So, faith in Jesus Christ is not forgiveness of all sins and a promise of heaven when we die while we go on living like we did before. Faith in Jesus Christ results in us dying to self and to sin and now following our Lord in obedience to his commandments. So sin is no longer to be what we practice. Lying, cheating, stealing, committing adultery, slandering, gossiping, and living in sexual immorality, and the like, are not to be what we practice. For we are now to turn away from evil and do what God requires that we do.

And the peace that we are to pursue is not world peace. For us to have world peace, that will involve all of us compromising our faith and convictions in order to unify with the people of the whole world. So we will become like minions, all believing and doing the same things under the control of some type of tyrannical government. And this is what is coming (Revelation 13). But we are called by God out of the world to be different so that we, by God’s grace, are now being conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ.

For those who are righteous in the eyes of the Lord are all who are living righteously, by the grace of God, for whom righteousness is their practice. And to be righteous is to live under the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit of God in following our Lord and his commands. For it means to be right in the eyes of God, i.e. what he deems as righteous, holy, morally pure, upright, faithful, and submissive to God and to his will for our lives. This is how we are to live as followers of Jesus Christ.

But if we should choose to continue living in (walking in) sin, in practice, and not in walks of holiness and righteousness and obedience to our Lord, the Bible teaches us that we will die in our sins. We will not inherit eternal life with God regardless of what our lips profess. For Jesus 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. So if sin is what you practice, heaven is not your eternal destiny.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2]

In Harmony  

An Original Work / September 2, 2012

Based off Ro. 12:9-21; 1 Pet. 3:8-17

Love each other truly. 

Cling to what is good.

Hate all that is evil. 

Never lack in zeal.

Serve the Lord with fervor. 

Joyful in hope be;

Patient in affliction; 

Praying faithfully.

Honor one another. 

Live in harmony.

Share with all God’s people

Who are found in need.

Do not be conceited.

Sympathetic be.

Love, and show compassion

In humility.

Keep your tongue from evil.

Peaceful you must be.

Honor one another.

Live in harmony.

God sees who are righteous;

Listens to their prayers.

But He’s against evil – 

Is His to avenge.

Do not fear what they fear.

Suffer patiently.

In your hearts, make Christ Lord.

Serve Him faithfully.

Honor one another.

Live in harmony.

https://vimeo.com/112832903

Whoever Desires to Love Life

An Original Work / September 13, 2024

Reposted on February 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

A Desire to Inherit the Blessing

“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.” (Hebrews 12:14-17 ESV)

The peace that we are to strive for with everyone is not world peace. It is not us joining hands with the people of the world in unity of mind, heart, and action toward one common goal and purpose. For it makes no compromise of faith, morals, biblical doctrines, and practice. I hear some Christians calling for world peace, but they don’t realize what that means. It means a one world tyrannical government and a one world religion and forced compliance. It means that we are all minions bowing to the same “beast.”

The word “peace” means to tie together or to join together into a whole, and it means wholeness and welfare, so we can definitely strive toward the wholeness and welfare of everyone that they would be joined together with Christ and with his body into one complete whole. And we can be at peace with all people to the extent that it does not require compromise of faith and conviction and moral purity and obedience to our Lord, and as long as it does not require that we not preach the message of the gospel of Christ.

For what is attached along with peace here? It is holiness. We are to strive toward peace and holiness, so the one cannot contradict the other. For to be holy means to be set apart by and for God, to be different from the world because we are being conformed to the likeness of character, heart, and mind of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. And without it, no one will see the Lord. For we cannot be one with the world and one with Christ, too. Either our minds are set on obeying God or they are set on obeying the flesh.

And this is written to Christians when it says to “see to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God.” For the grace of God frees us from slavery to sin and it trains us to renounce (say “No!” to) ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s return. For Jesus Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10).

So, if our desire is to obtain the grace of God, what is required of us? We must willingly surrender our hearts and lives over to Jesus Christ, be crucified with him in death to sin, and be raised with him to walk in newness of life in him as slaves to God and to his righteousness, and no longer as slaves to sin. All this is of God and is made possible because of Jesus’ blood sacrifice for our sins, but we must willingly yield control of our lives over to the Master Jesus Christ, turn from our sins, and now obey God in practice.

For if we remain in control of our own lives, and we live by the flesh and not by the Spirit, so we let our emotions rule our lives, and not God, and we continue in sin living in immorality, and not in walks of faithful obedience to our Lord, then it won’t matter what faith in Christ we profess with our lips. We will not inherit eternal life with God. And that is the point of what this is teaching here and in many other Scriptures, too. So you may be expecting to be received into God’s heaven, but he will say that he never knew you.

[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]

So, do not take God’s grace for granted. And do not buy into the lies that so many are teaching today which are telling you that you can make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and now all your sins are forgiven and heaven is guaranteed you when you die, but regardless of how you live. How you live does matter for eternity. For genuine faith which comes from God conforms to the will and purpose of God, for it is persuaded of God. And he persuades us to die to sin and to walk in obedience to his commands.

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer 

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897

Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,

This is my constant longing and prayer;

Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,

Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,

Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,

Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,

Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,

Holy and harmless, patient and brave;

Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,

Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,

Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;

Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,

Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,

Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;

Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;

Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrYhiK2nQBg 

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A Desire to Inherit the Blessing

An Original Work / November 26, 2024

Reposted February 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Faith's Not Finished

We don’t believe, then close the door,

And all the rest we now ignore.

Don’t walk away and do your thing,

While you not serve the King of Kings.

Salvation, yes, a gift from God,

A gift to honor, not to trod.

Deliverance from sin, it is,

So we can walk in righteousness.

Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,

All for our sins He sacrificed,

Gave of Himself so we’d go free

From slavery to sin. You see?

Now walk with Him, do what He says,

Obeying Him, with no regrets,

Live your new life to do His will,

And now in Him, with Him you’ll dwell.

An Original Work / February 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Give Love. Don't Just Speak It.

“Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.” (1 John 3:18-22 NASB1995)

Lies and liars abound wherever you look these days. So much fakery. So many AI videos made to look real, which are not real. So many government heads making promises they will not keep, declaring love which they do not give, professing Christ who they do not know, in truth. And the same goes for many who call themselves pastors and ministers of the gospel of Christ. Deception abounds! “Wolves in sheep’s clothing” are all over the place. And the unfaithful and the addicted profess love, but betrayal is what they give.

But God is still God. God is still in control. He is still completely sovereign over all creation. And none of this could take place unless God allows it. And he told us in the Scriptures that a time like this was coming, and that we should be ready for when it comes. I believe it is here already. So, we should make ourselves ready. Let our love be genuine and proven by our actions and not in words only! For it can be so easy to say, “I love you,” but harder to actually put love into our daily practice. So give love. Don’t just speak it.

Many people today are of the belief that if they just mouth words of faith or of praise and/or of worship of God/Christ, that God is pleased with them. They believe that is enough to assure them of salvation and forgiveness of all sins and a guarantee of life eternal with God in heaven when they die. But that is not what the Scriptures teach, if taught in the appropriate biblical context. For just giving lip service to God, and nothing else, is like saying “I love you” to your spouse while you cheat on your spouse in adultery.

For faith in Jesus Christ is not just a door that you open and now you are in, good to go. The bible teaches us faith in Jesus as a marriage relationship, with him as our husband, and with us who believe in him as his bride. So, as his bride, we are to love him, not just with words, but with action. We are to be submissive to him to do what pleases him. And we are to be faithful to him to obey him and what he instructs us that we must do as his followers. So we give up our “other lovers” to now be married to Christ as our Lord.

And then we are assured that we are in a genuine faith relationship with Jesus Christ, that we are the children of God, called to his service, who love him and who obey him, because our faith is shown by what we do and not just by what we speak. And so when we pray, we will pray according to the will of God, as much as we know, and we will not be asking for things which are selfish and worldly and ungodly in nature. For we will desire that the will of God be accomplished in and through our lives, from now to eternity.

[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] 

Myopic  

Based off 2 Peter 1:3-11

An Original Work / August 19, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus has given ev’rything

Needed for life and godliness.

His great and precious promises

Free us from our sin and distress.

Add to your faith His goodness;

Knowledge; patience; godliness;

Brotherly love and mutual affection;

Kindness and unselfishness.

If you possess these qualities,

Growing in your maturity,

They will keep you from vanity.

You will bear fruit effectually. 

Nonetheless, if you lack them;

Forget you’ve been cleansed from sin,

Nearsighted are you; you can’t see Jesus.

You have closed your heart to Him.

Therefore, beloved, confirm, then,

Your calling and your election.

Do this by showing diligence:

Obey your Lord; be repentant.

Practice all these qualities

God provided on a tree.

He died for our sins so we’d be given

Life with Him eternally. 

https://vimeo.com/115839336

Give Love. Don’t Just Speak It.

An Original Work / February 27, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Everyone Who Practices Sin

“Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.” (1 John 3:4-10 NASB1995)

When Jesus Christ gave his life up for us on that cross, it was to put our sins to death with him so that, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in him, which is not of our own doing, we will now die to sin. And he rose from the grave in victory over sin, death, hell, and Satan so that we might now live for him in walks of obedience to his commands, in surrender to him as Lord (Owner-Master) of our lives, and in holy living, all for the glory of God! 

So, as followers of Jesus Christ, sin is to no longer be what we practice, by habit. But righteousness, godliness, moral purity, uprightness, honesty, faithfulness, and obedience to our Lord and to his commandments (New Covenant) are to be what we put into daily practice, by the grace of God, and in the power of God. And this is not a claim to sinless perfection (1 John 2:1-2), but it is a command of God that we should die to sin and obey God.

And so we are warned here to make certain that no one deceives us. For if we abide (live) in sin, and if sin is what we put into practice, by habit, and not righteousness, holiness, and obedience to our Lord and to his commands, then we are truly not those who abide (live) in Christ Jesus as our Savior and Lord. For those who make sin their practice are of the devil, and Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, not to pacify evil.

Therefore, no one who is born of God, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, makes sin their practice. It doesn’t mean that we will never sin (1 John 2:1-2), but that sin should not be our habit, what we keep going to over and over again willfully, deliberately, without conscience, and without biblical remorse and true repentance, and in direct defiance to God and to his commands. For they are not of God who do not practice righteousness.

[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]

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

Everyone Who Practices Sin

An Original Work / February 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Are Sinful Cravings Your God?

“Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.” (1 John 2:15-17 NASB1995)

The word translated as “love” in English is agape, which means to prefer, usually in the context of preferring what God prefers, which is all that is holy, righteous, upright, morally pure, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. Usually this is about embracing God’s will, and choosing his choices, and obeying them through his power, allowing Christ to rule and to live his life through the believer in Christ in doing the will of God.

However, in this context, it means merely “to prefer.” We are not to prefer the world of sin, choosing its choices, and obeying them through human strength and wisdom. We are not to prefer what is worldly, corrupt, hateful, immoral, wicked, selfish, dishonest, unfaithful, adulterous, blasphemous, idolatrous, prideful, and full of lust and illicit sexual arousement. Our desire is not to be for what is sinful, but it should be for what is holy and godly.

Yet here “to prefer” carries with it more than just a choice or a selection, like I prefer Miracle Whip (salad dressing) over Dukes Mayonnaise. In the context of this Scripture “to prefer” carries with it more of a longing for, a craving, a yearning, appetite, lust, and addiction. This is about what some people do by habit, compulsion, obsession, and dependence, which can lead to entrapment. So the lusts of the flesh rule their hearts and behaviors.

And if worldly lusts and sinful desires and immoral cravings are what rule your life, and what you keep going back to over and over again, because that is what your flesh craves, and that is what your heart truly desires, then the love of the Father is not in you. For God is not your Lord. The lust of your sinful flesh is your lord, the one you worship and that you bow down to, and that you cannot live without, and that which gets priority over all else.

And, again, this is not to say that, as true followers of Jesus Christ, that we will never sin, and that we will never fail God (1 John 2:1-2). But if sin is our habit (practice, go to, addiction), and obedience to our Lord and to his commands is not what we live by, then the Scriptures teach that we do not know God, we are not in fellowship with God, we are not saved from our sins, and we will not inherit eternal life with God unless we repent (change).

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

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 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]

Tick Tock  

An Original Work / May 1, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Tick tock, tick tock, time is a passing.

The time on the clock keeps ticking

While the church is fast a-sleeping.

Satan’s on a rampage 

‘Cause his time is running out.

Will you worship God the Father, 

God the Son and Holy Spirit?

Will you obey all of His 

Commands for you today?

Jesus died to pay your ransom,

So that you could be forgiven.

Won’t you come to Him in truth

And penitently pray to Him?

Tick tock, tick tock, time is a wasting.

The cross of our Lord awaits you.

Won’t you come and share His table,

Drink the cup and eat the bread

In memory of Him?

Take a heart examination,

And accept our God’s salvation.

Humbly bow in adoration

And proclaim His name.

He wants for you to believe in

Him who interceded for you 

When He died for your sins

And He rose from death in victory.

Tick tock, tick tock, time’s end is nearing.

How He longs to take and keep you,

In His arms He wants to hold you,

If you will but come to Him

And call on Him today.

His desire is that you please Him

In all of your life’s ambitions; 

Be a living sacrifice

And be transformed today.

Let Christ’s love and grace sustain you,

And His promises prepare you

For His soon return to earth

To gather all His saints to Him. 

https://vimeo.com/119270762 

Are Sinful Cravings Your God?

An Original Work / February 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

If We Keep His Commandments

“By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 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. By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. (1 John 2:3-6 NASB1995)

Faith in Jesus Christ is not in words only, and it is not of human flesh. The faith that is required of God for us to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God, and to be in relationship with Jesus Christ, first of all comes from God. And it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of God’s requirement that we be 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 God in obedience to his commands, in holy living, in the power of 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 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24] 

Therefore, if we profess faith in Jesus Christ with our lips, and we claim that we have come to know the Lord, by faith in him, but we do not obey the Lord and his New Covenant commands, in practice, then we are liars who do not live by the truth. And this is not saying that we will never sin (see 1 John 2:1-2), or that we will never fail God, or that there might never come a time in our lives when we fall away and need to be brought back to repentance. All those are possible scenarios which are biblically supported, but which do require that we repent (turn from) our sin and we now obey our Lord.

For it is not those who profess faith in Jesus Christ with their lips only who have salvation from sin and the hope of eternal life with God. It is all who obey the Lord and his commands, in practice, by the grace of God, and who no longer make sin their practice, who have the promise of salvation from sin and eternal life with God. For in Jesus’ death on that cross he put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will die to sin and obey our Lord’s commands, in the power of God, and that we might walk in the ways of the Lord out of a desire to please him and to do his will.

[Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; 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 5:3-6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10] 

Your Grace Divine 

 

An Original Work / November 6, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

All I have is Yours, Lord.

You gave all to me,

When You died at Calv’ry

On that cruel tree.

Crucified for my sins;

You paid what I owe,

So I’d be forgiven; 

My God come to know.

All I have is Yours, Lord.

You gave all to me,

When You died at Calv’ry

On that cruel tree.

Lord, I am so thankful

For Your grace divine.

I invited You, Lord,

In this heart of mine.

I have been forgiven

For all of my sins,

So I’d live with Jesus;

His grace flow within.

Lord, I am so thankful

For Your grace divine.

I invited You, Lord,

In this heart of mine.

Growing in Your grace, Lord;

Live for You each day;

How I love to worship

You throughout my day.

Sitting at Your feet, Lord,

List’ning to You speak,

Leads me to love You, Lord,

More throughout the week.

Growing in Your grace, Lord;

Live for You each day;

How I love to worship

You throughout my day.

https://vimeo.com/125863486

If We Keep His Commandments

An Original Work / February 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

If We Walk in The Light

“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 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. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.” (1 John 1:5-10 NASB1995)

Our God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – is all that is truth and righteousness and holiness, and none of which is evil, sinful, and wicked. So, when he saves us by his grace, it is to remove us from our lives of slavery to sin so that we can now walk (in conduct, in practice) in righteousness, in holiness, humbly, and in surrender to our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands. All this comes from God and is not of our flesh. But it requires that we cooperate with God in his work of grace in our lives in obeying him.

Therefore, if we claim to be in fellowship with God (with Jesus Christ), but sin still remains our practice, and not godliness, righteousness, holiness, and obedience to our Lord and to his commands, then we lie, and we do not live by the truth. But if our walk of faith is in holy living, and in obedience to our Lord, in the power of God at work within us, and not of our own flesh, then we have fellowship with God and with one another who are also in fellowship with God/Christ, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin.

So, in this context, let us look at the meaning of 1 John 1:9 which many people today are teaching out of context, and thus they are misconstruing its meaning. The word “confess” is not about giving lip service only, just verbally admitting to sin. The word “confess” is to agree with God and his verdict, to speak to the same conclusion as God with regard to our sin, in full agreement with God. And his word teaches us that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, we will not be saved nor have eternal life with God.

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] 

Walking in The Light  

Based off 1 John 1-2

An Original Work / November 16, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When I lift up my voice, and

Sing praise unto God,

I will fellowship with my

Lord and Savior, King.

In Him there is no darkness.

He is in the light of truth.

If we walk in His light,

From sin He purifies. 

If we repent of our sins,

He’ll forgive us now,

When we humble ourselves, and

Before Jesus bow.

The man who says, “I know Him,”

But does not obey His truth,

There is no truth in him.

In darkness still he’s found.

Do not love the world of sin,

For it is hell bound.

If you follow the world, you’ll

Not in Christ be found.

The world and its desires 

Will not last; they’ll expire.

The one who does God’s will,

Receives eternal life.

See that what you have heard from

Christ remains in you.

Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and

In His Father, too.

This is what He promised us –

His eternal life with God.

So, continue in Him, and

You’ll receive a crown.

https://vimeo.com/114160122

If We Walk in The Light

An Original Work / February 26, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Living Through Christ

 

Stronger in The Battle

“Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me;

For I am afflicted and needy.

Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man;

O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.

Be gracious to me, O Lord,

For to You I cry all day long.

Make glad the soul of Your servant,

For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.” (Psalm 86:1-4 NASB1995)

There are many people in this world of ours who are being abused, taken advantage of, mistreated, and treated as though they are of no value at all, but as though they are just garbage to be thrown away into the trash and discarded. Some of them are being sexually abused. Others are being lied to, tricked, and deceived into following after a lie and into rejecting the truth. Some are being taken advantage of financially and are being thieved. Others are being faced with physical abuse and beatings and/or death.

But all of this is not just happening out in the world, among those who make no professions of faith in Jesus Christ. But much of this is happening among those who claim to be Christians. And the abusers are pastors, elders, deacons, evangelists, missionaries, fathers, mothers, siblings, husbands, wives, children, and the like. Some of the most trusted of preachers and pastors and parents have turned out to be pedophiles, perverts, porn addicts, child molesters, and/or spousal and/or child abusers, and the like.

And then we have pastors and elders of the church, and/or mothers and/or fathers of children, and/or bosses and supervisors in work places who treat those under their authority as dirt to be stomped on, to be taken advantage of, and/or of no value, and so not worth their time and attention. And some pastors are being trained as to who they should want in their gatherings and who they should get rid of, like one pastor said to me that he was warned in his training about people like me, “people with strong convictions.” And he invited me to leave and to go someplace else where I would be a “better fit.”

So much of this is being “shoved under the rug” and not addressed because culture dictates we should not bring such matters out into the open. Or people just don’t want to know about them. Or the church just doesn’t want to have to address these situations going on under the name of “Christian” because it might expose things they don’t want exposed, or it may turn the world away from their gatherings if they start to exercise legitimate biblical church discipline instead of just catering to the perverts and the adulterers.

And I do not say this out of any bitterness of spirit, but out of genuine love and concern for those who are being abused and taken advantage of, and out of love and concern for the ones who are trapped in sinful addiction and who are doing evil to other people. For I was physically and sexually abused by my father, and emotionally neglected by my mother. And then I married a man not knowing of his addiction to what is sexually immoral. And then I had pastors try to hit on me, or to be mean and hateful to me, or to cast me out as unwanted because of my seriousness of my faith in Jesus Christ.

And there was a period of my life when I fell apart, I gave up, and I ran away from what I knew was right, and I did what I knew was wrong. And then God and I had a talk one day 24 years ago, when I was seeking him, and he set me straight. And he let me know I was holding unforgiveness against Jesus for not rescuing me from all my suffering and abuse. So I needed to trust in the sovereignty of God over my life, and I needed to learn to fight Satan with the armor of God and with the sword of the Spirit. So that is what I have been doing ever since then, by the grace of God.

So, if you are someone who is being mistreated, who is being taken advantage of, who is being used and abused and dismissed as though you are worthless, as someone to just be stomped on, remember that is how they treated Jesus, too. And give it all to the Lord. Don’t yield to the evil, but also do not return evil with more evil. Return evil with good. And love those who have mistreated you, and forgive them, and walk with Jesus wherever he leads you from now forward, under his care, in surrender to his will.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 16:33; Acts 14:22; Romans 5:3-5; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

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

Stronger in The Battle

An Original Work / February 25, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Are You Without Wedding Clothes?

I am reading in Matthew 21:23-46 and in Matthew 22:1-14, some of which I will quote, and some of which I will summarize for the sake of brevity.

In Context

Jesus was teaching in the Temple, and he was being questioned by the chief priests and the elders, and then he began speaking to them in parables. And then he said, “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.” (Here, I believe, “a people” is speaking of the Gentiles and all who believe in Jesus Christ.) And “When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.” (see Matthew 21:23-46). 

So, please consider Jesus’ words here. He was telling the Jews, who had been the people of God, that the kingdom of God would soon be taken away from all who did not believe in Jesus Christ, and it would be given to all who did believe in Jesus Christ, which mainly were the Gentiles. For the promise of God to Abraham was to him and to his seed Jesus Christ. And from that point forward God’s people are now all who follow Jesus Christ with their lives. And all Jews, not believing in Christ, were cast out of God’s kingdom.

[Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19; John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:1-6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9]  

“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:11-14 NASB1995)

What were the messages being given in all of the parables in Matthew, chapters 21-22, i.e. the messages the Jews understood were directed at them, but which can be applied to all of us? One of the messages has to do with us putting our professions of faith into action, i.e. us practicing what we profess with our mouths and not giving lip service only to God. Another is about being faithful with what we have been given, and us not ignoring our Lord, and his call, and his purposes, and his commands for us to obey.

Then there is the warning to us that if we do not act upon what we have been given, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from all who profess faith in God, in Christ Jesus, with their lips, but who do not obey him and his commands. And it will be given to all who will, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, die with Christ to sin, and walk with the Lord in faithfulness, in surrender, and in obedience to his commands. For many are called, but few are chosen, for the chosen are those who 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]

Jerusalem  

An Original Work / May 2, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

…you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God… Hebrews 12:22

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, hear now your King of kings.

He speaks to you, Jerusalem, in all His majesty.

Oh, listen now, Jerusalem, He’s calling out to you.

Hear Him call you, Jerusalem; He’s waiting now for you.

Won’t you bow down, Jerusalem? Let Christ make you anew!

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, hear God’s call to obey

Your Lord and Savior, Christ the King; trust Him without delay.

Turn from your sin, Jerusalem; let Christ rule in your hearts.

Invite Him now, Jerusalem, to save you; grace impart,

And purify, Jerusalem, your hearts of all your sin!

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, hear your God’s final plea

To come to Him, Jerusalem, right now on bended knee.

Make Him your Lord, Jerusalem; He’s your Messiah, King.

Honor Him as the Holy One, your off’rings to Him bring.

And serve Him now, Jerusalem, for He is Christ your King!

https://vimeo.com/125966150

Are You Without Wedding Clothes?

An Original Work / February 25, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Put Out Into Deep Water

One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, 2 he saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.  

4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”  6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. 

 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will catch men.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. (Luke 5:1-11 NIV1978)

I love this passage of Scripture! Jesus is saying the same to us today. He is calling us to “put out into deep water for a catch”, i.e. he is saying that we need to be willing to die for our faith in Jesus Christ, and to be willing to be hated and rejected, and to be willing to go wherever he sends us, and to say whatever he would have us to say, and to do what he would have us to do, even if it is not popular, and even if it is considered weird by some people. 

And “Deep water,” to me, means stepping out of our comfort zone, and going out into the unknown, to what might be scary to us, to the unfamiliar, and possibly involving sacrifice or hardship. But whatever it is, i.e. whatever our “deep water” may be, it will involve faith and trust and doing what Jesus tells us to do, even if it doesn’t look possible by human standards.

Peter said to Jesus that they had worked hard all night. I think sometimes we may work very hard at what we believe God has called us to do, and sometimes without visible rewards, and so we think that our efforts are not producing anything. And sometimes we may be working in our own strength, with our own efforts to try to do God’s work, but we are not hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking to us, and we’re not allowing him to work through us, and so our own human efforts do fail to produce results. 

Then Jesus speaks, and he tells us what to do and how to do it. And we have a choice. We can go on in our own strength. Or we can give up because we didn’t catch anything. Or we can yield to the Master, do what he says, his way, and then we will catch “fish.” And the results, even there, may not come immediately. We may not see the visible results right away. And that, again, involves believing in what Jesus says, then doing it even when we can’t see what lies ahead. Even though the fishermen had worked hard all night and had not caught anything, still they did what Jesus told them to do. 

I love Peter’s response. First he says, “Master.” And Master means Lord, and Lord means the one in charge; the boss. So, he first of all acknowledged the Lordship of Jesus Christ over his life. Then he stated their circumstances clearly. Yet he added this: “Because you said so…” Oh, how I love that!! 

Even when things don’t look possible by human understanding, if we know it is Jesus speaking, and we know he is saying to do it, we can say with Peter, “Because you said so, I will.” I will do whatever I believe Jesus is telling me to do which is in agreement with the Word of God and is in harmony with the nature of God. For what is impossible with man is possible with God. 

So, even though we are in a difficult time in human history, still the Lord Jesus is calling us who are his disciples to “put out into deep water for a catch,” i.e. “to catch men,” i.e. to share the gospel. For many people don’t know Jesus. Many don’t know the salvation that could be theirs in Christ Jesus, and the freedom from sin, and the joy of knowing our Lord. 

And Jesus is coming again, and he is coming to judge. So, we need to be doing what Jesus has called us to do in “putting out into deep water” and in seeking for people to believe in Jesus, because we want all people to know our Lord and to have the peace that comes from being in an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, which is the only true peace there is.

[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]

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

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

Put Out Into Deep Water

Taken in part from an older document dated December 8, 2010

Slightly edited for grammatical errors (those discovered)

An Original Work / Reposted February 24, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Health, Wealth, and Prosperity??

The children of Israel of the Old Testament were living in exile in Babylon as a punishment from God for their rebellion against the Lord and for their unwillingness to heed his commands. And God promised them 70 years of exile before he would deliver them. But they had prophets in their midst who were deceiving the people into thinking that they would not have to be in exile the whole 70 years. So, they were not to listen to the prophets who were speaking lies to them, for they prophesied falsely in the name of God.

“For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:10-13 NASB1995)

And we have false prophets in our midst today who are teaching Jeremiah 29:11 out of context, and who are promising all people who profess faith in Jesus Christ that this is a promise of God to them of “health, wealth, and prosperity.” And many people have been duped by these false prophets, and they have been convinced that the more that they give to the institutional church, the more that God will bless them, but while many very wealthy pastors (false prophets) stack up all sorts of properties and possessions.

So, this is not a promise for us today of health, wealth, and prosperity if we give generously to the institutional church or to certain other “Christian ministries.” If it is at all to be considered as any kind of promise to Christians today, it must be seen and interpreted in light of the teachings of Jesus and of his New Testament apostles in the New Testament writings. For we are promised in the Scriptures that the life of a follower of Christ is a life of suffering and persecution and hardship, but one of spiritual blessing, too.

And the plans that our Lord has for us today are first of all that we must, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and now walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living. And we must follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in our day-to-day living, for this is for our welfare, i.e. for our good, that we might have the hope of salvation from sin and eternal life with God, which is the future and the hope of those whose lives are committed to Jesus Christ.

And if you would take a good look at our world today, and at our individual nations, I would suggest to you that our world and our nations and the church at large today are presently being faced with the judgment of God for the people’s rebellion against the Lord and for their unwillingness to heed his commands, but more specifically directed at those who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who are living worldly lives in the worship of what is not God. And so God is calling out to all who profess his name to repent and to obey God.

[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 Battle for Truth

Based off Malachi 1-4

An Original Work / May 18, 2013 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

I love you. Honor me.

Tell the truth. You’ll be free.

Sing My praise all your days.

I will give all you need.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

Turn from sin; cleansed within.

Stand in awe of My Name.

Teach what’s true. Walk in peace.

Follow Christ, in His ways.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

Show to God faithfulness.

Do not be adult’rous. 

Do not shed shallow tears.

Do not be insincere. 

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

I have sent messengers,

Who have giv’n my address.

They call for repentance,

And they warn of judgment.

Truth is marching, truth is marching.

I, the Lord, do not change,

So return – blessings gain:

Healing comes; joyfulness;

Freedom from your distress.

https://vimeo.com/117023801

Health, Wealth, and Prosperity?

An Original Work / February 24, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Be Wise. Don't Be Foolish

Proverbs 14:12,14,16,18 NASB1995

Proverbs 14:12: “There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”

A way that seems right to someone does not necessarily have to be a way that they believe is right, just, and moral. It just means that they are content with the way that they are living, and either they do not care that the Bible says they will end up in hell, if that is how they choose to live, or they rationalize their way around that so that they convince themselves that God will not judge them for their sinful lifestyles (practices). 

Proverbs 14:14: “The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied with his.”

What or who is a backslider? They who backslide are those who renounce and abandon both what they previously professed as truth and the one they claimed to follow. They once professed faith in Jesus Christ, acknowledged their sin, and asked for forgiveness, and began to do the kinds of things that Christians should normally do. But then they turned away and returned to their vomit, and went back to living in sin, and no longer live to please God.

And now they live for self and for self-pleasure, and not for God, and not in accord with the teachings of the Scriptures. For their desire is for their sin and not for God, because sin now has mastery over their lives. And if that is where they remain, and they do not repent and turn back to God, and they do not renounce their sin and now obey God and his commands, then they will not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God, God’s word says.

[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] 

Proverbs 14:16,18: “A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless.” “The naive inherit foolishness, but the sensible are crowned with knowledge.”

The ones who have made a way for themselves, which is not the way of righteousness, holiness, and obedience to God, and who have turned away from the Lord after professing to believe in Jesus Christ, and who are foolish and arrogant and careless in how they conduct their lives, are the opposite of the wise, the cautious, and the sensible who turn away from evil to follow Jesus Christ in walks of surrender to him in obedience to his commands.

For the wise who follow Jesus in obedience understand what the Scriptures teach. And they believe God. And they take God and his Word seriously to obey them. For they love God, and they want to obey him. They want to live for him. And they believe that if we go the way of our own flesh, doing what our own hearts desire, and if God’s word is not what we obey, that we will not have salvation from sin, and we will not have eternal life with God. 

[John 10:27-30; Romans 2:5-10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 6:7-8; Colossians 1:21-23; Colossians 3:1-17; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; 1 Peter 2:24]

So, be wise, and obey God, and be not foolish and end up in hell.

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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Be Wise. Don’t Be Foolish.

An Original Work / February 23, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Fake Christianity

Proverbs 14:22,25,27,32,34 NASB1995

22 Will they not go astray who devise evil?

But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

25 A truthful witness saves lives,

But he who utters lies is treacherous. (unfaithful, disloyal, deceitful)

27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,

That one may avoid the snares of death.

32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing,

But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

34 Righteousness exalts a nation,

But sin is a disgrace to any people.

Faith in Jesus Christ, according to the Scriptures, must result in genuine biblical repentance resulting in changed lives. By faith in Jesus Christ, a faith which comes from God, and not from human flesh, 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 servants of God and of his righteousness in walks of surrender to God in obedience to his commands. 

So if, after we have professed faith in the Lord Jesus, nothing changes, our lives are not altered, there is no change of heart and mind resulting in a change of behavior, but we continue life as usual, still making sin our practice, and still living to please the flesh, and not to please God, then according to the Scriptures we are not of true biblical faith in Jesus Christ, and we will not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God.

[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] 

Sadly, it appears that the majority of those professing faith in Jesus Christ are being taught a fake Christianity and an altered gospel message which gives them permission to keep living in sin and not in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands. For they are being taught that a mere verbal profession of faith in Jesus is enough to secure them forgiveness of all sins and heaven as their destiny, regardless of how they live. Just not biblical!

But we are warned all throughout the New Testament Scriptures that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God’s commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess. So, if you are one who devises evil, who is unfaithful and deceitful, who makes wickedness, lying, and immorality your practice, and obedience to God, kindness, truth, and righteousness are not your practice, you don’t know God, in reality.

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).

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.

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

Fake Christianity, Video

https://vimeo.com/1167392658

An Original Work / February 23, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Here Am I, Send Me

Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” He said, “Go, and tell this people:

‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;

Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

“Render the hearts of this people insensitive,

Their ears dull,

And their eyes dim,

Otherwise they might see with their eyes,

Hear with their ears,

Understand with their hearts,

And return and be healed.” (Isaiah 6:8-10 NASB1995)

All of us who believe in Jesus Christ to be Lord (Owner-Master) and Savior of our lives are called of God to be his witnesses in taking the message of the gospel of Christ to the people of the world, even to others who profess faith in Jesus Christ but who are not living what they claim to believe. And we are to make disciples (followers) of Christ of people of all nations, teaching them to put sin to death, by the Spirit, and to obey all that our Lord commands. 

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 9:23-26; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 10:14-15; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 5:11-14; 1 Peter 2:21,29; 1 John 2:6] 

And we who are followers of Jesus Christ, as his disciples, should be those who will answer the call of God to go into all the world and to make disciples of Christ of people of all nations, teaching them to obey our Lord’s commands. But it isn’t just to the unsaved that we are to speak the words of God and to give out his messages. But it is also to the church and to many who profess the name of Jesus but who are living worldly lives.

And sometimes we must speak some pretty strong words because they are dull of hearing, and they are not listening to the Lord and to his messengers. But they are going their own way, doing their own thing, without regard for the teachings of the Scriptures and for the warnings given by God should any of us choose to go our own way and not the ways of God. And so we must give them the warnings of God should they reject his teachings.

And sometimes sarcasm is used in the Scriptures to bring home a point such as what I believe is the case here in verse 9. For certainly the speaker is not encouraging the people to not perceive and to not understand, but this language is used to get across a message. And it is to let them know that if they continue on their chosen course of not listening, and of not paying attention, and being unwilling to understand, it will not go well for them.

And the result is found in verse 10, for again God’s message to the people is not that God approves of them going their own way and doing their own thing while ignoring God and his commands, as though they will not face his wrath. But he has his messenger speaking the truth of God’s Word to the people even knowing that they will not listen and that they will close their minds and hearts to the truth and that they will not repent and so be healed.

Thus, the people cannot claim that they never heard the truth, or that they were ignorant, as though no one had told them. So, as the Lord’s servants and messengers, we should continue in giving out the truth of God’s Word to the people, even to those we know are not listening right now, because God’s Word will not return empty, but it will accomplish what God desires and achieve the purpose for which God sent it (see Isaiah 55:11).

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, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For lip service alone will not secure you heaven, but you must obey 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] 

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!

Here Am I, Send Me

An Original Work / February 23, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

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.

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The Love Which God Has For Us

An Original Work / February 22, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love