Out of Darkness into The Light

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” (1 Peter 2:9-10 NASB1995)

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are the chosen of God. We are a holy nation, which is a spiritual nation. We are a royal priesthood, not in need of human priests to intervene for us to God. For we can now enter into God’s holy presence by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We can speak directly to God without other human intervention. And we now belong to God, and he owns us, and our lives are now to be surrendered to him to do his will, to obey his commands, in the power of God, by his Spirit.

We are to be those who are taking the message of salvation to the people of the world. But we need to make certain that “the gospel” we are believing is the one taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, and that it is not one that has been altered and diluted to make it more acceptable to human flesh. For the most popular “gospel” message being taught in the USA today is not of God, but is of the flesh of humans who are softening it to make it more palatable to humans who want to continue in their sin.

But we are to be the people of God who are proclaiming the excellencies of God who has called us out of darkness (sin, wickedness) into his marvelous light (Jesus Christ, righteousness, godliness, death to sin and obedience to our Lord and to his commands). For Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to put our sins to death with him, and he was resurrected from the dead so that we will now die to sin and obey his commandments as a matter of life practice. And this is the message of the gospel we are to share.

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

And all this is a gift from God. Not one of us, in our own merit, deserves to be forgiven our sins and to be given new lives in Christ Jesus to be lived for his glory. All this is because of God’s grace. 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 while we wait for our Lord’s return. And if we want to follow Jesus we must deny self, die daily to sin, and obey our Lord and his commands (Titus 2:11-14; Luke 9:23-26).

Unless You Are Born Again

Based off John 3:1-21

An Original Work / November 3, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Nicodemus came to Jesus.

He acknowledged God was with Him.

Jesus said, “You can’t see heaven

Unless you are born again.”

“How can a man be born when he’s old?

Can he enter into his mother’s womb?”

Jesus answered, “Flesh is flesh,

So of the Spirit, you must be.”

Jesus said to Nicodemus,

“You’re a teacher, and yet you don’t

Understand of what I tell you,

Because you will not believe.

“For God so loved the world that He gave

His one and His only Son for your sin.

So, whoever believes in Him

Has eternal life in heav’n.

“Light has come into the world,

But human beings love the darkness,

Because their deeds are so evil,

So in truth, they stand condemned.

“Everyone who practices evil

Fears that the Light will expose his sin.

Yet, whoever lives his life by the Light

Does so through his God.”

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Out of Darkness into The Light

An Original Work / March 20, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love