Galatians 1:3-5 NKJV
“3Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.”
The Whole Counsel of God
We read in Acts 20:27 that the apostle Paul, when speaking
to the elders from Ephesus, testified to them that he had not shrunk from declaring
to them “the whole counsel of God.” Many (or perhaps few) Christians have heard
this phrase, “The Whole Counsel of God,” but I sense that the vast majority
do not know what it means. Very simply put, it means all of God’s will and
purpose concerning his plan of salvation for us who were born into this world in
the image of Adam, with sin natures, separate from God.
“The Whole Counsel of God” is the whole “kit and caboodle”
of God’s redemptive plan for humanity, which means everything, the entire
package, the whole lot, nothing left out – all of the essentials, basically,
from start to finish. So not just the beginning, and not just the beginning plus
the middle, but the beginning all the way into the middle and through to the
end, nothing deleted, nothing altered, and nothing tampered with to make it
less offensive and more acceptable to human flesh, but the unadulterated truth.
And Jesus said it well when he said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.” And “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (see Luke 9:23-26 and Matthew 7:21-23).
For Jesus Christ gave his life up for us on that cross to
put our sins to death with him, and he rose victorious over death, sin, Satan,
and hell so that, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in him (which is not of
our own doing) we might deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in walks of
obedience to his commands. Thus, 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; Ephesians
2:8-10).
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts
26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans
8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1
Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians
5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14;
Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24;
1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation
3:1-22]
Only in Him
Based off Isaiah 30
An Original Work / February 19, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Woe to those who
look to man’s help;
Who turn away from
Jesus Christ;
Forming an alliance
not in step with God;
Making their own
plans, and praying not.
Willing not to
listen to truth,
They close their
ears to what is right.
Pleasing words are
all that they’ll hear;
Feel good messages
that bring cheer.
Trust in your Lord;
turn from your sin.
Put your faith now
ONLY IN HIM.
Do not turn to
idols. They’ll not satisfy.
Jesus will save you.
That’s why He died.
Your Lord will be
gracious to you.
He cares all about
you, ‘tis true.
He forgives you all
of your sin
When you give your
life up to Him.
Oh, how truly
gracious He’ll be
When you bow to Him
on your knees;
Turning now from
your sin; walking in his ways.
He’ll lead and guide
you all of your days.
Now you will sing
praises to Him.
He delivered you
from your sin.
You’ll tell others
now of His grace,
So they may see
Christ face-to-face.
According to The
Will of God
An Original Work / June 20, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
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