2 Timothy 2:15 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“15 Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.”
When we believe in Jesus Christ and He delivers us from our
bondage to sin, and He gives us new lives in Him, they are to be lived for His
glory and purposes, all in the power of God, as led by the Spirit, and not in
our flesh. For our salvation isn’t just about getting forgiveness of sins so we
can go to heaven when we die. When we believe in Jesus, if our faith is genuine
biblical faith, we enter into a covenant of marriage to Christ. He becomes our
husband and we become His bride, and we are to be faithful to Him.
So our lives are no longer our own to be lived however our
flesh desires. For we were bought back for God with the price of Jesus’ blood
shed for us on that cross. He is now our Owner-Master and our lives are to be
surrendered to Him to doing His will. So we now should inquire of Him as to who
He wants us to be and what He has for us to do, and we should follow Him
wherever He leads us. And we should be students of the Scriptures who put the
Word of God into practice and who teach them to others in truth.
2 Timothy 2:19 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
We have so many people today, including probably a large
majority of pastors of “churches,” who are teaching lies to the people as
though they are truth. They remove Scriptures from their biblical context and
they teach them out of context, and they twist them to make them say what they
do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. And many of them are
teaching the people that a mere profession of faith in Jesus Christ will secure
for them forgiveness of all sins and eternal life with God in heaven.
Therefore, many of them are teaching that God no longer
requires repentance (turning away from sin/iniquity) and obedience to His New
Covenant commands. For they call that “works salvation.” And then there are
those who teach death to sin and obedience to God, but they are taught as
recommended but optional, i.e. not required by God for them to have salvation
from sin and eternal life with God. But if we read the New Testament Scriptures,
it is so clear that God does require those things.
2 Timothy 2:22 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
So, please know that salvation from sin and eternal life
with God, which are gifted to us of God, and are not of our own flesh, require
that we flee the passions of the flesh and we now pursue godliness, holiness,
honesty, moral purity, self-control, uprightness, faithfulness, faith, love,
righteousness, and the peace which comes from God because we are now living
right with God. We are no longer to be under the control of sin and the flesh
doing what the devil still wants us to be doing. But we are to be living to
please God.
And we will have pure hearts when our lives are surrendered
to the Lord to doing His will, when we are walking in His ways, obeying His
commands, and doing what He requires of us in the way of thought, word, and
deed. Sin will no longer be our habit, but godly living will be our practice.
And this does not make us perfect, but lack of perfection is never to be used
as an excuse for deliberate and habitual sin. For faith in Jesus changes our
hearts and minds so that we now want to live for the Lord to do His will for
our lives.
[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]
Out of a Pure Heart
An Original Work / September 19, 2026
Christ’s
Free Servant, Sue J Love
Refresh My Spirit, Lord
Based off of Psalm 51 & Matthew
11:28-30
An Original Work /
August 8, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Refresh my spirit,
Lord. Revive my heart today.
Move me to serve
You, Lord, in all I do and say.
Be my heart’s one
desire; my spirit set on fire
In pure devotion,
Lord, to love You and obey.
Create within me,
Lord, a pure heart, this I pray,
So I can worship You
and yield to You always.
May all Your love
and pow’r be lived in me, I pray,
So I might love as
You; be Your witness today.
Jesus says, “Come to
Me all you with heavy hearts,
And find in Me your
peace, and give to Me your all.
My yoke is light to
bear, ‘cause I paid for your sin,
So you might be set
free, and purified within.”
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