This Is The Last Hour

“Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.” (1 John 2:18-25 NASB1995)

Who or what is the “antichrist”? Well, “anti” means to be against and to be opposed to someone or something. In this case it is speaking of being against and opposed to Jesus Christ, which includes being against and opposed to his gospel message which he taught and that his New Testament apostles taught, in the correct biblical context. For we can be for the name of Jesus and for what we believe he is offering us in the way of forgiveness of sins and the hope of eternal life with him, and still be against 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).

Therefore, to be antichrist can include a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, and a belief that all your sins are forgiven, and that heaven is your eternal destiny. How so? You are antichrist if your profession of faith does not include you denying self, dying to sin (not just once, but daily), and walking in obedience to the Lord and to his commandments (New Covenant), in practice, by the Spirit, because of God’s grace, and in the power of God, and if sin is still your practice, and not obedience to God and to his commands.

And this is NOT saying that you must live an absolutely perfect life in every respect or BAM! You are out! For all of us who are in Christ, by faith in Jesus Christ, are still works in progress. We are still clay in the hands of the Potter (God) being molded into the likeness of character of our Lord Jesus, as we cooperate fully with God and with his work of grace in our lives in yielding to his control and in obeying his commands. But if sin is still our practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God. Believe God!

So, when this says here that “they went out from us,” this is not speaking of a mere physical departure from any particular “church” gathering. This has to do with them departing from the faith as Jesus and as his New Testament apostles taught it, and then following after a diluted and altered “gospel” in its place. For the church is not a building or a denomination but it is the people of God who are his by genuine biblical faith which results in us dying to sin, being reborn of the Spirit, and walking in obedience to our Lord.

Therefore, there are many people today sitting in chairs or pews in “church” gatherings who are antichrist, for their faith is lip service only (superficial), and their lives are not surrendered to the Lord in dying with Christ to sin and in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands, as empowered by God. And some of them are the pastors, deacons, and elders of such “church” congregations. And then there are some true followers of Christ who have departed from these institutional (partnered with the government/world) “churches,” in obedience to the Lord, who are being chided for departing.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 18:1-5] 

So, making a verbal profession of faith in Jesus Christ does not make you a Christian unless, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus you deny the self-life and you now die to sin and you obey God, in practice, in the power of God, by the grace of God. So please be aware that many who are antichrist are those who give lip service to the Lord but by their lifestyles they deny him as Lord. And many of them are in positions of enormous power, respect, and admiration among the people and within the gatherings of “the church.” So be those who test the spirits, please!

[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 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; 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 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2-3] 

My Sheep  

Based off John 10:1-30 NIV

An Original Work / June 24, 2012  

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

My sheep hear me. They know me.

They listen to my voice and obey.

I call them and lead them.

They know my voice, so they follow me.

They will never follow strangers.

They will run away from them.

The voice of a stranger they know not;

They do not follow him.

So, I tell you the truth that

I am the gate, so you enter in.

Whoever does enter

Will find forgiveness and will be saved.

Nonetheless whoever enters

Not by the gate; other way,

He is the thief and a robber.

Listen not, the sheep to him.

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,

Who laid his own life down for the sheep.

I know them. They know me.

They will live with me eternally.

The thief only comes to steal and

Kill and to destroy the church.

I have come to give you life that

You may have it to the full… 

They know my voice, so they follow me.

https://vimeo.com/114938263 

This Is The Last Hour

An Original Work / September 25, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Warnings Against Worldly Living

“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)

To love (agape) means “to prefer.” Generally it is used in the context of preferring God and what he prefers, choosing his choices, and obeying them in his power. And what God prefers is all that is obedient to him, godly, morally pure, righteous, honest, faithful, and self-sacrificial, according to his word, and according to his will and purpose for our lives. But it is used here to teach us to not prefer the world, choosing its choices, and obeying them in the power of the flesh, according to the will of human flesh; not of God.

For the world represents all that is sinful and of the flesh and not of God. So if we love (prefer) the world and the things that are in the world, we are preferring the lusts of the flesh, and the lusts of the eyes, and the boastful pride of life in place of God and what he prefers for our lives. It means that we prefer our sins over obedience to God, which is then obvious by how we live our lives in daily practice, in heart, mind, and action. It means that satisfying the sinful lusts of the flesh gets preference over obedience to God.

Sadly that probably represents the majority of those professing faith in Jesus Christ here in the USA. For it appears that the majority of those claiming faith in Jesus Christ are following after a false gospel of salvation which is teaching them that all they have to do is to profess faith in the Lord Jesus and now all their sins are forgiven, and heaven is guaranteed them when they die, but with no reference to what the Scriptures teach about those who decide to continue living in sin and not in obedience to God’s commands.

We have a lot of people here who are malicious, morally unclean, deceivers, manipulators, opportunists, liars, untrustworthy, and egocentric (prideful), who fake their Christianity, who, on a spiritual level, are failing and declining. Yet they have inserted themselves (their character) into the gospel message, presuming upon themselves that they are Christians, that God has saved them from their sins, and that heaven is now guaranteed them when they die, but regardless of how they live. And many are deceiving other people.

Many of these people who are cunning, crafty, and predatory, are those who prey upon the vulnerable, the naïve, the trusting, the unsuspecting, the weak, and the non-discerning. They spin their webs of deceit by cleverly blending the truth with the lies to where the lies begin to take on the character of truth, to where many people are now believing the lies as though they are truth, while they are rejecting the truth as though the truth is now the lie, so that good is being called evil, and evil is called good.

These liars and deceivers are multiplying greatly as they continue to use cunning and craftiness to deceive the people. And they are those who deliberately teach the Scriptures out of context, who then twist the Scriptures to their advantage to make them say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. And they alter the gospel to make it more acceptable to the flesh and less offensive to the ungodly, for they are trying to win the world to their worldly “church” (business) gatherings.

But 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; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; 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; 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 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2-3] 

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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Warnings Against Worldly Living

An Original Work / September 25, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Do You Know Him in Truth?

“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…

“The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.” (1 John 2:3-6,9-11 NASB1995)

Biblical faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God, and is not of our own doing, not of our human flesh, but which is gifted to us by God, and is persuaded of God, must result in us being crucified with Christ in death to sin, and us being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands. So if we claim faith in Jesus Christ, but sin is what we practice, and not obedience, we do not know God!

But sadly there are many professers of faith in Jesus Christ today who have been convinced that they are eternally secure in their salvation since they prayed the prayer to receive Christ, or they made a verbal acknowledgment of Christ as Lord and of his bodily resurrection. They have this false sense of security that their professions of faith alone serve like insurance, and that their sins no longer matter to God, and that God will not judge them for their sins since they “did the deed.” And so they keep on in their addictive sins.

Many of them are the self-indulgent, lovers of intoxication to sin, who think their deliberate sinful lifestyles will not prevent them from having salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And some or many of them are quite aware of what the Scriptures teach on this subject, so they are not naïve. They have just chosen “the path of least resistance,” i.e. they are choosing the easy way which leads to destruction rather than the narrow way, which leads to salvation from sin and eternal life with God (see Matthew 7:13-14).

So they hold on to their sins, and they continue to add sin upon sin to where their sins are piled up as high as heaven (see Revelation 18:4-5), while they refuse to biblically repent and to forsake their sins and to now walk in obedience to the Lord and to his commandments, in practice. So, for them, coming to faith in Jesus Christ is not in dying with Christ to sin and now walking in obedience to his commands, in the power of God, but it is Jesus forgiving their sins while they continue to clutch their sin treasures in hand.

But this isn’t just about them sinning against God deliberately and habitually, without conscience, while proclaiming Jesus as Savior and Lord, and God’s forgiveness of all their sins, and heaven as their eternal resting place. But this is about them sinning against their fellow humans, some of whom are their spouses, children, grandchildren, neighbors and even strangers. For they are vile, malicious, immoral, untrustworthy, and liars who sin habitually regardless of who gets hurt in the process. For this is about self-indulgence.

So, please understand here that the Scriptures do not teach that you can hold on to your pile of sins, and keep repeating the same sins over again, in direct disobedience to God, via hate for God and for all who you hurt by your deliberate sins, and then claim Jesus as your Lord as though you are in an intimate relationship with him. For Jesus said that not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father who is in heaven (see Matthew 7:21-23).

[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 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; 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 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10] 

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior

And your testimony is separate from Him.

Your words not matching your actions today.

Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.

Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,

For you profess one thing, but other you do.

Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.

Not living in truth to what you confess.

Lying about it puts you in a mess.

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

Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.

Your heart is not given to your Lord God.

Because of how you live, you are a fraud.

Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

https://vimeo.com/287303934

Do You Know Him in Truth?

An Original Work / September 25, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

When You Have Done the Will of God

“But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated. For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one. Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

“For yet in a very little while,

He who is coming will come, and will not delay.

But My righteous one shall live by faith;

And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.” (Hebrews 10:32-39 NASB1995)

All throughout the New Testament writings we are taught that our salvation from sin, which is God’s gift to us, and which is not of our own flesh, is conditional upon us dying to sin, by the Spirit, and us walking (in conduct) in 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 so that, by God-persuaded faith in him, we will now die to sin and walk in obedience to our Lord in the power and wisdom of God, as we yield control of our lives over to God.

And we are taught that if we go on sinning, and if sin remains our practice, and not obedience to our Lord and to his commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips have professed. So our salvation is not based on lip service only, and it is not this one-time thing that takes place in our lives which guarantees us heaven when we die, but regardless of how we live. Our salvation is progressive sanctification which we must continue in to the end for us to have heaven as our destiny.

[Matthew 10:22; John 8:31-32; John 15:1-12; Romans 8:24; Romans 11:17-24; Romans 13:11; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Colossians 1:21-23; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; 2 Timothy 2:10-13; Hebrews 3:6,14-15; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5,9; 2 Peter 1:5-11; 1 John 2:24-25]

Now some people will call this legalism, or they will call it “works salvation,” but it is neither of those, if taught in the correct biblical context. What this describes is biblical salvation, which was taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles. Yes, we do nothing to earn or to deserve our own salvation, but we need to know what biblical salvation is, for it is us being delivered out of our slavery (addiction) to sin so that, by the grace of God, and in his power, we will now walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands.

[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 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; 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 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10] 

So many people today are teaching a false gospel of salvation absent of biblical repentance (turning from sin to obey God), and without God’s requirements that we now put sin to death in our lives, not just once, but daily, by the Spirit, and that we walk (in conduct, with purpose) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in practice. And so we have a large number of people professing faith in Jesus whose lives are not much different from those who do not believe in Jesus, for sin is still their practice.

But the whole purpose of our salvation and our walks of faith is that we no longer walk in sin deliberately and habitually, but that we now walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in following our Lord wherever he leads us in being who he wants us to be, and in doing what he has called us to do, and in being his witnesses who live the gospel, in practice, and who are sharing the true biblical message of the gospel with the people of the world for their salvation from sin and for their hope of eternal life with God.

“For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries.” (Hebrews 10:26-27 NASB1995)

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).

Seek the Lord  

Based off Isaiah 55

An Original Work / July 20, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.

Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,

And your soul will delight in richest of fare.

Give ear to Me, and you will live.

I have made an eternal covenant with you.

Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him. 

Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.

Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.

Freely, God pardons him.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,”

declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.

It will not return to Me unfulfilled.

My word will accomplish all that I desire,

And achieve the goal I intend.

You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.

The mountains will burst into song… before you, 

And all of the trees clap their hands.”

https://vimeo.com/379408296 

When You Have Done the Will of God

An Original Work / September 24, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

If We Continue Walking in Sin

“For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.’ And again, ‘The Lord will judge His people.’ It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:26-31 NASB1995)

We live in a day and age when teachings such as these are largely being ignored, or they are being reinterpreted and/or explained away as not relevant to anyone who calls himself a Christian. But we can’t just write this off because it doesn’t agree with a particular “church’s” “gospel” message, or with a particular theology of any specific church denomination. We need to study the Scriptures in their correct biblical context under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, seeking truth, and not looking for loopholes to bow out.

And this isn’t the only place in the New Testament Scriptures where this is taught. Jesus taught it. Paul taught it. And John taught it for certain. They all taught that if we make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, but then we continue living in deliberate and habitual sin, in practice, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God. But we will die in our sins because we did not put sin to death in our lives by God-persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior.

Contrary to popular opinion, the gospel does not teach that all we have to do is confess Jesus as Lord, and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead, and we will be saved, end of story. Yes, Romans 10:9 says that, but we must read that in the context of the whole of Romans, and the whole of the New Testament teachings, for this is being taught out of context. For Jesus said that not everyone who calls him, “Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING the will of God in heaven (Matthew 7:21-23). 

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).

And in 1 John 3:7-8,10: “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.” “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.” So we need to take this to heart.

[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 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; 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 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10] 

Seek the Lord  

Based off Isaiah 55

An Original Work / July 20, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.

Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,

And your soul will delight in richest of fare.

Give ear to Me, and you will live.

I have made an eternal covenant with you.

Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him. 

Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.

Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.

Freely, God pardons him.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,”

declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.

It will not return to Me unfulfilled.

My word will accomplish all that I desire,

And achieve the goal I intend.

You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.

The mountains will burst into song… before you, 

And all of the trees clap their hands.”

https://vimeo.com/379408296 

If We Continue Walking in Sin

An Original Work / September 24, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

With a Sincere Heart

“Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:19-25 NASB1995)

Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit to a virgin woman, was born as a human baby to his mother Mary. He was and is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And he is our creator God, the giver of both physical life and spiritual life. When he lived on this earth he was both fully God and fully man, but without sin, for he was conceived of the Spirit and not of man, and thus he was not born with a sin nature as we are, and although tempted, he never sinned.

While he lived on the earth he preached repentance for forgiveness of sins, and to repent is to have a change of heart and mind, resulting in a change of thought, attitude, and behavior in line with the will of God for our lives. And he taught that to come after him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow him in walks of obedience to him and to his commands, in surrender to his will. For if we hold on to our lives of living in sin, and we do not obey him, in practice, we will lose them for eternity.

Jesus Christ, when he lived on the earth, although loved and admired by a few, was hated particularly by many of the religious leaders within the temple and the synagogues. They hated his temporary popularity among the people, and feared losing their own positions of power. They opposed him for calling himself God, and they didn’t like his messages, especially the ones where he confronted them about their own sinful and hypocritical practices. So they had him put to death on a cross, hoping that would end it all.

But Jesus became our sacrificial lamb on that cross to take away the sins of the world, and he rose from the dead. And at this point he did away with the Old Covenant, and he brought in the New Covenant, which now included the Gentiles, by faith in Jesus Christ. We who believe in Jesus are the Israel of God, God’s chosen people, his holy nation. But the New Covenant teaches we must die with Christ to sin, and we must be raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, and we must obey our Lord and his commandments, living holy lives, pleasing to God, or we do not have eternal life with God.

[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 17:25; John 1:1-36; John 6:35-58; John 8:24,58; John 10:27-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8-9; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]  

So, if we hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful, this has to agree with the gospel message taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, in full biblical context. So this means that we are those who continue in our walks of faith in surrender to the will of God in obedience to his commands, in practice, and that sin is no longer what we practice. Righteous living is now what we practice, but we are still works of God in the process of being made to be like Jesus.

And then, as the body of Christ, his church (we the people of God are the church), we are to be those who are stimulating (inspiring, motivating) one another to (agape) love (preferring what God prefers) and to the good works that God has for us to do, as his followers. And we are not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, which can be on any day of the week, at any time of day, with any group of followers of Christ, in any appropriate location, but for the purpose to be ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER.

In other words, this is not about going to a building called “church” once a week, sitting as mostly spectators, singing some preplanned songs, listening to a preplanned sermon (usually by only one man), and then going home “from church” until the next week, while we live our lives largely for ourselves and for what we want. Not forsaking the assembling is us, as followers of Christ, gathering together with other followers of Christ for our mutual and spiritual edification so that we walk in obedience to our Lord.

[Acts 2:14-18,42-47; 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]

The Spirit Calling

An Original Work / November 12, 2019

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hear the Spirit calling.

He’ll keep you from falling.

Tenderly He’s calling,

“Come and follow Him.”

Walk with Jesus daily.

Don’t give in to lazy.

Folks may call you crazy.

Fellowship with Him.

Follow where He leads you.

Eat what Jesus feeds you.

His love will renew you

If you follow Him.

Do what Jesus tells you.

Don’t let your faith fail you.

His love will avail you

If you walk with Him.

Jesus, Lord and Savior,

Reigneth now forever.

He gave us His favor

So we’d live with Him.

Turning now from our sin,

Holy Spirit live-in.

Holiness we walk in,

Purified by Him.

https://vimeo.com/373006449 

With a Sincere Heart

An Original Work / September 24, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

We Exult in Our Tribulations

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” (Romans 5:1-5 NASB1995)

What is faith? Well, biblical faith comes from God, it is gifted to us by God, it is not of our own flesh, and it is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of God’s requirements and of our need to die with Christ to sin, not just once, but daily, and to walk daily (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. By faith in Christ we surrender our lives to the will of God, we submit to his Lordship (rulership) over our lives, and we commit to serving him with our lives.

And if this is the faith that we have, then as servants of the Lord, not only will we be living the Christian life and practice, in the power of God, although not necessarily with absolute perfection, but we will be sharing the truth of the gospel of our salvation with the people of the world. And if the gospel we are sharing is the same one taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, then we will face the same kinds of persecutions, trials, and tribulations as what Jesus and his apostles faced for the sake of the gospel.

But just be aware that this can be faked, too. There are people out there who are teaching a false gospel to the people who might fake being persecuted to gain popularity and sympathy and to attract more people to their cause, and to lead people to believe that they are teaching the true biblical gospel, which is the reason for their persecution. But please don’t go around accusing people falsely of this, but just be aware that there are a lot of people out there who are con men (and women) disguised as Christians.

But thank the Lord there are genuine servants of the Lord Jesus who are truth tellers and who are those who are calling out and refuting the lies which are being spread in the name of Christ and of his gospel message. And that is why they are being mistreated, falsely accused of wrong, excluded, rejected, mocked, laughed at, ignored and treated as though they are the enemy, when they are speaking the truth of God’s word and are refuting the lies for the good of the people, and for their salvation from sin.

But when we go through these trials and tribulations, not all of which are persecutions, but some of which are physical ailments, or loss of income, or the death of loved ones, or having an illness that leads to death, or being in an auto accident, or experiencing food poisoning, or whatever the trial may be, we should thank the Lord, knowing these are ultimately for our good. For they produce in us perseverance, proven character and hope, and they teach us humility and dependence on our Lord in all things, which is for our good.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 7:13-14; Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 17:14; Romans 5:3-5; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; 1 John 3:13; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

All Through the Night  

Based off Various Scriptures

An Original Work / December 7, 2013

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Blessed are you when you’re persecuted

Because of your faith in Jesus Christ.

Blessed are you when people insult you,

And falsely say what leads folks to doubt.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is

Great in the heavens. You’re not alone.

When you are persecuted in one place,

Flee to another. God will be there.

You will be hated by all the nations

Because you testify of God’s grace.

Many will seize you and persecute you,

And put to death the foll’wers of Christ.

Yet do not fear what humans may do to you,

For I’m with you all through the night.

I tell you, love your enemies with my love,

And forgive as I forgave you.

Pray for those who do evil against you.

Rest in my love and grace from above. 

https://vimeo.com/379481617 

We Exult in Our Tribulations

An Original Work / September 23, 2025

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love