Leading You Into Futility

[Sue J Love]

Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you.
They are leading you into futility;
They speak a vision of their own imagination,
Not from the mouth of the Lord.
“They keep saying to those who despise Me,
‘The Lord has said, “You will have peace”’;
And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart,
They say, ‘Calamity will not come upon you.’
“But who has stood in the council of the Lord,
That he should see and hear His word?
Who has given heed to His word and listened?
“Behold, the storm of the Lord has gone forth in wrath,
Even a whirling tempest;
It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
“The anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart;
In the last days you will clearly understand it.
“I did not send these prophets,
But they ran.
I did not speak to them,
But they prophesied.
“But if they had stood in My council,
Then they would have announced My words to My people,
And would have turned them back from their evil way
And from the evil of their deeds.” (Jeremiah 23:16-22 NASB1995)

The Situation

Today there are many preachers, pastors, priests, and evangelists, and the like, who are teaching the people lies, and not the truth. Most of them, I believe, know the truth of what God’s word teaches, but they have chosen to take “the path of least resistance,” and they have bowed to the idea of diluting the gospel message to make it more attractive and acceptable to the ungodly of the world, and to the flesh of humans. So they are leading the masses astray by their lies, promising them heaven, while leading to hell.

Thus, the land is full of adulterers. Their course is evil, and their might is not right. Many prophets, priests, and pastors are polluted. Within the gatherings of the church is found their wickedness. Some of the prophets, priests, and pastors are teaching what is of false gods, the gods of this world, and they are leading the people astray by their lies and by their deceptions, to what is false. The committing of adultery and the walking in falsehood is commonplace. And the pastors end up strengthening the hands of the evil doers, so that the sinners do not turn back from their wickedness.

So, the Lord has been calling out to his people (the church), and to the people of the world, to not listen to the lies and the liars and the deceivers who willfully speak lies to deceive the people, and who refuse to speak or to live the truth of what God’s word teaches those who make professions of faith in Jesus Christ, and those who have not yet believed in Jesus. And it is the Scriptures, taught in the correct context, Scripture agreeing with Scripture, which determine truth, not human beings who may be wrong.

For, yes, there are many prophets, priests, preachers, teachers, and evangelists, and world leaders, too, who speak from their own imaginations and not from the truth of the Scriptures, but from what is contrary to the teachings of the Scriptures. And most all do so deliberately with the full intent to deceive, because they know better. And the majority of them appear to be teaching a half-truth (lie) altered gospel which makes no requirements for death to sin and walks of obedience to our Lord.

So they give people the impression that if they make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ that they are now “good to go.” Heaven is secured them for when they die, and all their sins are now forgiven. End of story. But that is not the gospel message that Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught. They taught that faith in Jesus, which comes from God, results in us dying to sin and now walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice. But if we do not die to sin and if we do not obey God, we will not see heaven.

Many of them are also giving the people the false impression that nothing bad will ever happen to them, and that when things start to get bad that God is going to rapture them out of this earth so that they will not have to suffer what the rest of the world is going to have to suffer. But that is not biblically supported. That is a man-made theory. For Jesus and his New Testament apostles made it quite clear that suffering is par for the course for Christians, and that we will be hated, persecuted, and put to death.

And please be aware that a promise of “peace” will involve compromise of truth and righteousness, and a compromise of our faith and convictions. For the only way the world is going to be at peace is if we all unite together and agree together, which will be a forced unity by “the beast” New World Order. And it is in the works. It is coming. And we will have to make the choice to go with God and to stand strong in our faith, or to compromise with the world to make peace with the world, only to lose our lives for eternity.

And don’t listen to these preachers who are telling you that you can “believe” in Jesus, have all your sins forgiven, and now heaven is guaranteed you, but regardless of how you live. For Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught that we must die to sin and obey God or we will not have eternal life with God. Hell will be our destiny if sin is still what we practice. And be prepared that things are going to get really bad on this earth, and that we will have to suffer, if we hold fast to our faith in Jesus Christ.

Suffering is Guaranteed

[Matt 5:10-12; Matt 10:16-39; Matt 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-19; John 15:1-21; John 16:33; John 17:14; Acts 14:22; Rom 5:3-5; Eph 6:10-20; Phil 3:7-11; 1 Pet 1:6-7; 1 Pet 4:12-17; 2 Tim 3:12; 1 Thess 3:1-5; Jas 1:2-4; 2 Co 1:3-11; Heb 12:3-12; 1 Jn 3:13; Rev 6:9-11; Rev 7:9-17; Rev 11:1-3; Rev 12:17; Rev 13:1-18; Rev 14:1-13]

Judged by Our Works

[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]

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.

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Leading You Into Futility
An Original Work / June 25, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

 

[Bill]

Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you.
They are leading you into futility;
They speak a vision of their own imagination,
Not from the mouth of the Lord.
“They keep saying to those who despise Me,
‘The Lord has said, “You will have peace”’;
And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart,
They say, ‘Calamity will not come upon you.’
“But who has stood in the council of the Lord,
That he should see and hear His word?
Who has given heed to His word and listened?
“Behold, the storm of the Lord has gone forth in wrath,
Even a whirling tempest;
It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
“The anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart;
In the last days you will clearly understand it.
“I did not send these prophets,
But they ran.
I did not speak to them,
But they prophesied.
“But if they had stood in My council,
Then they would have announced My words to My people,
And would have turned them back from their evil way
And from the evil of their deeds.” (Jeremiah 23:16-22 NASB1995)

The Situation

Today there are many preachers, pastors, priests, and evangelists, and the like, who are teaching the people lies, and not the truth. Most of them, I believe, know the truth of what God’s word teaches, but they have chosen to take “the path of least resistance,” and they have bowed to the idea of diluting the gospel message to make it more attractive and acceptable to the ungodly of the world, and to the flesh of humans. So they are leading the masses astray by their lies, promising them heaven, while leading to hell.

Thus, the land is full of adulterers. Their course is evil, and their might is not right. Many prophets, priests, and pastors are polluted. Within the gatherings of the church is found their wickedness. Some of the prophets, priests, and pastors are teaching what is of false gods, the gods of this world, and they are leading the people astray by their lies and by their deceptions, to what is false. The committing of adultery and the walking in falsehood is commonplace. And the pastors end up strengthening the hands of the evil doers, so that the sinners do not turn back from their wickedness.

So, the Lord has been calling out to his people (the church), and to the people of the world, to not listen to the lies and the liars and the deceivers who willfully speak lies to deceive the people, and who refuse to speak or to live the truth of what God’s word teaches those who make professions of faith in Jesus Christ, and those who have not yet believed in Jesus. And it is the Scriptures, taught in the correct context, Scripture agreeing with Scripture, which determine truth, not human beings who may be wrong.

For, yes, there are many prophets, priests, preachers, teachers, and evangelists, and world leaders, too, who speak from their own imaginations and not from the truth of the Scriptures, but from what is contrary to the teachings of the Scriptures. And most all do so deliberately with the full intent to deceive, because they know better. And the majority of them appear to be teaching a half-truth (lie) altered gospel which makes no requirements for death to sin and walks of obedience to our Lord.

So they give people the impression that if they make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ that they are now “good to go.” Heaven is secured them for when they die, and all their sins are now forgiven. End of story. But that is not the gospel message that Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught. They taught that faith in Jesus, which comes from God, results in us dying to sin and now walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice. But if we do not die to sin and if we do not obey God, we will not see heaven.

Many of them are also giving the people the false impression that nothing bad will ever happen to them, and that when things start to get bad that God is going to rapture them out of this earth so that they will not have to suffer what the rest of the world is going to have to suffer. But that is not biblically supported. That is a man-made theory. For Jesus and his New Testament apostles made it quite clear that suffering is par for the course for Christians, and that we will be hated, persecuted, and put to death.

And please be aware that a promise of “peace” will involve compromise of truth and righteousness, and a compromise of our faith and convictions. For the only way the world is going to be at peace is if we all unite together and agree together, which will be a forced unity by “the beast” New World Order. And it is in the works. It is coming. And we will have to make the choice to go with God and to stand strong in our faith, or to compromise with the world to make peace with the world, only to lose our lives for eternity.

And don’t listen to these preachers who are telling you that you can “believe” in Jesus, have all your sins forgiven, and now heaven is guaranteed you, but regardless of how you live. For Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught that we must die to sin and obey God or we will not have eternal life with God. Hell will be our destiny if sin is still what we practice. And be prepared that things are going to get really bad on this earth, and that we will have to suffer, if we hold fast to our faith in Jesus Christ.

Suffering is Guaranteed

[Matt 5:10-12; Matt 10:16-39; Matt 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-19; John 15:1-21; John 16:33; John 17:14; Acts 14:22; Rom 5:3-5; Eph 6:10-20; Phil 3:7-11; 1 Pet 1:6-7; 1 Pet 4:12-17; 2 Tim 3:12; 1 Thess 3:1-5; Jas 1:2-4; 2 Co 1:3-11; Heb 12:3-12; 1 Jn 3:13; Rev 6:9-11; Rev 7:9-17; Rev 11:1-3; Rev 12:17; Rev 13:1-18; Rev 14:1-13]

Judged by Our Works

[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]

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.

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Leading You Into Futility
An Original Work / June 25, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

"Today you will be with me in Paradise"

What is it that the thief on the cross did that caused him to be able to go with Jesus to Paradise? Did he share his faith? Or was it something more something deeper?

Paul States, that faith alone is like a Gong clanging in the Wind.

So it stays alone is a gong clanging in the Wind, what was it that caused Jesus to tell the thief that he would be with him in Paradise?

I will tell you quite simply, the thief showed compassion to Jesus. And compassion is a form of love

It is Faith and love that you must have to enter Heaven. And this goes along with all of the scripture.

Preachers preach constantly, faith alone takes us to heaven. This is incorrect.

Scripture states that faith alone brings us to our Redemption, who is Christ

What does Jesus say about getting to heaven? Have you forgotten already?

Jesus tells us that no one can go to the flFather but through him.

And Jesus also tells us that the Father is in heaven.

Our Father who is in heaven Holy is your name.

Can you not see it?

It is true that faith alone brings you to Jesus, but now you have to knock on the door. Now you have to accept Jesus as your lord and savior. Because no one can go to the father but through Jesus.

So it's faith, that brings us to Jesus and then in accepting Jesus - we receive love, because God is love

It is Faith and Love that bring us to the Father that brings us to heaven.

 

[Sue J Love]

"Today you will be with me in Paradise"

What is it that the thief on the cross did that caused him to be able to go with Jesus to Paradise? Did he share his faith? Or was it something more something deeper?

Paul States, that faith alone is like a Gong clanging in the Wind.

So it stays alone is a gong clanging in the Wind, what was it that caused Jesus to tell the thief that he would be with him in Paradise?

I will tell you quite simply, the thief showed compassion to Jesus. And compassion is a form of love

It is Faith and love that you must have to enter Heaven. And this goes along with all of the scripture.

Preachers preach constantly, faith alone takes us to heaven. This is incorrect.

Scripture states that faith alone brings us to our Redemption, who is Christ

What does Jesus say about getting to heaven? Have you forgotten already?

Jesus tells us that no one can go to the flFather but through him.

And Jesus also tells us that the Father is in heaven.

Our Father who is in heaven Holy is your name.

Can you not see it?

It is true that faith alone brings you to Jesus, but now you have to knock on the door. Now you have to accept Jesus as your lord and savior. Because no one can go to the father but through Jesus.

So it's faith, that brings us to Jesus and then in accepting Jesus - we receive love, because God is love

It is Faith and Love that bring us to the Father that brings us to heaven.

Bill, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your beliefs. The truth is in the teachings of the Scriptures, for sure.

 

[Bill]

Bill, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your beliefs. The truth is in the teachings of the Scriptures, for sure.

I read all your words, and it is true that's a preachers along with many others are teaching things they should not be. It doesn't really matter which church we talk of or even individual people who feel they have received the word of God, because they are not listening to what the spirit is telling them but reinterpreting what they feel the spirit is saying.

I've run into things like a person leaving the church that he was in to start up a Ministry serving the poor in South Bend Indiana. But instead of becoming associate with the church that he began in all he would do is condemn the church that he was in before and say that the church that he has now is the church that all should go to. You see the error of the thinking is it just because the Holy Spirit calls you to do a different Ministry doesn't mean that the previous Church is not called by the Lord too

A time is coming, and very close now, when even you will hear preachers and priests alike preach it is ok to recieve the Mark of the Beast. They will say that because you are baptized or Born Again In The Lord that you are exempt from the death that is spoken of in Scripture, that you are exempt from the sin.

But I can tell you that anyone who takes the mark of the beast, especially those who are Christians will condemn themselves to hell.

This is because by the time the mark of the beast comes to light, the great day of the Lord will have already come. The moment when all of mankind young and old alike will know exactly who God is

 

[Sue J Love]

I read all your words, and it is true that's a preachers along with many others are teaching things they should not be. It doesn't really matter which church we talk of or even individual people who feel they have received the word of God, because they are not listening to what the spirit is telling them but reinterpreting what they feel the spirit is saying.

I've run into things like a person leaving the church that he was in to start up a Ministry serving the poor in South Bend Indiana. But instead of becoming associate with the church that he began in all he would do is condemn the church that he was in before and say that the church that he has now is the church that all should go to. You see the error of the thinking is it just because the Holy Spirit calls you to do a different Ministry doesn't mean that the previous Church is not called by the Lord too

A time is coming, and very close now, when even you will hear preachers and priests alike preach it is ok to recieve the Mark of the Beast. They will say that because you are baptized or Born Again In The Lord that you are exempt from the death that is spoken of in Scripture, that you are exempt from the sin.

But I can tell you that anyone who takes the mark of the beast, especially those who are Christians will condemn themselves to hell.

This is because by the time the mark of the beast comes to light, the great day of the Lord will have already come. The moment when all of mankind young and old alike will know exactly who God is

Bill, I don't know your friend's situation, but what I do know is that not everything called "church" is the biblical body of Christ operating under the authority and direction of Christ. Much of what is called "church" here in the USA (where I live), in today's world, are now businesses of human-making which are incorporated (joined, merged) with the state (the ungodly, the world), which is forbidden by God, and they have turned their gatherings into marketplaces to be marketed to the world just like other businesses, which is also forbidden by God. So a genuine follower of Jesus Christ might leave such a "church" as that today under the direction of the Holy Spirit, for that is what the Scriptures instruct us that we must do. But we should never leave the true body of believers in Christ who are walking with the Lord who are serving him with their lives, but we should be encouraging one another daily so that none of us gets led astray by the deceitfulness of sin.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2-3; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

 

[Bill]

Bill, I don't know your friend's situation, but what I do know is that not everything called "church" is the biblical body of Christ operating under the authority and direction of Christ. Much of what is called "church" here in the USA (where I live), in today's world, are now businesses of human-making which are incorporated (joined, merged) with the state (the ungodly, the world), which is forbidden by God, and they have turned their gatherings into marketplaces to be marketed to the world just like other businesses, which is also forbidden by God. So a genuine follower of Jesus Christ might leave such a "church" as that today under the direction of the Holy Spirit, for that is what the Scriptures instruct us that we must do. But we should never leave the true body of believers in Christ who are walking with the Lord who are serving him with their lives, but we should be encouraging one another daily so that none of us gets led astray by the deceitfulness of sin.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2-3; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

I can tell you, God is going to send His servant who is well aware of all the shenanigans those churches are doing.

You yourself will be amazed of the gift you will recieve when you need it most - snow.
I will not tell you more, you will understand