Sue J Love
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- Mar 27, 2015
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“Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them. But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him.” (Colossians 3:5-10 NASB’95)
When we believe in Jesus Christ with God-persuaded faith in him we die with him to sin that we may now walk with him in obedience to his commands. Therefore, sin is no longer to be what we practice. This does not mean that we will never sin again (1 John 2:1-2) but that we should no longer be walking in (living in) sin, deliberately and habitually. Now obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living is to be what we practice, by the grace of God, in the power of God, by his Spirit, and not of our own flesh.
So our bodies are now to be dead to sin, dead to immorality, impurity, worldly passions, evil desire, and the like. For when Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross it was to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now die with him to sin and walk in obedience to his commands. For our salvation is not just deliverance from the punishment of sin, but it is Jesus Christ setting us free from our slavery (bondage, addiction) to sin so that we can now serve him with our lives in surrender to his will.
For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience. So we need to take this seriously. Just because we made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ once in our lives, it does not assure us that we can keep living in sin and not in obedience to our Lord and that God is still going to let us into his heaven when we die. The Scriptures teach, in fact, that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, that we do not know God, we are not born of God, and we don’t have eternal life.
Sadly, not many people are teaching this anymore. They just skip over these kinds of Scriptures which are all throughout the New Testament which are written to the churches warning us against thinking that our sins no longer matter to God and that we can still walk in sin and still have eternal life with God. NOT! For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, then we are warned that we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess. For lip service alone does not equal salvation from sin.
If our faith in Jesus Christ is biblical faith, which comes from God, it should result in us no longer walking in sin (in lifestyle). We should have put off that old self with its sinful practices, and we should have put on the new self, created in Christ Jesus to be like Jesus in mind and character. Again, this does not mean we will be perfect in every way, but lack of perfection is never to be used as an excuse for habitual and deliberate sin against the Lord, and against our fellow humans. We should now love one another.
[Acts 26:18; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 4:17-32; 1 Peter 2:24; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6,15-17; 1 John 3:4-10]
For Our Nation
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.
Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.
Old Self Out, New Self In
An Original Work / March 16, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
When we believe in Jesus Christ with God-persuaded faith in him we die with him to sin that we may now walk with him in obedience to his commands. Therefore, sin is no longer to be what we practice. This does not mean that we will never sin again (1 John 2:1-2) but that we should no longer be walking in (living in) sin, deliberately and habitually. Now obedience to our Lord and to his commands in holy living is to be what we practice, by the grace of God, in the power of God, by his Spirit, and not of our own flesh.
So our bodies are now to be dead to sin, dead to immorality, impurity, worldly passions, evil desire, and the like. For when Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross it was to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will now die with him to sin and walk in obedience to his commands. For our salvation is not just deliverance from the punishment of sin, but it is Jesus Christ setting us free from our slavery (bondage, addiction) to sin so that we can now serve him with our lives in surrender to his will.
For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience. So we need to take this seriously. Just because we made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ once in our lives, it does not assure us that we can keep living in sin and not in obedience to our Lord and that God is still going to let us into his heaven when we die. The Scriptures teach, in fact, that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, that we do not know God, we are not born of God, and we don’t have eternal life.
Sadly, not many people are teaching this anymore. They just skip over these kinds of Scriptures which are all throughout the New Testament which are written to the churches warning us against thinking that our sins no longer matter to God and that we can still walk in sin and still have eternal life with God. NOT! For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, then we are warned that we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess. For lip service alone does not equal salvation from sin.
If our faith in Jesus Christ is biblical faith, which comes from God, it should result in us no longer walking in sin (in lifestyle). We should have put off that old self with its sinful practices, and we should have put on the new self, created in Christ Jesus to be like Jesus in mind and character. Again, this does not mean we will be perfect in every way, but lack of perfection is never to be used as an excuse for habitual and deliberate sin against the Lord, and against our fellow humans. We should now love one another.
[Acts 26:18; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 4:17-32; 1 Peter 2:24; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6,15-17; 1 John 3:4-10]
For Our Nation
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.
Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.
Old Self Out, New Self In
An Original Work / March 16, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
