Sue J Love
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“For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void. For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written,
“’I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.’
“Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1 Corinthians 1:17-25 NASB1995)
The church was divided because so many of them were becoming followers of men and were raising one man of God above another. And so Paul was having to correct this situation. And the church is the universal body of Christ, the collective body of all those who have put their trust in the Lord Jesus, who have died with him to sin, and who are now living to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands, in practice. But we are to be a unified body who are followers of Christ and not of humans.
We are never to place any man or woman in the place of Christ, to where we follow that person and their teachings over and above the teachings of Christ as written down for us in the Scriptures, in the appropriate context. We are never to raise any human being to God-like status to where we worship that person and believe whatever they tell us without questioning whether or not what they are telling us is the truth of God’s word. For liars and deceivers abound who, in the name of Jesus, are twisting the gospel to appease flesh.
So, we should not be those who identify ourselves with a particular “church” denomination, and claim that we are Baptist or Presbyterian or Lutheran or Episcopalian or Methodist or Church of God or Church of Christ or Christian and Missionary Alliance, etc., and/or who follow the teachings of man over the teachings of Christ and of the Scriptures. We are to be Christians who follow the ways of God and the teachings of the Scriptures taught in their appropriate context, as led by the Spirit, and not by human flesh and blood.
Now, this is not saying that we cannot be taught the Scriptures by other humans, for teaching is one of the Spiritual gifts, and we are instructed in the Scriptures that we are to instruct one another and that we are to encourage and to exhort one another in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord so that we are not taken captive by sin and by the false teachings of liars and deceivers who would want to trick us into believing their lies. But we must test everything we hear against the truth of the Scriptures.
And we must be students of the Scriptures ourselves who are being led by the Spirit of God and who are studying them in their appropriate context so that we are getting the truth, and so that we are not believing the lies which so many are spreading today, which come largely from a gospel taught from Scriptures taken out of context and interpreted in ways which are not taught in the Scriptures if we read them in their right context. But we must listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit and not depend on humans to tell us the truth.
For, if we are students of the Scriptures who are not putting our trust in other humans to teach us the truth, and who are studying the Scriptures in their appropriate context, with hearts willing to hear from God, even if it is opposed to what we have always been taught, we will learn that Jesus died on that cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in him, we will now die with Christ to sin and walk in obedience to his commands, in holy living, by the grace of God.
We will also learn that this faith in Jesus, which comes from God, and which is not of our own doing, will result in us dying with Christ to sin and walking in obedience to his commands, in practice, or it is not genuine faith which saves. For if sin is still what we practice, and not walks of surrender to the will of God in walks of obedience to his commands, then according to the Scriptures, we do not know God, we are of the devil, we do not have salvation from sin, and we will not inherit eternal life with God.
But there are all sorts of teachers these days who are teaching heresy, and they are teaching that a mere profession of faith in Jesus is enough to secure heaven for us, regardless of how we live. And many are teaching that we do not have to obey God, and we do not have to forsake our sins, and that we can continue living in sin and not in walks of obedience, and God will still let us into his heaven. And they call that the grace of God. But that is straight from hell and has nothing to do with God’s grace to us. For…
The grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)
[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]
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.
Preach The Gospel
An Original Work / May 22, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
“’I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.’
“Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1 Corinthians 1:17-25 NASB1995)
The church was divided because so many of them were becoming followers of men and were raising one man of God above another. And so Paul was having to correct this situation. And the church is the universal body of Christ, the collective body of all those who have put their trust in the Lord Jesus, who have died with him to sin, and who are now living to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands, in practice. But we are to be a unified body who are followers of Christ and not of humans.
We are never to place any man or woman in the place of Christ, to where we follow that person and their teachings over and above the teachings of Christ as written down for us in the Scriptures, in the appropriate context. We are never to raise any human being to God-like status to where we worship that person and believe whatever they tell us without questioning whether or not what they are telling us is the truth of God’s word. For liars and deceivers abound who, in the name of Jesus, are twisting the gospel to appease flesh.
So, we should not be those who identify ourselves with a particular “church” denomination, and claim that we are Baptist or Presbyterian or Lutheran or Episcopalian or Methodist or Church of God or Church of Christ or Christian and Missionary Alliance, etc., and/or who follow the teachings of man over the teachings of Christ and of the Scriptures. We are to be Christians who follow the ways of God and the teachings of the Scriptures taught in their appropriate context, as led by the Spirit, and not by human flesh and blood.
Now, this is not saying that we cannot be taught the Scriptures by other humans, for teaching is one of the Spiritual gifts, and we are instructed in the Scriptures that we are to instruct one another and that we are to encourage and to exhort one another in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord so that we are not taken captive by sin and by the false teachings of liars and deceivers who would want to trick us into believing their lies. But we must test everything we hear against the truth of the Scriptures.
And we must be students of the Scriptures ourselves who are being led by the Spirit of God and who are studying them in their appropriate context so that we are getting the truth, and so that we are not believing the lies which so many are spreading today, which come largely from a gospel taught from Scriptures taken out of context and interpreted in ways which are not taught in the Scriptures if we read them in their right context. But we must listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit and not depend on humans to tell us the truth.
For, if we are students of the Scriptures who are not putting our trust in other humans to teach us the truth, and who are studying the Scriptures in their appropriate context, with hearts willing to hear from God, even if it is opposed to what we have always been taught, we will learn that Jesus died on that cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in him, we will now die with Christ to sin and walk in obedience to his commands, in holy living, by the grace of God.
We will also learn that this faith in Jesus, which comes from God, and which is not of our own doing, will result in us dying with Christ to sin and walking in obedience to his commands, in practice, or it is not genuine faith which saves. For if sin is still what we practice, and not walks of surrender to the will of God in walks of obedience to his commands, then according to the Scriptures, we do not know God, we are of the devil, we do not have salvation from sin, and we will not inherit eternal life with God.
But there are all sorts of teachers these days who are teaching heresy, and they are teaching that a mere profession of faith in Jesus is enough to secure heaven for us, regardless of how we live. And many are teaching that we do not have to obey God, and we do not have to forsake our sins, and that we can continue living in sin and not in walks of obedience, and God will still let us into his heaven. And they call that the grace of God. But that is straight from hell and has nothing to do with God’s grace to us. For…
The grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)
[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]
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.
Preach The Gospel
An Original Work / May 22, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
