Sue J Love
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“And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?” They answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.” And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.” But He warned them and instructed them not to tell this to anyone, saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.” (Luke 9:18-22 NASB’95)
Jesus Christ always was with God, and he has always been God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He was with God from the beginning, and he is our creator God. But out of his love and compassion for us humans, he left his throne in heaven, came to earth, and was born as a baby to a human mother, but conceived of the Holy Spirit. So he was not born with a sin nature like we are, and he never once sinned against God the Father, although he was tempted in like manner as we are.
While he lived on the earth he was fully human and fully God (God incarnate). And during his years of ministry he performed many miracles. He healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, comforted the sorrowful, fed the hungry, and delivered many people from demons. He also preached the necessity of biblical repentance (turning from sin) and walks of obedience to him and to his (God’s) commands as necessary components of biblical faith, in order for us to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God.
The religious rulers and people of power and influence in the Jewish community did not like Jesus because he claimed to be God, which is who he was and is, and because he healed people on the Sabbath, and because he did not conform to their traditions. And they were jealous of him and of his temporary popularity among the crowds, and they were threatened by him, concerned that their own positions of power might be compromised. They also did not like what he taught and how he confronted them in their sins.
So, they plotted out how they could have him killed by death on a cross, and they accomplished their goal via the Romans. But Jesus did not remain dead. He rose from the dead on the third day, like he said he would. But in Jesus’ death and resurrection he put our sins to death with him so that we might be 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 now as slaves to God and to his righteousness, by God’s grace, in the power of 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]
Because of Jesus’ sacrifice of himself on that cross, and because of his bodily resurrection from the dead, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in him we are able now to die with him to sin and to now walk (in conduct, in practice) according to his New Covenant commands, in his power. Now our lives no longer belong to us, but they belong to God. Now our lives are to be lived for the Lord and for his will and purpose for our lives, and no longer for our flesh and its sinful desires. And all is done in the power of God.
As followers of Jesus Christ, which is what we should be if we are of genuine biblical faith in Christ, we are now to be led by him via the Holy Spirit who now lives within us who have died to our sins and who are now, by faith, walking in obedience to our Lord. And this isn’t just about not doing wrong, and about doing what is right, but this is about following the leading of God in our lives every day of the week in every circumstance, trusting the Lord to show us what to do and what to say and when to keep silent, too.
For God put all of us on this earth for a purpose, and it is not to live for ourselves and/or for the sinful pleasures of the flesh, charting our own course, deciding for ourselves which direction we should take next. We are here to serve God with our lives in the ways in which God has called all of us, and in our gifted areas of ministry to which the Lord has equipped and is training us and is empowering us to serve him and to minister his love and grace to the world and to the body of Christ, his church, by his grace.
[Matt 5:13-16; Matt 28:18-20; Lu 6:27-28; Jn 4:31-38; Jn 13:13-17; Jn 14:12; Ac 1:8; Ac 2:14-18; Ac 26:18; Rom 10:14-15; Rom 12:1-8; Rom 15:14; 1 Co 12:1-31; 1 Co 14:1-5; Gal 6:1; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:1-16; Eph 5:11-27; Eph 6:10-20; Php 2:1-8; Col 1:9; Col 3:12-16; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:13; Heb 10:23-25; Jas 5:19-20; 1 Pet 2:9,21; 1 Jn 2:6; Jude 1:22-23]
Beautiful Lamb
“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29
By Gary Miller
Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Sent from the Father’s love,
Sent from the throne above,
Sent to redeem us with His blood.
Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Behold the Lamb of God
Suff’ring great pain for us,
And by His wounds we all are healed.
Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Like sheep we’ve gone astray,
Each turn to his own way,
But Jesus will take our sins away.
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The Christ of God
An Original Work / April 12, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Jesus Christ always was with God, and he has always been God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He was with God from the beginning, and he is our creator God. But out of his love and compassion for us humans, he left his throne in heaven, came to earth, and was born as a baby to a human mother, but conceived of the Holy Spirit. So he was not born with a sin nature like we are, and he never once sinned against God the Father, although he was tempted in like manner as we are.
While he lived on the earth he was fully human and fully God (God incarnate). And during his years of ministry he performed many miracles. He healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, comforted the sorrowful, fed the hungry, and delivered many people from demons. He also preached the necessity of biblical repentance (turning from sin) and walks of obedience to him and to his (God’s) commands as necessary components of biblical faith, in order for us to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God.
The religious rulers and people of power and influence in the Jewish community did not like Jesus because he claimed to be God, which is who he was and is, and because he healed people on the Sabbath, and because he did not conform to their traditions. And they were jealous of him and of his temporary popularity among the crowds, and they were threatened by him, concerned that their own positions of power might be compromised. They also did not like what he taught and how he confronted them in their sins.
So, they plotted out how they could have him killed by death on a cross, and they accomplished their goal via the Romans. But Jesus did not remain dead. He rose from the dead on the third day, like he said he would. But in Jesus’ death and resurrection he put our sins to death with him so that we might be 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 now as slaves to God and to his righteousness, by God’s grace, in the power of 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]
Because of Jesus’ sacrifice of himself on that cross, and because of his bodily resurrection from the dead, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in him we are able now to die with him to sin and to now walk (in conduct, in practice) according to his New Covenant commands, in his power. Now our lives no longer belong to us, but they belong to God. Now our lives are to be lived for the Lord and for his will and purpose for our lives, and no longer for our flesh and its sinful desires. And all is done in the power of God.
As followers of Jesus Christ, which is what we should be if we are of genuine biblical faith in Christ, we are now to be led by him via the Holy Spirit who now lives within us who have died to our sins and who are now, by faith, walking in obedience to our Lord. And this isn’t just about not doing wrong, and about doing what is right, but this is about following the leading of God in our lives every day of the week in every circumstance, trusting the Lord to show us what to do and what to say and when to keep silent, too.
For God put all of us on this earth for a purpose, and it is not to live for ourselves and/or for the sinful pleasures of the flesh, charting our own course, deciding for ourselves which direction we should take next. We are here to serve God with our lives in the ways in which God has called all of us, and in our gifted areas of ministry to which the Lord has equipped and is training us and is empowering us to serve him and to minister his love and grace to the world and to the body of Christ, his church, by his grace.
[Matt 5:13-16; Matt 28:18-20; Lu 6:27-28; Jn 4:31-38; Jn 13:13-17; Jn 14:12; Ac 1:8; Ac 2:14-18; Ac 26:18; Rom 10:14-15; Rom 12:1-8; Rom 15:14; 1 Co 12:1-31; 1 Co 14:1-5; Gal 6:1; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:1-16; Eph 5:11-27; Eph 6:10-20; Php 2:1-8; Col 1:9; Col 3:12-16; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:13; Heb 10:23-25; Jas 5:19-20; 1 Pet 2:9,21; 1 Jn 2:6; Jude 1:22-23]
Beautiful Lamb
“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29
By Gary Miller
Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Sent from the Father’s love,
Sent from the throne above,
Sent to redeem us with His blood.
Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Behold the Lamb of God
Suff’ring great pain for us,
And by His wounds we all are healed.
Beautiful Lamb of God, guiltless and pure as snow,
Gentle and merciful, beautiful Lamb of God.
Like sheep we’ve gone astray,
Each turn to his own way,
But Jesus will take our sins away.
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The Christ of God
An Original Work / April 12, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
