Sue J Love
Loyal
Psalm 1:1-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
or set foot on the path of sinners,
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD,
and on His law he meditates day and night.
3He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
yielding its fruit in season,
whose leaf does not wither,
and who prospers in all he does.
4Not so the wicked!
For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.”
The Counsel of The Wicked
So what is the counsel of the wicked that we are not to walk in? Well, it can be many different things, but the primary one of concern here is those who counsel us that we can believe in Jesus Christ and have heaven secured for us for when we die, and yet we do not have to cease from sin and we do not have to obey God and His commandments (New Covenant), for they call that “works salvation,” which is a lie. For they offer a protection from hell, which is a nothing gospel, which circumvents God’s restrictions, i.e. His commands.
The Path of The Sinners
What is the path of the sinners? It is the way of sin, of unrighteousness, of godlessness, of immorality, wickedness, homosexuality, sexual idolatry, sexual immorality, lying, cheating, stealing, unfaithfulness, adultery, envy, drunkenness, greed, reviling, swindling, gossiping, slandering, and the like. And this is not to say that we, as followers of Christ will never commit sin, but the Scriptures teach us that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God and to His commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God.
List of specific sins and put offs and put ons taught in the Scriptures:
[Matthew 5:27-30; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Colossians 3:5-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; 1 Timothy 4:7; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-17; 1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
The Seat of Mockers
Who are the mockers? They can be non-Christians who attack Christians and their beliefs and who persecute followers of Christ for their faith in the Lord Jesus. Or they can be nominal Christians, those who profess faith in Jesus with their lips, including pastors of “churches,” who are the ones teaching and/or accepting the false gospel message, mentioned above, which permits sinners to continue in sin and which gives them permission to not obey God. They will mock those of us who are teaching the biblical gospel of Christ.
The Righteous Who Obey God
When Jesus Christ 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, a faith which comes from God and is not of our own making, we will now deny self, die to sin daily, suffer for the sake of righteousness, and follow our Lord in obedience to His commands. Again, this is not to say we will now be perfect in every respect or that we might never sin again (see 1 John 2:1-2), but that sin must no longer be our practice. Now obedience to God is to be what we practice.
We are regarded by God as the upright, the godly, and the morally pure who walk in His ways, in His truth, and in His righteousness as a matter of life practice, in the power of God, as being led by the Holy Spirit. We are not those who have bought into a cheapened “gospel” so that we can keep on sinning without guilt and without remorse. For we honor God and His Word and His commands out of love for Him, and out of a desire to do what pleases Him, and because we no longer crave sin, but righteousness.
The Wicked vs The Righteous
The wicked are all (whether or not they profess faith in Jesus Christ) for whom sin is still their practice, their habit, their go to, and for whom obedience to God is not their practice. For they include the self-indulgent, the selfish, the addicted to sexual immorality, liars, deceivers, egocentrics, manipulators, the untrustworthy, malicious, morally unclean, corrupt, dishonest, perverted, and crooked, etc. who do not honor God with their lives even if they profess to be Christians who say they love Jesus.
The righteous, in the sight of God, are, on the other hand, those who honor God with their lives, who obey His commands in life practice, and for whom sin is no longer their habit, their practice, what they keep going back to over and over again. They are most likely not absolutely perfect in every way possible, and who never fail to be all who God wants them to be. But they are followers of Christ who do His bidding and who live to please God and who follow Him wherever He leads them. They have eternal life with God.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; 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; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; 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 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
The Two Paths
An Original Work / November 10, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Near the Cross
Hymn lyrics by Fanny J. Crosby, 1869
Music by William H. Doane, 1869
Jesus, keep me near the cross;
There a precious fountain,
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calvary's mountain.
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me.
Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day
With its shadow o'er me.
Near the cross I'll watch and wait,
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand
Just beyond the river.
In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.
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“1 Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
or set foot on the path of sinners,
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD,
and on His law he meditates day and night.
3He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
yielding its fruit in season,
whose leaf does not wither,
and who prospers in all he does.
4Not so the wicked!
For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.”
The Counsel of The Wicked
So what is the counsel of the wicked that we are not to walk in? Well, it can be many different things, but the primary one of concern here is those who counsel us that we can believe in Jesus Christ and have heaven secured for us for when we die, and yet we do not have to cease from sin and we do not have to obey God and His commandments (New Covenant), for they call that “works salvation,” which is a lie. For they offer a protection from hell, which is a nothing gospel, which circumvents God’s restrictions, i.e. His commands.
The Path of The Sinners
What is the path of the sinners? It is the way of sin, of unrighteousness, of godlessness, of immorality, wickedness, homosexuality, sexual idolatry, sexual immorality, lying, cheating, stealing, unfaithfulness, adultery, envy, drunkenness, greed, reviling, swindling, gossiping, slandering, and the like. And this is not to say that we, as followers of Christ will never commit sin, but the Scriptures teach us that if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God and to His commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God.
List of specific sins and put offs and put ons taught in the Scriptures:
[Matthew 5:27-30; Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Colossians 3:5-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; 1 Timothy 4:7; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-17; 1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
The Seat of Mockers
Who are the mockers? They can be non-Christians who attack Christians and their beliefs and who persecute followers of Christ for their faith in the Lord Jesus. Or they can be nominal Christians, those who profess faith in Jesus with their lips, including pastors of “churches,” who are the ones teaching and/or accepting the false gospel message, mentioned above, which permits sinners to continue in sin and which gives them permission to not obey God. They will mock those of us who are teaching the biblical gospel of Christ.
The Righteous Who Obey God
When Jesus Christ 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, a faith which comes from God and is not of our own making, we will now deny self, die to sin daily, suffer for the sake of righteousness, and follow our Lord in obedience to His commands. Again, this is not to say we will now be perfect in every respect or that we might never sin again (see 1 John 2:1-2), but that sin must no longer be our practice. Now obedience to God is to be what we practice.
We are regarded by God as the upright, the godly, and the morally pure who walk in His ways, in His truth, and in His righteousness as a matter of life practice, in the power of God, as being led by the Holy Spirit. We are not those who have bought into a cheapened “gospel” so that we can keep on sinning without guilt and without remorse. For we honor God and His Word and His commands out of love for Him, and out of a desire to do what pleases Him, and because we no longer crave sin, but righteousness.
The Wicked vs The Righteous
The wicked are all (whether or not they profess faith in Jesus Christ) for whom sin is still their practice, their habit, their go to, and for whom obedience to God is not their practice. For they include the self-indulgent, the selfish, the addicted to sexual immorality, liars, deceivers, egocentrics, manipulators, the untrustworthy, malicious, morally unclean, corrupt, dishonest, perverted, and crooked, etc. who do not honor God with their lives even if they profess to be Christians who say they love Jesus.
The righteous, in the sight of God, are, on the other hand, those who honor God with their lives, who obey His commands in life practice, and for whom sin is no longer their habit, their practice, what they keep going back to over and over again. They are most likely not absolutely perfect in every way possible, and who never fail to be all who God wants them to be. But they are followers of Christ who do His bidding and who live to please God and who follow Him wherever He leads them. They have eternal life with God.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; 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; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; 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 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
The Two Paths
An Original Work / November 10, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Near the Cross
Hymn lyrics by Fanny J. Crosby, 1869
Music by William H. Doane, 1869
Jesus, keep me near the cross;
There a precious fountain,
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calvary's mountain.
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me.
Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day
With its shadow o'er me.
Near the cross I'll watch and wait,
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand
Just beyond the river.
In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.
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