Sue J Love
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“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.” (Philippians 4:4-7 NASB1995)
We live in a day and age, at least here in the USA, we do, when so many compromises are being made to truth and to righteousness, and to the gospel of Christ and of our salvation, and to morality and to obedience and to holy living. The gospel message is being reduced to a profession of faith only, where morality may or may not be being taught, and where the subject of obedience to God is either discouraged altogether or it is being presented as recommended, but as optional, and not conditional to our salvation.
“But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5 NASB)
Sadly, this is where we are as a society, and it is where so much of today’s “church” is, as well. The gospel is being diluted in order to appease human flesh and to attract the ungodly of the world to these secularized “church” gatherings. Obedience has now largely become a bad word, and it is being associated with legalism, with harshness, and with being judgmental. And deliberate and habitual sin is now being tolerated and pacified in the name of God’s grace. But God’s grace does not tolerate and pacify habitual sin.
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)
Those who are speaking the truth of the gospel of Christ, in its fulness, are largely being marginalized, rejected, rebuked, ignored, falsely accused of wrong, and called legalists and teachers of works salvation. And all this while those who teach the “gospel light” are being honored, praised, lifted up, and followed by large crowds of people. For the “gospel light” people do not insist on obedience to God and death to sin as God’s requirements for what it means to believe in Jesus and to receive him as Lord/Master of our lives.
But Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are 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 as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
So, please know and believe the truth of the gospel as taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context, and not out of context. Many lies are being spread in the name of Christ and of his gospel by teaching Scriptures out of context and making them say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. Context is critical to correct biblical interpretation and to understanding and believing the truth of God’s word. And make obedience to God and death to sin your daily practice.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; 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; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 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 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
For Our Nation
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger
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.
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Whatever is Right, Whatever is Pure..
An Original Work / September 18, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
We live in a day and age, at least here in the USA, we do, when so many compromises are being made to truth and to righteousness, and to the gospel of Christ and of our salvation, and to morality and to obedience and to holy living. The gospel message is being reduced to a profession of faith only, where morality may or may not be being taught, and where the subject of obedience to God is either discouraged altogether or it is being presented as recommended, but as optional, and not conditional to our salvation.
“But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5 NASB)
Sadly, this is where we are as a society, and it is where so much of today’s “church” is, as well. The gospel is being diluted in order to appease human flesh and to attract the ungodly of the world to these secularized “church” gatherings. Obedience has now largely become a bad word, and it is being associated with legalism, with harshness, and with being judgmental. And deliberate and habitual sin is now being tolerated and pacified in the name of God’s grace. But God’s grace does not tolerate and pacify habitual sin.
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)
Those who are speaking the truth of the gospel of Christ, in its fulness, are largely being marginalized, rejected, rebuked, ignored, falsely accused of wrong, and called legalists and teachers of works salvation. And all this while those who teach the “gospel light” are being honored, praised, lifted up, and followed by large crowds of people. For the “gospel light” people do not insist on obedience to God and death to sin as God’s requirements for what it means to believe in Jesus and to receive him as Lord/Master of our lives.
But Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are 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 as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
So, please know and believe the truth of the gospel as taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, taught in the correct biblical context, and not out of context. Many lies are being spread in the name of Christ and of his gospel by teaching Scriptures out of context and making them say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. Context is critical to correct biblical interpretation and to understanding and believing the truth of God’s word. And make obedience to God and death to sin your daily practice.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; 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; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 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 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
For Our Nation
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger
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.
Caution: This link may contain ads
Whatever is Right, Whatever is Pure..
An Original Work / September 18, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
