Sue J Love
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Humbling Ourselves
Isaiah 6:1-5 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3And they were calling out to one another:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts;
all the earth is full of His glory.”
4At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
5Then I said:
“Woe is me,
for I am ruined,
because I am a man of unclean lips
dwelling among a people of unclean lips;
for my eyes have seen the King,
the LORD of Hosts.”
If we all could literally and physically see God in all His glory, in all His holiness and righteousness, it should bring all of us to our knees in humble acknowledgment of our unworthiness to be called “children of God.” For not one of us is saved from our sins and on our way to heaven based off our own worthiness. For all of us are born into this world with sin natures, in the image of Adam, and not one of us is acceptable to God in our own flesh. In our flesh we all come up short of the divine approval and acceptance of God.
Our Sin Atoned For
Isaiah 6:6-7 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7And with it he touched my mouth and said:
“Now that this has touched your lips,
your iniquity is removed
and your sin is atoned for.”
So God, in His love, mercy, and compassion, sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to the earth to be born as a baby to a virgin woman, but conceived of the Holy Spirit, and not of man. So Jesus was not born with a sin nature as we are, and He never sinned in all 33 years of His life that He lived on the earth, although He was tempted to sin as we are. And while He was on the earth He healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, and He taught repentance for forgiveness of sins.
So, by God-persuaded and 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 servants of righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. By faith in Him, and in the power of God, we deny self, die to sin daily, and we follow Him in obedience to His commands, as a matter of life practice, in the power of God. Sin and disobedience are no longer to be what we practice.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]
Whom Shall I Send?
Isaiah 6:8-10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:
“Whom shall I send?
Who will go for Us?”
And I said:
“Here am I. Send me!”
9And He replied:
“Go and tell this people,
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
10Make the hearts of this people calloused;
deafen their ears and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
Once we have believed in Jesus, by His grace, and so we have denied self, died with Christ to sin, and now we are walking in obedience to His commands in holy living, empowered by God, and not by the flesh, the Lord will direct us to what areas of ministry He has for us to do within the biblical body of Christ, His church. And I am not speaking of institutional market-driven “churches” which are of this world, but of us who are of genuine faith in the Lord Jesus. We are His church. We are the called of God to His service.
All of us will be given spiritual gifts of the Spirit which we are to use in the power of God in ministering to one another within the body of Christ and in taking the message of the gospel of our salvation to the people of the world. And all of us will be assigned our “body parts,” which are spiritual and not physical in nature, by God, for the encouragement and strengthening of the body of Christ, His church, to spiritual maturity and to walks of faithfulness to our Lord in holy living, no longer living under the control of sin.
And we are not all going to be given all the same gifts and ministries and body parts. For God made us all different for a reason. But all of us are called of God to take the message of the gospel of Christ to the people of the world for their salvation from sin and eternal life with God. But we must make certain that what we are spreading as the truth is the truth that Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught. For they taught the necessity of self-denial, dying to sin, and obeying our Lord’s commands in practice.
How Long, O Lord?
Isaiah 6:11-13 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
11Then I asked:
“How long, O Lord?”
And He replied:
“Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left unoccupied
and the land is desolate and ravaged,
12until the LORD has driven men far away
and the land is utterly forsaken.
13And though a tenth remains in the land,
it will be burned again.
As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled,
so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
For how long, then, should we be taking the message of the gospel to the people of the world? How long should we be utilizing our spiritual gifts and ministries within the power of God in encouraging the body of Christ, the church, to live holy lives, pleasing to God, and no longer as slaves to sin? For as long as we live, and for as long as there is still life on this planet. Our callings of God are not something we retire from when we reach a certain age. Age and health may limit us, but we keep obeying God to the end.
Continuing in Christ to The End
An Original Work / August 8, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Your Heart
An Original Work / October 24, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Tenderly He speaks, softly so.
Gently He calls - His will to know.
Won’t you invite Him in your heart?
Humbly accept Him now.
Bow before Him with contrite heart.
May you obey His will.
Seek Him with all your heart and soul,
And your heart, His Spirit fill.
Jesus died to free you from sin,
Giving you new life to begin,
Walking with Him ev’ry hour,
Obeying His commands.
Won’t you trust Him to be your Lord?
His grace you can’t afford.
Freely He gives you peace within,
When you turn from all your sin.
Live for Him ev’ry passing day.
Meet with Him; read His word and pray.
Serve Him in the way He leads you,
Doing all that He says.
Do unto others as you would
Have them do unto you.
Love them with Jesus love within you.
Your hearts to God be true.
Isaiah 6:1-5 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3And they were calling out to one another:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts;
all the earth is full of His glory.”
4At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
5Then I said:
“Woe is me,
for I am ruined,
because I am a man of unclean lips
dwelling among a people of unclean lips;
for my eyes have seen the King,
the LORD of Hosts.”
If we all could literally and physically see God in all His glory, in all His holiness and righteousness, it should bring all of us to our knees in humble acknowledgment of our unworthiness to be called “children of God.” For not one of us is saved from our sins and on our way to heaven based off our own worthiness. For all of us are born into this world with sin natures, in the image of Adam, and not one of us is acceptable to God in our own flesh. In our flesh we all come up short of the divine approval and acceptance of God.
Our Sin Atoned For
Isaiah 6:6-7 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7And with it he touched my mouth and said:
“Now that this has touched your lips,
your iniquity is removed
and your sin is atoned for.”
So God, in His love, mercy, and compassion, sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to the earth to be born as a baby to a virgin woman, but conceived of the Holy Spirit, and not of man. So Jesus was not born with a sin nature as we are, and He never sinned in all 33 years of His life that He lived on the earth, although He was tempted to sin as we are. And while He was on the earth He healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, and He taught repentance for forgiveness of sins.
So, by God-persuaded and 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 servants of righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. By faith in Him, and in the power of God, we deny self, die to sin daily, and we follow Him in obedience to His commands, as a matter of life practice, in the power of God. Sin and disobedience are no longer to be what we practice.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]
Whom Shall I Send?
Isaiah 6:8-10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:
“Whom shall I send?
Who will go for Us?”
And I said:
“Here am I. Send me!”
9And He replied:
“Go and tell this people,
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
10Make the hearts of this people calloused;
deafen their ears and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
Once we have believed in Jesus, by His grace, and so we have denied self, died with Christ to sin, and now we are walking in obedience to His commands in holy living, empowered by God, and not by the flesh, the Lord will direct us to what areas of ministry He has for us to do within the biblical body of Christ, His church. And I am not speaking of institutional market-driven “churches” which are of this world, but of us who are of genuine faith in the Lord Jesus. We are His church. We are the called of God to His service.
All of us will be given spiritual gifts of the Spirit which we are to use in the power of God in ministering to one another within the body of Christ and in taking the message of the gospel of our salvation to the people of the world. And all of us will be assigned our “body parts,” which are spiritual and not physical in nature, by God, for the encouragement and strengthening of the body of Christ, His church, to spiritual maturity and to walks of faithfulness to our Lord in holy living, no longer living under the control of sin.
And we are not all going to be given all the same gifts and ministries and body parts. For God made us all different for a reason. But all of us are called of God to take the message of the gospel of Christ to the people of the world for their salvation from sin and eternal life with God. But we must make certain that what we are spreading as the truth is the truth that Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught. For they taught the necessity of self-denial, dying to sin, and obeying our Lord’s commands in practice.
How Long, O Lord?
Isaiah 6:11-13 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
11Then I asked:
“How long, O Lord?”
And He replied:
“Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left unoccupied
and the land is desolate and ravaged,
12until the LORD has driven men far away
and the land is utterly forsaken.
13And though a tenth remains in the land,
it will be burned again.
As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled,
so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
For how long, then, should we be taking the message of the gospel to the people of the world? How long should we be utilizing our spiritual gifts and ministries within the power of God in encouraging the body of Christ, the church, to live holy lives, pleasing to God, and no longer as slaves to sin? For as long as we live, and for as long as there is still life on this planet. Our callings of God are not something we retire from when we reach a certain age. Age and health may limit us, but we keep obeying God to the end.
Continuing in Christ to The End
An Original Work / August 8, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Your Heart
An Original Work / October 24, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Tenderly He speaks, softly so.
Gently He calls - His will to know.
Won’t you invite Him in your heart?
Humbly accept Him now.
Bow before Him with contrite heart.
May you obey His will.
Seek Him with all your heart and soul,
And your heart, His Spirit fill.
Jesus died to free you from sin,
Giving you new life to begin,
Walking with Him ev’ry hour,
Obeying His commands.
Won’t you trust Him to be your Lord?
His grace you can’t afford.
Freely He gives you peace within,
When you turn from all your sin.
Live for Him ev’ry passing day.
Meet with Him; read His word and pray.
Serve Him in the way He leads you,
Doing all that He says.
Do unto others as you would
Have them do unto you.
Love them with Jesus love within you.
Your hearts to God be true.
