Sue J Love
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Isaiah 12:1-2 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
In that day you will say:
“O LORD, I will praise You.
Although You were angry with me,
Your anger has turned away,
and You have comforted me.
2Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,
and He also has become my salvation.”
When we humans are born into this world, we are born with sin natures, in the image of Adam, the first man God created, and the first man to sin against God. Ever since Adam sinned against God in disobedience to God’s command, all humanity has been born with sin natures, separate from God, unable within our own flesh to be acceptable to God. Not one of us, no matter how many good things we might do, will be acceptable and approved of God in our own flesh, of our own fleshly works. We are lost without Christ.
[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 3:9-26; Romans 5:12-19; Romans 6:1-23; 1 Corinthians 15:21-22,42-49; Ephesians 2:1-3,8-10]
So, God in His love and mercy, sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to the earth to be born as a baby to a virgin woman, but conceived of the Spirit and not of man. So Jesus was not born with a sin nature as we are, and He never sinned all the time He lived on the earth. But Jesus Christ always existed with God, and He is 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. And He became our savior in His death on a cross.
Deity of Christ:
[Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3:22; John 1:1-36; John 8:24,58; John 10:30-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 10:1-4; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8-9; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]
When Jesus died on that cross, and rose from the dead victorious over sin and the grave, it was to put our sins to death with Him and to rise in victory over sin so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Him we will now deny self, die to sin daily, and walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to His commands. For our salvation is not just forgiveness of sins, but it is deliverance from addiction to sin, and it is empowerment of God to live holy and righteous lives in surrender to His will and purpose for our lives.
Isaiah 12:3-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, 4and on that day you will say:
“Give praise to the LORD;
proclaim His name!
Make His works known among the peoples;
declare that His name is exalted.
5Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things.
Let this be known in all the earth.
6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion,
or great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
Our faith in Jesus Christ is not of our own flesh. The faith necessary for salvation from sin and eternal life with God comes from God, it is authored and perfected by Jesus Christ, it is persuaded of God, and it is gifted to us by God. And so God sets the conditions, not us. He determines the course we must follow, not us. We do not get to choose our own path. And God requires that we deny self, die to sin, and follow Him in obedience to His commands as a matter of life practice, all in the power of God, by His Spirit.
[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Hebrews 12:1-2; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24]
We now belong to Christ and we are now His possession, and He has rule and authority over our lives. He is the one to determine our steps and to chart our course and to lead us in the ways of righteousness and holiness. We don’t just “get saved” so that when we die one day we get to go to heaven and not to hell. For if we deny Christ and His authority over our lives, and we do not follow Him in obedience to His commands, but we keep on living in sin, we will not be saved and we will not have eternal life with God.
And this is not saying we must be absolutely perfect in every respect 100% of the time or we are gone, out, no longer saved. But in the same respect, if we decide that God’s grace now gives us freedom to keep living in sin and that obedience to His commands is not required, then we are out on our own. And this is not determined by words only. The evidence of this is in our habits, our behaviors, how we live day by day. If we are not surrendered to Christ, but if sin is still our practice, we do not have life in Jesus Christ.
[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 9:23-26; Luke 17:25; John 1:1-36; John 6:35-58; John 8:24,58; John 10:30-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; 2 Corinthians 5:15,21; Ephesians 4:17-24; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 1:8-9; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Peter 1:1]
God is My Salvation
An Original Work / August 10, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
You are Loving and Forgiving
Based off Psalm 86
An Original Work / February 19, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
You are loving and forgiving,
Jesus, Savior, King of kings.
You provided our redemption.
By Your blood You set us free.
You are gracious; full of mercy.
No deeds can compare with Yours.
Great are You; there is none like You.
Glory be to Your name.
Teach me Your way, and I’ll walk in it.
O Lord, I will walk in Your truth.
May I not have a heart divided,
That Your name I give honor to.
I will praise You, O Lord, my Savior,
For great is Your love toward me.
You have delivered me from my sins.
Your grace has pardoned me.
You, O Lord, are full of compassion,
Slow to anger, bounteous in love;
Faithful to fulfill all You promise;
Glory be to Your name above.
Hear, O Lord, and answer Your servant.
You are my God. I trust in You.
Turn to me and grant Your strength to me.
You are my comforter.
In that day you will say:
“O LORD, I will praise You.
Although You were angry with me,
Your anger has turned away,
and You have comforted me.
2Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,
and He also has become my salvation.”
When we humans are born into this world, we are born with sin natures, in the image of Adam, the first man God created, and the first man to sin against God. Ever since Adam sinned against God in disobedience to God’s command, all humanity has been born with sin natures, separate from God, unable within our own flesh to be acceptable to God. Not one of us, no matter how many good things we might do, will be acceptable and approved of God in our own flesh, of our own fleshly works. We are lost without Christ.
[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 3:9-26; Romans 5:12-19; Romans 6:1-23; 1 Corinthians 15:21-22,42-49; Ephesians 2:1-3,8-10]
So, God in His love and mercy, sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to the earth to be born as a baby to a virgin woman, but conceived of the Spirit and not of man. So Jesus was not born with a sin nature as we are, and He never sinned all the time He lived on the earth. But Jesus Christ always existed with God, and He is 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. And He became our savior in His death on a cross.
Deity of Christ:
[Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3:22; John 1:1-36; John 8:24,58; John 10:30-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 10:1-4; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8-9; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]
When Jesus died on that cross, and rose from the dead victorious over sin and the grave, it was to put our sins to death with Him and to rise in victory over sin so that, by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Him we will now deny self, die to sin daily, and walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to His commands. For our salvation is not just forgiveness of sins, but it is deliverance from addiction to sin, and it is empowerment of God to live holy and righteous lives in surrender to His will and purpose for our lives.
Isaiah 12:3-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, 4and on that day you will say:
“Give praise to the LORD;
proclaim His name!
Make His works known among the peoples;
declare that His name is exalted.
5Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things.
Let this be known in all the earth.
6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion,
or great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
Our faith in Jesus Christ is not of our own flesh. The faith necessary for salvation from sin and eternal life with God comes from God, it is authored and perfected by Jesus Christ, it is persuaded of God, and it is gifted to us by God. And so God sets the conditions, not us. He determines the course we must follow, not us. We do not get to choose our own path. And God requires that we deny self, die to sin, and follow Him in obedience to His commands as a matter of life practice, all in the power of God, by His Spirit.
[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Hebrews 12:1-2; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Peter 2:24]
We now belong to Christ and we are now His possession, and He has rule and authority over our lives. He is the one to determine our steps and to chart our course and to lead us in the ways of righteousness and holiness. We don’t just “get saved” so that when we die one day we get to go to heaven and not to hell. For if we deny Christ and His authority over our lives, and we do not follow Him in obedience to His commands, but we keep on living in sin, we will not be saved and we will not have eternal life with God.
And this is not saying we must be absolutely perfect in every respect 100% of the time or we are gone, out, no longer saved. But in the same respect, if we decide that God’s grace now gives us freedom to keep living in sin and that obedience to His commands is not required, then we are out on our own. And this is not determined by words only. The evidence of this is in our habits, our behaviors, how we live day by day. If we are not surrendered to Christ, but if sin is still our practice, we do not have life in Jesus Christ.
[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 9:23-26; Luke 17:25; John 1:1-36; John 6:35-58; John 8:24,58; John 10:30-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:5; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; 2 Corinthians 5:15,21; Ephesians 4:17-24; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 1:8-9; Hebrews 2:14-15; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Peter 1:1]
God is My Salvation
An Original Work / August 10, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
You are Loving and Forgiving
Based off Psalm 86
An Original Work / February 19, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
You are loving and forgiving,
Jesus, Savior, King of kings.
You provided our redemption.
By Your blood You set us free.
You are gracious; full of mercy.
No deeds can compare with Yours.
Great are You; there is none like You.
Glory be to Your name.
Teach me Your way, and I’ll walk in it.
O Lord, I will walk in Your truth.
May I not have a heart divided,
That Your name I give honor to.
I will praise You, O Lord, my Savior,
For great is Your love toward me.
You have delivered me from my sins.
Your grace has pardoned me.
You, O Lord, are full of compassion,
Slow to anger, bounteous in love;
Faithful to fulfill all You promise;
Glory be to Your name above.
Hear, O Lord, and answer Your servant.
You are my God. I trust in You.
Turn to me and grant Your strength to me.
You are my comforter.
