Sue J Love
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“For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.’ And again, ‘The Lord will judge His people.’ It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:26-31 NASB1995)
We live in a day and age when teachings such as these are largely being ignored, or they are being reinterpreted and/or explained away as not relevant to anyone who calls himself a Christian. But we can’t just write this off because it doesn’t agree with a particular “church’s” “gospel” message, or with a particular theology of any specific church denomination. We need to study the Scriptures in their correct biblical context under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, seeking truth, and not looking for loopholes to bow out.
And this isn’t the only place in the New Testament Scriptures where this is taught. Jesus taught it. Paul taught it. And John taught it for certain. They all taught that if we make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, but then we continue living in deliberate and habitual sin, in practice, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God. But we will die in our sins because we did not put sin to death in our lives by God-persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Contrary to popular opinion, the gospel does not teach that all we have to do is confess Jesus as Lord, and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead, and we will be saved, end of story. Yes, Romans 10:9 says that, but we must read that in the context of the whole of Romans, and the whole of the New Testament teachings, for this is being taught out of context. For Jesus said that not everyone who calls him, “Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING the will of God in heaven (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).
And in 1 John 3:7-8,10: “Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.” “By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.” So we need to take this to heart.
[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]
Seek the Lord
Based off Isaiah 55
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley
“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”
Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.
“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”
If We Continue Walking in Sin
An Original Work / September 24, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
We live in a day and age when teachings such as these are largely being ignored, or they are being reinterpreted and/or explained away as not relevant to anyone who calls himself a Christian. But we can’t just write this off because it doesn’t agree with a particular “church’s” “gospel” message, or with a particular theology of any specific church denomination. We need to study the Scriptures in their correct biblical context under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, seeking truth, and not looking for loopholes to bow out.
And this isn’t the only place in the New Testament Scriptures where this is taught. Jesus taught it. Paul taught it. And John taught it for certain. They all taught that if we make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, but then we continue living in deliberate and habitual sin, in practice, and not in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, that we will not inherit eternal life with God. But we will die in our sins because we did not put sin to death in our lives by God-persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Contrary to popular opinion, the gospel does not teach that all we have to do is confess Jesus as Lord, and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead, and we will be saved, end of story. Yes, Romans 10:9 says that, but we must read that in the context of the whole of Romans, and the whole of the New Testament teachings, for this is being taught out of context. For Jesus said that not everyone who calls him, “Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING the will of God in heaven (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).
And in 1 John 3:7-8,10: “Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.” “By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.” So we need to take this to heart.
[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]
Seek the Lord
Based off Isaiah 55
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley
“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”
Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.
“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”
If We Continue Walking in Sin
An Original Work / September 24, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
