Sue J Love
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“Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am supplementing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of His body, which is the church. I was made a minister of this church according to the commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, that is, the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints, to whom God willed to make known what the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is Christ in you, the hope of glory. We proclaim Him, admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ. For this purpose I also labor, striving according to His power which works mightily within me.” (Colossians 1:24-29 NASB)
All of us who are of genuine God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ are called of God to proclaim (preach, teach, share) the message of the gospel of our salvation with the people of the world. So this isn’t just for preachers and teachers and missionaries, etc. but this is for all of us who, by faith in Jesus Christ, have died with him to sin, and who are now living to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his will and to his purpose for our lives, and to his commands. We are to be sharing Jesus!
[1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 2:21; Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; 1 John 2:6]
Nonetheless, if we are the faithful in Christ Jesus who are taking this call upon our lives seriously, and so we are in the practice of sharing the truth of the gospel of Christ with others, then if what we are sharing (teaching, preaching) is of God, and if it is what the Scriptures teach as the gospel message, in full, in context, then we should also be expecting to be treated as Jesus was treated, and as Paul and the other New Testament apostles were treated when they were sharing the truth and were refuting the lies.
Now, some of us God has called to do this full-time, yet not all of us in official positions of pastor/teacher, or as missionaries, or as Bible college instructors, etc., but some of us just as ordinary everyday followers of Jesus Christ who love him and who want to obey him and to serve him with our lives. And this is God’s calling on my life to write down what he is teaching me from his word each day, and to post these writings on the internet so that a herald may “run with it,” the title of my blog (runwithit.blog).
And, yes, we need to be those who “fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,” for so many people today are diluting and altering and cutting short the gospel message in order to appease human flesh, and in order to not offend the ungodly of the world. And so they are teaching that a mere profession of faith in Jesus assures them forgiveness of all sins and a guarantee of heaven when they die, as their eternal destiny. But by itself, without the rest, this becomes a half-truth (lie) gospel message.
For 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).
By God-persuaded 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 God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands. Thus, we are no longer to allow 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 is what we obey, it results in sanctification and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23; cf. Ephesians 4:17-24; Titus 2:11-14; Acts 26:18).
So, it is critical that we are teaching what Jesus taught and what Paul taught and what the other New Testament apostles taught, in their full context, so that we do not end up teaching a lie to the people and not the truth. And that doesn’t mean that we have to quote every Scripture in its full context, but we must make certain to teach what that context teaches so that we are not in danger of altering the gospel. And this gospel message isn’t all the happy stuff that everyone likes. It includes exhortations and warnings, too.
For if we are going to present everyone who believes in Jesus complete in Christ, then we have to tell them the whole truth. For faith in Jesus Christ is not lip service only. Since the faith is of God, and not of human flesh, it will conform to the will of God. So by faith in Jesus we die to sin and we now walk in obedience to his commands, by his grace. But if sin is still what we practice, and not obedience to the Lord, then we do not have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. So we need to heed these warnings.
[Jn 10:27-30; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
The Lord’s Anointed
Based off Isaiah 61
The Spirit of the Sov’reign Lord on me;
Anointed to preach the Good News;
Sent me to bind up the brokenhearted;
Proclaim freedom for the captives.
He sent me to preach release for pris’ners
Who are walking in sin’s darkness;
Proclaim God’s grace to all men who’ll listen;
And tell them about God’s judgments;
Comfort all who mourn;
Give crowns of beauty;
Oil of gladness and thanksgiving.
They will be called oaks of God’s righteousness,
A planting of our Savior, God,
For the display of our Lord’s splendor, and
They will rebuild God’s holy church.
God will renew them, and will restore them,
And you’ll be called priests of the Lord.
You will be ministers of our God, and
You will rejoice in salvation.
The Lord loves justice;
He is faithful to
Reward those who are seeking Him.
I delight greatly in the Lord;
My soul rejoices in my Savior, God.
He has clothed me with His salvation,
And in a robe of His righteousness.
He has given me priestly garments to wear,
As the bride of Jesus Christ.
As the garden of our Lord and Savior,
He causes us to grow in Him.
He makes righteousness,
Praise, and thanksgiving
Spring up before all the nations.
An Original Work / December 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
The Preaching of The Word
An Original Work / April 25, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
All of us who are of genuine God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ are called of God to proclaim (preach, teach, share) the message of the gospel of our salvation with the people of the world. So this isn’t just for preachers and teachers and missionaries, etc. but this is for all of us who, by faith in Jesus Christ, have died with him to sin, and who are now living to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his will and to his purpose for our lives, and to his commands. We are to be sharing Jesus!
[1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 2:21; Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; 1 John 2:6]
Nonetheless, if we are the faithful in Christ Jesus who are taking this call upon our lives seriously, and so we are in the practice of sharing the truth of the gospel of Christ with others, then if what we are sharing (teaching, preaching) is of God, and if it is what the Scriptures teach as the gospel message, in full, in context, then we should also be expecting to be treated as Jesus was treated, and as Paul and the other New Testament apostles were treated when they were sharing the truth and were refuting the lies.
Now, some of us God has called to do this full-time, yet not all of us in official positions of pastor/teacher, or as missionaries, or as Bible college instructors, etc., but some of us just as ordinary everyday followers of Jesus Christ who love him and who want to obey him and to serve him with our lives. And this is God’s calling on my life to write down what he is teaching me from his word each day, and to post these writings on the internet so that a herald may “run with it,” the title of my blog (runwithit.blog).
And, yes, we need to be those who “fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,” for so many people today are diluting and altering and cutting short the gospel message in order to appease human flesh, and in order to not offend the ungodly of the world. And so they are teaching that a mere profession of faith in Jesus assures them forgiveness of all sins and a guarantee of heaven when they die, as their eternal destiny. But by itself, without the rest, this becomes a half-truth (lie) gospel message.
For 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).
By God-persuaded 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 God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands. Thus, we are no longer to allow 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 is what we obey, it results in sanctification and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23; cf. Ephesians 4:17-24; Titus 2:11-14; Acts 26:18).
So, it is critical that we are teaching what Jesus taught and what Paul taught and what the other New Testament apostles taught, in their full context, so that we do not end up teaching a lie to the people and not the truth. And that doesn’t mean that we have to quote every Scripture in its full context, but we must make certain to teach what that context teaches so that we are not in danger of altering the gospel. And this gospel message isn’t all the happy stuff that everyone likes. It includes exhortations and warnings, too.
For if we are going to present everyone who believes in Jesus complete in Christ, then we have to tell them the whole truth. For faith in Jesus Christ is not lip service only. Since the faith is of God, and not of human flesh, it will conform to the will of God. So by faith in Jesus we die to sin and we now walk in obedience to his commands, by his grace. But if sin is still what we practice, and not obedience to the Lord, then we do not have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. So we need to heed these warnings.
[Jn 10:27-30; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
The Lord’s Anointed
Based off Isaiah 61
The Spirit of the Sov’reign Lord on me;
Anointed to preach the Good News;
Sent me to bind up the brokenhearted;
Proclaim freedom for the captives.
He sent me to preach release for pris’ners
Who are walking in sin’s darkness;
Proclaim God’s grace to all men who’ll listen;
And tell them about God’s judgments;
Comfort all who mourn;
Give crowns of beauty;
Oil of gladness and thanksgiving.
They will be called oaks of God’s righteousness,
A planting of our Savior, God,
For the display of our Lord’s splendor, and
They will rebuild God’s holy church.
God will renew them, and will restore them,
And you’ll be called priests of the Lord.
You will be ministers of our God, and
You will rejoice in salvation.
The Lord loves justice;
He is faithful to
Reward those who are seeking Him.
I delight greatly in the Lord;
My soul rejoices in my Savior, God.
He has clothed me with His salvation,
And in a robe of His righteousness.
He has given me priestly garments to wear,
As the bride of Jesus Christ.
As the garden of our Lord and Savior,
He causes us to grow in Him.
He makes righteousness,
Praise, and thanksgiving
Spring up before all the nations.
An Original Work / December 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
The Preaching of The Word
An Original Work / April 25, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
