Sue J Love
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“Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. While they are saying, ‘Peace and safety!’ then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness; so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night. But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 NASB1995)
One day Jesus Christ is going to return to judge the earth and the people on the earth who did not believe in him, who denied him by their life choices, and who continued in their sins and not in walks of faith in obedience to the Lord. For if our faith in Jesus Christ is biblical, of God, and not of human flesh, we will die with Christ to sin that we might now live to him and to his righteousness, in walks of surrender to him, in obedience to his commands, in holy living, by the grace of God, in the power of God, as led by the Spirit.
Yet, there are many people today who are professing faith in Jesus Christ, who are presuming upon God that he is not going to judge them, and that they have eternal life with God secured, but while they ignore God and his commandments and they continue in their sinful lifestyles, while obeying the Lord is not what they practice. For they have believed the lie which tells them that a profession of faith in Jesus is enough to secure heaven for them and that death to sin and walks of obedience are not required of them.
And these are people who are saying, “Peace and safety!,” for they believe that since they made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ that they will not be judged by God for their willful, deliberate, and habitual sinning against God, and for their refusal to obey him and his commands, in practice. But their trust is in a lie which is based largely off of Scriptures being taught outside of their intended context, which are being twisted to say what they do not say if taught within their appropriate context. Context is critical!
So this is an encouragement to remain steadfast in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord, as well as it is a warning (a caution) against falling back into sin, thinking that our destiny is sealed based upon a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus. We must be people of God who are spiritually alert, who are no longer walking in the darkness (sin), but who are living holy lives, pleasing to God. We must not get lazy in our walks of faith, thinking that what we do or how we live will not matter for eternity. It does matter!
So, when this says that God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, it is still in the context of a warning and a caution against us becoming spiritually asleep (lazy). And it is an encouragement for us to remain spiritually alert and sober (serious minded) about the Lord with regard to his commands for us to obey, and to heed the warnings he has issued to the church throughout the New Testament against falling back into sinful rebellion against the Lord with a refusal to obey God.
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).
And, by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not 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 is what we obey, it results in sanctification and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
And we learn in 1 John 1:6-7: “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” And in 1 John 2:4-5: “The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected.”
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.
We need to take these Scriptures seriously, for not everyone who calls Jesus, “Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father who is in heaven.
[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; 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 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; 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]
Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer
Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897
Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.
O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.
Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.
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While Saying, “Peace and Safety!”
An Original Work / May 7, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
One day Jesus Christ is going to return to judge the earth and the people on the earth who did not believe in him, who denied him by their life choices, and who continued in their sins and not in walks of faith in obedience to the Lord. For if our faith in Jesus Christ is biblical, of God, and not of human flesh, we will die with Christ to sin that we might now live to him and to his righteousness, in walks of surrender to him, in obedience to his commands, in holy living, by the grace of God, in the power of God, as led by the Spirit.
Yet, there are many people today who are professing faith in Jesus Christ, who are presuming upon God that he is not going to judge them, and that they have eternal life with God secured, but while they ignore God and his commandments and they continue in their sinful lifestyles, while obeying the Lord is not what they practice. For they have believed the lie which tells them that a profession of faith in Jesus is enough to secure heaven for them and that death to sin and walks of obedience are not required of them.
And these are people who are saying, “Peace and safety!,” for they believe that since they made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ that they will not be judged by God for their willful, deliberate, and habitual sinning against God, and for their refusal to obey him and his commands, in practice. But their trust is in a lie which is based largely off of Scriptures being taught outside of their intended context, which are being twisted to say what they do not say if taught within their appropriate context. Context is critical!
So this is an encouragement to remain steadfast in our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord, as well as it is a warning (a caution) against falling back into sin, thinking that our destiny is sealed based upon a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus. We must be people of God who are spiritually alert, who are no longer walking in the darkness (sin), but who are living holy lives, pleasing to God. We must not get lazy in our walks of faith, thinking that what we do or how we live will not matter for eternity. It does matter!
So, when this says that God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, it is still in the context of a warning and a caution against us becoming spiritually asleep (lazy). And it is an encouragement for us to remain spiritually alert and sober (serious minded) about the Lord with regard to his commands for us to obey, and to heed the warnings he has issued to the church throughout the New Testament against falling back into sinful rebellion against the Lord with a refusal to obey God.
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).
And, by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not 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 is what we obey, it results in sanctification and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
And we learn in 1 John 1:6-7: “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” And in 1 John 2:4-5: “The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected.”
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.
We need to take these Scriptures seriously, for not everyone who calls Jesus, “Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father who is in heaven.
[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; 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 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; 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]
Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer
Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897
Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.
O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.
Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.
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While Saying, “Peace and Safety!”
An Original Work / May 7, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
