Sue J Love
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“Behold, the Lord God will come with might,
With His arm ruling for Him.
Behold, His reward is with Him
And His recompense before Him.
Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.” (Isaiah 40:10-11 NASB’95)
As soon as I read this passage of Scripture, I immediately made a connection between this and some of the New Testament Scriptures:
“For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.” (Matthew 26:27)
God “will repay each one according to his deeds. To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.” (Romans 2:6-8)
“From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:8)
“And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.” (1 Peter 5:4)
“Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.” (Revelation 2:23)
“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.” “He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!” (Revelation 22:12,20)
Now, this definitely dispels the theory that our works have no impact on our salvation whatsoever. Are we saved by our own works of the flesh? NO! We are not! We can only come to faith in Jesus Christ if God the Father first draws us to Christ, i.e. only if he persuades us as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die with him to sin and to walk with him in obedience to his commands, by God’s grace, in his power.
So our salvation is not of ourselves, not of our own works. The gift of God’s grace and of our salvation and the faith to believe in him comes from God and not from ourselves. Thus, our faith and salvation must align with God and with his moral character, and with his word, and with his expressed will and purpose for our lives. And he taught that we must die to sin and walk in obedience to his commands as evidence that genuine faith is what we have.
And God’s grace is not just forgiveness of sins so that when we die we get to go to heaven, and not to hell. God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives. For Jesus Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” (See Titus 2:11-14)
And Jesus taught that if anyone would come after him that he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if we deny self, and by the Spirit we put sin to death daily, and we walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to his commands, in the power of God, then we have the hope of eternal life with God. (See Luke 9:23-26)
And Paul taught that by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ we are crucified with Christ in death to sin, and we are 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. So we are not to let sin continue to reign in our 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 righteousness and sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God. (See Romans 6:1-23)
Thus, our salvation is not something that happens once in our lives and now heaven is guaranteed us when we die. If we read the Scriptures, in their context, we will come to realize that our salvation and our eternal life with God are contingent on us dying with Christ to sin, by the Spirit, and us walking in obedience to our Lord, in his power, from the time we first believe in Jesus until the day that we die. But this doesn’t mean that we will never sin again, but that sin should no longer be our practice. We must obey God.
So, one day Jesus is going to return to judge and to take his faithful ones to be with him for eternity. And all of us will be judged by our deeds (works). Not one of us will be saved by our own fleshly works. That’s a given. But if sin is what we practice, and if obedience to God is not what we practice, we will not have eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess. For, as those who believe in Jesus, we must be followers of Christ, and sin must not be our practice or we will not inherit eternal life with God.
[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 2:6-8; 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 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Lead Me Gently Home, Father
By Will L. Thompson, 1879
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home;
When life’s toils are ended,
And parting days have come,
Sin no more shall tempt me,
Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam,
If Thou’ll only lead me, Father,
Lead me gently home.
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lest I fall upon the wayside,
Lead me gently home.
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home;
In life’s darkest hours, Father,
When life’s troubles come,
Keep my feet from wand’ring,
Lest from Thee I roam,
Lest I fall upon the wayside,
Lead me gently home.
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According to Our Deeds
An Original Work / March 31, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
With His arm ruling for Him.
Behold, His reward is with Him
And His recompense before Him.
Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.” (Isaiah 40:10-11 NASB’95)
As soon as I read this passage of Scripture, I immediately made a connection between this and some of the New Testament Scriptures:
“For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.” (Matthew 26:27)
God “will repay each one according to his deeds. To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.” (Romans 2:6-8)
“From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:8)
“And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.” (1 Peter 5:4)
“Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.” (Revelation 2:23)
“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.” “He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!” (Revelation 22:12,20)
Now, this definitely dispels the theory that our works have no impact on our salvation whatsoever. Are we saved by our own works of the flesh? NO! We are not! We can only come to faith in Jesus Christ if God the Father first draws us to Christ, i.e. only if he persuades us as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die with him to sin and to walk with him in obedience to his commands, by God’s grace, in his power.
So our salvation is not of ourselves, not of our own works. The gift of God’s grace and of our salvation and the faith to believe in him comes from God and not from ourselves. Thus, our faith and salvation must align with God and with his moral character, and with his word, and with his expressed will and purpose for our lives. And he taught that we must die to sin and walk in obedience to his commands as evidence that genuine faith is what we have.
And God’s grace is not just forgiveness of sins so that when we die we get to go to heaven, and not to hell. God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives. For Jesus Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” (See Titus 2:11-14)
And Jesus taught that if anyone would come after him that he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if we deny self, and by the Spirit we put sin to death daily, and we walk (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to his commands, in the power of God, then we have the hope of eternal life with God. (See Luke 9:23-26)
And Paul taught that by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ we are crucified with Christ in death to sin, and we are 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. So we are not to let sin continue to reign in our 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 righteousness and sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God. (See Romans 6:1-23)
Thus, our salvation is not something that happens once in our lives and now heaven is guaranteed us when we die. If we read the Scriptures, in their context, we will come to realize that our salvation and our eternal life with God are contingent on us dying with Christ to sin, by the Spirit, and us walking in obedience to our Lord, in his power, from the time we first believe in Jesus until the day that we die. But this doesn’t mean that we will never sin again, but that sin should no longer be our practice. We must obey God.
So, one day Jesus is going to return to judge and to take his faithful ones to be with him for eternity. And all of us will be judged by our deeds (works). Not one of us will be saved by our own fleshly works. That’s a given. But if sin is what we practice, and if obedience to God is not what we practice, we will not have eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess. For, as those who believe in Jesus, we must be followers of Christ, and sin must not be our practice or we will not inherit eternal life with God.
[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 2:6-8; 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 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Lead Me Gently Home, Father
By Will L. Thompson, 1879
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home;
When life’s toils are ended,
And parting days have come,
Sin no more shall tempt me,
Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam,
If Thou’ll only lead me, Father,
Lead me gently home.
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lest I fall upon the wayside,
Lead me gently home.
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home;
In life’s darkest hours, Father,
When life’s troubles come,
Keep my feet from wand’ring,
Lest from Thee I roam,
Lest I fall upon the wayside,
Lead me gently home.
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According to Our Deeds
An Original Work / March 31, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
