Sue J Love
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“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’” (Mark 9:42-48 ESV)
It is a grave sin to willfully (purposefully, deliberately) do or say what you know is going to lead a brother or a sister in Christ to sin against the Lord, particularly those who are young in the faith or who are not yet matured in their walks of faith in the Lord Jesus. So all those pastors out there who are telling the people that all they have to do is profess faith in Jesus and now they are “good to go to heaven,” and that they don’t have to repent of their sins, and they don’t have to obey God, are in BIG TROUBLE with God!
All throughout the New Testament Scriptures and the teachings on what constitutes the gospel of our salvation, we are taught that we must die with Christ to sin, not just once, but daily (in practice), that sin is no longer to be what we practice, and that we must now walk in obedience to our Lord and to his New Covenant commands if we want to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God in heaven. But not to earn our salvation, but living out the salvation already provided for us in the power of God at work within us.
[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; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
So, it is not okay with God for us to deliberately and habitually pursue sinful pleasures and not walks of obedience to our Lord. We who believe in Jesus, in truth, should be those who take sinning against God seriously to the point to where we do everything we know, as directed by the Lord, according to His word, to die with him to sin daily and to pursue righteousness, godliness, holy living, uprightness, honesty, moral purity, faithfulness and obedience to our Lord’s commands – all in the power of God, by his Spirit.
So, as drastic as it may sound, you will be a whole lot better off if you are missing an eye or a hand or a leg or a foot, but you maintain a holy and pure walk of faith in the Lord Jesus until he returns for his faithful ones, which is when our salvation will be complete. Yet, I tend to take this passage of Scripture less literally and more figuratively when it comes to cutting off body parts. For our eyes are our judgments (discernments), and our hands are our deeds (behaviors), and our feet are our walks of faith or in sin.
So, to me, this is really talking about cutting out of our lives all actions and thinking and behaviors which are contrary to the will of God, and which are sinful, so that we can live holy and morally pure lives in the power of God. And it is cutting out of our lives the things we take into our eyes and minds and hearts and ears on a daily basis which might tempt us to sin against the Lord and lead us into sin. And we replace them with all that is godly and morally pure and loving and kind and submissive and obedient to God.
For the Scriptures are very clear on this subject. We are not saved and on our way to heaven on the basis of lip service only to the Lord. We must deny self, die to sin daily, and walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power. For if sin is what we practice (our habit, addiction), and if walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands are not what we practice (deliberately and habitually), then we will not inherit the kingdom of heaven, regardless of what faith in Jesus we have professed with our lips.
The Spirit Calling
An Original Work / November 12, 2019
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Hear the Spirit calling.
He’ll keep you from falling.
Tenderly He’s calling,
“Come and follow Him.”
Walk with Jesus daily.
Don’t give in to lazy.
Folks may call you crazy.
Fellowship with Him.
Follow where He leads you.
Eat what Jesus feeds you.
His love will renew you
If you follow Him.
Do what Jesus tells you.
Don’t let your faith fail you.
His love will avail you
If you walk with Him.
Jesus, Lord and Savior,
Reigneth now forever.
He gave us His favor
So we’d live with Him.
Turning now from our sin,
Holy Spirit live-in.
Holiness we walk in,
Purified by Him.
Cut! Cut! Cut!
An Original Work / January 29, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
It is a grave sin to willfully (purposefully, deliberately) do or say what you know is going to lead a brother or a sister in Christ to sin against the Lord, particularly those who are young in the faith or who are not yet matured in their walks of faith in the Lord Jesus. So all those pastors out there who are telling the people that all they have to do is profess faith in Jesus and now they are “good to go to heaven,” and that they don’t have to repent of their sins, and they don’t have to obey God, are in BIG TROUBLE with God!
All throughout the New Testament Scriptures and the teachings on what constitutes the gospel of our salvation, we are taught that we must die with Christ to sin, not just once, but daily (in practice), that sin is no longer to be what we practice, and that we must now walk in obedience to our Lord and to his New Covenant commands if we want to have salvation from sin and eternal life with God in heaven. But not to earn our salvation, but living out the salvation already provided for us in the power of God at work within us.
[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; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
So, it is not okay with God for us to deliberately and habitually pursue sinful pleasures and not walks of obedience to our Lord. We who believe in Jesus, in truth, should be those who take sinning against God seriously to the point to where we do everything we know, as directed by the Lord, according to His word, to die with him to sin daily and to pursue righteousness, godliness, holy living, uprightness, honesty, moral purity, faithfulness and obedience to our Lord’s commands – all in the power of God, by his Spirit.
So, as drastic as it may sound, you will be a whole lot better off if you are missing an eye or a hand or a leg or a foot, but you maintain a holy and pure walk of faith in the Lord Jesus until he returns for his faithful ones, which is when our salvation will be complete. Yet, I tend to take this passage of Scripture less literally and more figuratively when it comes to cutting off body parts. For our eyes are our judgments (discernments), and our hands are our deeds (behaviors), and our feet are our walks of faith or in sin.
So, to me, this is really talking about cutting out of our lives all actions and thinking and behaviors which are contrary to the will of God, and which are sinful, so that we can live holy and morally pure lives in the power of God. And it is cutting out of our lives the things we take into our eyes and minds and hearts and ears on a daily basis which might tempt us to sin against the Lord and lead us into sin. And we replace them with all that is godly and morally pure and loving and kind and submissive and obedient to God.
For the Scriptures are very clear on this subject. We are not saved and on our way to heaven on the basis of lip service only to the Lord. We must deny self, die to sin daily, and walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power. For if sin is what we practice (our habit, addiction), and if walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands are not what we practice (deliberately and habitually), then we will not inherit the kingdom of heaven, regardless of what faith in Jesus we have professed with our lips.
The Spirit Calling
An Original Work / November 12, 2019
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Hear the Spirit calling.
He’ll keep you from falling.
Tenderly He’s calling,
“Come and follow Him.”
Walk with Jesus daily.
Don’t give in to lazy.
Folks may call you crazy.
Fellowship with Him.
Follow where He leads you.
Eat what Jesus feeds you.
His love will renew you
If you follow Him.
Do what Jesus tells you.
Don’t let your faith fail you.
His love will avail you
If you walk with Him.
Jesus, Lord and Savior,
Reigneth now forever.
He gave us His favor
So we’d live with Him.
Turning now from our sin,
Holy Spirit live-in.
Holiness we walk in,
Purified by Him.
Cut! Cut! Cut!
An Original Work / January 29, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
