Sue J Love
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“Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah. Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the Lord said.” (Deuteronomy 6:13-19 NIV)
Now, fundamentally speaking, what was taught here under the Old Covenant is taught for us again under the New Covenant, only our “Promised Land” now is not a physical place on this earth, but it is our eternity with God in heaven. And as far as “oaths” are concerned, there is not much taught on it in the New Testament in relation to us Christians, from what I can find. But faith in Jesus Christ is an oath (vow) of covenant of marriage to Jesus Christ to be wholly his and to serve him in walks of obedience to his commands.
In the New Testament we are taught the fear (honor, respect, reverence) of God, our Lord. And this fear of God has to do with taking him and his word seriously, believing what it teaches us, and obeying its commands. It means we believe not only in his promises, along with their conditions, but we also believe in all his warnings to us, along with the conditions for those, too. And if we truly believe that God means what he says, we will honor him by doing what he commands we must do as his followers.
And that means that we will not follow other gods. And another “god” is not necessarily some statue, but it can be another person or an addiction or a fetish or entertainment or recreation or money or possessions or power or authority or self and self-pleasure and pride, et al. It is anything that is raised up or that is preferred by us or that is worshiped and venerated in place of or above God (Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit). It is what we give the most thought and passion and time to above God.
And God does not sit idly by while he watches those who profess his name with their lips live in opposition to his will and purpose for their lives. Jesus certainly did not. He spoke strongly to the Pharisees and the Scribes and other Jews who professed faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but who denied him by how they lived their lives and by their rejection of Jesus as the Christ (the Messiah) who they had long been awaiting. And God’s word speaks strongly to all hypocrites, as well, calling them to repent.
And we are warned not to follow the bad example of most of the Israelites whom Moses rescued out of slavery in Egypt. What the majority of them did when they wandered in the wilderness serves as an example to us to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. For they were idolaters, revelers, the sexually immoral, those who grumbled against God and his servant Moses, and who put Christ to the test. And they did not enter into God’s eternal rest (his salvation) because of their sinful practices.
1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-21; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13
And we read in the New Testament that, if our faith in Jesus Christ is of God, and not of our flesh, that it will result in us dying with Christ to sin, as a matter of life practice, and us walking in obedience to his commands, as a matter of how we live day to day. And if all we do is give lip service to the Lord, but we do not deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience, but sin is still what we practice, we do not know God, we are not born of God, we do not have salvation from sin, and heaven is not our eternal home.
So, under the New Covenant we must keep the commands of God and forsake our sinful lifestyles or we are not saved, and we will not inherit eternal life with God. And this is not saying that we will be absolutely perfect in everything we do or say or that we will never sin, but that sin and disobedience must not be our lifestyle, what we practice, instead of obedience to God and holy living. So we must also do what is right in the eyes of the Lord if we want his eternal rewards. And we must rebuke Satan.
[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; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Walking in The Light
An Original Work / November 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Based off 1 John 1-2
When I lift up my voice, and
Sing praise unto God,
I will fellowship with my
Lord and Savior, King.
In Him there is no darkness.
He is in the light of truth.
If we walk in His light,
From sin He purifies.
If we repent of our sins,
He’ll forgive us now,
When we humble ourselves, and
Before Jesus bow.
The man who says, “I know Him,”
But does not obey His truth,
There is no truth in him.
In darkness still he’s found.
Do not love the world of sin,
For it is hell bound.
If you follow the world, you’ll
Not in Christ be found.
The world and its desires
Will not last; they’ll expire.
The one who does God’s will,
Receives eternal life.
See that what you have heard from
Christ remains in you.
Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and
In His Father, too.
This is what He promised us –
His eternal life with God.
So, continue in Him, and
You’ll receive a crown.
Do Not Follow Other Gods
An Original Work / March 5, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Now, fundamentally speaking, what was taught here under the Old Covenant is taught for us again under the New Covenant, only our “Promised Land” now is not a physical place on this earth, but it is our eternity with God in heaven. And as far as “oaths” are concerned, there is not much taught on it in the New Testament in relation to us Christians, from what I can find. But faith in Jesus Christ is an oath (vow) of covenant of marriage to Jesus Christ to be wholly his and to serve him in walks of obedience to his commands.
In the New Testament we are taught the fear (honor, respect, reverence) of God, our Lord. And this fear of God has to do with taking him and his word seriously, believing what it teaches us, and obeying its commands. It means we believe not only in his promises, along with their conditions, but we also believe in all his warnings to us, along with the conditions for those, too. And if we truly believe that God means what he says, we will honor him by doing what he commands we must do as his followers.
And that means that we will not follow other gods. And another “god” is not necessarily some statue, but it can be another person or an addiction or a fetish or entertainment or recreation or money or possessions or power or authority or self and self-pleasure and pride, et al. It is anything that is raised up or that is preferred by us or that is worshiped and venerated in place of or above God (Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit). It is what we give the most thought and passion and time to above God.
And God does not sit idly by while he watches those who profess his name with their lips live in opposition to his will and purpose for their lives. Jesus certainly did not. He spoke strongly to the Pharisees and the Scribes and other Jews who professed faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but who denied him by how they lived their lives and by their rejection of Jesus as the Christ (the Messiah) who they had long been awaiting. And God’s word speaks strongly to all hypocrites, as well, calling them to repent.
And we are warned not to follow the bad example of most of the Israelites whom Moses rescued out of slavery in Egypt. What the majority of them did when they wandered in the wilderness serves as an example to us to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. For they were idolaters, revelers, the sexually immoral, those who grumbled against God and his servant Moses, and who put Christ to the test. And they did not enter into God’s eternal rest (his salvation) because of their sinful practices.
1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-21; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13
And we read in the New Testament that, if our faith in Jesus Christ is of God, and not of our flesh, that it will result in us dying with Christ to sin, as a matter of life practice, and us walking in obedience to his commands, as a matter of how we live day to day. And if all we do is give lip service to the Lord, but we do not deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience, but sin is still what we practice, we do not know God, we are not born of God, we do not have salvation from sin, and heaven is not our eternal home.
So, under the New Covenant we must keep the commands of God and forsake our sinful lifestyles or we are not saved, and we will not inherit eternal life with God. And this is not saying that we will be absolutely perfect in everything we do or say or that we will never sin, but that sin and disobedience must not be our lifestyle, what we practice, instead of obedience to God and holy living. So we must also do what is right in the eyes of the Lord if we want his eternal rewards. And we must rebuke Satan.
[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; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Walking in The Light
An Original Work / November 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Based off 1 John 1-2
When I lift up my voice, and
Sing praise unto God,
I will fellowship with my
Lord and Savior, King.
In Him there is no darkness.
He is in the light of truth.
If we walk in His light,
From sin He purifies.
If we repent of our sins,
He’ll forgive us now,
When we humble ourselves, and
Before Jesus bow.
The man who says, “I know Him,”
But does not obey His truth,
There is no truth in him.
In darkness still he’s found.
Do not love the world of sin,
For it is hell bound.
If you follow the world, you’ll
Not in Christ be found.
The world and its desires
Will not last; they’ll expire.
The one who does God’s will,
Receives eternal life.
See that what you have heard from
Christ remains in you.
Then, you’ll remain in Christ, and
In His Father, too.
This is what He promised us –
His eternal life with God.
So, continue in Him, and
You’ll receive a crown.
Do Not Follow Other Gods
An Original Work / March 5, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
