Sue J Love
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“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV)
Born the last day of 1949, in the USA, I have lived on this earth 75 years. In my lifetime I have seen a drastic decline in Christianity, in the teachings of the gospel of our salvation, in morality, and in a desire for “believers” in Jesus to follow him in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. I have watched as it appears that most of “the church” has been turned into businesses of human origin to be marketed to the people of the world, and the gospel message altered to not offend the people of the world who they are drawing into their gatherings.
The church, overall, now mimics the world in so many ways, and not many are teaching God’s requirements for death to sin and walks of obedience to his commands for our faith to be biblical faith which results in salvation from sin and eternal life with God. It is barely distinguishable between the church and the world anymore; they are so blended together. And sinful addiction is running rampant in so many church gatherings, for sinful practices are now largely being accepted as normal, even for “followers” of Jesus Christ.
And so if you are someone who takes God and his word seriously, who is putting the teachings of the Scriptures into practice in your daily life, who is honoring the Lord with how you live, and who is sharing the truth of the gospel with the worldly church and with the people of the world, then you are considered odd. And you may face rejection even from others who profess faith in Jesus Christ, even from some worldly pastors who are following marketing schemes instead of the Lord’s instructions for us.
Not everyone is like what is described in this passage of Scripture, thank the Lord, but I do believe we live in a culture, even within the “Christian church,” which is promoting much of this as normal behavior, even among pastors of churches. So, as the days go by, I believe we are seeing more and more of these types of attitudes and behaviors, even among professing Christians who may have an outward appearance of godliness, but who deny its power in their lives, in daily practice. We’re not to fellowship with such people.
“For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.” (2 Timothy 3:6-9 ESV)
Sexual immorality is especially running rampant in today’s modern church gatherings since so many preachers now are not teaching the necessity of death to sin and of walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands. And I do believe that easy access to the internet and to a world of evil via smart phones has just opened that door wide to so many people, mostly men, but to some women, to become addicts to inappropriate viewing material and then to acting out in some manner what they are viewing on the screen.
A few years ago my husband and I attended some type of a meeting at a local Christian counseling facility to listen to a woman speaker talk about addiction and how to overcome it, or at least I thought that was to be the objective. A man in the room, who hinted at the fact that he was vegging out on pornographic material, was told by the woman to just “claim who you are in Christ,” in order to keep from feeling guilty. The goal these days seems to be to remove the guilt, but not the sin causing the guilt feelings.
And many are using this “just claim who you are in Christ” to erase guilt feelings, but while they continue in addictive sin. But we are only “in Christ” by genuine faith in him, which results in us denying self, dying to sin daily, and walking (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. So we can only claim what is truth. And God’s promises to us all have conditions that we must meet for us to be “in Christ” and for us to claim we are “in Christ,” but “in Christ” should not be used as a coverup for deliberate sin.
For, the Scriptures teach that if our faith is genuine that it will result in us dying to sin and walking in obedience to our Lord, in practice. This doesn’t mean we will be absolutely perfect in every respect, but it does mean that we will no longer be making sin our practice, and not obedience to our Lord. For if sin is what we practice, by habit, and not walks of obedience to our Lord and to his New Covenant commands, then we will be disqualified regarding the faith, and 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; 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]
For Our Nation
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.
Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.
In the Last Days
An Original Work / February 12, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Born the last day of 1949, in the USA, I have lived on this earth 75 years. In my lifetime I have seen a drastic decline in Christianity, in the teachings of the gospel of our salvation, in morality, and in a desire for “believers” in Jesus to follow him in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. I have watched as it appears that most of “the church” has been turned into businesses of human origin to be marketed to the people of the world, and the gospel message altered to not offend the people of the world who they are drawing into their gatherings.
The church, overall, now mimics the world in so many ways, and not many are teaching God’s requirements for death to sin and walks of obedience to his commands for our faith to be biblical faith which results in salvation from sin and eternal life with God. It is barely distinguishable between the church and the world anymore; they are so blended together. And sinful addiction is running rampant in so many church gatherings, for sinful practices are now largely being accepted as normal, even for “followers” of Jesus Christ.
And so if you are someone who takes God and his word seriously, who is putting the teachings of the Scriptures into practice in your daily life, who is honoring the Lord with how you live, and who is sharing the truth of the gospel with the worldly church and with the people of the world, then you are considered odd. And you may face rejection even from others who profess faith in Jesus Christ, even from some worldly pastors who are following marketing schemes instead of the Lord’s instructions for us.
Not everyone is like what is described in this passage of Scripture, thank the Lord, but I do believe we live in a culture, even within the “Christian church,” which is promoting much of this as normal behavior, even among pastors of churches. So, as the days go by, I believe we are seeing more and more of these types of attitudes and behaviors, even among professing Christians who may have an outward appearance of godliness, but who deny its power in their lives, in daily practice. We’re not to fellowship with such people.
“For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.” (2 Timothy 3:6-9 ESV)
Sexual immorality is especially running rampant in today’s modern church gatherings since so many preachers now are not teaching the necessity of death to sin and of walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands. And I do believe that easy access to the internet and to a world of evil via smart phones has just opened that door wide to so many people, mostly men, but to some women, to become addicts to inappropriate viewing material and then to acting out in some manner what they are viewing on the screen.
A few years ago my husband and I attended some type of a meeting at a local Christian counseling facility to listen to a woman speaker talk about addiction and how to overcome it, or at least I thought that was to be the objective. A man in the room, who hinted at the fact that he was vegging out on pornographic material, was told by the woman to just “claim who you are in Christ,” in order to keep from feeling guilty. The goal these days seems to be to remove the guilt, but not the sin causing the guilt feelings.
And many are using this “just claim who you are in Christ” to erase guilt feelings, but while they continue in addictive sin. But we are only “in Christ” by genuine faith in him, which results in us denying self, dying to sin daily, and walking (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord and to his commands. So we can only claim what is truth. And God’s promises to us all have conditions that we must meet for us to be “in Christ” and for us to claim we are “in Christ,” but “in Christ” should not be used as a coverup for deliberate sin.
For, the Scriptures teach that if our faith is genuine that it will result in us dying to sin and walking in obedience to our Lord, in practice. This doesn’t mean we will be absolutely perfect in every respect, but it does mean that we will no longer be making sin our practice, and not obedience to our Lord. For if sin is what we practice, by habit, and not walks of obedience to our Lord and to his New Covenant commands, then we will be disqualified regarding the faith, and 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; 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]
For Our Nation
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.
Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.
In the Last Days
An Original Work / February 12, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
