Sue J Love
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“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” (1 John 5:1-5 NIV)
Essential to our faith in Jesus Christ is that we believe that he is the only begotten Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and that he is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While he lived on the earth he was both God (God incarnate) and man, but without sin. We must believe that he is the Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Deliverer, the Savior of Israel and of the world. But belief is not just with our minds, but it is in our hearts, and it is evidenced by our actions.
[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matt 26:26-29; Lu 17:25; Jn 1:1-36; Jn 6:35-58; Jn 8:24,58; Jn 20:28-29; Rom 5:8; Rom 9:5; 1 Co 11:23-32; 1 Co 15:1-8; Php 2:5-11; Col 2:9; Heb 1:8-9; Heb 2:14-15; Heb 4:15; 2 Pet 1:1]
So, if we truly believe that Jesus Christ is and was who he said he was, and who the Scriptures teach that he was and is, then that should be reflected by how we live. For if I am convinced that Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Scripture regarding the Christ (the Messiah) who was to come, then I will submit to his Lordship (kingship) over my life, I will surrender my will to his will for my life, and I will let him deliver me from bondage to sin. And I will obey him and his commandments, and not resist him and his will.
Thus, it is not enough to just make an intellectual assent to Jesus being the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God, for if that is what we really believe then we will live what we say we believe. For belief is not just in our minds, but it is in our actions, and it is reflected in our behaviors. The same it is with love. For to love is in action, and it is to prefer what God prefers, and if we love God/Christ, in truth, then we will obey him and his commands. For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience, we don’t really know God/Christ at all.
Now if we are to love one another with this same love, we must first love God/Christ with the love which honors him as King of our lives, which submits to his Lordship over our lives, and which obeys him, in practice. Then we can love one another as Christ loves us with an unselfish and self-sacrificial love which regards the true needs of others above thoughts of whether or not they will like us in return, and of what it might cost us, and without regard to how others view us and receive us, just like Jesus loves.
For to love God and our fellow humans requires that we put the will and purpose of God, of Christ, in the forefront, and that we love as God/Christ loves us and gave his life up for on that cross. For Jesus submitted to being crucified on a cross, taking upon himself the sins of the entire world, in order to put our sin to death with him so that we, by faith in him, might die with him to sin and now live for him in walks of surrender to his will and in obedience to his commands in holy living, by God’s grace, in his power.
So if we love the people of this world, including those who profess faith in the Lord Jesus, with this same love, which comes from God, we will not lie to the people. We will not tell them stories to make them feel good while we withhold from them the truth of the gospel which, by faith in the Lord, can deliver their souls from hell, and can free them from their addiction to sin, and will give them a new lease on life free to live for God/Jesus Christ and no longer for the sinful pleasures of the flesh. Because that is love!
[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 6:44; Jn 8:31-32; Jn 15:1-12; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:24; Rom 11:17-24; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; 2 Tim 1:8-9; 2 Tim 2:10-13; Heb 9:28; Heb 3:6,14-15; 1 Pet 1:5,9; 2 Pet 1:5-11; 2 Pet 2:20-22; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
As the Deer
By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1
As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
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Jesus is The Christ
An Original Work / February 19, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Essential to our faith in Jesus Christ is that we believe that he is the only begotten Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and that he is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While he lived on the earth he was both God (God incarnate) and man, but without sin. We must believe that he is the Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Deliverer, the Savior of Israel and of the world. But belief is not just with our minds, but it is in our hearts, and it is evidenced by our actions.
[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matt 26:26-29; Lu 17:25; Jn 1:1-36; Jn 6:35-58; Jn 8:24,58; Jn 20:28-29; Rom 5:8; Rom 9:5; 1 Co 11:23-32; 1 Co 15:1-8; Php 2:5-11; Col 2:9; Heb 1:8-9; Heb 2:14-15; Heb 4:15; 2 Pet 1:1]
So, if we truly believe that Jesus Christ is and was who he said he was, and who the Scriptures teach that he was and is, then that should be reflected by how we live. For if I am convinced that Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Scripture regarding the Christ (the Messiah) who was to come, then I will submit to his Lordship (kingship) over my life, I will surrender my will to his will for my life, and I will let him deliver me from bondage to sin. And I will obey him and his commandments, and not resist him and his will.
Thus, it is not enough to just make an intellectual assent to Jesus being the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God, for if that is what we really believe then we will live what we say we believe. For belief is not just in our minds, but it is in our actions, and it is reflected in our behaviors. The same it is with love. For to love is in action, and it is to prefer what God prefers, and if we love God/Christ, in truth, then we will obey him and his commands. For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience, we don’t really know God/Christ at all.
Now if we are to love one another with this same love, we must first love God/Christ with the love which honors him as King of our lives, which submits to his Lordship over our lives, and which obeys him, in practice. Then we can love one another as Christ loves us with an unselfish and self-sacrificial love which regards the true needs of others above thoughts of whether or not they will like us in return, and of what it might cost us, and without regard to how others view us and receive us, just like Jesus loves.
For to love God and our fellow humans requires that we put the will and purpose of God, of Christ, in the forefront, and that we love as God/Christ loves us and gave his life up for on that cross. For Jesus submitted to being crucified on a cross, taking upon himself the sins of the entire world, in order to put our sin to death with him so that we, by faith in him, might die with him to sin and now live for him in walks of surrender to his will and in obedience to his commands in holy living, by God’s grace, in his power.
So if we love the people of this world, including those who profess faith in the Lord Jesus, with this same love, which comes from God, we will not lie to the people. We will not tell them stories to make them feel good while we withhold from them the truth of the gospel which, by faith in the Lord, can deliver their souls from hell, and can free them from their addiction to sin, and will give them a new lease on life free to live for God/Jesus Christ and no longer for the sinful pleasures of the flesh. Because that is love!
[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 6:44; Jn 8:31-32; Jn 15:1-12; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:24; Rom 11:17-24; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; 2 Tim 1:8-9; 2 Tim 2:10-13; Heb 9:28; Heb 3:6,14-15; 1 Pet 1:5,9; 2 Pet 1:5-11; 2 Pet 2:20-22; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
As the Deer
By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1
As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You
Caution: This link may contain ads
Jesus is The Christ
An Original Work / February 19, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
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