Sue J Love
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- Mar 27, 2015
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“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without cost.
“Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And delight yourself in abundance.
“Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that you may live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you..” (Isaiah 55:1-3 NASB1995)
This is one of those passages of Scripture which is spoken more in figurative language and which we are to interpret on a spiritual level, kind of like the parables that Jesus spoke. For this is not about physical thirst, nor is it about physical water. And this is not about physical money and physical food. And “buying” is not about purchasing anything with physical money.
This is speaking to people who are spiritually bankrupt, who do not have the Spirit of God living within them, who do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. Even if they profess faith in Jesus Christ with their lips, they do not know the Lord because they have not died with him to sin and they are not now walking in obedience to his commands in holy living.
But this doesn’t mean that these people are aware of their spiritual emptiness. Many are those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, who are convinced that they are now saved from the punishment of sin, that all their sins are forgiven, and that heaven is now guaranteed them when they die. But they don’t realize that they are “wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked” (Revelation 3:17), spiritually speaking. So Jesus says to them:
“I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.” (Revelation 3:18-19 ESV)
And that passage of Scripture in Revelation 3 parallels this passage in Isaiah 55 – same basic message – all to be taken more figuratively and to be applied to our lives in a spiritual and not a physical sense.
So, what is the overall message to be gained by us here? When we are born into this world, we are born with sin natures, in the image of Adam, separate from God and not able, in ourselves, to attain salvation from sin and eternal life with God. There is not anything that we can do in our flesh to be approved by God and to be righteous in his sight. No amount of good works, on our part, will ever earn us salvation from sin and eternal life with God.
Only because of Jesus’ blood sacrifice on that cross for the sins of the world can any of us have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And not one of us can come to faith in Jesus Christ unless God first draws us to Christ, i.e. unless we are first persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to, by faith, die with him to sin and now walk in obedience to his commands. Even the faith to believe in Jesus comes from God and is not of our own doing, lest we should boast.
So, we have not the resources within ourselves to be saved from our sins and to have the hope of eternal life with God. Only by God’s grace through God-gifted faith in Jesus can we enter into genuine relationship with the Lord. But faith which comes from God results in us dying with Christ to sin and us now walking in obedience to his commands, in his power. And the grace of God is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives for the glory of God.
And I believe this is what it means that we buy without money, because believing in Jesus does not come from ourselves, but it is persuaded of God, and it is gifted of God, and is not of human flesh. Jesus paid the cost with his life in death on that cross so that we can now die with him to sin and walk in obedience to his commands. But he did not die just to forgive us our sins and to promise us heaven when we die, but in his death he put our sins to death with him, and he rose from the dead victorious over sin, so that by his grace we may now die with him to sin and walk in obedience to him.
For the covenant he makes with those of genuine faith in him is not just that he will forgive their sins and that heaven will be their eternal home, and even that is conditional upon us dying with him to sin and walking in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit, in the power of God. So, the covenant requires that we die with him to sin and that sin is no longer what we practice, but now obedience to our Lord and to his commands and holy living are what we practice, by his grace, in his power.
So, yes, it is by God’s grace, through God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in the Lord Jesus that we are saved and that we have the hope of heaven when we leave this earth. And this is not of our own doing, not of the flesh of humans. But.. God’s grace trains us and requires of us to renounce our sinful ways and to now live holy lives, pleasing to him, in walks of obedience to his commands. And by faith we must die with him to sin and walk in obedience to his commands, for that is why Jesus died on that cross. But if we refuse, and we continue to walk in sin, and not obedience, we have not life in Christ.
[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 5:16-21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Believe Him
An Original Work / July 15, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
My heart cries: Lord, won’t You hear me
Seeking You for the answers
To my heartache and questions
I have concerning my life?
Speak, Lord, to me right now.
“Oh, dear one, why don’t you trust Me
With your life’s circumstances?
Give your all on the altar
In submission of your will
To My purpose for you.
“Surrender your life completely
To your Lord and your Savior.
He has all things planned for you
For His glory and honor.
He’ll work all things for good.
“Believe Him. He will fulfill all
Of His promises to you
For your life and your future.
Trust Him. Rest in His love.
He’ll give you peace from above.”
Listen Carefully To Me
An Original Work / March 3, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
And you who have no money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without cost.
“Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And delight yourself in abundance.
“Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that you may live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you..” (Isaiah 55:1-3 NASB1995)
This is one of those passages of Scripture which is spoken more in figurative language and which we are to interpret on a spiritual level, kind of like the parables that Jesus spoke. For this is not about physical thirst, nor is it about physical water. And this is not about physical money and physical food. And “buying” is not about purchasing anything with physical money.
This is speaking to people who are spiritually bankrupt, who do not have the Spirit of God living within them, who do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. Even if they profess faith in Jesus Christ with their lips, they do not know the Lord because they have not died with him to sin and they are not now walking in obedience to his commands in holy living.
But this doesn’t mean that these people are aware of their spiritual emptiness. Many are those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, who are convinced that they are now saved from the punishment of sin, that all their sins are forgiven, and that heaven is now guaranteed them when they die. But they don’t realize that they are “wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked” (Revelation 3:17), spiritually speaking. So Jesus says to them:
“I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.” (Revelation 3:18-19 ESV)
And that passage of Scripture in Revelation 3 parallels this passage in Isaiah 55 – same basic message – all to be taken more figuratively and to be applied to our lives in a spiritual and not a physical sense.
So, what is the overall message to be gained by us here? When we are born into this world, we are born with sin natures, in the image of Adam, separate from God and not able, in ourselves, to attain salvation from sin and eternal life with God. There is not anything that we can do in our flesh to be approved by God and to be righteous in his sight. No amount of good works, on our part, will ever earn us salvation from sin and eternal life with God.
Only because of Jesus’ blood sacrifice on that cross for the sins of the world can any of us have salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And not one of us can come to faith in Jesus Christ unless God first draws us to Christ, i.e. unless we are first persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to, by faith, die with him to sin and now walk in obedience to his commands. Even the faith to believe in Jesus comes from God and is not of our own doing, lest we should boast.
So, we have not the resources within ourselves to be saved from our sins and to have the hope of eternal life with God. Only by God’s grace through God-gifted faith in Jesus can we enter into genuine relationship with the Lord. But faith which comes from God results in us dying with Christ to sin and us now walking in obedience to his commands, in his power. And the grace of God is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives for the glory of God.
And I believe this is what it means that we buy without money, because believing in Jesus does not come from ourselves, but it is persuaded of God, and it is gifted of God, and is not of human flesh. Jesus paid the cost with his life in death on that cross so that we can now die with him to sin and walk in obedience to his commands. But he did not die just to forgive us our sins and to promise us heaven when we die, but in his death he put our sins to death with him, and he rose from the dead victorious over sin, so that by his grace we may now die with him to sin and walk in obedience to him.
For the covenant he makes with those of genuine faith in him is not just that he will forgive their sins and that heaven will be their eternal home, and even that is conditional upon us dying with him to sin and walking in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit, in the power of God. So, the covenant requires that we die with him to sin and that sin is no longer what we practice, but now obedience to our Lord and to his commands and holy living are what we practice, by his grace, in his power.
So, yes, it is by God’s grace, through God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in the Lord Jesus that we are saved and that we have the hope of heaven when we leave this earth. And this is not of our own doing, not of the flesh of humans. But.. God’s grace trains us and requires of us to renounce our sinful ways and to now live holy lives, pleasing to him, in walks of obedience to his commands. And by faith we must die with him to sin and walk in obedience to his commands, for that is why Jesus died on that cross. But if we refuse, and we continue to walk in sin, and not obedience, we have not life in Christ.
[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 5:16-21; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Believe Him
An Original Work / July 15, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
My heart cries: Lord, won’t You hear me
Seeking You for the answers
To my heartache and questions
I have concerning my life?
Speak, Lord, to me right now.
“Oh, dear one, why don’t you trust Me
With your life’s circumstances?
Give your all on the altar
In submission of your will
To My purpose for you.
“Surrender your life completely
To your Lord and your Savior.
He has all things planned for you
For His glory and honor.
He’ll work all things for good.
“Believe Him. He will fulfill all
Of His promises to you
For your life and your future.
Trust Him. Rest in His love.
He’ll give you peace from above.”
Listen Carefully To Me
An Original Work / March 3, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
