Sue J Love
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“Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.” (1 John 3:18-22 NASB’95)
Don’t call it love when it isn’t love.
If we say we know God, or that we love God, or that we are in fellowship with God, but while we continue in deliberate and habitual sin against God and against other humans, even those we claim to love, and while we do not walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice, then don’t call it love, because it isn’t love. Don’t say to God or to other humans that you love them and then turn right around and deliberately sin against them knowing full well that what you are doing is wrong and is against them to harm them.
Don’t say that you believe in Jesus, and that he is your Lord and Savior, and claim heaven as your eternal destiny, if you are deliberately and habitually sinning against the Lord, and if you are not keeping his commandments, in practice, but you are doing whatever your flesh wants, instead. That would be like someone who is married saying to their spouse that they love them, but then going right out and willfully committing adultery against them, premeditatedly plotting such evil against them, without conscience.
Therefore, love is not just words we speak, but love is shown in what we do. If we say we love someone, but then deliberately do the opposite of love, then the words are cheap, and they are an insult to the one to whom they are said. Love is action, and it is demonstrated by what we do. But this word “love” is not to be defined by human flesh. For it means to prefer what God prefers, which is what is holy, righteous, morally pure, upright, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord. So we love others like Jesus loves us.
And how did Jesus love the people of the world? Well, he willingly left his throne in heaven, humbled himself, and was born as a human baby to a human mother, conceived of the Holy Spirit. And he suffered like we suffer, and he was tempted in like manner as we are also tempted, yet without sin. And eventually he was put to death on a cross. And in his death he put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we might die to sin and walk in obedience to his commands in holy living, in the power of God.
But while he lived on the earth he ministered to the needs of the people. He healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, fed the hungry, comforted the sorrowful, and he performed many miracles in the sight of the people. And he preached repentance (turning from sin, death to sin) and walks of obedience to his commands as necessary components of genuine faith resulting in salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And he spoke truth to the people, not lies to tickle itching ears.
And we should follow in his footsteps. And we should be sharing with the people of the world the same gospel message that he taught, which was that if we would come after him, we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if we die with Christ to sin, and walk in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit, then we have the hope of salvation from sin and eternal life with God in his heavenly kingdom.
So many people today are teaching a “gospel” of salvation message which is absent of repentance (death to sin) and walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commandments. They are teaching that all you have to do is verbalize faith in Jesus Christ and now heaven is secured for you when you die. But that is not what Jesus taught. It is not what his New Testament apostles taught, not if you read what they taught in their fulness in the correct biblical context. But so many are teaching love for God by lip service only.
But all throughout the New Testament writings we are instructed that love for God results in walks of obedience to his commands and the forsaking of our sinful practices resulting in holy living, or it is not love, and it is not faith, and it will not result in salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And so many people are teaching that you don’t have to do anything to be pleasing to God, but the Scriptures teach that we are to do the things that are pleasing in his sight. And this, because we love him, we want to please him.
[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 5:16-24; 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]
Lead Me Gently Home, Father
By Will L. Thompson, 1879
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home;
When life’s toils are ended,
And parting days have come,
Sin no more shall tempt me,
Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam,
If Thou’ll only lead me, Father,
Lead me gently home.
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home;
In life’s darkest hours, Father,
When life’s troubles come,
Keep my feet from wand’ring,
Lest from Thee I roam,
Lest I fall upon the wayside,
Lead me gently home.
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Not Words Only, But in Action
An Original Work / April 6, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Don’t call it love when it isn’t love.
If we say we know God, or that we love God, or that we are in fellowship with God, but while we continue in deliberate and habitual sin against God and against other humans, even those we claim to love, and while we do not walk in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice, then don’t call it love, because it isn’t love. Don’t say to God or to other humans that you love them and then turn right around and deliberately sin against them knowing full well that what you are doing is wrong and is against them to harm them.
Don’t say that you believe in Jesus, and that he is your Lord and Savior, and claim heaven as your eternal destiny, if you are deliberately and habitually sinning against the Lord, and if you are not keeping his commandments, in practice, but you are doing whatever your flesh wants, instead. That would be like someone who is married saying to their spouse that they love them, but then going right out and willfully committing adultery against them, premeditatedly plotting such evil against them, without conscience.
Therefore, love is not just words we speak, but love is shown in what we do. If we say we love someone, but then deliberately do the opposite of love, then the words are cheap, and they are an insult to the one to whom they are said. Love is action, and it is demonstrated by what we do. But this word “love” is not to be defined by human flesh. For it means to prefer what God prefers, which is what is holy, righteous, morally pure, upright, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord. So we love others like Jesus loves us.
And how did Jesus love the people of the world? Well, he willingly left his throne in heaven, humbled himself, and was born as a human baby to a human mother, conceived of the Holy Spirit. And he suffered like we suffer, and he was tempted in like manner as we are also tempted, yet without sin. And eventually he was put to death on a cross. And in his death he put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we might die to sin and walk in obedience to his commands in holy living, in the power of God.
But while he lived on the earth he ministered to the needs of the people. He healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, fed the hungry, comforted the sorrowful, and he performed many miracles in the sight of the people. And he preached repentance (turning from sin, death to sin) and walks of obedience to his commands as necessary components of genuine faith resulting in salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And he spoke truth to the people, not lies to tickle itching ears.
And we should follow in his footsteps. And we should be sharing with the people of the world the same gospel message that he taught, which was that if we would come after him, we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to our lives of living in sin and for self, we will lose them for eternity. But if we die with Christ to sin, and walk in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit, then we have the hope of salvation from sin and eternal life with God in his heavenly kingdom.
So many people today are teaching a “gospel” of salvation message which is absent of repentance (death to sin) and walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commandments. They are teaching that all you have to do is verbalize faith in Jesus Christ and now heaven is secured for you when you die. But that is not what Jesus taught. It is not what his New Testament apostles taught, not if you read what they taught in their fulness in the correct biblical context. But so many are teaching love for God by lip service only.
But all throughout the New Testament writings we are instructed that love for God results in walks of obedience to his commands and the forsaking of our sinful practices resulting in holy living, or it is not love, and it is not faith, and it will not result in salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And so many people are teaching that you don’t have to do anything to be pleasing to God, but the Scriptures teach that we are to do the things that are pleasing in his sight. And this, because we love him, we want to please him.
[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 5:16-24; 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]
Lead Me Gently Home, Father
By Will L. Thompson, 1879
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home;
When life’s toils are ended,
And parting days have come,
Sin no more shall tempt me,
Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam,
If Thou’ll only lead me, Father,
Lead me gently home.
Lead me gently home, Father,
Lead me gently home;
In life’s darkest hours, Father,
When life’s troubles come,
Keep my feet from wand’ring,
Lest from Thee I roam,
Lest I fall upon the wayside,
Lead me gently home.
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Not Words Only, But in Action
An Original Work / April 6, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
