Sue J Love
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“Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.” (Isaiah 53:4-7 NASB’95)
When Jesus Christ gave himself up for us on that cross, and he put our sins to death with him, so that by faith in him we might die with him to sin and now live to him and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands, it was not just our sins that he bore. He took upon himself our griefs, our sorrows. And that brings comfort to my heart knowing that he cares about what we are going through. He knows our pain for he suffered for us. He can empathize with us, because he went through it, too.
But Jesus didn’t die that horrible death on that cross just to forgive us our sins and to promise us eternal life with God when we die. He died so that we would die with him to sin and so that we would walk with him (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to his commands. He died and rose from the dead so that by faith in him we can now live free from the control of sin and Satan, and that we can live holy lives, pleasing to God, in the power of God, by the grace of God, and so that we can serve him with our lives.
But this isn’t just about freedom from slavery to sin and walks of obedience to his commands. This is about a love relationship between us and God. For faith in Jesus Christ is a covenant of marriage to Christ, not in a physical sense, but in a spiritual sense. We are to see our relationship with him as we would a covenant of marriage to our spouses, if we are people who literally take those covenants of marriage and fidelity and devotion to our spouses seriously, to forsake all others and to cleave only to our spouses.
We are to think of him as a marital partner, and our intimacy of relationship with him in a spiritual, and not in a physical sense. We should want to be close to him, and to spend time with him, and to share with him in what he desires for our lives, and to do the things that he wants us to do because we love him, and we want to please him, and we want to be near him. We should consider that he is right beside us at all times, and that he is fully aware of everything that is going on in our lives. And he feels our pain.
Believing in Jesus, and in what he did for us on that cross, should not be just so that we can escape hell and go to heaven when we die. Our faith in him should be about developing a love relationship with him. And we should want to go with him wherever he calls us, and wherever he leads us in doing what he planned for our lives even before he laid the foundations of the earth. Our lives should be about him and his purpose for our lives and no longer about self, living to do just what pleases us. And this is all the time, every day.
And worship of Jesus is not just about singing “worship songs” in a “worship service” and moving our hands and bodies back and forth to the music. All the time I am seeing images of people doing this and it is always called “worship of God/Jesus.” But true worship of God/Jesus is us denying self, dying with him to sin, and walking in obedience to his commands, in conduct, in practice, daily, and following him in doing whatever he has called us to do according to his will and purpose for our lives, by his Spirit.
Now all of us were born into this world with sin natures, in the image of Adam, the first man to sin against God, and the first he created. In our unregenerated state of mind we were separate from God, unable within ourselves to meet with God’s divine approval. For not one of us can be saved and on our way to heaven via our own works. It is only by the grace of God, through divinely persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus, that any of us can be saved from our sins and on our way to heaven (Ephesians 2:8-10).
But God’s grace sent Jesus to that cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will die with him to sin and now live to him and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands. And God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s soon return. For Jesus “gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds” (see Titus 2:11-14).
[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matt 7:21-23; Matt 26:26-29; Lu 9:23-26; Lu 17:25; Jn 1:1-36; Jn 6:35-58; Jn 8:24,58; Jn 10:27-33; Jn 20:28-29; Rom 5:8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 9:5; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 11:23-32; 1 Co 15:1-8; 2 Co 5:15,21; Eph 4:17-24; Php 2:5-11; Col 2:9; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 1:8-9; Heb 2:14-15; Heb 4:15; 1 Pet 2:24; 2 Pet 1:1; 1 John 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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Our Sorrows He Carried
An Original Work / March 30, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.” (Isaiah 53:4-7 NASB’95)
When Jesus Christ gave himself up for us on that cross, and he put our sins to death with him, so that by faith in him we might die with him to sin and now live to him and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands, it was not just our sins that he bore. He took upon himself our griefs, our sorrows. And that brings comfort to my heart knowing that he cares about what we are going through. He knows our pain for he suffered for us. He can empathize with us, because he went through it, too.
But Jesus didn’t die that horrible death on that cross just to forgive us our sins and to promise us eternal life with God when we die. He died so that we would die with him to sin and so that we would walk with him (in conduct, in practice) in obedience to his commands. He died and rose from the dead so that by faith in him we can now live free from the control of sin and Satan, and that we can live holy lives, pleasing to God, in the power of God, by the grace of God, and so that we can serve him with our lives.
But this isn’t just about freedom from slavery to sin and walks of obedience to his commands. This is about a love relationship between us and God. For faith in Jesus Christ is a covenant of marriage to Christ, not in a physical sense, but in a spiritual sense. We are to see our relationship with him as we would a covenant of marriage to our spouses, if we are people who literally take those covenants of marriage and fidelity and devotion to our spouses seriously, to forsake all others and to cleave only to our spouses.
We are to think of him as a marital partner, and our intimacy of relationship with him in a spiritual, and not in a physical sense. We should want to be close to him, and to spend time with him, and to share with him in what he desires for our lives, and to do the things that he wants us to do because we love him, and we want to please him, and we want to be near him. We should consider that he is right beside us at all times, and that he is fully aware of everything that is going on in our lives. And he feels our pain.
Believing in Jesus, and in what he did for us on that cross, should not be just so that we can escape hell and go to heaven when we die. Our faith in him should be about developing a love relationship with him. And we should want to go with him wherever he calls us, and wherever he leads us in doing what he planned for our lives even before he laid the foundations of the earth. Our lives should be about him and his purpose for our lives and no longer about self, living to do just what pleases us. And this is all the time, every day.
And worship of Jesus is not just about singing “worship songs” in a “worship service” and moving our hands and bodies back and forth to the music. All the time I am seeing images of people doing this and it is always called “worship of God/Jesus.” But true worship of God/Jesus is us denying self, dying with him to sin, and walking in obedience to his commands, in conduct, in practice, daily, and following him in doing whatever he has called us to do according to his will and purpose for our lives, by his Spirit.
Now all of us were born into this world with sin natures, in the image of Adam, the first man to sin against God, and the first he created. In our unregenerated state of mind we were separate from God, unable within ourselves to meet with God’s divine approval. For not one of us can be saved and on our way to heaven via our own works. It is only by the grace of God, through divinely persuaded faith in the Lord Jesus, that any of us can be saved from our sins and on our way to heaven (Ephesians 2:8-10).
But God’s grace sent Jesus to that cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by faith in him, we will die with him to sin and now live to him and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands. And God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for our Lord’s soon return. For Jesus “gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds” (see Titus 2:11-14).
[Isaiah 53:1-12; Matt 7:21-23; Matt 26:26-29; Lu 9:23-26; Lu 17:25; Jn 1:1-36; Jn 6:35-58; Jn 8:24,58; Jn 10:27-33; Jn 20:28-29; Rom 5:8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 9:5; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 11:23-32; 1 Co 15:1-8; 2 Co 5:15,21; Eph 4:17-24; Php 2:5-11; Col 2:9; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 1:8-9; Heb 2:14-15; Heb 4:15; 1 Pet 2:24; 2 Pet 1:1; 1 John 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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Our Sorrows He Carried
An Original Work / March 30, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
