Sue J Love
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“And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For this is contained in Scripture:
“‘Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, and he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.’ This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,’ and, ‘A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense’; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.” (1 Peter 2:4-8 NASB’95)
Jesus Christ is not only the only begotten Son of God, but he is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He was with God in the beginning, he is God, and he is our creator God who made us. He who is God left his throne in heaven, came to earth, and was born as a baby to a human mother, conceived of the Holy Spirit. While he lived on the earth he was fully God and fully human (God incarnate), yet he never sinned.
While he lived on the earth he healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, comforted the sorrowful, fed the hungry, and performed many miracles in the sight of the people. But he also preached repentance for forgiveness of (salvation from) our sins, and obedience as required for salvation and for eternal life with God. For our salvation is something that is ongoing, as should be our faith, until the very end.
The crowds followed him because of his miracles, because he healed them of their diseases, and because he fed them miraculously, but few truly believed in him. Many deserted him because they said his message was “too hard.” And the rulers in the temple persecuted him because he healed people on the Sabbath, because he claimed to be equal with (to be) God, and because he confronted them with their sins and he spoke truth to their hearts.
And so they plotted his death, which was carried out. But in his death on that cross he took upon himself the sins of the world, putting them to death with him, so that we, by faith in him, can now die with him to sin and live for him in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. He shed his blood for us on that cross to buy us back for God (to redeem us) out of our lives of addiction to sin so that we will now serve him in obedience to his commands.
As those who believe in Jesus Christ, with God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, we must continue to die with Christ to sin daily and to walk in obedience to his commands in holy living, for to this we were called. And we must follow the leading of the Spirit within us in what to do each day, and where to go, and in what to say, and as to what gifts we have of the Spirit, and as to what our specific body part is within the body of Christ.
For Jesus did not die that horrible death on that cross just to save us from the punishment of sin so that we escape hell and get to go to heaven when we die. He died to deliver us out of our slavery (addiction, bondage) to sin so that we will obey him and his commands, and so that we will be his followers (disciples) in obeying his calling upon our lives, and in taking the message of the gospel of our salvation to the people of the world.
[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]
I AM
By L. Wayne Hilliard / Michael W. Smith
I am the root of David,
The bright and morning star,
I am the Lion of Judah,
I am, I am,
I am Alpha and Omega,
The beginning and the end,
The first and the last –
I am, I am.
I am faithful and true,
I am the Word of God,
I am the Lamb, I am, I am.
I am the Resurrection
And He that lives,
I am alive forever, Amen, Amen.
I am the King of kings and Lord of lords,
I am holy, holy Lord God Almighty
Which was, and is, and is to come,
I am, I am, I am that I am.
I am, I am, I am!
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Spiritual Sacrifices Acceptable to God
An Original Work / March 20, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
“‘Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, and he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.’ This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,’ and, ‘A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense’; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.” (1 Peter 2:4-8 NASB’95)
Jesus Christ is not only the only begotten Son of God, but he is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He was with God in the beginning, he is God, and he is our creator God who made us. He who is God left his throne in heaven, came to earth, and was born as a baby to a human mother, conceived of the Holy Spirit. While he lived on the earth he was fully God and fully human (God incarnate), yet he never sinned.
While he lived on the earth he healed the sick and afflicted, raised the dead, delivered people from demons, comforted the sorrowful, fed the hungry, and performed many miracles in the sight of the people. But he also preached repentance for forgiveness of (salvation from) our sins, and obedience as required for salvation and for eternal life with God. For our salvation is something that is ongoing, as should be our faith, until the very end.
The crowds followed him because of his miracles, because he healed them of their diseases, and because he fed them miraculously, but few truly believed in him. Many deserted him because they said his message was “too hard.” And the rulers in the temple persecuted him because he healed people on the Sabbath, because he claimed to be equal with (to be) God, and because he confronted them with their sins and he spoke truth to their hearts.
And so they plotted his death, which was carried out. But in his death on that cross he took upon himself the sins of the world, putting them to death with him, so that we, by faith in him, can now die with him to sin and live for him in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. He shed his blood for us on that cross to buy us back for God (to redeem us) out of our lives of addiction to sin so that we will now serve him in obedience to his commands.
As those who believe in Jesus Christ, with God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, we must continue to die with Christ to sin daily and to walk in obedience to his commands in holy living, for to this we were called. And we must follow the leading of the Spirit within us in what to do each day, and where to go, and in what to say, and as to what gifts we have of the Spirit, and as to what our specific body part is within the body of Christ.
For Jesus did not die that horrible death on that cross just to save us from the punishment of sin so that we escape hell and get to go to heaven when we die. He died to deliver us out of our slavery (addiction, bondage) to sin so that we will obey him and his commands, and so that we will be his followers (disciples) in obeying his calling upon our lives, and in taking the message of the gospel of our salvation to the people of the world.
[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]
I AM
By L. Wayne Hilliard / Michael W. Smith
I am the root of David,
The bright and morning star,
I am the Lion of Judah,
I am, I am,
I am Alpha and Omega,
The beginning and the end,
The first and the last –
I am, I am.
I am faithful and true,
I am the Word of God,
I am the Lamb, I am, I am.
I am the Resurrection
And He that lives,
I am alive forever, Amen, Amen.
I am the King of kings and Lord of lords,
I am holy, holy Lord God Almighty
Which was, and is, and is to come,
I am, I am, I am that I am.
I am, I am, I am!
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Spiritual Sacrifices Acceptable to God
An Original Work / March 20, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
