“Remember not the former things,
nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.”
“Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
but you have been weary of me, O Israel!”
“..But you have burdened me with your sins;
you have wearied me with your iniquities.” (Isaiah 43:18,19,22,24 ESV)
Much of the book of Isaiah is prophetic regarding the coming of Jesus Christ and his kingdom and the Messianic age, but often mixed in with what was current in their day and time, as well. And I believe these verses here can also be understood regarding the coming of Christ into the world and his death and resurrection, and the salvation from sin and eternal life with God promised to all who by faith in Jesus Christ have died to sin, and have been reborn of the Spirit of God, and who are now living in obedience to God.
When we, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, die with Christ to sin, and we are reborn of the Spirit of God to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus, we put our past sinful lives behind us. Sin is to no longer be our master (Romans 6:1-23). Now we enter into a spiritual marriage relationship with Jesus Christ, with him as our husband, and with us as his bride. And now our lives are to be given over to the Lord to do his will and purpose he has for our lives, by his grace, and in his wisdom and power.
And now the Lord is making the way for us to walk in it, despite our circumstances, and despite all that is happening all around us, and despite what evil our enemies are plotting against us. Even when all looks hopeless, God makes a way for us to walk (spiritually, in conduct) in doing what pleases him and what will bring him glory, and what is for our ultimate good, even if it doesn’t feel good on a surface level, such as trials and tribulations which come to test our faith but are to make us stronger in our faith.
But, sadly, not everyone has accepted God’s gift of salvation from sin via biblical faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God and which is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die to sin and now obey our Lord’s commands. Even many who profess faith in Jesus Christ are not of genuine biblical faith, for they have given lip service only to God, and they have not died to sin nor are they walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in daily walks of faith.
Many of them who profess the name of Jesus are following after an altered “gospel” message which is a half-truth (lie) “gospel,” not of God but of human flesh and human design and purpose. For it does not require that the believers in Christ turn from (die to) sin to now obey God with their lives. And so many of them continue in their deliberate and habitual sins, assuming that heaven is secured them regardless of how they live. But all that is directly opposed to the gospel taught by Jesus and by his apostles.
For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).
So, please study the Scriptures in their correct biblical context so that you know what they teach, in truth, and so you follow them, in truth.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; 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 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
The Lord’s Anointed
Based off Isaiah 61
An Original Work / December 16, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
The Spirit of the Sov’reign Lord on me;
Anointed to preach the Good News;
Sent me to bind up the brokenhearted;
Proclaim freedom for the captives.
He sent me to preach release for pris’ners
Who are walking in sin’s darkness;
Proclaim God’s grace to all men who’ll listen;
And tell them about God’s judgments;
Comfort all who mourn;
Give crowns of beauty;
Oil of gladness and thanksgiving.
They will be called oaks of God’s righteousness,
A planting of our Savior, God,
For the display of our Lord’s splendor, and
They will rebuild God’s holy church.
God will renew them, and will restore them,
And you’ll be called priests of the Lord.
You will be ministers of our God, and
You will rejoice in salvation.
The Lord loves justice;
He is faithful to
Reward those who are seeking Him.
I delight greatly in the Lord;
My soul rejoices in my Savior, God.
He has clothed me with His salvation,
And in a robe of His righteousness.
He has given me priestly garments to wear,
As the bride of Jesus Christ.
As the garden of our Lord and Savior,
He causes us to grow in Him.
He makes righteousness,
Praise, and thanksgiving
Spring up before all the nations.
Anointed to Preach the Good News
An Original Work / October 8, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
