Deceived With Empty Words

If our faith in Jesus Christ is genuine biblical faith, of God, and not of the flesh of humans, and not of the will of man, then we have been crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to his 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 is what we obey, it results in righteousness and sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

Therefore, all immorality and impurity must no longer have an active part in our lives. For it is morally wrong and improper for us who profess faith in Jesus Christ to still be walking in sin, making sin our habit. For Jesus Christ gave his life up for us on that cross to put our sins to death with him so that we will die with him to sin and walk with him in obedience to his commands in holy living. For in his death on that cross he bought us back for God (he redeemed us) out of our lives of slavery (addiction) to sin so that we will now, by his grace, and in his power, serve God with our lives.

So, please know that if you are being taught that you can just pray a prayer to receive Christ, or that you can just make a verbal confession of Jesus as Lord, or that you can just acknowledge what Jesus did for us on that cross and that he was raised from the dead, and now you are saved, all sins are forgiven, and heaven is secured for you when you die, you are being taught a half-truth, which is a lie. For the Scriptures make it very clear that faith in Jesus, which comes from God, must result in us dying to sin and walking in obedience to God, in practice, or it is not genuine faith which saves from sin.

For the life of a true follower (disciple) of Christ involves us putting away our former lives of walking in sin so that, by the grace of God, we will now walk in purity of devotion to our Lord in obedience to his commands in holy living. For the grace of God, which is bringing us salvation, instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s return. For Jesus Christ “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).

But in our present day “Christian” culture here in America, the most popular teaching regarded as “the gospel of Christ” is an altered version of the gospel taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles. For many are teaching that a profession of faith in Jesus Christ is enough to secure for us forgiveness of all sins and heaven as our eternal destiny. But Jesus taught that if we are going to come after him we must deny self, die to sin daily, and follow him in walks of obedience to his commands. For if we continue living in sin, we will not inherit eternal life with God (see Luke 9:23-26).

And because this diluted and altered “gospel” is what is prevailing among those professing faith in Jesus Christ, we have a “Christian” culture of people who are still living to please the flesh, and not God, who are still living in idolatry, adultery, sexual immorality, and/or drunkenness, lying, cheating, and stealing what is not theirs from people who they care nothing about, but who they are just using in order to fulfill the sinful lusts of the flesh. And so this is a warning to all who profess the name of Jesus that no immoral person, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of God/Christ.

[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.


Deceived With Empty Words
An Original Work / May 11, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love