The One That Remains Faithful

[Christsfreeservant]

“In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:​

‘We have a strong city;​

He sets up walls and ramparts for security.​

Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,​

The one that remains faithful.​

The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace,​

Because he trusts in You.​

Trust in the Lord forever,​

For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.’” (Isaiah 26:1-4 NASB1995)​

The City of God in our present day, ever since Jesus Christ died and rose again to take away the sins of the world, is the church, the body of Christ, the people of God who have put our faith in the Lord Jesus to deliver us out of our slavery to sin so that we can now walk in obedience to our Lord in holy living, by his Spirit, in his power. We are a spiritual city made up of the people of God, with our salvation as our walls and ramparts for security.

[1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Galatians 3:26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:8-22; Colossians 3:12-15; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 8:6-13; Hebrews 10:30; Hebrews 11:25; 1 Peter 2:9-10]

And the gate into this city is Jesus Christ and his gospel of salvation. And only by God-gifted, God-provided, and God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ can any of us be saved from our sins and have eternal life with God. But by faith we must die with Christ to sin, not just once, but daily, and we must walk in obedience to his commands in holy living, in practice, though not necessarily in absolute perfection, yet not in deliberate and habitual sin.

For our salvation, which is our walls and ramparts for security, which comes from God, and is not from our flesh, even though it is a gift from God to us, it does not come without stipulations and constraints and restrictions. It is not lawless, as many people would have you to believe. It is not freedom to keep sinning deliberately and habitually, without conscience, and it is not freedom to disobey our Lord’s commands thinking this is God’s free gift.

For it is the righteous nation, the one that remains faithful to God and to his Word who enters into this city. And this does not mean we must be righteous first, in order to believe in Jesus, but that entry into this spiritual city of God comes through God-gifted faith, and through the sinner now dying to sin and being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as slaves to God and to his righteousness, by faith.

And then we must be those who remain faithful. For the Scriptures do not teach a one-time salvation which secures us heaven as our eternal destiny but regardless of how we live. Daily we must deny self and die to sin and follow our Lord in obedience. For if we continue living in sin or we go back to living in sin, and not in obedience to God, and if we do not repent and obey God, we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of lip service to God.

Gospel:[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; 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 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]

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Hymn lyrics by Anonymous/Unknown
Music by American Melody

“For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you” (2 Co. 13:4 NASB).

I am weak, but Thou art strong;
Jesus, keep me from all wrong;
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.

Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

When my feeble life is o’er,
Time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently, safely o’er
To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.

Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

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The One That Remains Faithful
An Original Work / August 27, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love