“Hear now what the Lord is saying,
‘Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the Lord,
And you enduring foundations of the earth,
Because the Lord has a case against His people;
Even with Israel He will dispute.
My people, what have I done to you,
And how have I wearied you? Answer Me.
Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt
And ransomed you from the house of slavery…’”

“He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:1-4,8 NASB1995)

God’s deliverance of his people Israel (Jew only at that time) out of slavery in Egypt, their time spent in the wilderness, the death of the majority of them in the wilderness who refused to obey God’s commandments, but who chose their sins, instead, so they did not get to enter into God’s eternal rest, and then the remnant getting to go into the Promised Land and into God’s eternal rest, serve as a model of sorts for our deliverance from sin, our walks of faith in obedience to our Lord, and our eternal life with God.

For us, the slavery was/is to sin. And God’s deliverance was via Jesus’ death on that cross and his bodily resurrection from the dead. For in his death he put our sins to death with him, and in his resurrection he rose victorious over sin, death, Satan, and hell in order that, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus, we might now die with Christ to sin and walk in obedience to his commands in fellowship with Christ, in living holy lives pleasing to God, all in the power and wisdom of God now at work within the lives of his followers.

The time in the wilderness is our time here on this earth. And where we will spend eternity depends on us remaining faithful to our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands, living holy lives pleasing to God, and no longer living as slaves to sin. And this is not to say that we will never sin again (1 John 2:1-2). But Jesus and his New Testament apostles made it quite clear all throughout the New Testament that if sin is still what we practice, and not obedience to God, that we will not inherit eternal life with God in heaven.

For we read in 1 Corinthians 10:1-22 that God was not well-pleased with most of the Israelites during their time in the wilderness. For the majority of them craved evil things, and they were idolaters, adulterers, revelers, the disobedient, the immoral, and those who put God to the test and who grumbled against God and his servant Moses. And these things were written down for us as examples to us so that we will not crave evil things as they did and end up like them not being able to enter into God’s eternal rest.

For it is not those who give lip service to God, to Jesus Christ, who will get to enter into God’s eternal rest (eternal life with God), but it is those who have been crucified with Christ in death to sin, and who have been raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as servants of God and of his righteousness, who continue in those walks of faith and who do not turn against God to go their own wicked way without repentance, without remorse, and without obedience to God’s commands.

[Romans 6:1-23; Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23; Hebrews, chaps 3&4]

Sadly, so many people who profess faith in Jesus Christ today are following after the model of the majority of the Israelites in the wilderness who chose their sinful addictions over obedience to God, so they did not get to enter into God’s eternal rest (eternal life with God). For they were listening to the lies of Satan just as so many professing Christians are doing today, believing that they can continue in their sinful addictions, without genuine repentance, and that God will not judge them, and that heaven still awaits them.

And these lies are permeating the church, at least here in America they are. For we have so many charlatans and “wolves in sheep’s clothing” who are in positions of pastors of “churches” who are teaching lies to the people, and who are giving them permission to keep living in sin, convincing them that God will not judge them and that faith in Jesus Christ does not require of them the putting of sin to death and walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands. And so many of them are still living in sinful addiction.

Therefore, we have many professers of faith in Jesus Christ who are living no differently from those who make no professions of faith in Jesus Christ. For they are living dishonest, crooked, devious, immoral, sinful and disobedient lifestyles while claiming Jesus as Lord and Savior and heaven as their eternal destiny. For they are listening to the liars who are telling them that God will not judge them for their habitual and deliberate sins. But those lies come straight from hell. For our God teaches the opposite of that.

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).

So, don’t believe the lies which will land you in hell. Believe what the Scriptures teach, in their correct biblical context, and now die to sin and follow Jesus Christ in obedience to his commands, from now to eternity.

[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]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

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.

What Does The Lord Require of You?
An Original Work / January 4, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love