Psalm 12:1-4 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more;
the faithful have vanished from among men.
2They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue.
4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail.
We own our lips—who can be our master?”

Too Many Lies

We live in a day and time, at least we do here in the USA, when so many people speak lies routinely. Our government heads lie to us, as does the media. Lawyers lie, as do pastors of “churches.” Lying seems so common place. Truth telling seems to be more in the rare category. For speaking what people want to hear tends to rule over speaking what they need to hear. Few, it seems, can be trusted to tell us the truth. And if you speak the truth, and not the lies, you might be treated like an outcast; as the unwanted.

So many pastors of “churches” are being trained to lie and to deceive and to trick and to scheme in order to get the results that they want. For so many of these modern-day “churches” are not the biblical body of Christ gathering together to encourage one another in our walks of faith, in obedience to our Lord. But they are businesses incorporated under (merged, partnered with) the state and with the world in unholy unions, which God forbids. And so many are, thus, diluting the gospel to appease and to pacify human flesh.

[Matthew 21:12-13; John 2:13-17; Acts 5:27-32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Philippians 3:18-19; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22; Revelation 13:5-8; Revelation 18:1-5]

Do Not Partake

So, we are not to join in with them in their folly. We are not to partake of their delicacies. We are not to believe the lies which teach we can believe in Jesus and have all our sins forgiven and be on our way to heaven by lip service only. Far too many are teaching that God does not require that we deny self, die to sin (repent), and obey our Lord and his commands as necessary components of faith which saves. For they call that “works salvation,” which they say must be ignored in favor of sinful practices.

And they call that love. They call that kindness. They call that mercy. And they call that compassion. But it is not love to lie to people. It is not love to tell them that God does not require repentance and obedience to his commands. It is as clear as can be what all God requires of us if we read the Scriptures, and if we read them in the appropriate biblical context. Jesus Christ and his New Testament apostles made it very clear that we must deny self, die to sin (repent) and obey God in practice to have salvation from sin.

Psalm 12:6-8 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

6The words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver refined in a furnace,
like gold purified sevenfold.
7You, O LORD, will keep us;
You will forever guard us from this generation.
8The wicked wander freely,
and vileness is exalted among men.

Words of God

Jesus Christ gave his life up for us on that cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by biblical faith in him, which is gifted to us from God, and which is not of our own flesh, we will now die with Christ to sin and walk with him in obedience to his commands as matter of life practice. We are now to follow our Lord in doing what he commands, in going where he sends us, and in being who he has called us to be, by his grace. He is now to be Lord (Owner-Master) of our lives and we are to obey his commands.

But, if we should believe the lies, instead, and if we should go our own way, doing what we want, without regard for what our Lord requires of us who profess his name, we will not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. For if we follow the world and the ways of the flesh and the philosophies of humans which give us excuses to justify habitual and deliberate sin against our Lord, that will lead us to hell, not to heaven. So, give your lives to Christ, obey his commands, and follow where he leads.

[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; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; 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 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

The Faithful Have Nearly Vanished
An Original Work / July 27, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

The Ransom

An Original Work / September 8, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus paid the ransom so we’d be forgiven;
Purified from our sin so we’d be set free.
Crucified on a tree; took on him our sin.
Buried our sin with Him; rose in victory.
Jesus calls us to Him; asks that we flee from sin;
Obey His commandments; live eternally.

God our Father loves us, which is why He gave us
His Son to die for us on a cruel tree.
God created us to walk in fellowship
With Him daily trusting in His righteousness.
He has a plan for us to abide in His grace;
Be transformed in our hearts; live for him always.

Won’t you trust in Jesus? Be your Lord and Master?
He wants to forgive you, give you victory.
Over sin and yourself, Jesus set you free.
Daily walking with Him, live victoriously.
Invite Him in your heart. He’ll give you a new start.
Your old life behind you, a new creature be.