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THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
/REVELATION 2 - 3
Copyright November 20, 2007
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CHAPTER 13 (1 of 3)
P H I L A D E L P H I A
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And to the angel of the church
in Philadelphia write; These things
saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,
he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know
thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it:
for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my
name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are
Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and
worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast
kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of
temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon
the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man
take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my
God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,
and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down
out of from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (Revelation 3:7-13)
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For both he that
sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he
is not ashamed to call them brethren, (Hebrews 2:11)
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And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if so be
that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:17)
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A man that
hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh
closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24)
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Ye are my
friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. (John 15:14)
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When the Holy
Spirit inspired the Apostles to write to any Church, God being aware of any
unique culture and circumstances surrounding any particular church wherever a
letter was to be written had them to write accordingly; this could mean writing
the same thing using the vernacular, expression common to their culture,
character, and personality, so it is with what God gave John to write to the
seven churches of Asia. With every church, Jesus describes Himself
in a specific way to get their attention, to impress upon them the attitude of
God's heart toward them. Just as with Smyrna, God did not have a significant
reprimand for the Believers at Philadelphia, but instead there was a special
attitude of love for these believers, even like that of brother to
brother. It was because of this attitude that He gives them a
challenge v.8, and a special promise to help them with it, "I have
set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it."
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God wants to
use the Philadelphia Saints and those like them, to influence the world for
Christ. They are the Strugglers, who against all odds stand faithful
and true. The Philadelphia Christians possessed a special quality about them
that was not found in the other churches v.8, for the exception of those in the
churches who did not compromise their faith, and devotion to Christ and His
doctrine for the doctrines of devils.
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Jesus
describes Himself as "He that is holy, he that is
true." Jesus is the faithful and true witness, a statement He
makes about Himself to the church of Laodicea. This is Jesus' view
of the Philadelphia Saints, “holy and true.” God says to Philadelphia, "For
thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my
name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are
Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship
before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee" Revelation
3:8-9.
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In the
beginning paragraphs of this book I wrote: "One constant in
all of the seven churches of Asia Minor, is the false and true
believers. Each church has the spectators and the
participators. The spectators of God's perfect will create trouble; the
doers of God's perfect will do not. It is because of the true
believers, that God is sending a message that encompasses God's reward and
judgment." What is common in all churches so it was in
Philadelphia, there were those who were Religious, Hypocrite, and Lukewarm.
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My
Facebook Timeline - www.facebook.com/samuelsiders1 -
contains responses I have posted in answer to those who God has had me to share
with for fifteen years on Facebook Forums created to share the
Scriptures. My activity about sharing the Word of God with Muslims, other
false Cults, and with those who profess to be Christian continues; this open
door that the Lord has made available to me as an Apologist/Teacher is one
where worldwide opportunities are made available to all English speaking people
around the world from many different countries, races, and religious beliefs.
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It is WRITTEN in 1 Peter 3:15 … “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and
be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you of the hope that
is in you with meekness and fear:" God wants us to know AND understand His
Word (2 Timothy 2:15), “Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman
that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” Jude 3,
“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation,
it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should
earnestly contend [Gr. agonize with fervent zeal] for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints.”
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I have three published books that can be found online, type in the search bar
“Samuel Siders Books” and you will be directed to where they can be found.
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I
had more conversations with the Muslim name Alim this past week. One of the
topics of discussion had to with his - False claim - that no one in Israel
today is a Israeli, he also claimed Jesus was an African. Another topic had to
do the Israelis Promised Land Right to what is the Nation of Israel today, and
of which I informed him that Israel today is only a Small part of the Land mass
that God Promised Abraham would be theirs; land in surrounding counties belong
to Israel.
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Alim
believes Israelis are the terrorist, and created the Bible to make the False
claim that the Land belongs to them; this man falsely believes that the Land of
Israel never existed until 1948, totally Oblivious it existed when Jesus walked
the earth in the first century and that Israel existed for centuries before
Jesus received His physical body. What follows are the few responses I posted
for Alim about his Multiple Historical errors:
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Alim
K ... “I am only talking about Israel. The Land that God promise Abraham -
is - a Whole Lot Larger than present day Israel; therefore, you are in error
not to believe Palestine belongs to Israel. Genesis 15:18-21 mentions the size
of the Land that God promised Abraham Isaac and Jacob which covers a - Huge
Area - of the Middle East presently occupied by a few other nations.
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As
for Moses' physical appearance color of skin there is Zero BIBLICAL evidence
that Moses was either a black man or a white man. BIBLICALLY, black skin people
are All descendants of Ham - not - Shem, like All Israelis Moses was a
descendant of Shem from which we get the word Semites. Moses' father and mother
were Amram and Jochebed who were Israelis of the tribe of Levi, both also
descendants of Shem; with these facts you are in Total Error to believe Moses
was a black man, and FYI the white man is a descendant of Japheth.
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Since
King David had red skin and being a descendant of Shem, I am inclined to
believe Shem as well as both Moses and Jesus had red skin, and also did
Solomon, but interracial marriage over the centuries can contribute to
biological Israelis having variant color of skin tones, which for the most part
today as a result of the Diaspora a large number of Israelis have European
colored skin (white or light-colored skin). Since Moses had children with an
Ethiopian woman (Zipporah), Ethiopian descendants of both can lay claim to
being Israelis because Moses was an Israeli.”
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Alim
K ... “Your sources are Deceiving you. You are Seriously way too Unlearned
to have this conversation and You seriously Need to Learn the Hebrew Prophesies
when GOD said - HE - would return the Israelis/Jews to the Land of Promise in
the latter days, from EVERY Nation not just Europe, and you are Totally
Deceived that there was "no country called Israel before 1948"
because it existed for centuries until 70 AD at which time Israelis began being
dispersed throughout the world called the Diaspora; JESUS lived in the Country
of Israel in the first century AD which was under Roman rule at the time He was
preaching His Gospel, and the Romans were responsible for Him being crucified
at the Jewish Leaders insistence (Acts 4:27).
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As
for those who began returning to the Land of Israel in 1948, again You are
Totally Deceived that there were None who were BIOLOGICAL Israelis. It was
because of a book published in 1975 about the 13th Tribe that a - DNA Tag - was
found to determine who were Biological Israelis in Israel and who were not,
after the extensive effort was made the final outcome is that at least 80% in
1975 were BIOLOGICAL Israelis; GOD did not need that to KNOW Who were
Biological Israelis and who were not HE Said HE would Return them and DID, and
this continues to happen today.
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Almighty
GOD tells us in Isaiah chapter 60 a lot of what would happen when the Israelis
began to return to the Land of Promise getting help from other nations, and in
Isaiah 60:8-9 that Israelis would return to the Promised Land by Ships and
Planes.”
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To
read more responses I posted this past week my FB timeline can be
visited. https://www.facebook.com/samuelsiders1
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Samuel Siders
10/13/2024 [Go deep in your relationship with God not shallow]