THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
/REVELATION 2 - 3We cannot fully begin to win the world to Christ, even
our community, or neighbors; except we die that they might live. We
must become One with God; the way we do this is to continually do what
Jesus Christ "the Son of Man" did, "And being found
in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient" Philippians
2:8. The Lord gave me a song in 1973 titled, "He shined His life in
our hearts." The words of the song are definitely true, and being
accomplished in and through those who are One with God and continue to be One
with Him; the third stanza follows the title with these words:
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So to employ to please our
Lord
To tell
men of His wondrous love
His changing power revealed
in us
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Walking in heavenly places, being One with God
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If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness we lie, and do not the truth; but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:6-7)
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The light of the body is the eye: If therefore thine eye be single, the whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness? (Matthew 6:22-23)
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Disobedience breaks our fellowship with God; therefore in order to have fellowship with Him we must make the effort to be totally obedient, or "walk in the light." The only way we can walk in the light as He is in the light is to be fully obedient to Him, and by doing this total obedience our body will be full of light; therefore when we walk in the light His light lives in us. Without total obedience to God rather than being full of light our bodies will be contaminated with darkness.
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The degree, to which our bodies will possess darkness, is determined by the degree of our disobedience to God's desires and expectations for our life. We are bought with a price, the blood of Jesus Christ; therefore we are not our own anymore, but rather God's. One of God's foremost desires and expectations for us is total obedience to His will. Anything less than full obedience to God’s perfect will, can bring discipline a negative judgment on our lives.
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For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. (Romans 14:8)
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Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? (1 Peter 4:16-18)
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But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. (1 Corinthians 11:32)
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What know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Mathew 5:16)
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How can we glorify God with our body and with our spirit escaping discipline judgment from the Lord? By letting the light that is within us, shine before men. The way this light shines, goes back to the eye being single, which is total obedience to God's desires and expectations, not our own. The obedience to God's will alone is our good works (Ephesians 2:10), that people see, which causes our Father to be glorified. Sinners are drawn to Christ as a result of our obedience to God’s perfect will. We are not to be the cause of "God being blasphemed" among the lost.
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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
of the Amazon website: “three Samuel Siders Books” and you will be directed to
where they can be found.
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The
majority of my conversations this past week was with Atheists. I had many
responses with an Atheist name Dan who claimed he was a born-again Christian
before he became an Atheist and that his study of the Bible “led” him to become
an Atheist. There is so much Wrong with his two claims, and clearly too Deceived
to discern it. Since I need to make this Newsletter as synoptic as possible I
cannot share all the responses I posted correcting his two claims. What follows
are two of the responses I provided that contain information about both;
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Dan
Hoyt ... I stand by what Jesus said about those who are truly born
again, "IF it were - possible - they shall deceive the very elect."
Your studies were Clearly flawed with errors and too unlearned to discern they
were. You obviously did not guard your Heart, and let Satan deceive you in
believing a Lie against what the Bible correctly teaches.
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FYI
going through the - motions - of repentance and water baptism does not always
support a person is a born again Christian and there are Biblical examples of
this; if a person is not truly "born again" IN their - spirit and
soul - they are deceived in believing they are a Christian, and false cults
claiming to be “Christian” are notorious for this kind.
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Dan
Hoyt ... (You have a very twisted idea of what love is if you think god is
love) ... and yet as an Atheist you are serving Satan, choosing to be Blind to
that Fact, if you think he loves you, you are Totally Deceived, and because
he is the one who deceived you in becoming an Atheist.
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FYI
if You ever were truly “born-again” IN your spirit and soul that is One of the
Two Proofs God has provided for us that Prove HE, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus –
Do – exist. The other Proof is the “Baptism with His Holy Spirit” dwelling IN
our spirit and soul; physiological – not – psychological; therefore, if you say
your “study” of the scriptures “led” you to become an Atheist you have Totally
Deceived yourself in believing the Lie, which Satan is the author of.
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Nonetheless,
those who are Truly born-again Christians have a - Zero - problem with God
requiring us to love Him to receive eternal life (1 John 5:3), and FYI you
apparently forgot that He - Loved Us - First - before - we loved Him, by His
Providing - through - His Son Jesus -- before this creation ever existed (1
Peter 1:20) -- to have our sins committed against Him to be cleansed and
forgiven through Jesus’ body's blood death and resurrection, and yet like a
blind and deceived person you want to Falsely accuse God of not being a God of
Love. FYI He does – not – condone wickedness, eventually His Justice and
Judgment will be applied.
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Also
FYI you apparently have forgotten that Almighty God is also a God of Justice
and Judgment, and that He will not let His Love for Humanity prevent Him from
Condemning those to eternal torment in the Lake of Fire for - Refusing - to
Submit to What He Requires of us to avoid being condemned in the Day of
Judgment; therefore, You being condemned to eternal torment is on – You - not -
Him. Again as written in John 3:18 “condemned Already.”
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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
6/7/2026 [Go deep in your relationship with God not shallow.]
