THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
/REVELATION 2 - 3-
After God's exhortations to the churches of Asia Minor, God begins the prophetic word to the New Covenant (NT) church age leading to the reign of Antichrist, the Rapture and Judgment seat of Christ, Jesus' 1000 year reign, and the Great White Throne Judgment of Almighty God. God does not want us to get bogged down with John's description of what he saw, the metaphors, missing what God's desire is for His Church and another attempt to reveal Himself to us, His personality and character manifested even in the book of Revelation, His love and desire for our fellowship, unstained and unrestrained by disobedience, being lukewarm, hypocrisy, worldliness, carnality, and all forms of immorality. God's exhortation to His church is to perfectly obey His expectations and Standard of Holiness, to doing always those things the Please Him like Jesus Did, which is vital to the fulfillment of the time line of events laid out in the book of Revelation. Not only is the book of Revelation words of things to come, it is also a book of exhortation to challenge the Christian to BE VIGILANT and Active (watching, and obeying Him).
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God's plan for this earth and humanity, as a whole, will be fulfilled despite our lack of obedience, but He does not want to leave any of us, who profess to "know" him, out of His eternal plan. Although God is long-suffering not willing that any Of Us would perish, there is still a limitation to how long He will wait. God's Plans will be fulfilled despite us, even if it means removing us out of the way through death. God said this to the church of Ephesus:
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Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love: Remember therefore from whence you art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove your candlestick out of his place, except you repent. (Revelation 2:4-5)
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It appears that these young Christian churches were being deceived in believing worldliness, carnality, and sexual immorality were acceptable for a Christian to practice, contradicting "Thus says the Lord." The Holy Spirit will not dwell in the church that teaches and practices worldliness, carnality, and sexual immorality, nor will He dwell in the individual Believer who does. The doctrine of the Nicolaitans to be written about later still exists today in the form of Liberalism.
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Here is a quote from the chapter in this book titled Prophets:
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"I am of the persuasion that a person who calls themselves a Christian and cusses like a sinner and behaves like one, if they truly are a Christian, does so because they are not filled with the Power of the Holy Spirit to live and behave any other way; Without God’s Power through the Holy Spirit we can never live the fullness of God’s Standard of Holiness that God requires for us."
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Without God’s help we can never live the Standard of Holiness that God requires and expects of us. It is without His power to live according to His Standard that has caused false doctrines. False doctrines found a place in some of the churches of Asia Minor to arise, like today, that cause those who do not possess God's Power to create a standard of holiness that they can walk in, calling it God's permissive will, a standard of holiness that is according to a relaxed moral code which is far below what God requires, His perfect will. God calls those who live according to the "relaxed moral code" workers of iniquity (lawless); the doctrine of Balaam, the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, and the doctrine of Jezebel fall into this category.
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Heaven will not be their eternal home, living God's Standard of Holiness is required it is not an option to be ignored. God's grace mercy and long-suffering are not virtues that cause Him to be blind to blatant continued rebellion that is not repented of. Anyone who does not make the necessary Effort to live according to God's Standard of Holiness, are following the deeds and doctrine of the Nicolaitans (Liberalism). Teaching that worldliness is an acceptable lifestyle for a Christian is a doctrine Satan has used to cause many who have made a decision to serve the Lord, to be powerless against demonic attack.
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God gives the Holy Spirit to those who strongly desire to obey Him. Believers who live in worldliness are in disobedience, and therefore are not candidates to receive this baptism from God, but rather are subject to the judgment of God against them as were many of the churches. If they do not repent, and serve God according to His Standard of Holiness, the judgment of God will be on them.
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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 over seventeen 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
of the Amazon website: “three Samuel Siders Books” and you will be directed to
where they can be found.
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This
past week I had a conversation to defend against what appears to be a Muslim
name Abdul who misinterpreted Psalm 2:7 use of “begotten” to claim Jesus was a
created being like deceived Arians (follower of Arius’ deceptions) do. There
are also those that call themselves “Christians” who falsely believe Jesus is
not deity and as eternally existence as His Father Almighty God. What follows
are the two responses I posted to correct Abdul’s deceptions against the Depth
of Who Jesus is IN His spirit and soul – not – His physical body that was
created.
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Abdul Hay
... if you could understand the BIBLE, which you prove you cannot, you would
know Psalm 2:7 does - not – mean the way You Falsely interpret it.
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First
of all David was a - full grown adult - when God called David His son
therefore, the word "begotten" means ADOPTION - not - a physical birth.
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Aside
from this, Apostle Paul in Acts 13:33-34 used Psalms 2:7 as a Prophecy for
Jesus' BODILY Resurrection from the tomb - not - a physical birth either.
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John
1:1-3 makes it clear Jesus' - spirit and soul - (Not His physical body) is
deity and as Eternally Existent as His Father Almighty God and that Almighty
God created ALL things - through – Jesus and without Him nothing was created.
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Abdul Hay
... "ONLY begotten Son" solely applies to Jesus' - spirit and soul -
Not - His physical body and your response proves you are Oblivious to that
fact. You are responding like a deceived Muslim.
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What
my response says is Biblically correct, and you clearly are deceived by
Alexandrian Text Type translations that are Corrupted against the Depth of who
the True Jesus is in His - spirit and soul - not - His physical body.
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All
you have Proven is how Deceived you are by Arian Deceivers who prove to be too
blind and unregenerate in Heart and Mind to discern they Are by Satan just like
Muslims are.
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Apostle
John taught - Jesus is Logos - and I thoroughly Know that Apostle Paul's
Christology agrees with John's Christology as taught in the Byzantine Antioch
Text Type - uncorrupted - translations; therefore, Paul did - Not -
"dispel" anything, it is your lack of understanding that has.
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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 10/4/2026 [Go deep in your relationship with God not shallow.]
