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THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
/REVELATION 2 - 3
Copyright November 20, 2007
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Chapter 18 (1 of 2)
THE MERCY OF GOD
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And that
servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did
according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that
knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few
stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required:
and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. (Luke
12:47-48)
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For as many as
have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have
sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; For not the hearers of the law
are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be
justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by
nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law
unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their
hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their
thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another; In the day when
God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
(Romans 2:12-16)
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As can be read
in Luke 12:47-48: the mercy of God only holds us accountable for
revealed truth, not for what we do not know. Those who know what He
expects of us will be required of more than those who do not know the fullness
of His expectation for us to be accepted and not rejected.
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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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God will spend
our lifetime to teach us to obey Him with our flesh, physical body, because He
does not want us to be condemned with the world (2 Peter 3:9). If we choose to
rebel and not to comply with God’s correction, He will have no other option but
to cast us away, with this written, I reiterate what I have written throughout
this book, "God is the Judge." Paul said of himself:
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But I keep
under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I
have preached to others, I myself should be a CASTAWAY. (1 Corinthians 9:27)
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Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we MAY BE ACCEPTED
of him. (2 Corinthians 5:9).
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Romans 2:12-16
is another example of God's mercy. If the Gospel has not been heard, God
will judge a person after the law of their conscience; the Law our conscience
has been created with. This takes care of the question concerning those
who have not heard the Gospel. The mercy of God is extended to those who
Struggle to obey God (Revelation 3:8); the category for which the majority of
us fit into who are "faithful and true."
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My little children,
these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin,
we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (1 John
2:1).
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“If any man sin we have an advocate",
is a consolation to those who are God’s faithful and true, who struggle to obey
Him, whether or not they have the baptism with His power (the greater anointing
of His Holy Spirit with whom the gifts are associated with) or not. 1 John
2:1 also serves to inform us "IF" means that obedience is the norm
for God's children while disobedience, sin, is not.
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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 continue conversation with a man name Don who is a Unitarian
that refuses to believe Jesus is deity and as eternally existent as His Father
Almighty God, despite the fact that I provided Scripture references that Prove
Jesus is both; one example is John 1:1-18. All Don wanted to do is keep quoting
OT references which Prove he is misusing or misinterpret them. More than once I
asked Don “Who is God calling God in Psalm 45:7?” Don has Yet to give me the
Answer, and it is quite clear he Refuses to learn how Deceived he is against
the Depth of who Jesus is. What follows are four of the responses I posted for
Don to defend against his Refusal to learn the True Depth of who Jesus is in
His spirit and soul:
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Don
C ... You have been informed multiple times that the BIBLE teaches there is
Only One God, whose Holy Spirit and Only begotten Son Jesus are deity LIKE the
One God who is the Father, Almighty God's - personal - Substance. The Bible
does not teach Tritheism (3 Gods), and neither does Trinity theology. You
didn't understand this then, and I expect you will not now either.
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Don
C ... the "blind" is yours because I - thoroughly - Know what my
response says is BIBLICAL Fact and that you fail to correctly discern the true
Depth of what I have shared with you in previous conversations about the spirit
and soul of Jesus and His Father Almighty God's - Substance connection - to
each other.
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You
keep proving to have - no ability - to comprehend that the Bible does teach
this Christology, and in truth you Are misusing these references Isa. 45:5;
Isaiah 46:5, 9; Deuteronomy 6:4-6 to teach against this Biblical Fact about the
Depth of who Jesus is in His spirit and soul; the Only begotten Son of God.
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You
will find in Hebrews 1:3-4 using the Greek where the word (hypostasis) teaches
the Father and Son's - substance connection - to each other and you choose to
be "blind" to this. Your response has only proven this statement to
be Fact: "You didn't understand this then, and I expect you will not now
either."
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Don
C ... it is you who do not "realize" because you obviously did -
not - understand my response because nowhere in it did I write Jesus is His
Father Almighty God; therefore, you wasted your time writing your response.
Aside from this, you Never answered this question the last time we had a
conversation about 1 or 2 weeks ago: "Who is God calling God in Psalm
45:7?" or like last time are you going to side step the question.
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Don
C ... I have already given you the BIBLICAL Scriptural proofs that support
Trinity Theology and You refuse to believe the proofs; therefore, your response
is a Lie. Nonetheless, when are you going to answer this question and stop
being obstinate: Who is God calling God in Psalm 45:7?
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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 7/26/2026 [Go deep in your relationship with God not shallow.]
THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
/REVELATION 2 - 3
