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THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA /REVELATION 2 - 3

Copyright November 20, 2007

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CHAPTER 16 (2 of 5)

PROPHETS

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The same Holy Spirit that dwelt in Jesus, for Him to live a sinless life, now dwells in a Holy Spirit filled Christian to help us to obey God to the same degree that Jesus did; it is a responsibility of the Holy Spirit to teach us how to do it.  God's word tells us that we are to follow in the example of Jesus who knew no sin, and that those who have God’s New Birth, righteous nature "seed" in their spirit and soul cannot sin; this does not mean we cannot sin with our flesh, but that in our spirit and soul we cannot. God holds us accountable for not making the EFFORT to resist yielding to the sinful nature that remains in our flesh, physical body; “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus … who walk NOT AFTER the flesh … but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:1).

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For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps: Who knew no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:  (1 Peter 2:21-22)

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Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. (1 John 3:9)

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Surely the Lord will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servant the prophets.  (Amos 3:7)

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But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. (1 Corinthians 2:9-10)

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Perfection for our physical body (flesh) in the sight of God is this: Not disobeying God (Romans 2:13).  If we cannot hear God speak to us, how can we know what He wants us to do from one moment to the next?  The Holy Spirit gives us the ability to discern when God speaks to us, and the endowment of God's power gives us the ability to do what He says.  When we hear God speak to us, and we do what He says, as is written “they are the children of God.” The written word of God is given to instruct us about God, a glimpse into His personality and character, and so much more.  The written word is never intended by God to be the end of knowing about Him; it is only the beginning, a foundation to be built upon. God wants to speak to us on a personal level through His Holy Spirit; as He does with the Prophets so He does with all of those who are of the "household of faith."

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For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (Romans 8:14)

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What man is he that feareth the Lord? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. (Psalm 25:1)

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A person who has never received Jesus as Lord and Savior have no concept of what being born again and baptized with the Holy Spirit is about and neither does a person who calls him or herself a Christian who lives as worldly a lifestyle as an unregenerate sinner. I am of the persuasion that believers, who call him or herself a Christian, then use filthy language to express themselves like a sinner and live like one, does so because they are neither born again nor filled with the power of the Holy Spirit to live and behave any other way; according the Matthew 25:12 such a believer is a foolish virgin, who when the Lord comes will not be worthy to go with Him, hearing Him say, "Verily I say unto you, I know you not."  Making the EFFORT to live the fully obedient life before God is a progressive maturing process that takes the endowment of power, which accompanies the Baptism with the Holy Spirit, God's anointing upon our lives, to be able to do his perfect will for our life. God does not have a "permissive will" anything less than His "perfect will" is sin that needs to be repented of (2 Peter 3:9).

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The need of the world today is crying out for those who are truly the children of God to live the example of Jesus the Christ in their lives, to be tangible proof of the truth and reality that there is a God in heaven and in the world today. The world is wanting proof that there is actually an ONLY Begotten Son of God, who lived, died for our sins, and rose from the grave with power and majesty, to signify to the world that by virtue of His resurrection Jesus alone has been declared with power that He is the Only Begotten Son of God and the only hope for the salvation of humanity, (Romans 1:4, 8:19). 

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How will the world know that Jesus is the “the only hope for the salvation of humanity” unless all of us who make up the true body of Christ, repent of our slothfulness, slumber, deadliness of spirit, and playing church, to be about doing Father's business, His desires and His alone? We cannot begin to win the world to Christ, our community or neighbors; except we die to self will that they might live; we must become One with God. The way we die that others may live 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."

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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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More discussion continued this past week with a Muslim name Yusuf to correct his false claims against the veracity and infallibility of the Bible, at least that of the - manuscripts - that a Bible is translated from. It is because of the depth of the responses I posted for Yusuf to correct his deceptions I will only provide two of the responses. Yusuf refused to believe a “bible” existed for Jesus to quote in the first century; the Hebrew Canon and the Septuagint LXX translation of it, which Jesus and His Apostles quoted. Yusuf wanted me to provided evidence for existing manuscripts in the first century, what follows are two responses about this:

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Yusuf E ... rather than me spending hours of useless research the Old Testament - "Dead Sea Scrolls" - of the first century are what - You - can research for yourself, and there are some modern day Bibles that us them to translate the Old Testament; for the most part Jewish Bible translations. Like the NKJV translation many modern translations use the Dead Sea Scrolls along with the Masoretic Text of Old Testament as a - comparative - textural variant.

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Yusuf E ... I just researched the DSS and the information dates the DSS to the 3rd century BC; therefore, they are older than the 1st century AD, and as shared we also have the Septuagint (LXX) translation that was completed over a Hundred years before Jesus was born, The Septuagint which was commonly used by Jesus Apostles because they used the Greek language to write what the New Testament contains. The DSS were preserved in clay pots and hid in a cave so they would avoid being destroyed or decay and as shared which were not found until 1947.

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The problem is that when Israel's enemies attacked them the enemies destroying the Temple made the effort to also destroy the OT manuscripts as well, which would explain why books mentioned in the OT no longer exist, but knowing what was common by their enemies the Scribes would make every effort to hide the manuscripts of the OT to preserve them from being destroyed.

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It was not uncommon that the material used for the manuscripts began to decay for both Old and New Testaments; therefore, they had to be transcribed onto new material throughout the centuries, but the old manuscripts were never destroyed so to provide a source to - correct - any Scribal - Transmission - Errors when found in later manuscripts; for this reason, we have multiplied millions of manuscripts that still exist today providing for the Bible "manuscripts" we have today are over 99% Inerrant and Infallible for doctrine and theology.

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TRANSLATIONS of the manuscripts can have errors but the Manuscripts they are Translated from do not. It is because - Translations - can have errors is Why the Hebrew and Greek are needed to be used to - more correctly interpret - a Translation for doctrine and theology. As I share: "Anyone who puts their SOLE Trust in a Translation will always be made a dullard of," and Muslims constantly Prove this to be Fact.

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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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