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THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA /REVELATION 2 - 3
Copyright November 20, 2007
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CHAPTER 12 (2 of 2)
THE LAW OF CHRIST
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Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory (Majesty) of the LORD shall be thy rereward.  (Isaiah 58:8)
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How did Jesus purchase eternal life for us?  He died for our offenses and was raised again for our justification (Romans 4:25).  How will sinners, who I have mentioned, ever receive the same eternal life, we have received in Christ?  We must learn how to die to the desires of the sinful nature in our physical body that they may live, and learn how to die for others to live; a Living sacrifice (Romans 12:1).
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Obedience to God is not a grievous duty, but rather a joyous labor; that is, if we truly love God, as so many of us readily say we do.  Total obedience to our Father is not an obedience because of demand, but rather out of love and reverence for the One who loves us, and Jesus who died and rose again for us, now at the right hand of Almighty God on His throne making intercession for us, according to God's will, in our behalf.
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Definitely so, and a true Saint of God makes the effort to perfectly obey Him, not because we are required to, but because we want to out of Love for Him not out to terror (1 John 4:17-18). The joy that accompanies total obedience to our Father and Being One with Him, having true fellowship with our Creator, is beyond words to describe. This wonderful place of fellowship, and total obedience, is within the reach of every one of us, if only we will seek God for the revelation of how to attain to it, receive it, and run with it; submit.
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The whole duty of man is to obey God, to humble ourselves (as Jesus did, Phil. 2:8), submitting, to walk in perfect obedience to our Father, so to have fellowship in the light, as He is in the light, which the Lord desires for us.  God's desire for our fellowship, is as great as His desire for our joy, which He intended for all humanity to have, before Adam and Eve sinned.  One of the most obvious reasons, why our Father wants us to have a continual abundance of joy, and desires our uninterrupted fellowship, is LOVE.
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When we have an overwhelming love for someone we want to be with them our every waking moment, this is God's love for us and His desire to fellowship, spend meaningful and positive time with us.  I know what it is to be despised, rejected, and afflicted, to be in want of my brothers and sisters in Christ love and fellowship, unconditional acceptance by all, like God wants ours, to only be ignored or snubbed by the very ones who are supposed to love unconditionally, without partiality or bias. As Jesus said, "be you perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect" (Matthew 5:48).
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The word of God says, “How can you love God if you don't love your brother” (1 John 4:20)?  By this shall all men know that you are my disciples if you love one another (John 13:35).  Love covers the multitude of sins (faults) I Peter 4:8.  In 2 Peter 1:5-7 the last virtue for true maturity in Christ is charity, unconditional love, something that many in the Church have very little of that is proven by the constant practice of prejudice, or fault finding, that stems from the sinful nature that remains in our flesh. Unconditional love resists prejudice and the tendency to find fault.
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The Law of Christ compels us to die to self-will, self-desire, and self-ambition, to be the example of Christ to the world, so that when they see us they see the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  When Philip asked to see the Father, Jesus said that when seeing Him he was seeing the Father, the Father’s personality and character that Jesus inherited being God's ONLY Begotten Son, and that we are to be another example of (Romans 8:28-29).  In our daily routine of life, in whatever environment we find ourselves, when there is occasion to mingle with Sinners, the law of Christ which is not only love, but obedience to God and to Christ, will give us a boundary we are not to cross, a threshold concerning our association with them.  A threshold and a boundary we are not to cross, concerning our conduct, behavior, and speech.  This is what Paul was referring to when he spoke of being among those who were without the law; he was still bound by the law of Christ, as are we.
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Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen  the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? (John 14:8-9)
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To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. (1 Corinthians 9:21)
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Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. (1 Timothy 5:22)
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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 more conversations with a Muslim name Suhaimi, the circular topic about Luke 2:2 having ended, Suhaimi wanted to asked questions related to Jesus’ Christology, His spirit soul and body, which cause me to have to write a Long response about Jesus’ spirit and soul vs. His physical body. Because of the length of the two responses that I posted to answer Suhaimi’s inquiry I will only post the first response:

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Suhaimi B … I do not like to write Long responses but your Response requires it. Biblical Theology and Christology is too Advanced for Muslim minds to understand, and have Never had one Muslim in over 20 years who have been able to.

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Since Muslims prove to be ARIAN deceivers is it easy for You to quote ARIAN “modern Greek scholarship” to be as much a Deceiver as Arius was about the word Logos in the fourth century AD.

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(Hebrews 1:3) Apparently You chose to ignore the word Charakter (image) has - more than one - definition to make the False claim that Jesus is only an “exact imprint” (Arian Deception) of who His Father Almighty God is, when the correct definition is “exact Likeness” – not – “exact imprint” because John 1:14-18 does Not agree with Your chosen ARIAN definition of “exact imprint.” Aside from this, if you had not ignored what Hebrew 1:4 says about Jesus, where you will find the word “inheritance,” you would know “exact imprint” is False while “exact Likeness” - is - the correct definition, and FYI “image” can also means “likeness.”

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The “definition” I use for Charakter “exact Likeness” agrees with what John 1:14-18 says, which means ONLY Birthed (begotten) Son of God. I did not write Hypostasis means what Mono-genes means, but it should not have to take a genius to comprehend “genes” means the True Jesus – inherited – (Hebrews 1:4) in His spirit and soul, to include Almighty God’s personality and righteous character. What His Father Almighty God - is like - because of Almighty God’s Substance. When you combine what John 1:14-18 and Hebrews 1:3-4 say together they – do - mean: “Almighty God - gave birth - to Jesus’ spirit and soul which is Deity through Heredity FROM Almighty God’s personal Substance that is Deity.”

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As for your use of Hebrews 11:17 – which is a Misuse - about Isaac being monogenes to agree with what – obviously is that of - false – ARIAN deceiving - “modern Greek scholarship” to write the False claim that “unique” and “one of a kind” is the ONLY meaning for Monogenes thereby making you as much a Deceiver as Arians are Deceivers to - Undermine the Full Depth - of who the True Jesus is in His spirit and soul. Also, “genes” has to do with DNA and for this reason “genes” IS about – biology and heredity. FYI Hebrews 11:17 about what - Almighty God - said about Isaac to Abraham as written in Genesis 22:2 “Your ONLY son Isaac” clearly because Almighty God – rejected – Ishmael as Abraham’s son, because he was Not God’s promised son to Abraham AND Sarah, even though Ishmael was “Biologically” connected to Abraham just like Isaac was, and as also written about Ishmael “he will Not be heir with Isaac.”

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As for “heredity and partial deity,” You obviously – lack – the Understanding that Jesus not inheriting “qualitative” everything His Father Almighty God is like in – No Way Diminishes - Jesus’ spirit and soul being EQUAL in Deity through Heredity Like His FATHER Almighty God is deity; therefore, your reasoning of Equality vs. Limitation also “lacks understanding.” Philippians 2:6 “equal with God” solely means “Equal in Deity” through Heredity, Jesus – never – denied this equality, and was Crucified for Not Denying it (Matthew 26:63-66). Nonetheless, You did not “qualitatively” inherit everything your biological father is like but you did inherit that which is your father’s DNA, and this same applies to Jesus’ spirit and soul Substance (DNA) connection to His Father Almighty God who Jesus taught is a Spirit (John 4:24).

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 As for John 1:14 “received flesh” I provided for you Hebrews 10:5 which proves “received flesh” is the correct translation – not – “was made flesh.” The Greek word Ginomai also has the word “receive” in the definition, which agrees with what you wrote for the meaning of Ginonai “Put On;” therefore, it was not necessary for John to have used the Greek word endyo since like ginonai both have the meaning of “put on,” but then “put on” easily can mean “dwell in” as well; like for example, when I put on a coat my body is “dwelling in” the coat at least that portion that my coat covers.

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My “model” is Biblical Fact. Clearly when our spirit and soul enters our physical body we become a union of spirit soul and body but this does not make my body my spirit and soul, the body only – houses – my spirit and soul that dwells in it, and it is a - Biblical Fact - that our body has its own mind which is in our skull, while our spirit and soul has its own mind which is commonly called “conscience.”  It is common that the mind in my skull wars against the mind in my spirit and soul (conscience) whether to do good or bad.

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As for your two final questions, this response already answers both of them, and if you can understand the response correctly it in no way “divides Jesus into two beings sharing one body,” that is as for Jesus only. Because the BIBLE also teaches that Almighty God, His Holy Spirit, and Jesus’ spirit and soul all three dwelt together in Jesus’ physical body which explains the meaning of Colossians 2:9 “the Fullness of God’s Deity Bodily.

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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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