THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
ordained that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:8-10)
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If any
man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved;
yet so as by fire. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the
Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall
God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple
ye are. (1 Corinthians 3:15-17)
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That the trial of your
faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire,
might be found unto praise and honour
and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:7)
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God requires us to obey Him to receive eternal life … AFTER …
receiving the atonement for sin that Jesus died and resurrected to provide for
us. Ephesians 2:8-9 is misused to support works have no value to receive
eternal life AFTER receiving Jesus’ atonement for sin. Works are useless
without Jesus’ Atonement being included; this is all Ephesians 2:8-9 means. I
hear people quote Ephesians 2:8-9 and ignore what Ephesians 2:10 says; I can
only assume for them that in their mind Ephesians 2:10 contradicts 2:8-9 or
they do not comprehend the depth, and seriousness of what “ordained that we
should walk in them” means. An additional observation is that the works in
Ephesians 2:8-9 are not called “good works” as in Ephesians 2:10; Jesus’
atonement for sin makes the difference.
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God’s Plan of Salvation
includes our Physical Body not just our spirit and soul, and it is for this
reason Paul included what is written in Ephesians 2:10, and this also explains
what Paul wrote as written in Romans 2:13. God uses obedience to His Moral
Ethical Laws, works, to render our mortal physical body righteous despite the
fact that a sinful nature remains in it; this agrees with James 2:24 “saved by
works and NOT by Faith only,” and there is plenty of Scripture to validate if we
refuse to make the Effort we could be denied eternal life at
Jesus’ Judgment Seat. Standing before Jesus at His Judgment Seat is not for
reward only, JESUS taught this more than once, agrees with Revelation 22:12,
using the Greek, “reward” should be correctly translated “reward and
punishment,” and agrees with Paul’s warnings in 1 Corinthians 9:27 and 2
Corinthians 5:10.
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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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A
problem many have with the way Jesus’ Apostles used and interpreted Prophecies and
Scriptures is they ignored Context, so it appeared, to apply the prophecies and
scriptures to all that happened to Jesus as well as what He said and did. This
pasted week a Muslim name Mohsen made the claim that Jesus’ apostles misused
Proverbs 30:4 and Hosea 11:1 for Jesus. What follows is the response I posted
for Mohsen to Defend against his claims of misuse.
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Mohsen
Mohamed ... more Proof like - ALL Muslims - You have poverty level to No
Understanding what the BIBLE teaches, and How Prophecies IN the Bible are
interpreted; they Can Have More than one meaning. Muslims - also - Prove they
have Zero ability to discern Allegory from Literal in the Bible; Zero.
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As
Apostle Peter wrote: "No prophecy of the Scripture is of any private
interpretation," and as written in Luke 24:44-45 the True Jesus taught His
Apostles - ALL - of the Prophesies from Genesis to Malachi that Apply to Him;
therefore, they interpreted them - as the - True Jesus - taught – them, and as
a result You are Totally Deceived that Jesus' Apostles misused and
misinterpreted the OT references you mentioned in your - Devil influenced -
post against Him.
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FYI,
Hoses 11:1 – is – talking about the True Jesus because the “Israel” your
blindness ignores was a Nation of Israelis that left Egypt under Moses’
leadership – not – solely – a child who is a son; therefore, Matthew used the
reference Correctly as a Messianic Prophecy for what happened to the True
Jesus’ who was a child when He returned to the Land of Israel out of Egypt.
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FYI,
Jesus quoted Proverbs 30:4 for Who He is as written in John 3:13, for this
reason Christians Know Proverbs 30:4 is about Him, and for your unlearned
information -- many prophecies -- that have the name "Israel" are
ALSO taking about Jesus' since His BODY was - born an Israeli - and as a result
are also Messianic in content.
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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
3/1/2026 [Go deep in your relationship with God not shallow.]
