THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
/REVELATION 2 - 3Copyright November 20, 2007
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CHAPTER 1 (9 of 9)
EXPLANATIONS
AND CAUSES
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The
reference in Exodus 32:32-33 is believed, because of the Hebrew meaning of the
word, to imply that the Old Testament's use of the book of life (book of the
living) is in reference to those presently living, while in the New Testament
the meaning is in reference to eternity. If the name was removed God
would send immediate judgment on the individual or individuals, those in the
Old Testament. When God said to Moses, “whosoever has sinned against me, him I
will blot out of my book,” the Hebrew meaning of the word – sinned - means
habitual rebellion. So more correctly, whosoever sins against me
habitually, him will I blot out of my book.
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Obviously
whatever the meaning whether Old or New Testament those who choose to live a
life of rebellion against what God requires will be blotted out of the Book of
Life. Jesus taught He has this authority in Revelation 3:5. Those who have
truly given their heart to Christ do not fall into the category of the
rebellious habitual sinner; for, although we may commit sin, yielding
to the desire of the sinful nature in our flesh, it is not in our - new
nature - placed in our spirit and soul, to live a life of
rebellion against God’s moral ethical laws with our physical body (flesh).
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The
Backslider, an apostate, the person who forsakes the Lord and returns to their
old lifestyle, falls into the category of "the habitual sinner,” like
a person who has never given their heart to Christ. The
apostate does not fall into the category of "He that overcomes,” and
"He that endures to the end" (Matthews 10:22). The
apostate’s name will be blotted out of the book of life. Yet, in all
the apostate's remaining days, God will work with them in an effort to restore
them to Himself and reestablish His favor in their life. But, as is
written, "God said, My
Spirit will not always plead with man," which means there could be a -
limit - to how long He will make that effort.
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Jesus said
there are those who will stand in the Judgment saying, “Did we not cast out
devils in your name?” The Lord said, “Depart from me you workers of iniquity I
never knew you” (Matthew 7:23, Luke 13:27). For years I questioned that
statement, for it made those who have the gifts of the Holy Spirit appear to be
unaccepted by God. The Lord showed me that what caused them to be rejected is
that those deeds were past tense in their lives, for they at
one time did obey Him and have an intimate relationship with Him, so He could
use them to do great wonders for His glory, but sometime before their death
they had stopped obeying Him and being intimate with Him, they were
backslidden, apostate, and foolish virgins [Matthew 25:12; I know
you not]; therefore, when they said the bold statement to Him, Jesus said I
never knew you [I do not have an intimate relationship with
you]. They were denied eternal life because they were in a
backslidden apostate condition; their name had been removed from the Book of
Life.
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And whosoever
was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
(Revelation 20:15)
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In the Old
Testament, God asked the children of Israel, if a man turns to serve Him, then
turns back, will his righteousness be remember? The answer of God was, No it
will not (Ezekiel 33:11-19). If I were to forsake the Lord
(backslide/apostate), all of the treasure I have stored up in heaven will be
lost, and I will fall under the same Judgment of God against those who have
rejected Him all of the days of their life. Being an apostate my name
would be blotted out of the Book of Life, and I will spend eternity in the Lake
of Fire instead of in His presence; for both Old and New Testaments states our
name can be blotted out.
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A person who
professes to be a Christian can justify their sin all they want, it is a device
of the Enemy to keep them trapped, unusable, and of very little value to God, then in the last day of their life, when
they enter eternity and stand before Jesus, He might say,
"Depart from me, you worker of iniquity I never knew you." Rather
than, "Enter you into the joy of the Lord you good and faithful
servant." For someone to say, "Not everyone is meant to have the gift
of the Holy Spirit," God's power and gifts, is a lie of the Enemy to keep a
"Christian" powerless against him, trapped in a
sinful pattern of living, and with this behavior a fearful looking toward an
eternal fiery indignation which will engulf God's adversaries, called in Daniel
12:2 "everlasting abhorrence."
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For if we sin
willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains
no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Hebrews 10:26-27)
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Let us
therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of
you should seem to come short of it. (Hebrews 4:1)
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Brethren, if
any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that
he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul
from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. (James 5:19-20)
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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 most of my time was spent conversing with two woman name Nina and
June who claimed to be Christians to defend against Nina’s Deception of “Oneness
theology” that teaches Jesus is the Father Son and Holy Spirit. No matter how
many times I informed Nina that she was twisting and perverting the Bible references
she quote to make them agree with the False Oneness theology Nina chose to be
blind to the fact that some of them Prove Jesus is nether His Father Almighty
God and neither is Jesus God’s Holy Spirit.
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My
responses with June, who calls herself an Apologist but clearly is not as Learned
as she claims to be one. When June’s first post was about Unicorns mentioned in
Numbers 23:22, which I assumed she wanted to know if they did exist, I provided
the Historical evidence they Did, but June’s intention was to use the Hebrew
word Re’em to trash the KJV use of “unicorn” that means “wild ox,” which is Not
as correct as she was led to believe, and she Falsely believed that Strong’s
Concordance used the KJV to create his concordance. The final few responses
from June was to “discredit” the KJV of the Bible, and the share her False
deception that King James was a homosexual as if to imply King James was
responsible for the Contain of the KJV.
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Since
the conversations with both of Nina and June are extensive I can only share a few
of the responses I posted to correct them. At this point the conversation with
June is still ongoing.
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Nina
P
... You are Still twisting and perverting the Scriptures you quote and too
unlearned to discern you are. How many times do You want to keep going Circular
with this Topic?
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As
for John 10:30 You are ignoring the word - "and" - to come to a false
conclusion that Jesus is saying He is His Father Almighty God; Jesus was Not
saying He is His Father or He would have said "I – am - My Father."
Jesus the SON and His FATHER are one in -- Substance -- Not -- one in the
selfsame "person.”
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The
BIBLE teaches that Almighty God - Gave Birth - to Jesus (His spirit and soul)
from His Personal Substance (Gr. Hypostasis) as taught by Apostle Paul in
Hebrews 1:3 just as Apostle John taught the same using the Greek word Monogenes
“Only Begotten,” for example John 1:18 “ The Only Begotten SON, which is IN the
bosom OF the FATHER;” two different identities and You keep proving to be too
deceived to discern you Are.
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Jesus'
personal spirit and soul is - Not -- His Father's Spirit and Soul, Neither is
God's Personal Spirit the Holy Spirit Jesus’ personal spirit, and you keep
proving you are incapable of discerning the differences. God has a “Spirit and
Soul” of His Own (Genesis 1:2; Leviticus 26:11), and Jesus has a spirit and
soul of His Own (Luke 23:46; John 12:27). You are deceived that the Father and
Son are the Holy Spirit and John 14:26 is a prime proof of this.
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Also,
you apparently have chosen to ignore that Jesus taught BOTH He or His Father
will answer prayer depending on WHO we pray to. Like a deceiver you will quote
John 14:14 and ignore John 15:16 to teach a false theology: "If you ask
any thing in my name, - I - will do it," and this is what Jesus said about
His Father "whatsoever you will ask of the FATHER in my name, - HE - may
give it you." Jesus, and His Father Almighty God who - Gave Birth -to
Jesus' spirit and soul are Not the same "person."
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You
are believing a False theology, which I thoroughly Know for Myself is False,
and just as Tertullian in 200 AD using the Byzantine manuscripts and likely the
157 AD Latin translation of them in the second century taught Praxeas’ Oneness
theology is False, also proving you Are deceived. FYI the False Oneness
theology did not begin again until the early 1900s in American. Basically the
False theology ended in the second and third century never again to be taught
until the early twentieth century; more proof you Are deceived.
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June
I ... there is a history in the 1500's that Unicorns (the horse type) existed
in Mecca which were gifts from the King of Ethiopia; therefore, what the BIBLE
teaches about them is TRUE - not - Myth.
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Here
is the History: "Ludovico di Varthema, a 16th-century traveler, reported
seeing live unicorns in an enclosed space in the temple of Mecca, which were
gifts from the king of Ethiopia to the Sultan of Mecca," and this is not
the only Historical information of them having existed; therefore, obviously
the Biblical unicorns not existing today is that they eventually became
extinct.
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June
I ... (The whole point of my post discredits the KJV) You keep proving the
"delusional" is you. I see you have been Deceived by the False claim
that King James was a homosexual, which a Defense was written against. FYI
James "mandating" the KJV translation had Zero to do with How it was
translated and the Content, and IF he did have anything to do with the Content
the Command against Sodomy, as well as all the historical information found
throughout the KJV would have been removed.
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Since
the Textus Receptus proves the KJV translation was not a corruption of the TR
manuscripts, and based on your attitude I can - only Assume - you have a poor
opinion of Dr. James Strong - also - having falsely believed his concordance
was based on the KJV, which it was Not.
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Since
there exist - Two Differing histories - about King James, it obviously is easy
for you to think the Worst about him than the Best, and explains why your
wicked way of thinking wants to Falsely think the worst of me. Based on your
last response it also makes it easy for me to conclude whatever Translation you
put Your trust in it is that of the Corrupted Alexandrian Egypt Text Type that
is missing many verses of Scripture that - I Know - Belong in the Bible.
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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 10/18/2026 [Go deep in your relationship with God not shallow.]
