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THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA /REVELATION 2 - 3

Copyright November 20, 2007

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CHAPTER 4 (1 of 5)

CHRISTIAN LIBERTY

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Christian liberty is freedom to live like Jesus did in His days on earth as a mortal man; it is liberty to live like Jesus not like the world. Jesus is our Example of what God requires of us John 8:29 "I do always those things that please Him." If we choose to live like the world, then we can expect to suffer the negative consequences of our "worldly" behavior. How others judge us is of no significance; when it comes to eternity, it is how God judges us that matters. We know when our behavior is bringing Him glory and honor, and when it is not. If we are unsure we need to seriously ask Him, and then seriously obey what He tells us.

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As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. (1 Peter 2:16)

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For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles (sinners) through you, as it is written. (Romans 2:24)

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Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. (Philippians 3:15)

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Within about the first year as a Christian I was passing out tracts on High Street in Columbus Ohio in the Ohio State campus area; it was dark at the time.  There was a hand full of men within a circle talking to one another; I entered the circle and gave each of them a tract (Christian literature on how to give their heart to Jesus). After failing miserably at my first attempt to witness, after I was converted, I prayed that the Lord would always give me an answer for any question that anyone would ask me about Him; I was nineteen years old.

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One of the men said, I have a question for you.  I said OK; the Lord will give me an answer for any question you ask. One of his friends went down a sidewalk, which was between two buildings and urinated on the wall of one of the buildings.  The man pointed to his friend and asked; did he sin when he did that?  All public law aside; none of which I knew anything about that act, I interpreted his question as a religious one. 

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As I waited for an answer from God, the man asked, Well did he?  I said to him, I am waiting on an answer from God; right as I said that, God gave me the answer.  I said, yes! The man said WHAT!  I said, he's a sinner, everything he does is sin, even his own righteousness is as filthy rags in the sight of God, but if I had done it, it would not have been a sin, for in God's sight I am righteous.  I don't remember any more than this, but I am certain we all parted amazed.  About a week later as I was reading in the book of Titus, God confirmed what I said to the man was from Him. The reference is Titus 1:15-16.

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Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.  They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. (Titus 1:15-16)

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God has delivered us from the bondage and condemnation of sin and death to no longer be controlled by its grip; we now have a choice when once we did not.  As "Sinners" when we did right, God saw it as evil; for, everything we do as Sinners is classified sin, even the “good.” The fruit of the "sinful nature" is always sin.  As Sinners our good is as filthy rags in God's sight. God does not view any sin a Christian does as sin, but as disobedience, for God deals with us as Saints, sons and daughters, not as Sinners; therefore with disobedience comes discipline.

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For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death [the Condemnation of the Law].  (Romans 8:2)

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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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If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?  (Hebrews 12:7)

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

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Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me [in our flesh]. (Romans 7:20)

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All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. (1 Corinthians 6:12)

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All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. (1 Corinthians 10:23)

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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 fifteen 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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A Muslim name Sha posted a false claim that the 700 AD Codex Amiatinus found in England was the first Bible, to conclude the Quran was First not the Bible, and giving a Link as his source for proof. What follows are the two responses I posted for Sha to Defend against his Deception:

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Sha A ... Your sources are LYING to you, and You are too Unlearned and Deceived by to discern they Are, which your link proves. Aside from this the Codex Amiatinus a 700 AD - COPY - was created from a - corrupt - set of Manuscripts, Codex Vaticanus (4th century) and Codex Sinaiticus (4th century), which were Transcribed from the - Gnostic and Arian - (2nd Century) - corrupted - Alexandria Egypt manuscripts which removed verses of Scripture that BELONG in the Bible.

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Sha A ... clearly Your 2 paragraph response - quoted - someone else as deceived as You. Not - all - so called "Bible sources or Scholars" can be trusted, only a dullard would believe differently. IF you could understand the link you would know - Your post Conclusion - about it is false. Aside from this, I have extensive knowledge about Manuscript transmission and history to - thoroughly and unequivocally - know Your Conclusion is a Lie as well as your quote. ALL Islam Muslim are Notorious for being liars and deceivers, and I have had conversations with you in the Past to Know you are one of them.

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A Muslim name Aansa posted what Quran 54:1 say about the Moon Split; the word split means in half or many pieces. I have seen post where when Christians mocked this claim, but never researched it myself until this past week. What follows are the two responses I posted against Aansa’s conclusion:

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Aansa A ... I already know about the - claim – “split the moon.” A seismic crack does not support the claim. Nonetheless, I assume You have never read this: "According to a report from Ibn Abbas, Muhammad's cousin, a LUNAR ECLIPES happened and the Quranic verse 54:1 was revealed: The Hour is at hand and the moon has been split." Clearly You are deceived to "believe" differently.

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Aansa A ... the depth of the crack is 12 miles, the diameter of the moon is 2,159.1 miles and the circumference is 6,786 miles; a 12 mile deep crevasse 186 miles long is Hardly a conformation the Moon was Split, and the word Split means in half or into parts. This has - never - happened to the moon.

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There is Nothing to support planet and star gazers "1500 years ago were aware there's a seismic crack in the moon." No one had the means to see cracks in the moon 1500 years ago. The first telescope, though poor as it was, was created in 1608, and Galileo creating a better telescope of his day in 1609 AD described the "surface of the moon as being uneven, rough, crowded with depressions, and bulges" Nothing about cracks; therefore, No One 1500 years ago would have known anything about cracks, but they would have known about Eclipses by the Moon; therefore, you would do best to believe Ibn Abbas Muhammad's cousin.

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As for Muhammad being the last prophet until the Day of Judgment, it would take an - Unlearned mindless automaton - to believe that. He was not the first and he has not been the last to Create Religions having the title "Prophet" in front of their name using - Jesus for the foundation - of their Lies and Deceptions. The Jesus of Judaism said this would happen, and it still Does Today.

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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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