Letter to the Church in Pergamum – Repent
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“I know where you live – where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me … Nevertheless, I have a few things against you…” (Revelation 2:13, 14).
The church in Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17), although they were faithful to God, allowed false teachings to seep into their church. People who promoted a lax attitude toward idolatry and sexual immorality were accepted and allowed to teach their ideas within the church. As a result, holiness and righteousness were eroded.
Pergamum had the opposite problem that Ephesus did. The church in Ephesus was intolerant of evil but forgot how to love, while the church at Pergamum tolerated evil and allowed it to exist within the church.
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It often feels like Satan has his throne where I live, in Canada, in the twenty-first century. Does it feel that way where you live? Evil surrounds us. The question is: Have we, like those in Pergamum, allowed it to seep into our lives?
Do we tolerate sexual immorality? Is it so rampant that it doesn’t bother us anymore? That we no longer regard it as sin? Do the idols of money and success get worshipped in our churches, alongside our worship of God?
We must pay close attention to God’s warning: “Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against [those who do these things] with the sword of my mouth” (Revelation 2:16).
Holy God, show us the areas where we have allowed sin to take root in our lives. Forgive us and make us clean. We want to be holy. Show us how to walk in the truth.
Questions: What false teachings have had the most influence over you? How do we take a stand against evil while still remembering to love?
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I agree with the prayer that was written.
We certainly must be on the same page. I see what you see and I hear what you hear and I understand what you are saying. O that we be like Jesus called us to be. If they would just preach saith the Lord, and quote what he said, they will draw all I said all He said all men unto HIM>
I go to church to worship God
My heart leads me to church. I don’t go (to church) for any other reason than to give glory to God. we had a conflict at one time in our church as we were merging w/ two other churches. that being said, I literally drove to church one morning and asked God to guide me…. He did guide me and I ended up in a church I’ve never been to in my life. I attended this church for 2 years, and they re-built my old church. I had no hard feelings when I left, just was guided by the Lord to attend another church for 2 yrs… now long story shorter; I am back to my old church(now a new fancy one), but back w/ my entire family (and church family), which I had missed so much. There were no hard feelings, and no regrets. I think the bottom line is: If we let the Lord guide us, then we’ll make the right decisions in ALL of our conflicts. Blessings to all.
We need to all be less judgemental of everyone- else [God will judge them],then We can all worry about looking at Ourselves. If We looked into a mirror, asking, do YOU live by the 10 commandments daily? How many of Us can honestly say we keep them all. Jesus says if you break one you break them all. Everyone needs to love their sister/brother and try to be understanding of their situation.
Good devotional. I am an avid reader of all kinds of literature. It seems to me there has always been hypocrites in the church. We can see they were there in biblocal times and continue today. As was mentioned in the devotional, each one of us has our own story and history. We never really know what is going on in another person’s life. We are all sinners and fall short of the glory of God. That is why we all need Jesus in our life.
We are bombarded everyday with all kinds of sexual immorality. I pray for my children who are all in their early twenties. With so much exposure, on TV, the Internet, in the news that they realize that is not God’s way or plan. We have had many conversations about sexual immorality.
Tomie, yes! I would be honored to pray for you! And thank you for praying for me.
This devotional is so true. My prayer is that our churches will be able to combine both. Love but not tolerate the present moral system!!
Jessica, I pray you have found a new church to attend. I have seen many people let other people keep them out of church. Don’t let that happen to you;-) We Christians NEED each other, no no one is perfect, and there’s a commercial that plays on the radio station I listen to. It runs about a 3 minute or so and basicly says, if you find a church with NO hippocrites, you will find an empty church. We ALL mess up at some point in our Christian walks. I know I have. But if I choose to stay home because of it, it will only get worse. And I know of others in the church who have messed up, pretty badly, but most of them are still there, and I’m very glad, that shows they want to make it better. I’m praying for you Jessica, will you pray for me? If you have found a new church, congrats!!! Take care and God bless! Tommie
My husband and I have stopped attending the church he was raised in due to sexual immorality within the leadership of the church. This man was propositioning a young girl within the church, while hosting slumber parties and he and his wife’s house. I know that nobody is perfect, but simply feigning ignorance and turning your head to it just doesn’t sit well with me. I don’t regret my decision to stay away; it lets those involved know that I will not tolerate that behavior. I forgived and have move on with my life. THANK GOD!
I love the letters to the churches, by the way. They ring so true and hit home with everyone.