4. 1. CHRIST TEACHES HIS CHURCH
On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea (REVELATION 1:10)

5. 2. CHRIST LEADS HIS CHURCH
I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest (REV 1:12-13)

6. 3. Christ intercedes for his church
REVELATION 1:12-13
I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone "like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.

7. 4. Christ judges or purifies his church
REVELATION 1:14-16
His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

8. WHITE HEAD AND HAIR-Holiness and wisdom
EYES LIKE FIRE-Omniscience-He sees what people do
FEET LIKE GLOWING BRONZE-Stamping out sin
SWORD-Speaks of the word of his judgment

9. The WORDLY church PERGAMUM
Revelation 2:12-17

11. 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
1. The city
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:

23. I know where you live—where Satan has his throne.
REVELATION 2:13
I know where you live—where Satan has his throne.

24. I COR 10:19-20
Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.

25. 2. THE CORRESPONDANT
To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword (2:12)

26. REVELATION 1:16
In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword.

27. HEBREWS 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

28. 3. THE COMMENDATION
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, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives (2:13)

30. LUKE 14:25-27
Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

31. LUKE 14:25-27
Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

32. 4. THE CRITICISM
14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. 15 So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

33. THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM
It is the attitude that one can be fully cooperative with the world and still serve God. The doctrine of Balaam teaches compromise, wanting Christians to forget they are called to be separate and holy (Leviticus 20:26; 1 Peter 1:2); the doctrine of Balaam makes believers indistinguishable from the unbelieving world (Matthew 5:13).

34. THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM
The doctrine of Balaam is a belief that “a little sin” doesn’t hurt (Galatians 5:9), especially if there’s some financial or personal benefit involved (1 Timothy 6:5). A person following the doctrine of Balaam is willing to compromise his beliefs for the sake of economics. He acts to enable sinful behaviors for personal gain or even participate in them (Romans 1:32).

35. ERWIN LUTZER
“Opinion polls show that the difference between the church and the world is, in some ways, indistinguishable. The sins that are in the world are in the church: Divorce, immorality, pornography, risqué entertainment, materialism and apathy toward what others believe.”

36. 5. THE CORRECTION
16 Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.  

37. 6. THE COMMITMENT
17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

38. ADMISSION

39. ACQUITAL

40. The tolerant church thyatira
Revelation 2:18-29

42. 18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
1. The city
18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:

50. 2. THE CORRESPONDANT
The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this: (18) 1:15 His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15 His feet were like burnished bronze,

51. 3. THE COMMENDATION
19 ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.

52. Actions and behavior
Love
Faith
Service
Perseverance
Growth or increase

53. 4. THE CRITICISM
20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

54. 5. THE CORRECTION
21I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 

55. 24 But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you. 25 Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come.  

56. 6. THE COMMITMENT
26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; 27 and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father;28 and I will give him the morning star. 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’