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The Head of the Church

The Head of the Church. Examining the Heart of the Church Pronouncing the Hope of the Church Expecting the Honor of the Church. Seven Churches Teach:. What to do…What Not to do  Honor…Dishonor. Pergamum . Revelation 2:12-17

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The Head of the Church

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  1. The Head of the Church • Examining the Heart of the Church • Pronouncing the Hope of the Church • Expecting the Honor of the Church

  2. Seven Churches Teach: • What to do…What Not to do  • Honor…Dishonor

  3. Pergamum • Revelation 2:12-17 • 12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. 13“‘I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.

  4. Revelation 2:12-17 (cont.) • 15 So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’”

  5. “Sword” - v, 12   • Hebrews 4:12 • 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

  6. “I Know” - v. 13 13 “I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.”

  7. “Satan's Throne”? Temple to Zeus Temple to Caesar Rod of Asclepius

  8. “Yet you hold fast…” - v. 13b • Faithful • 1 Peter 4:16 • Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. • Acts 4:12 • And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. • Romans 1:16 • For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

  9. Pergamum – “COMPROMISE” • Unfaithful -  (vv. 14,15)  • Name of Christ / Teaching of Christ • Not add to, take away - Deut. 4:2; Pro. 30:6; Rev. 22:18,19

  10. Pergamum – “COMPROMISE” • 1 Corinthians 2:1-4 • And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimonyof God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, • Choose Honor or Dishonor - v. 16 • Christ Not Compromise - v. 17

  11. Sardis • Revelation 3:1-6 • “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.

  12. Sardis • Revelation 3:1-6 (cont.) • 4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

  13. Sardis – “COMFORT” • “Alive” or “Dead”? • “Wake Up!” • “Remember” - Teaching of Christ / Name of Christ

  14. Christ Not ComfortChrist must be Front and Center

  15. Honor the Name of Jesus.Trade Compromise and Comfort for Commitment.

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