By Moonings
The Message to Each Church
Pergamos/Pentecostal-type Churches
Salutation: Christ bears the sharp two-edged sword.
Relevance to this church: This sword is the Word of God, which they have dishonored
by giving greater authority to experience.
Acknowledgment: He notices their works, and their faithfulness under persecution.
Relevance to this church: This church has never shrunk from persecution. Under
the Communists, for example, the Pentecostals maintained a good testimony for Christ.
Exhortation/Criticism: They tolerate those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, and they tolerate also the Nicolaitanes.
Relevance to this church: No church is more infested with crass profiteering, blatant immorality, and unashamed worldliness than modern Pergamos. Modern Pergamos has also been friendly to ecumenism.
Warning: If they do not repent, He will catch them by surprise and fight against the unruly with the sword of His mouth.
Relevance to this church: When Christ returns, the leaders of this church will face
judgment according to the strict measure of Scripture. The evildoers will be punished severely (Matt. 24:48-51).
Promise: Overcomers will receive the hidden manna and the stone with secret writing.
Relevance to this church: To answer the craving of this church for private revelation, God will share wonderful secrets with every overcomer.
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