Christians and compromise
“To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.
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.
Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality.
Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.” Revelations 2:12-17.
Here we have a church that compromised.
While Jesus compliments them on being true and not renouncing their faith in days of persecution in which Antipas was martyred. By the time this was written to the church in Pergamum they had started to compromise. They were compromising with the teaching of Balaam and the Nicolaitans heretical teachings of the day. Some in the church were also practising sexual immorality.
As Christians we have a clear moral code and set of teachings laid down by God, taught to us by Jesus and the writings of the apostles. To stray from those teachings is to put us contrary to God’s will.
We cannot be Christians and only believe what we want in the New Testament. We must believe all of it. Not only that we must practice our faith the way God intended us to practice it. That is why we must be constantly studying the scriptures, praying and asking God to show us what He wants for our lives.
Today there are many church congregations, denominations, and individuals calling themselves Christians who are compromising their faith. They are combining it with other beliefs and practices. This should not be so.
Each person who claims to be Christian needs to be looking at themselves and asking themselves “Am I truly practising my faith in a way that is acceptable to God?”.
How are you practising your faith?
Please think about it?
“To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.
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.
Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality.
Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.” Revelations 2:12-17.
Here we have a church that compromised.
While Jesus compliments them on being true and not renouncing their faith in days of persecution in which Antipas was martyred. By the time this was written to the church in Pergamum they had started to compromise. They were compromising with the teaching of Balaam and the Nicolaitans heretical teachings of the day. Some in the church were also practising sexual immorality.
As Christians we have a clear moral code and set of teachings laid down by God, taught to us by Jesus and the writings of the apostles. To stray from those teachings is to put us contrary to God’s will.
We cannot be Christians and only believe what we want in the New Testament. We must believe all of it. Not only that we must practice our faith the way God intended us to practice it. That is why we must be constantly studying the scriptures, praying and asking God to show us what He wants for our lives.
Today there are many church congregations, denominations, and individuals calling themselves Christians who are compromising their faith. They are combining it with other beliefs and practices. This should not be so.
Each person who claims to be Christian needs to be looking at themselves and asking themselves “Am I truly practising my faith in a way that is acceptable to God?”.
How are you practising your faith?
Please think about it?
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