Guide & Record of your thoughts 12/13/2009 Week 5 - Revelation 2:12 – 2:17
Following the Message: 1
Worldliness is defined as any preoccupation with or interest in the temporal system of life that places anything _perishable___ before that which is eternal.
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One who wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an _enemy___ of God
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The church at Pergamum, like much of today’s church, had failed to heed the biblical warnings against worldliness. It had drifted into _compromise__ and was in danger of becoming one with the world.
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(2:12) The sharp, two-edged sword represents the _Word__of__ __God. The fact that it is two-edged indicates the Word’s potency and power in _exposing_____ and _judging_____ the innermost thoughts of the human heart.
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(2:12) The Jesus in Revelation is not known by the world. They see Him in a manger. But the reality in the book of Revelation is that when He returns, He returns as on who carries out the fierce __wrath of God__.
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(2:13) Christ recognized the difficulty of the church at Pergamum. He knew that they lived with _Satan__ in their midst.
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(2:13) Believers at Pergamum had been true to God, even under severe testing, but still they had _compromised__ their witness.
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(2:14) The Lord is actually accusing the believers in Pergamum of committing _spiritual fornication __________ because of their compromises that made them more acceptable to the world.
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(2:14) The congregation or individual that compromises with the world just to avoid suffering or achieve success is committing _spiritual__adultery___ and being unfaithful to the Lord.
10 (2:14) Many in the church at Pergamum, as well as believers today, make light of Biblical truth and doctrine. Jesus holds it against any in His church who hold to error . Instead of tolerating heresy
one is to _confront_____ (not in a hostile manner) those who teach and promote such false doctrine. 11 (2:15) It is impossible to live life so closely associated with those of the world in such a way as to be indistinguishable from nonbelievers. This is impossible because “friendship with the world” is ___hostility____ toward God. 12 (2:15) What Satan could not accomplish at Smyrna or Pergamum through intimidation, suffering, and death from outside the church, he achieved from _within____. 13 (2:16) Jesus told them or repent or else. After a warning not heeded, He would come soon, meaning He would come _suddenly_____. 14 (2:16) False truth/lies will never be constrained by compromising with them. 15 (2:16) Antipas felt the sword of Rome, but the church at Pergamum would feel the _sword of Christ - the Word, if they did not repent. 16 (2:17) The promise to the one who overcomes is _victory___.
Reflecting on the Text: 1. Are there areas in my thinking or behavior where worldliness has crept in or taken over?
2. Are there doctrines or Biblical truths that I think are not really that important or significant, and the church should not keep making a big deal about them?
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