Dynamic Life Baptist Ministries - Pastor Victor Clay

Sermon Title: The Compromising Church
Sermon Text: Revelation 2:12-17
Sermon Purpose: To call the hearer to repent from a life of perverted compromise with worldliness.
Sermon Proposition: There are 5 exhortations given to the compromising church.

12 "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: 13 "I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. 15 Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16 Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight 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 him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it."' Revelation 2:12-17 (NKJV)

Introduction: The Correspondent / The Church in Pergamum (Additional information)

1. The consolation of the compromising church. v.12

   • The potency of the Judge. v.12a

   • The power of the Judge. v.12b

   • The protection of the Judge. v.12c

   
   
   

2. The commendation of the compromising church. v.13

   • The demonstration of faithfulness to Jesus Christ's name. v.13a (Luke 12:8; Matthew 10:32; Mark 8:38)

   • The demonstration of faithfulness to Jesus Christ's teaching. v.13b (2 Timothy 4:1; Titus 1:1)

   • The demonstration of faithfulness to Jesus Christ's death. v.13c (Hebrews 12:3; John 15:20; 1 John 4:15; 1 John 2:22; 2 Timothy 2:12)

   
   
   

3. The condemnation of the compromising church. v.14-15

   • The 1^st error is tolerance of false teaching. v.14a

   • The 2^nd error is tolerance of idol worship v.14b (2 Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians 5:11

   • The 3^rd error is tolerance of sexual immorality v.14c (1 Corinthians 5:11)

   • The 4^th error is tolerance of loose living v.15 (2 Thess. 3:6; Exodus 34:12; 1 Thess. 5:22; Psalm 5:4; Proverbs 22:3)

   
   
   

4. The command of the compromising church. v.16

   • The absolute necessity of a changed mind. v.16a (Luke 13:3)

   • The absolute necessity of a changed behavior. v.16b (Acts 8:22)

   • The absolute necessity of a changed relationship. v.16c (Isaiah 55:7)

   • The church needs to deal with those who were worldly and lead them to repentance.

   • The church needs to change its practice of accepting people into the church just because they professed Christ verbally. There needs to be evidence of repentance.

   • The church needs to discipline those who refuse to repent and choose to continue on in their worldly living.

   • The church needs to stop conveying a sense of false hope and false security to unbelievers by baptizing people when they make professions without true repentance.

   • The church needs to stop allowing the worldly to seduce, deceive, and mislead other believers in the church.

   
   
   

5. The counsel of the compromising church. v.17

   • The promise of Spiritual sustenance. v.17a (John 6:48-51; Ephesians 1:3; John 6:58; John 6:32-33)

   • The promise of an invitation to victory celebration. v.17b