Main Idea: While the enemy will continually tempt the church towards compromise, God’s Word protects and corrects His church while promising a far greater reward.

12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.

The Enemy Seeks to Destroy the Church Through Compromise

• 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.
  • 1 John 5:19
• 14, 15 “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. So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
  • Numbers 22–24
  • Numbers 25:1–3
  • Numbers 31:16
  • 1 Corinthians 10:14–20
  • 1 Corinthians 6:18–20

The Word of God Protects and Corrects the Church from Compromise

• 16 Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:6-11

The Banquet Invitation for the Faithful Promises a Far Greater Reward

• 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.’
  • 1 Corinthians 10:21, 22
  • Revelation 19:6–9

So What?

• We must examine ourselves for worldly compromise and allow the Lord through His word to discipline us towards righteousness.
  • 1 Corinthians 11:27–32