Letters to the Churches

#03

What All Are You Tryingto Hold On To?

Revelation 2.12-17

Compiled and Presented by:

Dave Stewart 29 June, 2008

Las Cruces, NMwww.churchofchristmiranda.com

Synopsis: The church in Pergamum was struggling with compromise. They were trying to hold on to Jesus, but some of the Christians were also trying to hold to false worship and sexual immorality. Jesus, who wields a sword will come in to separate if they do not repent. This lesson reminds us that we must be careful of the dichotomy of attempting to hold on to two opposites. Hold fast to Jesus.

“Let all that you do be done with love.”

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“How long will you go limping between two different opinions?

If Jehovah is God, follow Him; but if Baal, then follow him.”

1 Kings 18.21

“So they feared Jehovah but also served their own gods.”

2 Kings 17.33

“Now therefore fear Jehovah and serve Him in sincerity and

faithfulness ...And if it is evil in your eyes to serve Jehovah, choose this day whom you

will serve ...But as for me and my house, we will

serve Jehovah.”Joshua 24.14-15

What All Are You Trying To Hold On To?

Revelation 2.12-17

PergamumThyatira

Ephesus

Smyrna

Patmos

Crete

Rhodes

A S I A

L Y C I A

G A L A T I A

P A M P H Y L I A

C I L I C I A

C A P P A D O C I A

B I T H Y N I A

AegeanSea

Black Sea

Great Sea(Mediterranean)

Hellespontus

T H R A C E

Seven Churchesof Asia

SardisPhiladelphia

Laodicea

P O N T U S

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Scale of Miles0 200

Let HimHear

Jesus

My Name

“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him

from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 10.9

“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His

Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”

1 John 5.20

“If we deny Him,He also will deny us.”

2 Timothy 2.12

My Faith

“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will

depart from the faith by devoting themselves to

deceitful spirits andteachings of demons”

1 Timothy 4.1

“who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods

that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know

the truth.”1 Timothy 4.3

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is

through this craving that some have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with

many pangs.”1 Timothy 6.10

“O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the

irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely

called ‘knowledge,’ for by professing it some have swerved

from the faith.”1 Timothy 6.20-21

“contend earnestly

for the faith.”Jude 3

“Examine yourselves, to see whether

you are in the faith.”

2 Corinthians 13.5

False Worship

“While Israel lived in Shittim, the people

began to whore with the daughters of

Moab. These invited the people to the sacrifices of their

gods, and the people ate and bowed down

to their gods.”Numbers 25.1-2

“that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and

from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual

immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will

do well. Farewell.”Acts 15.29

“Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know

that ‘an idol has no real existence,’ and that ‘there is no

God but one.’”1 Corinthians 8.4

“I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons.

You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of

demons.”1 Corinthians 10.21-22

“For am I now seeking the approval of man or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I

were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of

Christ.”Galatians 1.10

Immorality

“While Israel lived in Shittim, the people

began to whore with the daughters of

Moab. These invited the people to the sacrifices of their

gods, and the people ate and bowed down

to their gods.”Numbers 25.1-2

“that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and

from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual

immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will

do well. Farewell.”Acts 15.29

“The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the

Lord, and the Lord for the body.”

1 Corinthians 6.13

Put todeath

Colossians 3.5-9

Put onChrist

Colossians 3.10-17

Immorality

FalseWorship

Jesus’Name

Faith in Jesus