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Church |
Faults |
Strengths |
Instruction to All? |
Other? |
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Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7) |
Danger of losing their first love
which is Jesus Christ |
Hard workers, patient endurance,
cannot bear evil, perseveres |
Beware of losing our first love
which is Jesus Christ |
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Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) |
None |
Endured through poverty and
suffering, yet rich in spirit |
Do not fear suffering |
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Pergamum or Pergamos (Revelation
2:12-17) |
Tolerated cults, heresies, idolatry
and immorality |
Loyal to Christ, refused to deny
Him, Martyrs |
Beware of the constant danger of
doctrinal compromise |
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Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29) |
Tolerated cults, idolatry and
immortality |
Deeds, love, faith, service, patent
endurance, constant improvement |
There is danger in moral compromise |
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Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6) |
Church is dead |
Some have kept the faith, they will
be saved |
We are warned concerning danger of
spiritual deadness |
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Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13) |
None |
Kept Christ’s word (commandments),
have not denied His name |
Brotherly love essential, keep
enduring with patience until the Lord's return |
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Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) |
Neither hot not cold, rely on riches
and didn’t recognize spiritually wretched condition |
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Beware of the danger of becoming
unaware of the people’s spiritual needs |
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