Title: Persevere in the Truth (4)
Series: Seven Churches of Revelation
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Revelation 2:12-17
It was the Super Bowl. The biggest game of the year. The quarterback barked out the snap count, pivoted to his right, handed off the ball and the tailback ran with all his might through the line, 5 yards, 10 yards, 15 yards. He was hit by one defensive back, and then another, and as they held on, he fought for every extra yard he could get. It was then that he fumbled the ball, the other team recovered and all was for naught. It had been a great run and a great effort but without the ball it meant nothing.
In this sermon we will see how the church in Pergamum was guilty of something similar. They had persevered through intense persecution, kept the faith and held Christ's name high but somehow, in the midst of the struggle they had lost their focus on the gospel. Now they continued but with heresy growing in their midst. They had not denied the name of Christ but they were in the process of defiling it.
Let us now turn to Revelation 2:12-17 and see what Christ is saying to the church of Pergamum.
These verses are being spoken by Jesus Christ to John the Apostle who had been exiled to the Isle of Patmos off the coast of Asia Minor. John was about 90 years old and was one of the few still living who had actually known Christ. Christ had returned to heaven 60 years earlier. Revelation 1 tells us that John was worshipping on the Lord's Day when he saw the vision of Christ who came to him.
Historically Pergamum was the greatest city of Asia. At this time in history, Pergamum had been a capital city for over 400 years. After Alexander the Great's death his great empire was divided into smaller kingdoms. The kingdom which included Asia Minor came to be called the Seleucid kingdom. In 282 BC Pergamum was named as its capital city. It remained a capital city until 133 BC. At that time, Attalus the Third, the ruler of the Seleucid kingdom die ...
Series: Seven Churches of Revelation
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Revelation 2:12-17
It was the Super Bowl. The biggest game of the year. The quarterback barked out the snap count, pivoted to his right, handed off the ball and the tailback ran with all his might through the line, 5 yards, 10 yards, 15 yards. He was hit by one defensive back, and then another, and as they held on, he fought for every extra yard he could get. It was then that he fumbled the ball, the other team recovered and all was for naught. It had been a great run and a great effort but without the ball it meant nothing.
In this sermon we will see how the church in Pergamum was guilty of something similar. They had persevered through intense persecution, kept the faith and held Christ's name high but somehow, in the midst of the struggle they had lost their focus on the gospel. Now they continued but with heresy growing in their midst. They had not denied the name of Christ but they were in the process of defiling it.
Let us now turn to Revelation 2:12-17 and see what Christ is saying to the church of Pergamum.
These verses are being spoken by Jesus Christ to John the Apostle who had been exiled to the Isle of Patmos off the coast of Asia Minor. John was about 90 years old and was one of the few still living who had actually known Christ. Christ had returned to heaven 60 years earlier. Revelation 1 tells us that John was worshipping on the Lord's Day when he saw the vision of Christ who came to him.
Historically Pergamum was the greatest city of Asia. At this time in history, Pergamum had been a capital city for over 400 years. After Alexander the Great's death his great empire was divided into smaller kingdoms. The kingdom which included Asia Minor came to be called the Seleucid kingdom. In 282 BC Pergamum was named as its capital city. It remained a capital city until 133 BC. At that time, Attalus the Third, the ruler of the Seleucid kingdom die ...
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