THE BARGAINING CHURCH (9 OF 41)
by Jerry Watts
Scripture: Revelation 2:12-18
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The Bargaining Church (9 of 41)
Series: The Unveiling
Jerry N Watts
Revelation 2:12-18
August 14, 2011
* Everybody loves to get a good deal because we are all 'bargain' hunters. Very few people desire to pay retail for anything. Yet at times, what begins to be a bargain turns out to cost too much. A lady was new in a community and was driving down the streets to get the lay of the land. She saw a beauty salon with $10 haircuts advertised. She mused to herself, "How can the other shops compete with a $10 haircut?" Down the block she saw another salon whose ad read, "We REPAIR $10 haircuts." It seems that what started out as a deal, became a big deal, and then was an ordeal.
* Bargaining also has another meaning besides this thought of getting something at a low cost (or cheap), it carries the idea of 'bartering', negotiating, or haggling. In many foreign market places you can negotiate, barter, or 'bargain' the price of goods that you want to buy.
* It seems that the church at Pergamum was indeed a 'bargaining' type of church. While they were committed in some things, seemingly they were will to compromise or bargain in other areas. A bargaining church is like a bargaining believer who wants to bargain with God or the culture to lower the expected standards. Let's read about this church.
* There are so many things which the church at Pergamum teaches us.
1. The Placement of the Church - Please remember that we are not talking about the 'church building' because, quite likely, they didn't have a building. The church was not confined to a building until Constantine in the early 4th century. What is important is to notice that they are in the city of Pergamum. This city was known for its culture, for its education, and for its pagan worship. (The Library in Pergamum is said to have boasted of more than 200,000 books)
a. It is in this place that the Lord said, "I know where you live." Most other translation says it this way, "I know ...
Series: The Unveiling
Jerry N Watts
Revelation 2:12-18
August 14, 2011
* Everybody loves to get a good deal because we are all 'bargain' hunters. Very few people desire to pay retail for anything. Yet at times, what begins to be a bargain turns out to cost too much. A lady was new in a community and was driving down the streets to get the lay of the land. She saw a beauty salon with $10 haircuts advertised. She mused to herself, "How can the other shops compete with a $10 haircut?" Down the block she saw another salon whose ad read, "We REPAIR $10 haircuts." It seems that what started out as a deal, became a big deal, and then was an ordeal.
* Bargaining also has another meaning besides this thought of getting something at a low cost (or cheap), it carries the idea of 'bartering', negotiating, or haggling. In many foreign market places you can negotiate, barter, or 'bargain' the price of goods that you want to buy.
* It seems that the church at Pergamum was indeed a 'bargaining' type of church. While they were committed in some things, seemingly they were will to compromise or bargain in other areas. A bargaining church is like a bargaining believer who wants to bargain with God or the culture to lower the expected standards. Let's read about this church.
* There are so many things which the church at Pergamum teaches us.
1. The Placement of the Church - Please remember that we are not talking about the 'church building' because, quite likely, they didn't have a building. The church was not confined to a building until Constantine in the early 4th century. What is important is to notice that they are in the city of Pergamum. This city was known for its culture, for its education, and for its pagan worship. (The Library in Pergamum is said to have boasted of more than 200,000 books)
a. It is in this place that the Lord said, "I know where you live." Most other translation says it this way, "I know ...
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