The church at Pergamos was a church which was located in a city where Satan had successfully established a "seat", a stronghold for his base of operations. It was a place where evil and false doctrine had reigned over the hearts of many, perhaps for generations. The pastors and people of the church there had in general been faithful to hold fast the truth of Jesus Christ being the only Savior from sin and the only Lord to be obeyed. The church had held fast the truth of the gospel even when one of their pastors was martyred. But the Lord Jesus did have a few things against them. Although they were faithful to hold fast the gospel, they had come to tolerate doctrinal error and evil in their midst. This was something that the Lord Jesus was intending to deal with them about, very decisively. And so this afternoon we want to learn more about how the Lord comes to deal very decisively in 3 ways with each and every local church. 1st – He fights against unrepentant sinners with the sword of His mouth. 2ndly – He rewards the one who overcomes with the hidden manna. And thirdly – He bestows upon the one who overcomes; a white stone. Let us consider that even as our Christ has done these things in past generations; He will do them in church as well.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
