26.16 The King is Coming - The Revelation of Jesus Christ - The Church at Pergamos (Part 2)

In this, the second part of the Smith's review of Christ's words to the seven churches in Asia Minor, they cover the admonitions of the Lord to the church in Pergamos.  It was a city given over to a multitude of pagan religions, with shrines built all over the 1,000 foot high hill the city was built around.  The inevitable result was many chose to bring their old pagan faith and rituals into their new found faith in Christ, thus resulting in blatant paganism, which, as the Lord stated to them, Nevertheless I have somethings against you...The Lord will never be supportive of that kind of faith and practice for His followers.  In fact, the Smiths remind us all of the words Joshua of old told the Israelites when they were trying to do the same...He said, Choose you this day whom you will serve!  And then he listed the three options that are still the options for us today.  First, choose the gods of our ancestors (old tribal religion and spirituality), second, the gods in the land we are living in (modern paganism of modern America), including Old Testament Molech and Chemosh worship (modern day abortion practices), and even following the god of drunkenness, which was named Bacchus.  Remember, God will not share His glory with anyone else, and especially, the gods of the many pagan religions established by nations around the world.  This church, amidst that challenge, also had its heroes, who stood up to paganism and boldly worshipped Christ and Christ alone.  It's a church that reminds the Smiths of many churches today around the world.  On thing is certain, It is only the Lord, Himself, who will righteously and rightly sort out the good from the bad, all because of what He held in His mouth - the Word of God!  That's the standard all of us will be evaluated by on Judgement Day.  The Smiths hope and trust you are ready to meet the Judge of all the earth, who, as Genesis says, will do right!  The time is now to get right with God, repent of sin, and turn your life over to Him!