The letter to the angel of the church in Pergamum deals with the issues: spiritual vigilance and moral vitality. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the church in Pergamum? What did they struggle with back then and what can we learn from the encouragement and exhortations of Jesus to the church at Pergamum? Join Pastor Jim as he helps us learn from this powerful and timeless letter.
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”Hebrews 4:12
“Antinomianism and legalism are not so much antithetical to each other as they are both antithetical to grace. This is why Scripture never prescribes one as the antidote for the other. Rather grace, God’s grace in Christ in our union with Christ, is the antidote to both.”
Sinclair Ferguson, The Whole Christ
“Conversion must not take the convert out of the world but rather send him back into it, the same person in the same world, and yet a new person with new convictions and new standards.”
John Stott, Christian Mission in the Modern World
“Never alone, never forgotten, never again condemned, never unloved, never rejected, never without help, never without hope, never left to battle alone, this is the life of every one of God’s children.”
Paul Tripp
“No wonder if the Christians made an impression out of all proportion to their numbers. Conviction in the midst of waverers, fiery energy in a world of disillusion, purity in an age of easy morals, firm brotherhood in a loose society, heroic courage in a time of persecution, formed a problem that could not be set aside, however polite society might affect to ignore it: and the religion of the future turned on the answer to it. Would the world be able to explain it better than the Christians, who said it was the living power of the risen Savior?”
Henry M. Gwatkin
