The Peril of Compromise Revelation 2:12–17

Like cities that use levees to guard against the destructive power of the ocean, the church must guard against the pressure of prevailing culture. In His third message to the churches of Asia Minor, our Lord drew attention to a failure to resist the invasion of paganism in the church at Pergamos. Promising to expose insidious doctrines seeping into the church, Christ began, “These things says