Lastest message Tolerance is not always loving | Steve Morrison | Revelation 2:18-29

We look at the fourth of Jesus’ 7 letters to the churches, the letter to the church in Thyatira. This church is commended for its church growth – in Christlikeness. However, Thyatira was renowned for its many trade guilds, and to be a member usually required participating in a common meal dedicated to a patron deity. Christians who refused to participate in the life of the guilds would thus find themselves isolated socially and economically. Some teaching arose, described as Jezebellic, encouraging believers to go and even engage in sexual immorality despite both being expressly prohibited (Acts 15). Christ had this against the church; they tolerated this false teaching. Tolerance is not always loving. Their holiness was compromised, their witness dimmed, they were called to repent and look to Him, the morning star! So too are we.