Clinging to Christ, Beware of COMPROMISE -- Sin Binds, Blinds, & Grinds

The church at Pergamos had a problem.
Some had lost their vital joys of being born again; they no longer had purity of life, intimacy with God, and nourishment from His Word. How did that happen? They had gotten too close to the world by mixing with it, marrying it, or loving the system. But Jesus lovingly offered a solution to their woeful problems, and ours: Repent of worldliness; do not be conformed to the world like unbelievers who are driven by earthly goals, desires, and values!

If you have lost your purity, Christ says, “Come back, and I'll give you My white stone” (Revelation 2:17). He wants to wash and cleanse you, and make you as pure and white as snow! If you have lost your intimacy, Christ says, “Come back, and I'll give you My new name—a name which “no one knows except him who receives it” (Revelation 2:17). He wants to draw you to spend precious and intimate time alone with Him! If you have lost your nourishment, Christ says, “Come back, and I'll feed you with My hidden manna” (Revelation 2:17; see also Jeremiah 15:16). He wants to nourish you in His Word!