Chapter Ten/Abhorring the "Deep Things of Satan" - Maintain Integrity

This message must have encouraged the Christians in Thyatira greatly. Just imagine-the Son of God in heaven had personally spoken to the Christians in Thyatira about some of their problems! Surely, at some in the congregation responded to such loving shepherding. This longest of the seven messages also helps us to identify the true Christian congregation today. In 1918 when Jesus came to Jehovah's temple for judgment, the vast majority of organizations claiming to be Christian were sullied by idolatry and spiritual immorality. (James 4:4) Some based their beliefs on the teachings of strong-minded women of the 19the century, such as Ellen White of the Seventh-Day Adventists and Mary Baker Eddy of the Christian Scientists, and more recently many women have been preaching from the pulpit. (Contrast 1Timothy 2:11, 12) Among the different forms of Catholicism, May is often honored ahead of God and Christ. Jesus did not so honor her. (John 2:4; 19:26) Could such organizations that admit such unlawful female influence really be accepted as Christian? 

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