MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE, MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL, THURSDAY 7 OCTOBER 2021: Pergamos: the compromise church

TOPIC FOR TODAY: 7-10-21: Pergamos: the compromise church

By Dr D.K Olukoya, General Overseer MFM worldwide

  

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 11

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Revelation 2:12-17

MEMORY VERSE:
*Revelation 2:16-* “`”Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.”“`

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
A compromising church cannot truly bear the life and the power of Jesus.

PRAISE WORSHIP: Take a worship song as led by the Holy Spirit

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
LET THE STRONGHOLD OF COMPROMISE IN YOUR SOUL CATCH FIRE AND BURN TO ASHES, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

The MESSAGE:
The third letter of Jesus Christ was written to the church in Pergamos. Pergamos was the greatest city in Asia. It was the capital with a very popular library that had more than two hundred thousand books. It was a great religious centre with two major shrines.

One was dedicated to Zeus, the principal pagan deity. The second was built for Asclepius who was called “The Saviour”. He was supposed to be the healing god. Asclepius was symbolised by a serpent. That was why God referred to Pergamos as the seat of satan.

Revelation 2:14-15 (our Fire Scripture) says, “But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.”

Balaam was a false prophet of the Old Testament who sold his services to an ungodly king and advised the Midianite women to tempt the Israelites to compromise their faith through idolatry (i.e worshipping false gods or anything in place of the one true God) and immoral behaviour (Numbers 22:5,7; 25:1-2; 31:16).

For this reason, Balaam represents corrupt and deceptive teachers or preachers or any believer who leads or influences God’s people to compromise with worldly beliefs and behaviours, all for the sake of selfish interests or personal advancement.

Beloved, by the two verses above, Jesus was saying that there were some people in the church of Pergamos who were teaching exactly the same thing that Balaam taught Balak. These types of people taught that once you are saved, you can do anything you like.

They claimed that they can commit any sin as long as they come back to God to ask for forgiveness later, forgetting that even though God is Love, He is also a Consuming Fire. Hope you are not having the spirit of Balaam in you. Are you a sheep or goat in the church? May the grace to be a true ambassador of the Kingdom fall upon you, in the name of Jesus.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Matthew 12: 1-21; Mark 3; Luke 6

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING
1. Spirit and power of compromise, die, in the name of Jesus.

2. Fire from the mouth of the Lord, consume my enemies, in the name of Jesus.

3. Arrows of weariness, die, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. My life, receive spiritual revival fire, in the name of Jesus.

5. Avengers of the past, die, in the name of Jesus.

6. Spirit of frustration, depart from my life, in the name of Jesus.

7. Negative spiritual deposit in my life, catch fire, in the name of Jesus.

SPECIAL NOTE!

Beloved Reader, the best way to enjoy the best of God is to make Jesus Christ your personal Lord & Saviour.  And remember! John 3:3 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless ye are born again, ye cannot see the kingdom of God.”

If you are ready to give your life to Christ Jesus, please pray the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, I am a sinner. I confess all my sin, have mercy on me, forgive me all my sin. Lord Jesus come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to ecounselling@mountainoffire.org, +234 (803) 078-0919 OR +234 (817) 363-1657.

Beware! This Scripture: “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold,” Matt 24:12, is happening in our days.
Our prayer is: any power or any problem that will kill our love for God, blood of Jesus shall destroy and flush them away from us, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Thank you for your patient with us. And thank you for all your comments, observations, feedbacks and time spent on this platform. We cherish your presence here.

Beloved! We are in perilous time when kidnappings, banditry and other vices have become daily occurrences. But the Lord is saying, do not be afraid! Be strong in the Lord! Be bold & be courageous!

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, you shall not be a victim to whatever calamity flying around by day or by night, in the name of Jesus, Amen!
Shalom!