Pergamum – Some among you
Revelation 2:12-17
What do you think manna was like?

A little about Pergamum:
•	Pliny called it “By far the most illustrious of Asia”
•	Home of the temple of Aesculapius who was worshipped in the form of a living serpent fed in the temple
•	“where Satan lives”
12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.

Sharp, double-edged sword? _____________________________________________________
Heb 4:12 | For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  

13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.
Where Satan has his throne? _____________________________________________________
Days of Antipas? _______________________________________________________________
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.
Teaching of Balaam? ___________________________________________________________
2 Pet 2:15–16 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
Jude 11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion. 12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans

Nicolaitans? __________________________________________________________________
16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Repent? ______________________________________________________________________
Sword of my mouth? ___________________________________________________________
17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
Hidden Manna? _______________________________________________________________
White Stone? _________________________________________________________________
New name? ___________________________________________________________________
What should this church do going forward? _________________________________________
What should we do? ___________________________________________________________