It is a terrible thing when God’s people are not loyal to him. His love for them is as a husband’s love for his wife should be (Ephesians 5:25-27). He loves them very much; they should be loyal to him.
A certain woman in the church at Thyatira was telling church members that they should carry out wrong and evil acts. She urged them to do whatever they desired to do. She persuaded them not to be loyal to their husbands or wives; they carried out sex acts which are against God’s law. Also, she persuaded them to eat meat that other people had offered to false gods. A person who gives honour to a false god is not loyal to the real God.
Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, ~ Revelation 2:22
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