Correct.
`But
I have a few things against you, because you have
there some who hold the teaching of Balaam*, who
kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before
the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to
idols and to commit acts of immorality. 15`So
you also have some who in the same way hold the
teaching of the Nicolaitans*. 16`Therefore
repent; or else I am coming to you quickly,
and I will make war against them with the sword of
My mouth. Revelation 2:14-16 (NAS)
Despite their holding fast to Jesus' name and not denying His faith, they were
still held to a high standard. They needed to repent (to change their
hearts and minds, and decide to turn away) from the things of idolatry (the
worship of anything other than the one true God), sexual immorality, and false doctrines.
Do we hold to any false teachings, or are we involved with idolatry or
immorality? Will He not also war against us
with the
sword of His mouth if we do not repent? Jesus said in John 12:
"He who rejects Me, and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him;
the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day. For I did
not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me
commandment, what to say, and what to speak." John 12:48-49 (NAS)
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