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							 `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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