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By Rev. Joan Krempel by permission

In 2001 I ordained a woman some of you may be familiar with. She has a website. Rather quickly she embarrassed this ministry by posting her ordination credentials on her website. Readers alerted me. I wrote to her, explaining such public display was tacky and unethical and would she please remove that document from her website. She replied with a diatribe of profanities and threatenings and refused to remove the posting. Because of this, I immediately revoked the credentials, asked that she return those credentials to me, and I walked away and never looked back. There has been no communication between us since then.

If she obtained credentials and spiritual covering from another ministry after that, I do not know.

She continued to post the revoked document through the years and, a year ago I was alerted by Pastor George Cook of the Nehemiah Center that she was hurting a lot of people with her perverted doctrines and destructive instructions. She was contacted by Pastor Cook and a group of pastors who fought with him and for me, as well as for the victims of her teachings. Eventually, following a bombardment of heavy slandering of these pastors, she took the document down.

Recently I was alerted again that she was still preaching a perverted gospel that was destroying families – a pagan gospel straight out of Jezebel’s library. Because I had ignored her for ten years, I had not known about these things until they were brought to my attention. This week I wrote a rebuttal to some of those teachings that were told to me, to be posted on my own website in The Truth is…section. I called it, My Righteous Indignation – Cleaning Out The Temple. This was to the victims of all cults.

Ordaining this woman was the biggest mistake of my ministry. I am so terribly ashamed I was deceived, but I am so grateful that God-fearing readers had the heart and so much love for Christ that they would alert me. I ask the entire Body of Christ to please forgive me my huge mistake, and to help revive, restore, and offer healing to the victims of this woman who would have spread her poison no matter what…

Since 2000 I have shared and posted Bible truths on my website for any and all who love the Lord and seek to follow Him. I basically retired from active travels, etc. in 1997, and it was the Lord that told me in 2000 to set up a website. That is a story in itself – for another day. Of course, one never really retires from serving the Lord so I try to give you all the encouragement I can in my writings.

I will be 80 years old at Harvest Time – the time when Jesus was really born – when the Shepherds were still in the fields, before the rains began, and great influxes of pilgrims into Israel’s cities had to be fed. I ask you to pray with me that – if Jesus tarries – God will give us ten more years together. If not, I am content…

Joan Krempel
joan@joankrempelministries.com
www.joankrempelministries.com

By Rev. Joan Krempel with permission

I have an issue with those that refer to Almighty God as “she” and who claim unashamedly that the gender of the Holy Spirit is female. These are deliberate assaults against the Word of God which is very clear that the Holy Trinity consists of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The Word tells us that God spoke to the preincarnate Christ and the Holy Spirit and said, “Let US make MAN in OUR image, after OUR likeness…” (Genesis 1:26). These words are simple and literal. How can anyone possibly mess them up?

The Holy Spirit was, is, and always will be “He,” the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Prophecy.

And if the Holy Spirit is the author and the life of the infallible Word of God, then to reject or pervert that Word is to dispute the authority of God the Holy Spirit. This presents a grave offense and the Bible warns us against such things…

There are many good reasons why it is absolutely absurd to believe that God is a woman and the gender of the Holy Spirit is female, but I will give you only two…

(1) A female Holy Ghost cannot be the Spirit of Christ…

(2) Remember, Jesus prayed,”Our Father, which art in heaven…” and again, He told the Disciples, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father…”

Duh…

How can these declarations be denied and dismissed? Perhaps God said it best – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” Unfortunately, the naive and the trusting do not study the scriptures for themselves. Often they trust the wrong voices and do not know they are being fed the mingled scraps from Jezebel’s table…

There is another lie being taught and circulated – It is the lie that Jesus was created. Remember, He didn’t become Jesus until He was born into this world. Before that He was the preincarnate Christ, occasionally a Christophony, a surprise appearance when God would visibly visit one of His saints. And He always appeared as a “He”.

It is for this reason we are encouraged to be kind to strangers for we never know when we are entertaining angels. Otherwise, what does one do with the preincarnate Christ who visited Abraham with two angels in the plains of Mamre. The servant of Abraham washed their feet, and Abraham served them lunch under the tree. To deny the ageless existence of the preincarnate Christ as being one with the Father is heresy.

Christ was “the” Seed singular, the one-time Royal Seed of the woman for a one-time virgin birth. As a young teen the chosen Mary of Nazareth was visited by Gabriel who requested her permission to carry that Seed to its miraculous birth, and her permission was given.

The Holy Spirit is a gentleman. He would not have imposed this honor on Mary if she had refused. The Holy Trinity also visited her and executed the miracle. According to the time of life, nine months later, Yeshua reopened His lovely eyes as a newborn mortal babe, born to be the Savior of the world.

Why do you think this is impossible? How is it you cannot understand it? Why do you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel? How can you dispute God’s power to transform and transport the Prince of Heaven into a chosen virgin womb, yet you believe He will transform and transport your dead bones into a new and glorified body at His coming for the Church?

Hypocrisy!!!

You blasphemers and heretics, you have no root or ground on which to base your suppositions and lies. The Word of God is a living Word. Hear me now – it lives, it will always live, and it will always be the abundant and infallible truth of the Sovereign God the Father and no atheist or heretic, and certainly no government or despot, can change that – not on earth and not in hell.

Another thing:

If anyone, and I mean anyone, tells you to divorce your spouse and marry another, flee with every inch of your life gathered about you and run as fast as you can to safety. This is an abomination, a lie, and a trap set by the workers of iniquity to destroy you and your family. Those that perpetrate such surgical counsel are to be shunned so flee quickly – without notice or explanation – and never look back -

I have been made aware that there are many out there who are victims of such atrocities and shams because they are following some heinous cult. If you are a victim and you want out, let me assure you – you can be forgiven but you have to leave that camp and repent. You can be set free – you can be delivered if you will make up your mind to follow the Word and not the dictates of apostate men and women who are sacrificing your souls on the altars of paganism.

There are many good ministries out there that will reach out to you with healing in their Spirit-filled arms if you will give them a chance. Don’t gamble away another day or another hour. Run now and run quickly while you can. It is a New Year – time to reach out for a truly new beginning…

Joan Krempel
12-28-2011

(NKJV)Revelation 6:1-2
Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” [2] And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

The White horse
The White horse and rider and generally understood to be the Antichrist ushering in a false peace.
Mat 24:3 And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the world?
Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Mat 24:5 For many will come in My name, saying, I am Christ, and will deceive many.
Notice that while he carries a bow there are no arrows mentioned. This indicates a negotiated peace a bloodless one that people acquiesce to. As we see already starting people will not only accept the antichrist they will cheer him on and WELCOME him in.

(NKJV)Revelation 6:3-4
When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” [4] Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

The Red Horse:
The red horse red as fire and of course blood. Peace has been removed and people desire to kill each other.
Mat 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in different places.
Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Mar 13:7 And when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. For it must happen, but the end shall not be yet.
Mar 13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be earthquakes in different places, and there shall be famines and troubles. These things are the beginnings of sorrows.
The sword mentioned is a short sword favored by assassins rather than the sword of a soldier. This means that this is a time of murder and rampage and carnage. Man on man and it brings to mind the words we find in Daniel
Dan 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king, fierce of face, and skilled at intrigues, shall stand up.
Dan 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power. And he shall destroy marvelously, and shall prosper and work, and destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Dan 8:25 And also through his understanding, he shall cause deceit to succeed in his hand. And he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many. He also shall stand up against the Ruler of rulers. But he shall be broken without a hand.

(NKJV)Revelation 6:5-6
When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. [6] And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

The Black Horse:
Black signifies famine –
Lam 5:8 Servants rule over us; there is no rescuer out of their hand.
Lam 5:9 We bring in our bread with our souls, because of the sword of the wilderness.
Lam 5:10 Our skin is hot like an oven because of the fever heat of famine.
A Quart of wheat for a denarius and 3 quarts of barley for a denarius – a Denarius was equal to one days wages and a quart of wheat or 3 quarts of barley (normally fed to animals) was the BARE minimum of food for one person to survive. Cooking oil and wine used to purify water once thought of as luxuries now must be saved as luxury items.

(NKJV)Revelation 6:7-8
When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” [8] So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

The Pale or Green Horse:
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chlo?ros
khlo-ros’
From the same as G5514; greenish, that is, verdant, dun-colored: – green, pale.
Hades is the domain of the dead – a perfect riding companion for the one that will bring wide spread death to the word. Suffering now leads unto the horror of rotting corpses that cannot even be buried for the volume. FEMA Coffins anyone?

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(NKJV)Revelation 5:2
Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?”

Strong angel most likely Gabriel which in Hebrew means mighty warrior of of G-d H1403 from H1397 and H410

(NKJV)Daniel 8:16
And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”

The rabbis in ancient times insisted on the marriage couple entering into the ketubah as a protection for the wife. It acted as a replacement of the biblical mohar [1][2][3][4][5] – the price paid by the groom to the bride, or her parents, for the marriage (i.e., the bride price). The ketubah became a mechanism whereby the amount due to the wife (the bride-price) came to be paid in the event of the cessation of marriage, either by the death of the husband or divorce. It may be noted that the biblical mohar created a major social problem: many young prospective husbands could not raise the mohar at the time when they would normally be expected to marry. So, to enable these young men to marry, the rabbis, in effect, delayed the time that the amount would be payable, when they would be more likely to have the sum. The mechanism adopted was to provide for the mohar to be a part of the ketubah. It may also be noted that both the mohar and the ketubah amounts served the same purpose: the protection for the wife should her support (either by death or divorce) cease. The only difference between the two systems was the timing of the payment. A modern secular equivalent would be the entitlement to maintenance in the event of divorce. Another function performed by the ketubah amount was to provide a disincentive for the husband contemplating divorcing his wife: he would need to have the amount to be able to pay to the wife.

Composition

Content The content of the ketubah is in essence a one-way contract that formalizes the various requirements by Halakha (Jewish law) of a Jewish husband vis à vis his wife. The Jewish husband takes upon himself in the ketubah the obligation that he will provide to his wife three major things: clothing, food and conjugal relations, [6] and also that he will pay her a pre-specified amount of cash in the case of a divorce. Thus the content of the ketubah essentially dictates security and protection for the women, and her rights in the marriage. (Conservative Jews often include an additional paragraph, called the Lieberman clause, which stipulates that divorce will be adjudicated by a modern rabbinical court (a beth din) in order to prevent the creation of a chained wife). In Orthodox circles, prenuptial agreements are becoming more common as well.

(NKJV)Revelation 5:5
But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”

Early Messianic titles

(NKJV)Genesis 49:8-12
” Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s children shall bow down before you. [9] Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him? [10] The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people. [11] Binding his donkey to the vine, And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes. [12] His eyes are darker than wine, And his teeth whiter than milk.

(NKJV)Isaiah 11:1-5
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. [2] The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. [3] His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; [4] But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. [5] Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

(NKJV)Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song, saying: ” You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

(NKJV)Psalm 33:3
Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

(NKJV)Psalm 96:1
Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.

(NKJV)Psalm 144:9
I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

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(NKJV)Revelation 4:3
And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.

(NKJV)Genesis 9:11-17
Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” [12] And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: [13] I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. [14] It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; [15] and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. [16] The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” [17] And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

(NKJV)Ezekiel 1:28
Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.

(NIV)Revelation 4:4
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.

(NIV)1 Chronicles 24:6-18
The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officials: Zadok the priest, Ahimelek son of Abiathar and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar and then one from Ithamar. [7] The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, [8] the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, [9] the fifth to Malkijah, the sixth to Mijamin, [10] the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, [11] the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shekaniah, [12] the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, [13] the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, [14] the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, [15] the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, [16] the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, [17] the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul, [18] the twenty-third to Delaiah and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

(NIV)Revelation 4:7-8
The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. [8] Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
“ ‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’
who was, and is, and is to come.”

(NKJV)Ezekiel 1:4-14
Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire. [5] Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man. [6] Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings. [7] Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves’ feet. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze. [8] The hands of a man were under their wings on their four sides; and each of the four had faces and wings. [9] Their wings touched one another. The creatures did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward. [10] As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man; each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, each of the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and each of the four had the face of an eagle. [11] Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one touched one another, and two covered their bodies. [12] And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went. [13] As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning. [14] And the living creatures ran back and forth, in appearance like a flash of lightning.

(NIV)Isaiah 6:2-3
Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. [3] And they were calling to one another:
“Holy, holy , holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

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The city of Laodicea was the wealthiest city in Phrygia – During the time of this writing it was widely noted for it’s textile industry, banking and a medical school and it’s products most notably eye salve. Unfortunately it was marred by with a very poor water supply. Unlike nearby Hierapolis with it’s relaxing hot springs or Colossae with it’s refreshing cold mountain stream. Laodicea got its water from underground aqueduct’s the water was usually tepid and dirty.

We look for all of these elements in this letter to the angel of Laodicea.

Rev 3:14 “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God:
Refrence to “The G-d of the Amen”
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‘a?me?n
aw-mane’
From H539; sure; abstractly faithfulness; adverbially truly: – Amen, so be it, truth.
Isa 65:16 So that he who blesses himself in the earth Shall bless himself in the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My eyes.

This reference is therefor meaning “The G-d of Truth”

(NKJV)Revelation 3:15-17
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. [16] So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. [17] Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’-and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked-

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Rev 3:1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Rev 3:2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.
Rev 3:3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
Rev 3:4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
Rev 3:5 He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.
Rev 3:6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Rev 3:7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
Rev 3:8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
Rev 3:9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
Rev 3:10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.
Rev 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
Rev 3:12 Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.
Rev 3:13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

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(NIV)Revelation 2:20
Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

(NIV)1 Kings 21:25-26
(There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife. [26] He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the Lord drove out before Israel.)

(NIV)Acts 15:19-29
“It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. [20] Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. [21] For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.” [22] Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers. [23] With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings. [24] We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. [25] So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— [26] men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. [27] Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. [28] It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: [29] You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

(NIV)Revelation 2:23
I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

(NIV)Psalm 7:9
Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure—you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.

(NIV)Proverbs 24:12
If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?

(NIV)Jeremiah 17:10
“I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”

(NIV)Matthew 5:21-30
“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ [22] But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell. [23] “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, [24] leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift. [25] “Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. [26] Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny. [27] “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ [28] But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. [29] If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. [30] And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

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Rev 2:8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.
Rev 2:9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Rev 2:10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Rev 2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.
Rev 2:12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.
Rev 2:13 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, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.
Rev 2:14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality.
Rev 2:15 Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Rev 2:16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Rev 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.

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(NIV)Revelation 2:1

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands

32. aggelos ang’-el-os from aggello (probably derived from 71; compare 34) (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an “angel”; by implication, a pastor:–angel, messenger.

(NIV)Revelation 2:2
I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.

Some say not to judge but we have a spiritual mandate to judge and discerne trough the scriptures what is true and false doctrine and those who teach it

(NIV)1 Thessalonians 5:20-22
Do not treat prophecies with contempt [21] but test them all; hold on to what is good, [22] reject every kind of evil.

(NIV)Revelation 2:3
You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

(NIV)1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. [25] Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. [26] Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. [27] No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

(NIV)Revelation 2:6
But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

(NIV)Acts 6:5-6
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. [6] They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

Nicolaitans: One of the heretical sects that plagued the churches at Ephesus and at Pergamum, and perhaps elsewhere. Irenaeus identifies the Nicolaitans as a Gnostic sect: “John, the disciple of the Lord, preaches this faith (the deity of Christ), and seeks, by the proclamation of the Gospel, to remove that error which by Cerinthus had been disseminated among men, and a long time previously by those termed Nicolaitans, who are an offset of that “knowledge” falsely so called, that he might confound them, and persuade them that there is but one God, who made all things by His Word” (see Irenaeus Against Heresies iii 11. 1; ANF vol. 1, p. 426) There is also historical evidence of a Gnostic sect called Nitolaitans a century or so later.

The doctrine of the Nicolaitans appears to have been a form of antinomianism. (Antinomianism: A belief that is based upon a recognition of the mercy of God as the ground of salvation, but it makes the fatal mistake that man can freely partake in sin because the Law of God is no longer binding. It held the truth on the gratuitous reckoning of righteousness; but supposed that a mere intellectual “belief” in this truth had a saving power.

(NIV)James 2:18-19
But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. [19] You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

Nicolaitans of the 2nd century seem to have continued and extended the views of the 1st century adherents, holding to the freedom of the flesh and sin, and teaching that the deeds of the flesh had no effect upon the health of the soul and consequently no relation to salvation

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