A message from the series "COVID-19." In this sermon, Pastor Tim continues the series through the seven churches of Revelation. The church in Thyatira had many good traits but there was one thing that Christ held against them. There was grave sin in their midst and they tolerated it. It is difficult enough when the church is challenged by the world around it, but now the danger had come inside the church. What is a church to do when holiness and tolerance collide? Those who repented would be given grace, those who did not would receive judgment. It was a choice between holiness and sin. Those who were in Christ would overcome.
In the years leading up to the Babylonian exile Jeremiah came to understand that the true essence of religion was not based on the temple and all of the rituals which came with it. In this sermon Pastor Tim talks about that it is during these times of the global pandemic that we are reminded once again that faith is personal and the church is the people, not the place.
Scripture References: Jeremiah 31:31-34
