Oakwood Church

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● Confirm Correct Beliefs

“And to the angel of the church of Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.’”
Revelation 2:12

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● Confirm Correct Beliefs through Scripture

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● Confirm Correct Beliefs through Scripture

“I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast my name…”
Revelation 2:13

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● Confirm Correct Beliefs through Scripture

“Yet you hold fast my name and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness.”
Revelation 2:13

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?”
Job 38:4-5

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● Correct Questionable Behavior through Repentance

“But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam.”
Revelation 2:14

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● Correct Questionable Behavior through Repentance

“Who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before Israel so that they might… practice sexual immorality.”
Revelation 2:14

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● Correct Questionable Behavior through Repentance

“So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.”
Revelation 2:15

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● Correct Questionable Behavior through Repentance

“Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.”
Revelation 2:16

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.”
Matthew 7:1-5

“And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened… And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.”
Revelation 20:12

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● Correct Questionable Behavior through Repentance

“Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.”
Revelation 2:16

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● A Call to Integrity and Endurance

“He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Revelation 2:17

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● A Call to Integrity and Endurance

“To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone…”
Revelation 2:17

The Words of Jesus Expose and Divide:

● A Call to Integrity and Endurance

“A white stone with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.”
Revelation 2:17

“And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done…Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”
Revelation 20:12-15

“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.”
Romans 10:9-10