Originally from here.
[Written by the wife.]

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Hast thou also them that hold
the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes,
which thing I hate.
–Revelation 2:15 (KJV)–

I was enlightened while trying to explain this: I see that He credited Ephesus for hating the practice of immorality, and false Christianity: which is nothing more than hypocrisy. Jesus was still preaching the same message to the angels of these churches as from the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, 6, and 7. Jesus wants our attention to be on the Father, and on Jesus Himself, because He knows how much He cares for us, and no other god can say that. The church of Pergamum was guilty of having some that actually held to the teaching of the Nicolaitans, which was probably teaching things such as sexual sin like movies, jokes, and impure clothing as okay, because “After all, we have the grace of God now, because Jesus died on the cross,” or other teachings like, “It doesn’t matter if you serve other gods than the God of Jesus and the Bible, because after all, Jesus is a Lord of love, and there’s no condemnation for those in Christ.” Both of these statements are ridiculously untrue. The Scriptures are being interlaced and woven in to prove a false thing that Jesus would not have promoted. Anyone who has converted to Christ and has Him residing in the throne of their hearts, with Him as the boss of their soul, could tell you that God wants us to be closer to Him because of Jesus’ blood. Or that we should only serve God, with the necessity of being holy, just as when Jesus was tempted by the devil to have all dominion, which was a lie, and Jesus responded, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve’” (Matthew 4:10).

This is food for thought, but I went through a period upon being newly born again as a young adult, that I could start to see through the sins of my soul, the sins of the church, and the wretchedness I felt in attempting to worship God, when my heart felt blotted by the sins of my flesh. I had to repent of sin, and of my flesh (see Romans 7-8).

Here are some verses that teach us what’s right! We are not to use God’s grace as a means towards ungodliness! On the contrary, because of Jesus’ coming to earth, and dying and raising to life, now we can actually be holy in our hearts, immediately having access to God! “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?” (Romans 6:1-2). “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:11-13).

I know better; and so do Jesus’ people. We know better than to do that. We deserve the rebuke.

God save us all from practicing lawlessness like the world in sexual immorality, pluralism, and putting too much priority on the things of the world, temporal and passing as they are. What’s highly valued among men is still “detestable in the sight of God” (Luke 16:15). Again, we are not to condone wicked teaching, but hold all in suspicion that don’t preach the holy Word of God right, not handling it rightly. The hour is late, and it’s no time for fornication, adultery, impurity, and perversion. May God heal the church in Jesus’ name!