The grace of God is designed to free us from compromise, not make us comfortable in compromise.

Dr. Tony Evans talks about what happens when we treat truth like it's only a matter of opinion.

The Word of God is not open for negotiation, not when God has spoken clearly on the subject.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Witnesses view events from different angles, and although their personal perspective may be relative,

reality never is. Today, Dr. Evan shows how to resist the world's efforts to redefine the reality of God's

Word. He takes us to Revelation 212 to begin. Let's join him. Jesus starts and he speaks. The first and the

last, which he said about himself in Sperna, now says in verse 12, the one who has the sharp two-edged

sword says this. This is spoken by the risen Christ, not as a baby in a manger, nor as a man

walking the streets of Galilee, but now as the risen Lord, and he says, how I'm operating right now is with a sharp sword with double edges coming out of my mouth.

Hebrews 412 says that the word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword.

It is piercing and penetrating in its ability and power to affect change for good or for judgment. Now the problem today

is that we, and by we, we I mean even many Christians have lost faith in the power of the sword that comes out of Jesus's mouth.

We have lost faith in the power of the word.

Oh we respect it because we'll carry it under our arms

or punch it in on our device.

He says to the church at Pergamum,

the sword that comes out of my mouth, my word, is sharp.

It cuts. It has authority. Having said that, he now commends them in verse 14,

I know where you dwell. I know where you live, I know where you have church, I know the

community you're in, he says that to Pergamum Bible Fellowship. I know where

you dwell where Satan's throne is and you hold fast my name and did not deny my faith even in the

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