Build on the Rock^(A)

^46 (B)“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?

Flee from Idolatry

¹⁴ Therefore, my beloved, ^(A)flee from idolatry. ¹⁵ I speak as to ^(B)wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. ^16 (C)The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the ^[a]communion of the blood of Christ? ^(D)The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? ¹⁷ For ^(E)we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

¹⁸ Observe ^(F)Israel ^(G)after the flesh: ^(H)Are not those who eat of the sacrifices ^[b]partakers of the altar? ¹⁹ What am I saying then? ^(I)That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? ²⁰ Rather, that the things which the Gentiles ^(J)sacrifice ^(K)they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. ^21 (L)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and ^(M)the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the ^(N)Lord’s table and of the table of demons. ²² Or do we ^(O)provoke the Lord to jealousy? ^(P)Are we stronger than He?

The Corrupt Church

¹⁸ “And to the ^[a]angel of the church in Thyatira write,

‘These things says the Son of God, ^(A)who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: ^19 (B)“I know your works, love, ^[b]service, faith, and your ^[c]patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. ²⁰ Nevertheless I have ^[d]a few things against you, because you allow ^[e]that woman ^(C)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, ^[f]to teach and seduce My servants ^(D)to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. ²¹ And I gave her time ^(E)to ^[g]repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. ²² Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of ^[h]their deeds.