Revelation 2:2-8

I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot

tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not,

and have found them false. 3You have persevered and have endured hardships for my

name, and have not grown weary. 4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken

your first love. 5Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do

the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your

lampstand from its place. 6But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices

of the Nicolaitans**, which I also hate. 7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit

says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree

of life, which is in the paradise of God.

** Nicolaitans- a heresy of the early church that many authors relate to sexual immorality.

This is a practice that Christ condemns.

The actions of national church bodies could be related to these warnings in the book of

Revelation.