Following on the last post, this helpful study of the seven churches of the Revelation by author Bob DeWaay sums up the key virtues that Christ sees in a true church:
- Overcoming & maintaining one’s confession in the face of persecution
- Persevering by keeping the commandments of God and faith in Jesus
- Rejecting and hating false doctrine & correcting it
- Being faithful when weak numerically
And the worst vices:
- A lack of love
- Toleration of false doctrine
- Compromise with the pagan culture
- Deluded self-satisfaction