must be right, and rightness begins with individual believers giving earnest and diligent heed to what the Lord says. Every church’s problems begin when its members stop listening to the Lord or listen without really hearing. And what the Lord says is what the Spirit says! Today the Lord speaks to his churches through his Word, the Bible, which was produced by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Tim. 3:16–17; 2 Peter 1:19–21). The seven churches mentioned
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