Commentary: False teachers in the church at Thyatia in the first century are the same problem we have in the 21st century church today! Jesus warned us there would come many false teachers driving people away from Christ! In life we can do ten things right and one thing wrong and it wipes out all the good things we have done! This is why it is so important to get Christ right because then you can recover from all your sin!`He took your sin upon himself and paid the price of death on a Cross for you! If we trust ourselves we will fail! In the Old Testament or what I like to call the 1st Testament Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab. She was an influence for evil! She even had a man killed to get his property! She was a idol worshiper of Baal. Remember in idol worship you will always make yourself God! Whether Hinduism, Islam, atheism or any other religion. Let me explain! I spent a number of years in India. I would ask the Hindus who God was? They have millions of idols! They would tell me God is who you create him to be in your mind! I would say my Bible says God created man! Just the opposite! I asked many Muslims there how do you get to heaven? They told me they must die for God through becoming a martyr! I told them my Bible says God died for us! Just the opposite! They make themselves God! God created man in his own image! Yet they make God in their own image! Just the opposite! Heaven and hell are opposites! Jezebel used her power and influence to do evil! What are you doing with your resources? Are you promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ? The dogs ate Jezebel but her spirit lived on in the 1st Century church and even today opposing Christ! There are many good women preachers in the church today but your only defense from error is to know your Bible! Any ideology or religious doctrine that says there is another way to God than through Christ is a heresy! Jesus commended this church in some ways but also disciplined them in their doctrinal error! He does the same with us as the Holy Spirit will put a check in our spirit when we deviate from the truth! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYou.com