If the church is anything in the world, it is God’s holy people. Churches should be known by how they exalt right and how they condemn wrong. Churches should be known for speaking out against sin and pursuing godliness. But in our day, as in other days, that is not always the standard; and it wasn’t the standard in the church in Thyatira. 

We have to keep our minds guarded against manipulation and impure motives in the Church. We are warned that toleration of sin will bring God's judgement.