Compromise will destroy a church. We live in a world of compromise where people seek their own interests at any cost. People sell their souls for the possessions, power, and pleasures of this world. On and on the list could go.
People compromise what they know is right in order to get what they want.
This is what the members of the church at Thyatira were doing. They were compromising with the world in order to fulfill their personal desires. The minister is responsible for the church. The minister is to proclaim the truth to the church that is compromising with the world. The speaker is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.