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Letter to Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7) A church should maintain its first love. |
Letter to Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7)
A church should maintain its first love.
The church at Ephesus had a rich history with the apostle Paul and had shown great zeal in their beginning but they could not “ride” on their past; they needed to return to such zeal once again.
- God Knows Our Good Works (v2, 3, 6) – They are praised for the good they have done patiently without fainting.
- God Knows Our Faults (v4) – They are rebuked for leaving their first love; the zeal of earlier days seems to have waned with time. (Acts 19:19; Heb. 4:12-13)
- God Gives Time To Repent (v5) – They are being given warning for those things that are night right that they might change them.
- A reminder of the longsuffering nature of God (Num. 14:18; Ps. 86:15) and a reminder that He is just and righteous and will not suffer with them always (Rom. 11:22; 2 Pet. 3:9-10).
- He sets before them hope and a promise of eternal life IF they will change; will we continue to heed the instructions of God (Rev. 22:14; Rom. 6:16)
- An example of God’s desire for all to be saved (1 Tim. 2:4).
