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June 21, 1987
When Paul visited Ephesus, he caused an upheaval—but the end result was the founding of a church that was vital and dynamic despite being confronted with hardship and wickedness. In the letter to the church in Ephesus in Revelation 2, God gives words of commendation, condemnation, and consecration through the elderly apostle John. Alistair Begg teaches us why the warning in this letter is still vital and explains the risk involved if the church does not pay attention.
1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of ehim who holds the seven stars in his right hand, fwho walks among the seven golden lampstands.
2g“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but hhave tested those iwho call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up jfor my name's sake, and you khave not grown weary. 4But I have this against you, that you have abandoned lthe love you had at first. 5Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do mthe works you did at first. If not, nI will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6Yet this you have: you hate the works of othe Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7pHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. qTo the one who conquers I will grant to eat of rthe tree of life, which is in sthe paradise of God.’
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