These people has left their first love , think of the first person that you loved , you wanted to be with them all the time and say and do the things that pleased them, all you could think about.it seems they had gotten busy with their own lives and wasn't as concerned with the things of God. They still loved God but had relaxed their beliefs.
Old St. Nick should not have taken over Jesus Birthday and His deity Jesus is the reason for the season. And not man according to Rev. 2:6-But for this thou hate the deed of Nicholas which the Lord hates. Note: commercialization the Christ. A male child was born to rule the nation with a Rod of iron in righteousness, this Child was the Christ, cough up to God and His Throne. So All gifts comes God
Anna (cont.); In the case of the Ephesians, it was apparently not love of the world or the things of the world that drew their hearts away; but maybe it was all the things that the Lord had blessed them with in their great victory and success and being without fault as to their religion? Daniel was also found perfect in everything pertaining to God; but he maintained the sacred inner life of love.
Hi Anna; Thank you for your thoughtful reply. The matter with the Ephesian Assembly was very important to have been named first in the warnings to the Christians against the imminent crisis set to bring about the completion of this age. In those who were by all measures first and leaders and exercising all piety among the Saints, "losing sight of and desire for our First Love" is inexcusable!
A disciple: "How could their hearts have grown cold towards Jesus?" We can stop to study ourselves. The love of this world does this doesn't it. But what does that mean? How can we study ourselves in this matter? We must be awakened to this sin. We often seek thanks and awe from the world, we seek monetary and material riches, pride, garment ourselves in latest fashions and jewels.....
Annwashi1955; Hebrews 12:2 LOOKING UNTO JESUS! We are taught by the Lord, and all His servants, that we are set to encounter tribulation, temptations, opposition and contradiction, from the world, the flesh, and the devil. The only way for us to walk in constant victory and a good conscience toward God, is by an earnest contending through the Spirit, out of a deeply established heart for Jesus.
To Irene from 3 months ago, Jeremiah 6; All of the churches were "salvageable" otherwise the Lord wouldn't have sent to speak to them to repent! Ephesus was in danger of being removed altogether of her place even as a Lampstand for the Lord because they forgot their first love! So what good then will be all their activities? Laodicea was rich in this world, luke warm, stupid and blind spiritually.
We have no real comparison today to the Church in Ephesus, as far as importance and leadership among the Churches. It looks like they were just perfect in their religious activities, and nothing to be blamed, but the Lord points to their fault as so serious, that He is about to remove them from being His light bearers in the world. How could their hearts have grown cold toward Jesus?
The white stone is not the stone of the Christian church. The foundation of the Christian church is, Jesus is savior. This white stone has the name of the Son of Man, not the son of God, written as savior = religion of Israel. They call the son of their God, their false bloodline christ, a killer, the rod of iron is a rifle. Jesus does not kill, he never breaks GODs law not to kill.
Praise The Lord Jesus Chirst.the way churches are today I am wondering if the bishops could not take up money would they even Preach today its like the word of Jesus is being Sold for Money and It not really about souls or Jesus .No one cares about the sick, the hurting , the children seems like these are the days where our harts have become Cold and there is No God in most things we do
Thyatira: Of all the spiritual sickness in todays church, this one stands out to me the most. Our country has opened its heart and literally doors to the Jezebel spirit.
"Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols."
Evangelist Zelder Wynter on Revelation 2 - 7 years ago
PTL! It is sad to see the state some of the churches are in these last days. I had the opportunity to PREACH Rev. 2:1-5 The Pastor seem to be offended verse 5 Remove The Candlestick does not want to face truth of what the condition His church in. The verse "Remove the candlestick can mean different ways through chastie,death, removal pastor, church location! Please correct me if I Am wrong please
Not to mention, if you read all the good things about church at Ephesus, it's describing many churches. You find out that it's just playing at church ( Isaiah 29:13). Christ should be our first love and what is Christ, the Word. It's hard to find a church where the Word really gets taught anymore. Amos 8:11. Famine of the end times is hearing the Word of the Lord. Good pasture is leaving us.
THE GREATEST GIFT HAS BEEN GIVEN,FOR ALL TO ACCEPT, NO GREATER GIFT COULD EVER BE GIVEN ,PRAISE THE GOD OF ALL CREATION FOREVER AND EVER ,THANK YOU JESUS ,THANK YOU!!!
I don't know about you but my first love is the Lord Jesus Christ. That's what is being said. You can love less anyone you want mother, father and sister or brother but when it comes to Christ He better be your first love. Got it!
Greeting,
This Ephesian church is where the first disciples used to assemble.They were the apostles, spiritual men, real saints, however they left their first love by mingling with Roman, Jews in their assembly.One example of that is the deeds of the Nicolaitans which God hate. We need only the Word in order to return to their faith, they are the fathers ( Malachi 4:5,6).Unleavened bread,the Word
"Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols."
This Ephesian church is where the first disciples used to assemble.They were the apostles, spiritual men, real saints, however they left their first love by mingling with Roman, Jews in their assembly.One example of that is the deeds of the Nicolaitans which God hate. We need only the Word in order to return to their faith, they are the fathers ( Malachi 4:5,6).Unleavened bread,the Word