To the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the angel[a] of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right
hand and walks among the seven golden lamp stands. 2 I know your deeds,
your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate
wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but
are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have
endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at
first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you
did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lamp-stand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate
the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the
churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat
from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Many people are living ignorance, not minding the so called "does
not matter". In fact, I am also guilty of this. There are lots of things
modernization has put in us which never glorify GOD.
As read in Revelation 2vs1-7, As regard doing the thing God likes,
the church in Ephesus were found faithful. But of all their perfections,
God still says He finds something against them. Perhaps they must have
been ignorant of that "one thing"; They no longer operate in their FIRST
LOVE.
FIRST LOVE-
Some ladies/women did not use put on weavon on their head, but now
they have so much placed priority on it that when are not on weavon,
they don't feel complete. The same thing applies to jewelries and
cosmetics.
Someone one asked me: "sir, what of the use of mobile phones and
internet, we were not using them before nooooow! Does that also mean the
same thing with what you said earlier?"
I told him that GSM/mobile phone and internet are supposed to be
used for propagation of business and gospel of Christ Jesus in a way
that will glorify God.
Of all the labour of Moses on the Israelites, only anger obstructed
him from entering into the promised land. In fact, that same anger nearly
led him to hell, if not for God's mercy.
We seriously and consciously need to be careful of "JUST ONE THING"
that could stand as our impediment to entering into our long-awaiting
Heaven.
In Revelation 2vs5, we were made to understand that if no amend is
made as regard turning to our FIRST LOVE for Him, we will not find it
funny at all.
Please let us return to our FIRST LOVE!!!!
I PRAY THAT WE WILL NOT ABUSE THE GRACE OF GOD UPON OUR LIVES IN JESUS NAME.
SHALOM!!!!!!!
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