Springs Of Life Bible Church - Ephesus

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		Ephesus - Part 3

LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS Part 3
Revelation 2:1-7

INTRODUCTION
The deeds, toiling, and perseverance of the Ephesian church looked good on the ____________ but lacked the right _________ on the inside.

CHRIST'S COMMAND TO THE EPHESIAN CHURCH 2:5
Christ says to the church at Ephesus: You are to keep on remembering from where you have ________. It is not a suggestion but a __________ for the verb is in the imperative mood.

The Ephesian church upheld and spoke the __________, but not in _______.

The Ephesian believers needed to _________ to their first love and ____________ God's kindness, gentleness, and love to them even though they didn't deserve it.

The Ephesian believers needed to ________ because to fail to love God and others is _______.

The Ephesian believers needed to recapture the richness of their devotion to ________ and their fervent ______ of the brethren that once characterized their church.

The coming that Christ refers to is not His __________ coming, but His coming to them in severe _________________.

The Ephesian believers were _________ the Holy Spirit by their lack of love and were about to ________ His presence altogether.

When Christ removes His ________, Bible study, prayer, and worship will all become empty, cold and _____________.

A church can continue only so long on a ______________ course.

CHRIST'S COUNSEL TO THE EPHESIAN CHURCH 2:7
Christ's exhortation, He who has an ear, let him hear what the ____________ says to the churches closes each of the seven letters. It emphasizes the serious responsibility believers have to obey God's __________ in Scripture.

Jesus said in John 8:47, He who is of God _________ the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are _____ of God

The promise is addressed to "him who _____________." The term does not refer to those who have attained to a higher level of the Christian life, but to ______ Christians.

Here Christ promises the overcomers at Ephesus that they will eat of the _______ of life which is in the _______________ of God.

The heavenly _____ of life that Christ speaks of here symbolizes ________________________. The Paradise of God is heaven itself. Luke 23:43

CONCLUDING REMARKS
The example of the Ephesian church _________ that right beliefs, high standards of righteousness, and zealous duty without _______ is nothing and profits the church nothing. It is wood, hay, and stubble.

Holiness, truth, and love go hand in hand. They are all characteristics of _______ and marks of those He _________.