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Jesus was saying that if the Ephesian church refused to repent, He would withdraw its status and effectiveness as His church. This could involve several related realities.
 
1. The church will lose its place in the body of Christ. Every church has a place in the palm of Jesus Christ. There is a place in the realm of the spirit that Jesus has placed every golden lampstand or candlestick in order to become relevant in His body but the moment that place is lost, the church is physically alive but useless. And there are many churches around the world, whose lampstand has been removed and so have become more institutionalized than spiritualized. Let’s becareful so Christ doesn’t remove our lampstand in the realm of the spirit as a church.
 
2. The Loss of Christ’s Presence Jesus walks among the lampstands (Revelation 1:13). If He removes a lampstand, the church loses the blessing of His active presence and fellowship. A congregation may continue meeting every Sunday, but if Christ no longer owns and empowers its witness, it has lost something essential. The moment Christ removes the lampstand, He moves away from that church. His presence may linger for some time but His person is long gone from amongst the people. Many churches today are without Jesus Christ the owner and builder of the church because it doesn’t belong to Him anymore it has become the founder’s property. Any church that loses the presence of Jesus is finished forever!!!
 
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The Things Jesus And Was Not Happy About The Church Of Ephesus Nevertheless means that all the good in the Ephesian church did not cancel out the bad Jesus is about to describe. You have left your first love: Despite all the good in the Ephesian church, there is something seriously wrong. They have left - not lost - their first love. They once had a love that they don’t have anymore. This can be described as “a definite and sad departure.”
1. The distinction between leaving and losing is important. Something can be lost quite by accident, but leaving is a deliberate act, though it may not happen suddenly. As well, when we losesomething we don’t know where to find it; but when we leave something, we know where to find it.
2. Though they had left their first love, everything looked great on the outside. If you would have attended a service of the church at Ephesus, you might have thought, “This is a happening church. They are doing so much, and they really guard the truth.” At the same time, you might have had a vague, uneasy feeling - yet it would probably be hard to pin down. It wasn’t hard for Jesus to see the problem, even though everything probably looked wonderful on the outside.
3. The problem was serious. Without love, all is vain. No wonder Jesus said, “Nevertheless I have this against you.” “A church has no reason for being a church when she has no love within her heart, or when that love grows cold. Lose love, lose all —— 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (NLT), 1 John 4:7-13.
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Introduction To The City Of Ephesus
•Ephesus is a great city was also world-famous as a religious, cultural, and economic center of the region.
 
•Ephesus had the notable temple of Diana, a fertility goddess worshipped with immoral sex. This tremendous temple to Diana in Ephesus was regarded as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It was supported by 127 pillars, each pillar 60 feet tall, and it was adorned with great sculptures.
 
The Good Things About the Church of Ephesus
•The church of Ephesus had works in the Lord.
•The church of Ephesus laboured for the Lord.
•The church of Ephesus cannot bear or tolerate evildoers in the church.
•The church of Ephesus tried those who say they are Apostles and are not and found them to be liars
•You have patiently suffered for me without quitting (Rev. 2:3 NLT)
 
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Jesus Christ is Described as the Faithful Witness.
1. This is because Jesus Christ modeled to all mankind during His earthly life and ministry the perfection of the God-kind of Life He multiplies bread in the wilderness John 5:17-23, Mathew 9:1-7.
2. Jesus Christ witnessed about who God the Father is, He was the one who showed us what God looked like - Colossians 1:15 (NLT), John 10:30, John 14:6-11, Mathew 11:27
3. Jesus is the faithful witness because God was in Him reconciling the world unto Himself by the preaching of the gospel of salvation, Healing and Deliverance — 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
•The First Begotten of the Dead or the Firstfruits of the Resurrection of the Dead. The reason Jesus is called the firstborn or the firstfruit of the resurrection is not because he was the first to die and be resurrect from the dead. To say Jesus died and resurrected from the dead is not a correct statement, why? Because no man dies and resurrects himself from the dead. When the Angel of death, takes a hold of you, He is so powerful that you cannot deliver yourself from his hand except someone with a higher power than the Angel of death. So in the case of Jesus, the Holy Spirit did (Psalm 16:10, Romans 8:11).
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A. His Head and Hair were White like Wool (Revelation 1:14). The white hair signifies:
Agelessness The state of never looking old or appearing to grow old. Jesus Christ is the ageless One. He was in existence before all things were created or begun. How ageless could Jesus Christ be? If you don’t know Jesus, He is ageless, you cannot place a particular age on Him. Jesus is an eternal being and He is God. He is not a man to be toiled with (John 1:1-3, Hebrews 13:8, Colossians 1:17) Ancient of Days He is the ancient of Days (Revelation 1:4, 8; 4:8).
 
1. Who Was (God of the Past) —— This declares that God has always existed. Before creation, before time, before the universe, God already was (Psalm 90:1-6 GNT, John 1:1).
 
2. Who Is (God of the Present) —— God is not merely a God of history; He is actively present now. He is the ever-present God who: Sustains creation; Hears prayers; Rules over the affairs of humanity; and Walks with His people. His presence is continuous and unchanging (Psalm 46:1) 3. Who is to Come (God of the Future) Jesus Christ is the God who shall return again. He is the God of the future and He shall return in glory (Acts 1:8-11, John 8:54-58, Genesis 14:17-20, Hebrews 7:1-4, Daniel 7:9-10).
 
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Jesus Christ is Described as the Faithful Witness.
1. This is because Jesus Christ modeled to all mankind during His earthly life and ministry the perfection of the God-kind of Life John 5:17-23, Mathew 9:1-7.
 
2. Jesus Christ witnessed about who God the Father is, He was the one who showed us what God looked like - Colossians 1:15 (NLT), John 10:30, John 14:6-11, Mathew 11:27
 
•The First Begotten of the Dead or the Firstfruits of the Resurrection of the Dead.
The reason Jesus is called the firstborn or the firstfruit of the resurrection is not because he was the first to die and be resurrect from the dead. To say Jesus died and resurrected from the dead is not a correct statement, why? Because no man dies and resurrects himself from the dead. When the Angel of death, takes a hold of you, He is so powerful that you cannot deliver yourself from his hand except someone with a higher power than the Angel of death. So in the case of Jesus, the Holy Spirit did (Psalm 16:10, Romans 8:11).
 
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•Alpha (Α) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and Omega (Ω) is the last. Together they express the idea of the beginning and the end—the One who encompasses everything.
 
•Jesus is the beginning because He lives in eternity but he created time but He neither lives in time nor is limited by time. He lives outside of time so He knows exactly when time begun and how everything in time was created including time itself —— Colossians 1:15-18 (NLT). There are certain clues the book of Revelation gives us about the Second coming of Christ that we need to take note of before we dive into the mystery of His person.
 
•Grace and Peace are Weapons we need today to overcome the Troubles of this Present World. Grace is the ability to abound in God even though you are going through difficult times. The ability to do that which hitherto you couldn’t do on your own. Peace is a weapon of first of the mind and then of the heart. In order to live a great Christian life, you must first have peace in your heart and your mind. Your peace confuses the devil, when things don’t go the way you want still be peaceful and trust that God is in control. Maintain your peace in God at all times - Isaiah 26:3, John 14:27.
 
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The mystery of the seven stars are the seven angels of the seven churches. The mystery of the seven (7) stars is that, there are certain spiritual secrets about Pastors in Charge of His Churches which were not made known to His people until this revelation.
1. The mystery of a Pastor being a Spiritual Star. A star is a body that produces light of itself. Unlike a moon that reflects the light of the sun. A star has the capacity to produce its own light. A Senior pastor or a set-man for a ministry or church is equipped with enough capacity to stand on his own. Let me add that not everyone is called with this capacity or capability —— Romans 1:1-7, 2 Corinthians 1:1, Galatians 1:1.
2. The mystery of a Pastor being in the Hand of Jesus Christ. It is not easy to bring down a man who is in the hands of Jesus Christ. Nobody has the power to pluck a man who is planted in the right hand of Jesus Christ from His hand. It is difficult to bring down a man who is in the hands of the Lord, He jealously guard and watch over their souls - John 10:27-30.
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ: The ancient Greek word translated Revelation is apokalupsis (apocalypse). The word simply means “a revealing, an unveiling.” The Book of Revelation is the Revelation of Jesus Christ in the sense that it belongs to Him, He is the one doing the revealing. It is also Jesus’ Revelation in the sense that He is the person revealed by the book.
 
The seven stars represent the angels (messengers) of the seven churches. There are two main interpretations:
 
1. Heavenly Angels assigned to watch over each church.
 
2. Human Messengers or Pastors who lead and represent each church. The seven churches were:
•Ephesus
•Smyrna
•Pergamos
•Thyatira
•Sardis
•Philadelphia
•Laodicea
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One thing false teachers are masters of is putting their hearers into spiritual bondage. They teach people into spiritual fear much more than the liberty for which Christs came to die? There are so many teachings today that cause men to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage (Galatians 5:1-10, Colossians 2:20-23)
While the gospel of Jesus Christ brings freedom, peace, truth, and life, false teachings enslave people spiritually (John 8:32-44).
How False Teachings Lead to Spiritual Bondage
1. False Teachings Replace God’s Truth with Human Traditions. False teachers often elevate traditions, customs, personal revelations, or church regulations above God’s Word. As a result; — People obey men instead of God; — The authority of Scripture is weakened. — Spiritual freedom is replaced with religious control. Mark 7:6-9, Colossians 2:6-8, Isaiah 29:14.
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