Loving Jesus in Ephesus: Words for a Distracted Church

Revelation 2:1-7

About the Sermon

In this sermon we will open up Jesus’ first of seven letters to seven churches, His letter to the church at Ephesus found in Revelation 2:1–7. This church was embedded in one of the ancient world’s most prominent cities. Under cultural pressure for doctrinal collapse, this church held strong in every important way, except one. Listen in and continue our series, The Seven: Jesus’ Words to His Churches in Revelation.

About the Series

Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a letter from Jesus Christ to a church like ours? Or, better, because no two churches or contexts are alike, how about seven letters to seven different churches? Then we’d have Jesus’ heart for his church on surround sound. We would know what he wants to change about us, and what he wants to guard. Seven such letters have been discovered, and they are found at the end of the Bible in the often-neglected book of Revelation. We need these letters: letters written to unique churches with unique challenges; letters of commendation and correction; letters concerned with the supernatural, not the superficial; every line reflecting the heart of Jesus for his churches, including ours.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a letter from Jesus Christ to a church like ours? Or, better, because no two churches or contexts are alike, how about seven letters to seven different churches? Then we’d have Jesus’ heart for his church on surround sound. We would know what he wants to change about us, and what he wants to guard. Seven such letters have been discovered, and they are found at the end of the Bible in the often-neglected book of Revelation. We need these letters: letters written to unique churches with unique challenges; letters of commendation and correction; letters concerned with the supernatural, not the superficial; every line reflecting the heart of Jesus for his churches, including ours.

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