Revelation 2:1-7
1. description of Christ
2. commendation
3. rebuke
4. exhortation
5. promise
Ephesus
a great commercial center as well as a religious center
Description of Christ
one who holds the seven stars and lampstands
stars = messengers to the churches
lampstands = churches themselves
Strengths
1. deeds, hard work and perseverance
2. did not tolerate wicked men and false prophets
Weaknesses
forsaken your first love (not talking about chronology, but preeminence)
All they were doing was not out of their love for God, but for some other reason.
Exhortation
1. Remember-what it was like when you first found the Lord
2. Repent -go back to that simplicity of heart and focus
Promise
the right to eat from the tree of life