Lesson from Ephesus!

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Sunday, 30th July, 2017

Speaker : Pst. Manoj Arunkumar
Summarization : Shruti Vanjare

There were seven churches in the time of Paul and John. They began with the spirit but soon, Jesus walked out of that church. This is a lesson for our own church. Every church speaks something wonderful to ours. 

CHURCH AT EPHESUS (Revelation 2)

Our spiritual lives are weighed through these churches. 

• It was a wonderfully constructed church. Paul shed tears to build this church and it was the strongest church during those times. They used to work, labour, have patience and couldn't tolerate any evil. They used to discern liars out of the church. But inspite of being so powerful, Jesus walked out of it. They did a lot of hard work, but Jesus had complaints against them.  

"You have fallen."

(1) Inspite of your hardworks, if your life isn't devoted to Jesus; you have fallen. Sometimes, service for Christ can lead to losing our dependency on God. When we're dependent on God, we experience a satisfaction in the ministry. 

(2)  You can have all kinds of Ministries, but if you don't have devotion, you've lost everything. You need to have devotion towards God before you start doing anything. 

(3) Inspite of being faithful to God, they lost their First Love towards God. More than our service, Jesus requires love from us. Somewhere down the road, we've lost our passion for Jesus. Never stop the works of the Holy Spirit in the church. 

A Lampstand has seven lamps (flames); and in the Old Testament, it's the revelation light of God. When Jesus died, the temple lights went off because Jesus became the light of the world and a direct access for us to reach the Father. 

•    Jesus said that he will remove the lampstand out of the church of Ephesus. 
In the tabernacle of God, the lampstand is called Menorah (Light)

• In the New Testament, reading the word of God is a light unto our feet. Jesus said that he'll remove the lampstand because they've not been reading and following the word of God. Jesus is that lampstand, the Word of God. 

• The Altar of incense is prayer and worship. Is it alive in your life today ? 

• The church of Ephesus lost reading the Word, Prayer and Worship and Communion with God. Still God's grace was prevailing.

• We need to repent for the things which aren't good in the sight of God. When you read the word, you need to repent and read with love and passion. Your prayers should come from within. 

• Communion is becoming one with the Father. You've become dead for the world and been made alive for Christ. It brings a reverence for God and brings peace in the place. When you break bread you remember Him. 

• Every fruit you get when you repent, is eternal life. Jesus himself is the Tree of Life and when you eat this fruit you'll have eternal life. 

The Three Dimensions 

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(1) Dependency 
(2) Devotion 
(3) First Love 

II
(1) Read the word
(2) Prayer and worship
(3) Communion 

III
Eating from the Tree of Life.
(Jesus himself is the Tree of Life)

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