Forsaken your first love.

Revelation 2:1-7
Letter to church in Ephesus.
Merit:
1)Cannot tolerate wicked men, 2)tested those who claim to be apostles but are not and found them false. 3)have persevered and have endured hardships for Jesus name and have not grown weary 4)hate the practices of the Nicolaitans
Weakness:
Forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen!
Action:
Repent and do the things you did at first.
The letters are intended to meet the needs of real churches at Ephesus and in the surrounding area, but they also deal 'with topics which have relevance to God's people at all times and in all places'
They follow a set pattern. The greeting is followed by a particular description of Christ. His 'I know...' commends what is good about the church.
In five out of the seven cases this is followed by a criticism, and a warning.
Each letter closes with a plea- 'If you have ears, then listen...' - and a promise. In the first three letters the plea comes first, in the last four, the promise.
Why?
Too much justice but forgot the love.
The church at Ephesus was firmly established and spiritually discerning. It had endurance, but their love is not what it had been. They need to repent, for a church without love is no church.
Niolatains: Unknown outside this book. Their abhorrent可惡 behaviour sprang竄出 from false teaching, which had infiltrated滲透 the church at Pergamum.
Church needs love, for Jesus Christ is love. Justice is needed also! Love is the essential element to a church.
God knows everything in churches, and in these world! God has his plan and  love to all of us.
How?
Am I love others? May the love from the Lord leads my way and do the right things that please the Lord!