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Revelation 2 King James Version (KJV)
2 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
every one seems to know it all in revelation look AT the church at Ephesus they done every thing right from Dotting the I to crossing the T .they was so busy building the perfect Church going stamp sin out etc... BUTTTTTTTTTTTTT look what report they got thou hast left thy first love. who should be our first love? Christ he Loved us w should love him ..it really doesnt say what or how or when but they did they Got so B.U.S.Y they left Jesus out . im telling ya it can be real easy to left your first love Being under Satan yoke . he doesnt care what you stand for or should i say against all the evil in the world.. he doesnt even care how well you know the word... he cares when WE start applying it to our walk .which is a relationship that has to be built in fact it never stops.. 2 peter tells us all about the evil to come ..but then he stops and says but Grow in the grace and knowledge paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 10:4 the weapons of our warfare are not carnal/fleshly a article i was reading on used these words
“Our God-given weapons are to be used in connection with a divine strategy. But don’t look to the flesh to find that strategy, for the battle plan you need is not going to arise out of your own natural talent, mental exercises, or human effort.”
possibly the Ephesus church used the weapons to combat the evil .< but failed to get the spiritual strategy > leaving out there first love ..Christ gives them a pretty sharp report straighten up get back to your love repent OR ELSE .. yes its time we gt back to our first Love ..they say evil triumphs when good men/women do nothing . when we put on the whole armor of God get out battle plan pray seek God let the spirit speak what to do.. it just might seem crazy like march around some wall blow a horn shout..serious it worked at Jericho they say in a archaeological dig they found the walls and fell out instead of in ..pray for me as i battle the devil around my house we have a major warfare going on .. my temper has a tendency to flare dealing with a mess that really is not our mess. a young 4th grade girl getting in trouble for keeping a cell phone in her back pack .that did not belong to her.. these kids we keep needs there Mother who works nights a single mother no support .not even food stamps .might i add the mom is blinded by the God of this world.. yet proclaims salvation --so i am just using this a example .the devil has a strategy --confusion.. God has a better one.. i seriously doubt this going very far .i dunno next time i preach i may just use this
2 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
every one seems to know it all in revelation look AT the church at Ephesus they done every thing right from Dotting the I to crossing the T .they was so busy building the perfect Church going stamp sin out etc... BUTTTTTTTTTTTTT look what report they got thou hast left thy first love. who should be our first love? Christ he Loved us w should love him ..it really doesnt say what or how or when but they did they Got so B.U.S.Y they left Jesus out . im telling ya it can be real easy to left your first love Being under Satan yoke . he doesnt care what you stand for or should i say against all the evil in the world.. he doesnt even care how well you know the word... he cares when WE start applying it to our walk .which is a relationship that has to be built in fact it never stops.. 2 peter tells us all about the evil to come ..but then he stops and says but Grow in the grace and knowledge paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 10:4 the weapons of our warfare are not carnal/fleshly a article i was reading on used these words
When you put all these Greek words together, Second Corinthians 10:4 carries this idea:
“Our God-given weapons are to be used in connection with a divine strategy. But don’t look to the flesh to find that strategy, for the battle plan you need is not going to arise out of your own natural talent, mental exercises, or human effort.”
possibly the Ephesus church used the weapons to combat the evil .< but failed to get the spiritual strategy > leaving out there first love ..Christ gives them a pretty sharp report straighten up get back to your love repent OR ELSE .. yes its time we gt back to our first Love ..they say evil triumphs when good men/women do nothing . when we put on the whole armor of God get out battle plan pray seek God let the spirit speak what to do.. it just might seem crazy like march around some wall blow a horn shout..serious it worked at Jericho they say in a archaeological dig they found the walls and fell out instead of in ..pray for me as i battle the devil around my house we have a major warfare going on .. my temper has a tendency to flare dealing with a mess that really is not our mess. a young 4th grade girl getting in trouble for keeping a cell phone in her back pack .that did not belong to her.. these kids we keep needs there Mother who works nights a single mother no support .not even food stamps .might i add the mom is blinded by the God of this world.. yet proclaims salvation --so i am just using this a example .the devil has a strategy --confusion.. God has a better one.. i seriously doubt this going very far .i dunno next time i preach i may just use this