Take Aways:

1. The church at Ephesus was praised for its commitment to stand for Biblical truth by testing, identifying, and rejecting false teachers and their doctrines—“Test all things; hold fast what is good.” 1 Thessalonians 5:21

2. The problem in Ephesus was that despite all their busyness, they had left the initial love and devotion to the Lord Jesus for which they had once been celebrated—“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13

3. The promise given to the Ephesians if they repented and overcame such conduct was intimate fellowship with the Lord Jesus in eternity—“Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:14