The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.

-J.R.R. Tolkien

Last week we looked at Revelation 2:4-5. The Lord shared his heart to the church in Ephesus that he actually wants the same love that they had with Him when they first met. The loving zeal that was in their heart in the beginning. He remembers and asks them to recall that love and repent and return to it….Just so good! And the fact that we occupy space and time in the mind and memory of the living God is unfathomable!!!

We will finish the letter to the church in Ephesus with verse 6-7

Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’

The List:

1) The Lord points out what he admires (Yet this you have)

2) The Lord hates things. Specifically here the work of the Nicolaitans (heretical teaching/false gods)

3) He loves it when we hate what he hates

4) He wants us to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches (and the Spirit is speaking to the churches)

5) He requires us to overcome or conquer in areas of life..n

6) He rewards those who overcome to eat of the tree of life

7) There is a tree of life in paradise (see #8)

8) God’s dwelling is a paradise

9) He wants us to eat and dwell in the paradise of God

Declarations:

You tell us things that you love about us

There are things, works that you detest and hate hate

You love when we hate what you hate

You allow us and desire for us to hear what your Spirit is saying

You ask us to overcome in some areas of life. To conquer and persevere.

You reward us when we overcome…You reward us to eat of the tree of life

You dwell in paradise and there is a tree of life in paradise

You want us to eat and dwell with you in paradise

This Week's Song:

With You

Want to hate what you hate

Want to love what you love

Want to be with you

Where you are

In paradise I want to eat from the tree of life

here will be hardships

There will be struggle

But in the end I will be with you

Eating of that tree (of life)

In paradise

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