that is, they did not love him with the fervency and passion of their early years. The Lord’s rebuke reminds us that we can be sound in doctrine, energetic in service and even holy in life without loving Christ as we should. Every Christian loves Christ, but there are degrees in love. Sometimes our love flames brightly. At other times it barely flickers. It was flickering in Ephesus. How it must have grieved John to pen these words from the Lord! Sometimes the church of Ephesus is called ‘the loveless
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