church is severely warned for having left her first love. She is called to repent to not lose her lampstand (the power of witness through the Spirit). The Church is also commended for rejecting the Nicolaitans, which some scholars believe combined Gnostic heresies with their biblical faith. (Gnostics were heretics who taught that secret knowledge and mysteries were the means of salvation.) From this letter believers can learn the primary faith challenge of the believer and the corporate body is to