I. The Background

A. Seven Churches

B. Ephesus

1. The City

2. The Church

II. The Commendation

A. Their labor

B. Their Patience

C. Their intolerance of evil

D. Their examination of Leaders

III. The Condemnation

A. They stopped loving God

B. They stopped loving others

IV. The Consecration

A. Remember where you have been

B. Repent of what you are doing wrong

C. Return to your original practice

V. The Consequences

A. God will remove their lampstand

VI. The Contextualization

A. Grace must ensure that Christ remains pre-eminent in this assembly

B. Grace must ensure that each generation loves Christ like the previous generation

C. Grace must ensure that they are advancing the Kingdom of Christ and not their own kingdom

D. Grace must embrace the mercy and grace of Christ when they fail to love God and others