# Church Assessment - Ephesus ## Question: To which authority has your church submitted? How about the American church? --- ### Background - In my note [[1627598467_Church_Assessment|Biblical Assessment of the Seven Churches]], I discussed a pattern I discovered in Jesus' [[Assessment]] of the [[Seven]] churches in **Revelation 2-3**. - This assessment of the [[Church]] in [[Ephesus]] is derived from the Berean Study Bible (BSB), [[Revelation_02|Revelation 2.1-7]] --- ### Authority Of The Assessor - These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. {2.1} --- ### An acknowledgment of some good things - Your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance {2.2} - Cannot tolerate those who are evil {2.2} - Have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles {2.2} - Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name. {2.3} - Hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate {2.6} --- ### A condemnation of some negative things - Have abandoned your first love {2.4} --- ### A plan of action - Keep in mind how far you have fallen {2.5} - Repent and perform the deeds you did at first {2.5} - He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches {2.7} --- ### A consequence for failing to complete the plan of action - Jesus will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place {2.5} --- ### A promise / reward - To the one who is victorious, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God. {2.7} --- The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (https://bereanbible.com), BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub (https://biblehub.com), Discovery Bible (https://discoverybible.com), OpenBible.com (https://openbible.com), and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0). ---