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I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.
What is the Tree of Life?
What is the tree of life?
Jesus is the Tree of Life who sustains those who feed on him.
Jesus is the Tree of Life who sustains those who feed on him.
Who Eats of the Tree of Life?
Who eats of the Tree of Life?
The believer.
Those who wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb have the right to eat of the Tree of Life ().
The believer.
Those who wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb have the right to eat of the Tree of Life ().
When Jesus tells the Ephesians that only overcomers get the right to eat of the tree of life, he is not trying to threaten them.
When Jesus tells the Ephesians that only overcomers get the right to eat of the tree of life, he is not trying to threaten them.
He is giving them a wonderful affirmation of their position in Christ.
He is giving them a wonderful affirmation of their position in Christ.
It’s a mistake to think of overcoming as some sort of admissions test.
Where is the Paradise of God?
Wherever Jesus is.
Wherever Jesus is.
Jesus is talking about himself, for he is the Tree of Life in the Paradise of God.
He is our refuge and the fortress of our salvation.
He is our resting place and our longing fulfilled.
He is our refuge and the fortress of our salvation.
He is our resting place and our longing fulfilled.
What was Christ’s Message for the Ephesians?
What was Christ’s message for the Ephesians?
“I’ve seen how hard you guys are working and how you don’t put up with bad teachers.
But you’re so busy that you don’t have any have time for me.
I offer you rest, but you prefer labor.
You have put yourselves under all this pressure and have forgotten how much I love and desire your company.
This is not good.
You’re falling apart and heading for burnout.
Turn around and go back to the beginning when everything was simple—just you and me enjoying each other’s company.
Good times!
“I’ve seen how hard you guys are working and how you don’t put up with bad teachers.
But you’re so busy that you don’t have any have time for me.
I offer you rest, but you prefer labor.
You have put yourselves under all this pressure and have forgotten how much I love and desire your company.
This is not good.
You’re falling apart and heading for burnout.
Turn around and go back to the beginning when everything was simple—just you and me enjoying each other’s company.
Good times!
Let’s do that again.
I am the Tree of Life.
Allow me to nourish and sustain you.
Make my love your resting place.
When you’re in Paradise why would you ever leave?”
Let’s do that again.
I am the Tree of Life.
Allow me to nourish and sustain you.
Make my love your resting place.
What is Christ’s message for us?
Make yourself at home in God’s love and never leave.
Make yourself at home in God’s love and never leave.
If you are worn out from doing the Lord’s work, you can probably relate to the Ephesians.
They were a hard-working bunch of believers, but they were dying on the inside.
They were busy building, but their labor was in vain.
If you are worn out from doing the Lord’s work, you can probably relate to the Ephesians.
They were a hard-working bunch of believers, but they were dying on the inside.
They were busy building, but their labor was in vain.
Why do we push ourselves past breaking point?
It can happen because we’ve forgotten how much God loves us.
We think we have to prove ourselves or come up with the goods, but none of this pressure is from the Lord.
Why do we push ourselves past breaking point?
It can happen because we’ve forgotten how much God loves us.
We think we have to prove ourselves or come up with the goods, but none of this pressure is from the Lord.
You were made to receive your Father’s love.
Lose sight of your Father’s love for you and you will lose your way.
You’ll fall from the secure place of grace into the realm of dead works.
You’ll become restless, insecure, and empty on the inside.
You’ll try to replace his love with lesser things.
You were made to receive your Father’s love.
Lose sight of your Father’s love for you and you will lose your way.
You’ll fall from the secure place of grace into the realm of dead works.
You’ll become restless, insecure, and empty on the inside.
You’ll try to replace his love with lesser things.
If the Ephesians could leave the love of God, anyone can.
If the Ephesians could leave the love of God, anyone can.
But the good news is those who wander can come home again.
If you have lost your first love, Jesus shows us the way back: Remember, repent (change your thinking), and do what you did at first.
Go back to the place of your first love, when Jesus was your everything.
Make every effort to enter his rest and let nothing move you.
But the good news is those who wander can come home again.
If you have lost your first love, Jesus shows us the way back:
Remember, repent (change your thinking), and do what you did at first.
Go back to the place of your first love, when Jesus was your everything.
Make every effort to enter his rest and let nothing move you.
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Smyrna
Smyrna was located thirty-five miles up the coast from Ephesus
Smyrna was located thirty-five miles up the coast from Ephesus
While Ephesus was known as the Gateway to Asia, Smyrna was the Ornament of Asia.
While Ephesus was known as the Gateway to Asia, Smyrna was the Ornament of Asia.
Who is the angel of the church?
The Pastor
Who was the angel at Smyrna?
See .
Who was the angel at Smyrna?
A young man called Polycarp (69—155).
Polycarp was trained and ordained by the Apostle John.
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