Revelation ch 2 - the church at Ephesus ...

Hi everyone, I am baaaaack. Please remember as you read over my time here ... that this is just my own littlet comments and I pray God is giving me wisdom just to put food for thought in your head, and not to be doing Theology or apologetics. If you truly find me far off field, feel welcome to email me and give me your thoughts. I am not trying to teach anything ... but taking God's Word, and asking you when was the last time you thought about ...
One of the things I found interesting about all 7 churches is that Christ continually says: I know ... hmmm ... so I assume, there isn't anything about us (you) He doesn't know ... get it?
By the way, all of my scriptures are taken from the NASB (updated)

Church at Ephesus - Christ's decription: The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands
Their commendations: He knows about their deeds, their toil, their perseverance ... they test those who call themselves apostles but aren't. He knows they have not grown weary and that they hate the deeds of the Nicolatians - which He also hates.
Reproof of the church: They had left their first love ... they had fogotten where they had come from - have you forgotten your first love? Do you remember the joy you had when you gave your life to Him? Do you remember the relief you had knowing that you had been redeemed? The joy of sharing God's love through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ to others ... How your total desire was to please only Him ... and to be obedient to His Word. You dug in to reading His Word daily and was astounded at how alive it came each time you read it and the Holy Spirit put a new revelation in your heart about something you had read over and over and now the light comes on and you say "Oh Yeah!!!"
Christ called them to repent or else He was going to come and remove their lampstand. That lampstand is the light ... His light ... are you wandering around in darkness? Have you turned your back on Christ? Have you repented and turned back to Christ? Well, the church at Ephesus did not repent ... and guess what, He did remove His lamptstand from them. The lampstand is the church and it was the light of a dark area full of idol worships of all kinds. How sad it is that neither the town nor the church of Ephesus remains to this day. The only thing that exists today are the ruins.
But, He always has a promise at the end of every letter to all seven churches ... to Ephesus He says: To Him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. So tell me, brothers and sisters ... are you an overcomer or do you let others overtake you? Don't let Satan/sin come into your life w/o immediate repentance and with God's help and strength the desire to sin and the auto lusts of the flesh will diminish.
Think on some ways that you might keep as the most important thing in your life, your relationship with Christ the King.
Thank you Lord Jesus for drawing us to you. Thank you for your love and the truth of Your Word. May we always remember our first love, may we be overcomers, and may we hate what You hate. Guide us in perseverance, endurance and help us not to grow weary. Let us have an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying to us (the body of Christ). Amen and Amen