If you were arriving in Ephesus, there is only one sight that would catch your eye. Not the bustling harbor teeming with boats, not the roads lined with the exotic spices and goods from the east. No, it would be the lustrous golden gleam of the Temple of Diana. The largest building ever built in the ancient world, the size of a city block, 10 stories high, and covered with gold.
EPHESUS was FAMOUS for its BEAUTY:
EPHESUS was FAMOUS for its RELIGION:
EPHESUS was FAMOUS for its POSITION:
But in the midst of all that: CHRIST was SHINING IN HIS Church at EPHESUS:
THEY HAD POWERFUL FOUNDING: They were heirs to the greatest days of Paul’s earthly ministry and the longest. Acts 19:11 describes extraordinary miraculous events. Verse 19 reports amazing conversions and life transformations.
THEY HAD GODLY NURTURING: Paul sent Timothy, who stayed until church history records a mob killed him for his strong preaching against sin. John the Apostle lived there until his exile in Patmos. And then returned from Patmos to continue in ministry there.
THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS HISTORY: Mary, the mother of our Lord, lived and died there, and John the apostle gives this city an honor no other knew. Ephesians was the only church that had 2 apostles write their inspired letters. A generation from its founding, Ephesians was mature. Two generations from Pentecost, the church at Ephesus had some of the richest history.
From KGD-40a – Ephesus – Keys to a Life of Godly Influence (990324WE)
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