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 These ridiculers rebel at the thought of making public declaration of their faith. (Romans 10:10)  They have enlisted the support of Christendom's clergy and the aid of news journals and TV stations to spread lying reports about their former associates. Faithful ones  soon find that the speech and conduct of these deceivers do not ring true. Like the Ephesians, Christians today "cannot bear bad men," So they disfellowship them from their congregation. 

Now, however, as he does with five of the seven congregations, Jesus singles out a serious problem.  He says to the Ephesians: "Nevertheless, I hold this against you, that you have left the love you had at first." (Revelation 2:4)   They should  not have failed in this respect, for Paul had written them  35 years earlier referring to God's   "great love with which he loved us," and he had urged them: "Become imitators of God, as beloved children, and go on walking in love, just as the Christ also loved you." (Ephesians 2:4; 5:1, 2)  Further, Jesus' words should have been inscribed on their hearts: "Jehovah our God is one  Jehovah, and you must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and your whole strength." (Mark 12:29-31) The Ephesians has lost that first love. 

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