To The Seven Churches – Ephesus – Revelation 2:1-7
The church is Ephesus was surrounded by a pluralistic society in which many gods were given temples and places for people to worship. Â As a major trade center, various different religions found a home in Ephesus with no one god being elevated above the other. Â Then there was the issue of the Nicolatians. Â The Nicolatians were marked by their flagrant indulgence of the self. Â They would engage in adulterous worship and commonly participated in religious services to other gods. Â They abandoned their witness and the church is Ephesus stood out as a major opponent of the Nicolatians. Yet, for all of the theological fervor of the church in Ephesus, they had grown increasingly cynical at the world rather than embodying what a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ looks like. Â