He's not saying, if you really just love Jesus, you don't have to worry about doctrine or obedience.

He's not saying that.

He commends them for their sound doctrine and their faithful obedience.

But he says, being doctrinally sound and morally obedient isn't enough if you've lost your love for Jesus.

That has to remain central.

That has to remain the core.

That has to inform everything else about your life as a church.

Some Christians have said that doctrine doesn't matter. All that matters is that you love Jesus. Hi, I'm Nathan

W. Bingham and welcome to renewing your mind. That idea that all that matters is whether or not

you love Jesus comes from a letter found in the Book of Revelation and addressed to the church

at Ephesus. They were commended for their

doctrine. They were commended for their moral living. But Jesus said they had lost their first love,

their love for Christ. Don't forget that if you'd like to study all of Revelation,

we'll send you this 24 message study and

unlock lifetime digital access to the messages and study guide when you give a donation before

midnight tonight at renewingyourmind.org. I trust this series will help clear away some of the

confusion surrounding this much debated book.

Well, as you'll hear today, as W. Robert Godfrey continues his Blessed Hope series, to use

this letter to the church in Ephesus to justify theological error or sin is to miss the intent

of what Jesus was saying.

Here is Dr. Godfrey.

In our opening lectures together, we've been looking a fair bit at literary structure elements

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