Today on Insight for Living from Chuck Swindall.

What would it be like if the Lord himself conducted a performance review of the church?

What would that be like?

How good would that be?

What if he examined the church today?

Or a group of churches, more compellingly, this church. The Apostle John, under the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote the final book in the Bible.

Yes, Revelation is the quintessential authority on the end times, but it's really much more than that.

Its 22 chapters are split into three distinct parts. The first

section contains a colorful review of seven churches conducted by none other than

Jesus Christ himself.

Today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall presents a glimpse of the first

unfiltered review.

It's an evaluation of the Church in Ephesus.

Chuck title today's message, the church with you, will you turn to the last book in the Bible,

the book of the revelation.

And this would be a good time to take the outline we've prepared for you and place it here,

where we'll be reading, we'll return to it in a moment.

Have a pen handy and or pencil that you can use to record your thoughts.

Revelation to thoughts.

Revelation 2, beginning at verse 1, a message we've entitled the church with everything but the greatest thing.

To the angel of the church, but the

thing to the angel of the church in Ephesus right, the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand,

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