Revelation chapter two, we're going to begin in verse one.

And if you're taking notes today, and I trust that you are, is you can write down the title of the message, which is simply a question, where'd you go?

Where'd you go?

And that will make a little bit more sense in just a moment.

If you're in Revelation chapter two, why don't you go ahead and stand with me, as is our tradition here, as we read the Word of God together.

Now in Revelation chapter 2, I'm going to begin in verse 1.

You guys pick it up in verse 2, and I will end in verse 7.

So Revelation chapter 2, verse 1, it says,

To the angel of the church of Ephesus write,

These things says he,

who holds the seven stars in his right hand,

who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands.

I know your words to deliver the patience, and come back to be on the world. And you have persevered, and have

and have labored for my name namesake and have not become weary.

Remember, therefore, from where you have fallen.

Repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place unless you repent.

And here in verse seven, he who has in ear, let him hear what the spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes,

I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. Let's pray.

Father, we come this morning, and God, what Jesus just said there in verse 7, I pray over us this

morning, that we would have an ear to hear what you have

to say to us. Lord, there's some that have come in and they're seasoned saints. Maybe they've read

this passage a hundred times or more. They've heard it taught. Father, I pray that you'd give them

...