Revelation 2:1-4 "To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, 'These things says He that holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: ² "I know your works, and your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you tested those who say that they are apostles and they are not, and you found them to be false; ³ and you have endurance and you have born patiently on account of My name, and you did not become weary. ⁴ Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

Revelation 1:17 - 2:1 ¹⁷ And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if dead. But He put His right hand on me, saying, "Do not fear; I am the First and the Last. ¹⁸ I am He who lives, and became dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Death and of Hades. ¹⁹ Write therefore the things which you saw, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. ²⁰ The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches. Revelation 2:1 "To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, 'These things says He that holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:

We wrap up chapter 1 today of Revelation.

We will start the 7 churches in our next Gospelstudy pogram.

Taken from a variety of Scriptures, starting in Ephesians 2:8-10. 

"For by grace are you saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God."