Reading Between the Lines Week 2 - Welcome to Ephesus
from Journey Church Sermons Hosted by Journey Church
Ephesus was one of the most powerful cities in the Roman world, full of competing gods, economic systems, and deeply divided people. When the gospel arrived, it did not simply add one more belief to people's lives. It demanded first place, and that cost people something real. Spiritual practices were abandoned, livelihoods were threatened, and ancient divisions between Jews and Greeks began to collapse under the weight of one shared Lord. Jesus was not asking the Ephesians to carve out a small religious corner of their lives for Him, and He does not ask that of us either. His lordship reaches into our spirituality, our finances, our identity, and our sense of security. The same gospel that disrupted Ephesus is still at work today, creating one people out of deeply different lives. The question worth sitting with is this: what still competes with Jesus for first place in your life?
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