The Good news is the Ephesians were DEAR TO THE LORD. The bad news is that they lost their first-love intimacy with Him. They got to a state where HE wasn't quite DEAR to THEM.
Our passage is not so much about DUTY, but of DEARNESS. The Lord is in our relationship with us in a profound way. He desires to be DEAR TO YOU. Let's do what it takes to let Him.
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