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Go back to the works you did at first. Not go back to the emotion you felt. Not go back to the emotion that you had. No. No. No. Go back to the works that you did at first. So what works did the church of Ephesus do at first? This is the last thing, and then we're gonna close today. I wanna give you some church history. Is that okay? Is that okay? The church of Ephesus was started thirty years prior to this letter being written. It was started thirty years prior to his letter being written by a man named Paul. Paul, one of the most amazing leaders in the Bible in human history, started the church of Ephesus, and then Timothy eventually took it over. So Timothy takes it over, and then seven years later, Paul writes a letter, and in that letter is where we get the book of Ephesians. In the book of Ephesians, it has been seven to ten years when he writes this, and he says this in the book of Ephesians. And and what you have to know about this church is they're rich, they're wealthy, and what happens is they're thriving. And in Ephesians one fifteen, he says this, for this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people. That sounds like a completely different church. That sounds like a completely different church. He says, every time I hear about you, you they say, oh, they love God, and they love people. Oh, every time I hear about the church of Ephesus, you see how they love God, and they have faith, and they love people. And he goes on to say, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.