In Revelation 2:1-7, we read the letter to the church in Ephesus, a cosmopolitan port city where intellectual and religious currents were always trying to divert the faith of the Christians. Jesus commended the Ephesian Christians for standing firm for the faith in such a difficult environment but called them back to something essential they had forgotten – love. Although truth and love are equally important, they are often difficult to keep together in practice. Like the Ephesians, we need to make sure we maintain faith in the truth and practice love for God, for each other, and for our neighbor.
There is a popular expression that says "seeing is believing." However, many people saw the amazing signs performed by Jesus and did not believe...
After complaining repeatedly to God, the prophet had a view of God's power and fell silent.
While forgiving is always costly, those who have been forgiven can and must forgive others in turn.