The letter to the church at Ephesus. Theme: God hates religion! The Ephesians took the business of religion seriously. They were strong advocates for the faith, exposing false teachers. But Ephesus was all about the work of their hands, what they could do for God. 6 times, Jesus mentions “your works”. They simply were not works that were sourced in Him. And they had left, fallen away, apostatized from agape love—from the one who is agape love.
They are commanded to repent and do the first works that were rooted in agape love. They must let God change how they think about their relationship with Him and then let Him do the works of agape love.
