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But Jesus found something wrong in the Ephesians saints. Their blood pressure was up, their arteries were clogged. Their hearts had experienced a gradual buildup of other things so that Jesus was no longer holding the position of first place in their hearts. He wasnāt first in their schedules, in their concentration, and all that signaled that He was no longer the supreme ruler of their hearts and lives.
In ancient math, when you added up a column of numbers, the sum went at the top.
Jesus started adding everything up, all of Ephesusā great works, but what He found was that the sum total of their lives did not add up to Him. They had āleft their first love.ā
Jesus wasnāt at the top. He was part of the equation, part of the calculations.
He was important, He just wasnāt the most important. He wasnāt the sum total of their lives.
In modern, American math, the total goes at the bottom. So when someone asks you what the bottom line is, theyāre not asking for an explanation of everything that went into the calculations. The Ephesians were overflowing with good works.
They labored. They were patient. They wouldnāt tolerate evil. They rooted out false prophets. They persevered.