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Warm Up:

1. What did you learn that you can share about the city or church of Ephesus?

Work Up:

2. Read Revelation 2:1-7. Notice the commendation and the condemnation. Are they related?

3. Read Acts 19:18-20. Scan the nearby context to this passage. What were some of the beginnings of this small church in Ephesus?

4. Read Ephesians 4:2,15,25-32. Reflect on how the little church pictured in Acts 19 could have come to the place of needing the exhortation given by Paul in Ephesians 4.

Wrap Up:

5. What images come into your mind as you think about the Tree of Life? (Genesis 3, Revelation 22.)

Homework:
1. Read Revelation 2:8-11 several times. Research Smyrna and Izmir (the modern name for Smyrna) online.

2. Read all you can about "Diversity" under "Difficult Communication" at www.listenary.com . At the list of articles, read from the bottom up, first posted to latest.