Entropy?
Entropy (from high energy to low) happens in churches; maybe faster than we care to acknowledge? Paul established the church in Ephesus around year 53-54AD (Acts 18-19). While imprisoned in Rome (year 61AD), seven years after the tremendous revival of Acts 19, he wrote the church a letter of encouragement. Paul reminds them that they are saved through the blood of Christ, through faith in His sacrifice, and empowered by the Holy Spirit to destroy the devil’s works through fighting a spiritual war. How long this had effect is unknown but I believe in an early date for the writing …