Well, bless YOUR heart. So those seven "ekklesias" of Asia in John's vision were truly "called by God, born from above, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit"?
Is that why John called them ekklesias?
>>Well, bless YOUR heart. So those seven "ekklesias" of Asia in John's vision were truly "called by God, born from above, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit"?<<
That would be correct! That is how they started but obviously most were invaded by false teaching and some or many within the group were not born again Spirit filled Christians. Thus some of those assemblies were at risk of being rejected by Christ.