Our First Love
The book of Revelations records,
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:
I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. Revelations 2:1-7
Revelations talks directly to seven churches. I have always heard it said that these churches can be related to both individual congregations and to individuals.
Here the Church at Ephesus is commended for there perseverance and there dislike of wicked men. For there enduring of hardships for Christ sake.
Then Jesus goes on to say “you have forsaken your first love”.
The first love of every Christian should be God and His one and only Son Jesus Christ. To put anything before or faith in Christ is wrong.
The apostle Paul writing to Timothy said,
“Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
“Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself. 2 Timothy 11-13
Please think about it.
The book of Revelations records,
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:
I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. Revelations 2:1-7
Revelations talks directly to seven churches. I have always heard it said that these churches can be related to both individual congregations and to individuals.
Here the Church at Ephesus is commended for there perseverance and there dislike of wicked men. For there enduring of hardships for Christ sake.
Then Jesus goes on to say “you have forsaken your first love”.
The first love of every Christian should be God and His one and only Son Jesus Christ. To put anything before or faith in Christ is wrong.
The apostle Paul writing to Timothy said,
“Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
“Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself. 2 Timothy 11-13
Please think about it.
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