Remember Your First LoveThoughts on the Seven Churches

Spoken Words

• Christ knew:– Their works– Their toil– Their patient endurance– Their burden of the evil

The Commendation

• Their commendation (verse 2-3)– They have tested “so-called” apostles and found

them liars,– They have persevered and are patient,– They have labored and not grown weary (see

Galatians 6:9)

The Rebuke

“But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.”

(Revelation 2.4; ESV)

The Solution

• Remember where they came from,

• Repent,

• Do the first works.

The Consequence

“If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.”

(Revelation 2.5; ESV)

The Promise

“To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of

God.”(Revelation 2.5; ESV)

The Rebuke

“But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.”

(Revelation 2.4; ESV)

What was Your First Love?

• Has worldliness crept in? – (1 Corinthians 3.1-5; Romans 12.1-2)

• Have you lost your focus? – (Matthew 6.33; Philippians 3.13-14; Colossians 3.2)

What was the Congregation’s First Love?

• As a congregation have we left our first love?– The congregation at Ephesus did, so can we?– Have we become satisfied?– Have we become unwilling?

The Solution

• Remember where they came from,

• Repent,

• Do the first works.

Remember Your First LoveThoughts on the Seven Churches