“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.2 “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.

Revelation 2:1-7

4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6 Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’

Revelation 2:1-7

Coming Back to Your First Love

Revelation 2:1-7

Lampstands that Spread His Light

Introduction

Revelation 2:1 - “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.

Revelation 2:7 - . 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Introduction

God loves us so much that He is calling the church to never abandon the love we must have for Him and for others

Main Idea

I. REMEMBER therefore from where you have fallen II. REPENT III.  DO the works you did at first

Outline

Revelation 2:2-32 “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.

I. REMEMBER

Revelation 2:4But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

I. REMEMBER

Revelation 2:55 Remember therefore from where you have fallen;

I. REMEMBER

Revelation 2:5b.

5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; REPENT, and do the works you did at first.

II. REPENT

Revelation 2:5b.

5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; REPENT, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

II. REPENT

REPENTANCE(1)a true sense of one's own guilt and sinfulness; (2)an apprehension of God's mercy in Christ; (3)an actual hatred of sin and turning from it to God; (4)a persistent endeavor after a holy life in a walking

with God in the way of his commandments.

II. REPENT

From BibleGateway Biblical Dictionary

Revelation 2:5c.

5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and DO the works you did at first.

III. DO

The command wasn’t to stop doing something, but to start doing something which they stopped doing.

Sins of Omission are as serious as

Sins of Commission

III. DO

1) Can you go hours or days without having more than a passing thought of Him?

……6) Private Prayer and worship are almost non-existent…cold and dry.

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10. You spend more time and effort on your physical appearance than on cultivating inner spiritual beauty to please Christ

………11. Your heart towards Christ is cold and indifferent; not tender as it once was, not easily moved by the Word, talk of spiritual things, etc.

III. DO

12. Your measure of spirituality (yours/others’) by performance rather than the condition of the heart.

……………….17. Your service for Christ and others is motivated by a sense of duty or obligation.

III. DO

21. You are formal, rigid, and uptight about spiritual things, rather than joyful and winsome.

……………….34. You are self-righteous – more concerned about sin in others’ lives than in your own

………………37. You rarely give sacrificially to the Lord’s work

III. DO