Rekindle the First Love

Christ wants a church whose work is rooted in the love and worship of Him.

Christ’s Character

Intimately aware of the church.

Christ’s Commendation

They were a diligent church.

They were a doctrinal church.

They were a determined church.

Christ’s Correction

They had left the first love.

Whenever we become more impressed with our work for God than Christ’s work for us we leave our first love.

Whenever we place work before worship we leave our first love - the Martha Syndrome. Luke 10:38-

Deuteronomy 6:4–5 ESV

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Deut. 6:

Remember.

Remember the motivation for the first works.

1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 ESV

We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Remember the joy of your salvation. You had to share it with others.

Repent

Redo

The warning is that their witness would be lost. If Christ is not at the center of all that we do, then we will eventually grow cold.

Christ’s Call and Commitment

The call is to hear. The Holy Spirit is speaking even now through His Word.

The commitment is to grant fellowship to those who overcome.

Revelation 12:11 ESV

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

Eat of the tree of life - fellowship with God.