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The First Love
Revelation 2:1-5
Even in today’s modern times there is still the practice of the dowry in weddings around the world.
The story is told of a king who would be married.
Now the kingdom was full of eligible ladies from noble descent.
And since he was king, there were scores of young women of astounding beauty and from well-placed families who would like nothing more to be the bride of the king.
This was no ordinary king though, because he didn’t necessarily want to marry for political convenience or for selfish reasons.
Instead he came upon a plan to bestow the honor upon someone who did not expect such an honor and possibly did not deserve it.
In another part of the kingdom lived a young woman who never knew her parents.
She was not a pretty child, and had been abandoned at a very young age.
Many abandoned children either died on the street or resorted to a life of begging, borrowing and stealing for survival; this girl was no exception.
She was adopted almost immediately, or should I say, she was enslaved immediately.
She just didn’t know she was enslaved, for there were many other children in the place of her enslavement.
Her education was in the baser things of life.
Her master prostituted her, had her steal, and cheat customers.
She didn’t really consider herself enslaved, because so many other young boys and girls were doing the same as her.
Truthfully, the adrenaline rush of stealing and deceiving made life fun.
As she got older, she noticed people who were different from her, in that they didn’t steal and cheat, and seemed to pity her because they said that she didn’t have “freedom.”
The king knew that these slaves running around his kingdom were not only obeying their evil master, but were becoming exceedingly wicked in their own evil ways.
Something had to be done, so he ordered the slave owner along with all of his slaves to be condemned to death.
Having heard the decree, the slave owner trained his slaves in all forms of wickedness, and encouraged every kind of base behavior.
The slaves didn’t mind though, because their appetites craved these things more and more.
Some had heard of the decree, but didn’t really believe it, while others had heard nothing, including the young woman.
One day the king caught the young woman stealing from his own storehouse.
He knew that she, more than likely, had been abandoned, and had only known the wicked pursuits of life, having only been educated by the slave-owner.
As he looked at this young woman, he saw someone with absolutely no attractive qualities.
She was unkempt, uneducated, and dirty, and because she was a child of the slave-owner, she deserved death.
Compassion welled-up inside the king.
This was the young woman whom he would bestow the honor of marriage.
The king proposed marriage to her and she gladly accepted.
They were quickly married.
Her filthy rags were immediately discarded; she was cleaned up, and given a spotless robe.
The king had riches beyond her imagination!
At her disposal were servants, teachers, and of course the awesome power and availability of the king himself.
The most humbling realization came when she saw the king’s court and learned of the death sentence that she had been under.
She watched as her former friends and the wicked slave-owner were condemned to death.
This humbled her, and made her very thankful, and most joyful.
After seeing the court and the dishonorable behavior of her friends, she came to realize that there was nothing in her that was attractive to the king.
Because of this, she became the best bride her groom could possibly want.
The king was pleased that the young woman accepted his marriage proposal and looked forward to displaying his majesty in the transformation of this young woman.
In all honesty, even after being cleaned up and donning the royal robes, his bride was not the most attractive person.
Some of the habits of her old life still persisted.
She would occasionally steal from someone, forgetting the riches that she had.
And her behavior was not always becoming of a queen, but the longer she studied matters of the kingdom, the more pleasing her behavior became.
He was pleased that she listened to his every word.
He was pleased at the thoughtfulness of her gifts, and how she used the gifts he gave her to bless others less fortunate.
She did everything from a heart of love, and in everything she worked HARD.
Many people, who were skeptical of the king’s plan at first, began to note the magnitude of the transformation wrought by the patient king.
Over time, she became beautiful.
She became the glory of the king.
One day she bumped into a young man who had not been tried in the court yet and continued in the way of life she used to have.
She immediately had her guard up but was courteous.
There was something about this man that was not as repulsive as all the others she had known.
He spoke smooth words.
And while he grew up in the same squalor that she had known, he seemed to have some knowledge of the king and his court, and he was very kind.
As she walked back to the palace, she thought about the odd encounter, but once she was home, she forgot.
The young man; however, didn’t forget, and coveted the bride of the king.
He made opportunity to meet the young bride again.
The young bride began to bump into the young man more often, and was intrigued by her conversations with him.
At first, she knew that she should not be talking to the young man and felt guilty.
But over time the guilt subsided and she found herself desiring to be with the young man more and more.
In fact, he was more interesting to her than the king.
So interesting was he, that she began to forget all that the king had done for her.
She saw how that the king was a bit older and sometime talked about ancient things and things in the future.
This became less interesting, because this young man knew what was going on now, and lived day for the moment.
The king noticed a subtle change in his bride.
Sure, she still worked very hard, and she came to all the royal functions and appeared very interested.
But she was somewhat disinterested in her education, the gifts were not as creative and she didn’t seem to share her heart with him like she used to.
His attempts to converse with her on a deeper level were only ignored.
He knew that she really wasn’t interested in him anymore, so when she would look at him and say, “I love you.”
It made him want to vomit; other times it made him angry, because he knew she was not being truthful.
He needed to find out why she no longer loved him with her first love.
The young man had become more handsome to her over time.
She met with him often, and thought of him even more.
She gave little thought to the king, but knew she needed to be at all the royal functions, and she still did all the work as before.
Conversations with the king seemed so dry, she could think of little say, and even when she was in the presence of the king, she thought about the young man.
So great had her emotional bond to the young man that she constantly texted him in the midst of royal functions.
As her emotions grew stronger, so did the attractiveness of the filthy life that she been rescued from.
In a careless moment or two she actually stained her royal robes and tried to cover the stains.
The stains did not escape the king’s notice.
One day, while she was attending a royal function, the king saw that she had forgotten her phone.
When he heard the new message alert, he picked up the phone and noticed a text message from someone, who had the death sentence on his head.
As he looked at her phone, he discovered hundreds of text messages to and from this vile young man.
The king was sorrowful.
He now knew that her affection was no longer with the king, but with the young man.
She was going through the motions, but her heart was somewhere else.
Her devotion was with a man who had done nothing for her, could not save her, and when caught would be sentenced to death.
His wife was committing adultery in her heart.
He would have to confront his wife…he hoped she would repent.
And so it is with some in this auditorium today.
You have entered a covenant with your God, who saved you, but your heart is far from him.
Turn to Revelation 2. God is speaking to the church at Ephesus through the pen of John and commends them for a number of things.
They are a serving church; they are toiling, literally working to the point of exhaustion.
They were steadfast, meaning they were patient under trial.
They were separated in that they tested the word of those who called themselves apostles.
They were a suffering church in that they bore up under trials.
You may be busy within the church.
You may sing in the choir, work in junior church or AWANA, serve as a trustee and your heart be so far from God that he is displeased.
Look at verse four.
The reason your life may be unpleasing is that you have lost your first love.
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