Left your first love sermon

Declension from first love nevertheless i have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. You are rooted and grounded in love he saidbut years later in todays passage in rev. Just read what jesus christ, who is the faithful witness, said of themi know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear. When jesus reproved the church at ephesus, he chided them for having left their first love revelation 2. But i have this against you, that you have lost your first love. God defines love as the first and second greatest commandments. We do not want to give our souls rest until you are our first love revelation 2. Left your first love southside church of christ in fort myers. Have you left your first love sermon by devon witherspoon. No church has a right to exist without it revelation 2.

As just one example of many, we read in proverbs, honor the lord from your wealth and from the first of all your produce proverbs 3. Many will say that their first girlfriend, boyfriend, or the first one they laid down with is their first love. Long ago, the church in ephesus was busy doing many things for god, yet jesus said, i have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Nevertheless i have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love. And that was the general state of the church at large in the first century.

Second, love your neighbor as much as you love yourself. Some who would say, pastor, i love the lord, but hes not my first love. Many will say that sports or their career is their first love. Long ago, the church in ephesus was busy doing many things for god, yet jesus said, i have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love revelation 2. If they do not, jesus will remove their lampstand out of its place. Plan a surprise lunch, complete with picnic basket, sparkling grape juice and goblets. I swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became mine.

He repented and fervently prayed, restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me by your generous. Every christian should be aware of the danger of leaving his first love for the lord. What does it mean to have left your first love revelation 2. He walked, travelled, and served with jesus for three years.

Our first love is the love christ gives us for god and each other. The point of the bible is love and understanding of jesus, his preeminence, and his. Write it on calligraphy or design it on a desktop computer and print it out on parchment paper and have it framed. As we begin this new year, before we get back into our study of the gospel of luke, which we will commence again next sunday, along with our series on doctrine next sunday night, i want to talk to yo. In the first chapter of his letter to this church paul says he had heard of their great love for all the saints. Despite satans insinuations, you are not the first to experience this paralyzing lack of happiness in god. Remember your first love nelson price sermon outlines and. The lord commanded them, remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and. You are not making one particle of real progress in religion.

A generation had come and gone since paul had preached to them. Feb 14, 2010 the question i ask you as a believer today is have you left your first love. But i have this against you, that you left your first love. These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. It could be translated, your first love you have left. We should be zealous for the truth, but that zeal should be tempered so that we are always speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the head, that is, christ ephesians 4. Jesus also warned christians in the end time, because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold matthew 24. In ezekiel 16, a powerful scripture, ezekiel 16 verse 8, then i passed by you and saw you god speaking to israel.

Have you become so busy and preoccupied with life, that jesus is no longer that important to you. If you have left your first love, you must turn and head back toward the lord jesus. It is a great thing to have as much said in our commendation as was said concerning the church at ephesus. I have this against you, you have left your first love. This is a bible audio sermon and transcript entitled first love, from the ministry of david. Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent. After commending the church at ephesus concerning their patient endurance, intolerance of evil, suffering for christs name, and exposing of false apostles, jesus confronts them. Textfeaturing a sermon is a less expensive way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands on the right bar with optional newsletter inclusion. Remember that first love that you had for the lord when he first came to you and lifted the heavy load of sin from your life. Left your first love sermons raymore church of christ. Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first. The bloom of the first love is such a beautiful thing. Jesus wasnt saying that they didnt love him at all. Jesus tells the ephesians that they have left their first love.

Yet i have this against youthat you no longer love me as you did at first. Christ used the word agap e n, speaking of the deep kind of love that god has for people. The reason we do not understand how powerful this declaration really is, because we do not know who our first love is truly. Has your relationship with the lord become just another part of your routine. Nevertheless, i have somewhat against thee, because thou has left thy first love. Oct 01, 2018 jesus admonishes the church at ephesus in revelation 2 for having left their first love, a fact that had adversely affected their relationship with him. Thus are the consequences of losing your first love fearfully disastrous.

Send a love letter listing the reasons why i love you so much. What i want to do with my first journal sermon is really something ive talked about. Nevertheless i have this against you, that you have left your first love. Free access to sermons on first love, church sermons, illustrations on first. But i have this against you, that you have left your first love. There was a time when david found he had drifted away from god. In these verses, the lord jesus christ is speaking to the church and he is speaking to us. If you have never trusted him as your savior, today is a matchless time to turn in trust and thrust yourself dependently upon him with reliance for his grace in time and for eternity.

They say falling in love as a teenager is much more intense than the experience in adulthood. In other words, if you find that you have left your first love for the lord, get your priorities back in order and do the most important things. Do you love him more today than at any time in your life. They had started out strong, but over time things had begun to change. With prayer and study, the former love for god and his truths can be rekindled. They must repent and do the deeds that they did at first. So if youve grown cold to the lord in your heart, i can tell you its had an impact on your life, and some stuff has slipped into your life that you wish werent there, and youre ashamed that its there, and you hope nobody knows its there. Despite the good things that jesus has said about this church, this is a serious flaw. Condemnation of the ephesian church they had left their first love. So i think the church was busy with their second love in every way possible. To what degree for each individual we arent told, although they are collectively warned to turn back to him. What is most amazing about this is that i would imagine that many of the ephesian believers were in a state of shock when they first read this letter. But he warned, nevertheless i have this against you, that you have left your first love revelation 2.

What does it mean to have left your first love revelation. Few experiences will ever be as intense as your first crush, if you can remember it. Patmos letters 7 churches asia minor duty without devotion. You have left your first love english sermon youtube. Jan 02, 2020 our first love is the love christ gives us for god and each other. Nevertheless, i have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. This message is a fitting introduction to a series on the nature of the church.

But jesus calls us to speak the truth in love ephesians 4. You can go hours or days without having more than a passing thought of him. If there is a first love then there must be a second love. Jul 18, 2014 you have left your first love english sermon young otc. Now, repentance means changing your mind and turning to go in the opposite direction. We think about the lords disappointement with the church at ephesus and what it means to leave thy first love.

But y haue ayens thee a fewe thingis, that thou hast left thi. In this first letter to the seven churches, jesus zeroes in on the first love the people had for god and for his church. Remember your first love nelson price revelation 2. Then he was just casting out demons left and right. No sacrifice for him was too great, if in fact you did not even consider it a sacrifice, anything you could do for him was sheer joy. This rebuke contrasts with what paul wrote the ephesians 35 years earlier, that he never stopped giving thanks for them because of their faith in christ and. Behold, you were at the time for love you were ripe for love so i spread my skirt over you and covered your nakedness. The fact is if you have left your first love, you have opened the door for every form of delusion.