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Returning to Our First Love: A Call to the Church in Ephesus

In Revelation 2:1-5, Jesus addresses the church in Ephesus, praising their hard work but admonishing them for abandoning their first love. Through this message, we explore the importance of motivation behind our actions in faith, as highlighted by Psalm 139. The Ephesians were a serving, sacrificial, separated, and suffering church, yet their passion had waned. We discuss the three Rs—Remember, Repent, and Repeat—as essential steps to rekindle that first love and prevent the removal of our spiritual lampstand.

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Returning to Our First Love: A Call to the Church in Ephesus

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  1. TARGET GETTING BACK ON REVELATION 2:1-5

  2. “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write, these things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands.”(Verse 1)

  3. I KNOW…

  4. “O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up, You understand my thought afar off….” (Psalm 139)

  5. I. THEIR HARD WORK (2-3) A Serving Church

  6. A Sacrificing Church A Separated Church A Suffering Church

  7. “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.” II. THEIR HEARTS (4)

  8. “The issue was not what they were doing, but why they were doing it.” (John Barnett)

  9. First love is… Exciting Expressive Extravagant

  10. “Remember therefore from where you are fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.” (Verse 5)

  11. Remember (5a) “Remember therefore from where you are fallen…”

  12. Remember (5a) Repent (5b) Repeat (5c)

  13. Disclaimer: The story you are about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. To Kill A Club

  14. 30 Minutes Later…

  15. To Kill A Club

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