FIRST LOVE 1,2 and 3 - Revelation 2:1-7
I. Jesus, the Evaluator of His Church (v.1)
A. The Head of His Church
B. The High Priest of His Church
II. Jesus’ Evaluation of His Church (v.2-4, 6)
A. He Commends Their Faithfulness (v.2-3, 6)
B. He Confronts Their Forsaking of First Love (v.4)
1. Neglecting relationship with Christ for the religion of Christ
2. Spiritual slothfulness
3. Too much love of neutral things
4. Wrong kind of love for self
5. Love of the world
6. Love of any sin
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III. Jesus’ Exhortations to His Church (v.5)
A. REMEMBER (V.5)
1. Your Need of Christ
2. The Glory of Christ
3. The Love of Christ
B. REPENT
1. Of Forsaking First Love
2. Of Idolatrous Loves.
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C. RESTORE FIRST LOVE
1. Spend much time meditating upon Christ
2. Pray Conversationally with Christ
3. Fellowship with ours love Christ
4. Participate in worship and the Lord’s Table eagerly
5. Aim to make Christ lovely to others
6. Hate that which grieves Christ
7. Embrace all your sufferings as fellowship with Christ
8. See Christ’s honour at stake in everything
IV Jesus Encouragements to His Church (v 5,7)
A. Removal of the Light (v5)
1. No more influence of the Word
2. No more testimony to the World
3. No more existence as a Church
B. Reception into Life (v7)
1. The Paradise of God
2. The proof of Salvation
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