Rediscovering the First Love: A Journey Back to Faith
Explore the profound message in Revelation 2:2-4 about returning to your first love in faith. Discover the essence of true Christianity as an experience of the heart, not just a set of beliefs. Reflect on the purpose of salvation and building an intimate relationship with God, inviting a transformative renewal of spiritual connection.
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Revelation 2:2-4 (NIV) I know your deeds, your hard work, and you perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not
Revelation 2:2-4 (NIV) and have found them to be false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
Christianity is not first of all a philosophy for life or discipline for the mind it is first of all an experience for the heart (spirit), transforming everything else from there. Returning to Our First Love
In order to return we need to accurately remember Returning to Our First Love
I. Remember the Purpose of Salvation I. Remember the Purpose of Salvation To become a habitation not a visitation 2 Corinthians 6:16 I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God and they shall be my people Returning to Our First Love
To become a habitation not a visitation Ephesians 2:22 And in him too you are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by His Spirit Returning to Our First Love
To come into an intimate relationship with God Exodus 19:3 You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles wings and brought you to myself. Returning to Our First Love
II. Remember the Purity of the One Inviting us II. Remember the Purity of the One Inviting us He is light He is FIRE/PURITY Sin is darkness and darkness cannot persist where light is men love darkness 2 Corinthians 6:17 Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you. Returning to Our First Love
III. Remember That This World is Corrupt 2 Corinthians 6:17 The Message Bible So leave the corruption and compromise; leave it for good, says God. Don t link up with those who will pollute you. I want you all for myself. Returning to Our First Love
IV. Remember the Path of Humility Back IV. Remember the Path of Humility Back The Return of the Wayward Son Returning to Our First Love
James 4:8-10 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands you sinners and purify your hearts you double- minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will lift you up Returning to Our First Love
