Love's Got Everything To Do With It
Revelation 2:1-7 · September 21, 2022
This message examines Jesus’ words to the church in Ephesus, which excelled in faithful work and discernment but had abandoned its first love. It explores why love must be the foundation of Christian service and calls believers to remember, repent, and return to their devotion to Christ.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:32 The number seven speaks of completeness, totality, perfection
02:54 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God (1 Peter 4:17)
03:34 Whom the Lord loves He chastens (Hebrews 12:5-7)
04:00 It yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness (Hebrews 12:11)
05:03 The Loveless Church (Revelation 2:1-4)
19:37 When Jesus was asked what is the greatest commandment (Mark 12:29-31)
20:58 The definition of Agape
22:04 The Importance of Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)
26:17 Remember therefore from where you have fallen (Revelation 2:5-6)
37:51 Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? (Romans 6:1-4)
42:47 To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life (Revelation 2:7)
46:52 Testing false teachers and working with patience for Christ is a good thing
47:10 God is not pleased by work alone, our foundation must be love
47:34 We will one day be in the paradise of God
47:49 Closing prayer