Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Talk Tuesday-Remember Your First Love (Series): Pt. III

This is the final instalment of our series, 'Remember Your First Love.' It all started back with Revelation 2:1-7, the church of Ephesus. The Holy Spirit gently chided me on the condition of my passion for GOD with the words, “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have 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,” Revelation 2:4-5. During the second week, we examined the passion of a first love-what it was like to fall in love. We also looked at some of the things that diminish the flames of passion and concluded with Scripture that called the church the 'Bride' of Christ. Now, let us ask ourselves, 'What do we need to be ready for His return?'

In His discourse on 'The Good Samaritan', Jesus was questioned. “25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. 'Teacher,' he said, 'what must I do to inherit eternal life?' 26 He said to him, 'What is written in the law? What do you read there?' 27 He answered, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.' 28 And he said to him, 'You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live,'” Luke 10:25-28.

Do you notice the order of love? We are to love GOD first, and with the entirety of our being. Only then, secondly, are we to love our neighbours as ourselves. Perhaps it is only in truly loving GOD that we can truly love others. I will conclude with the scripture that started this whole series. The end of Revelation 2:1-7 states, “7 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.” It is time for the church to AWAKEN to the call of the One who died for us that we might live in the Passion of Our First Love!

We hope you enjoyed this series. Please take a moment to comment on how we can fan the flames of our first love. Let us encourage one another, share our ideas and spur each other on to good works in Christ. Please go to www.biblegrouponline.com, click on the comments link and add your ideas. If you are on Facebook, please go to our Facebook page www.facebook.com/BibleGroupOnline and comment there. Blessings!

4 comments:

Natasha said...

Ok, so I'll start...idea #1- spend quiet time with the Lord each day. Read a passage of the Bible, pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you.

Anonymous said...

I will join you in quiet time with the Lord each day. As I read the Bible, I will pray and ask the Holy Spirit to teach me. Thank you BGO Team for an amazing series!

Anonymous said...

Agreed. And I've often heard it said to do the things that you first did when you fell in love with Jesus (e.g., reading the Bible, serving Him, etc.).
Thank YOU, BGO! Your best series yet!

God bless!

Natasha said...

Hi Anonymous #1...that's awesome that you will join in the quiet time with the Lord each day. Anonymous #2, that is great advice! Do the things you did at first! Thanks for your participation.