Lessons from Revelation Chapter 2- Poem 3
Unto the Church in Ephesus
Revelation 2:1-7
I know your works, your labor, and your patience And how you cannot bear those who are evil And for My Name’s sake you have much labored And have not fainted, and you patience have This church- it hated things that God does hate And tolerated not the sin among them It seemed so good, with purity in doctrine The one that suffered, labored much for God Nevertheless- as good as this church was Christ had against it something that was great They did not love God as they once have loved For they their first love left; their love grew cold And all their labor, service, and pure doctrine- It seemed that they were doing the right things But they no longer loved the Lord Christ Jesus And Christ desires love, not just cold service *** One thing is needful, Jesus said, one thing It is to be at feet of Jesus, love Him To seek His kingdom, speak to Him, and listen To worship Him, to treasure Him, to love Him Doing a lot of things for God and serve Him Defending truth, exposing the false doctrine Those things so easily can us distract From simple love for Christ that we must have We are so prone to do and do and do To expose error in some other doctrine And we think that our works Christ will just love But He wants love- our fervent love for Him *** To love the Lord- means daily we must stop And put aside the things that us distract And seek His face, His presence, worship Him But it’s much easier to serve, get busy To love the Lord, means to deny oneself Not love the world or the things in it But to love Christ, while taking up our cross And follow Him, His footsteps and His ways To love the Lord- means to obey Him too Obey His ways and follow His commandments To love Him more each day in love to grow And seek His face, not just His hands of blessings To love the Lord- means to devoted be Devoted to Christ Jesus, not just service To do all things as unto Jesus Christ And worship Him alone and praise Him always To love the Lord- means simply Him adore Adore Him, be with Him, and know Him To not neglect our time at His feet To walk with Him and worship Him and praise
“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent” Revelation 2:4-5
“If ye love Me, keep My commandments” John 14:15
“And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard His word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to Him, and said, Lord, dost Thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her” Luke 10:39-42
“We love him, because He first loved us” 1 John 4:19
- Thank You Father, for reminding me that relationship with You, and my love for You is more important than service for You.
- I love You because You first loved me.
- If I do a lot of good works for You Jesus, but neglect the fellowship with You I will neglect the one thing that is truly needful- to be with You. Help me to never neglect fellowship with You. Teach me how to minister to You and adore You more and more everyday.
- I love Christ, and because I love Him I keep His commandments. Help me to always keep Your commandments.
- If I love God, I will abide in Him and if I abide in Him, I will bring much fruit, for without Him I can do nothing that is of eternal value.