You Left Your First Love
“For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?” (Malachi 3:6-7)
Today’s Morsel: The Bible tells us that the day of the coming of the Lord will be proceeded by a great falling away. People are going to stop serving and loving God, and the things of God. We are already starting to see that happen. Since the Covid-19 Pandemic, many have yet to return to church. Many no longer carry their Bibles to church. Many have no clue as to the old hymns that their forefathers sang and proclaimed about God. Many do not know if Moses built the Ark or Noah. Sunday School stories of David and Goliath, Daniel in the lion’s den, and Jonah in the belly of the whale, are being replaced with science and video games. Church services about Jesus Christ and the Gospel, are now disco lights, three songs, 15-20 minutes messages about the world and its ways, baptisms without any explanation to it purpose, getting to the coffee bar for fellowship, which is no more than gossip, and away we go. And we wonder why people are suffering with mental health and PTSD. Jesus told the church at Ephesus: “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) They had left their first love. They had allowed other things to replace Jesus in their lives. “And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.” (Mark 12:29-30) Israel found themselves suffering and lost because they left their first love. You cannot live without Jesus. So, remember from which thou have fallen and repent and do the first works. “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.” (1 John 4:10-11) If you return to Him, He will return to you.
Sing: I love You Lord, and I lift my voice to worship You, oh my soul rejoice; Take joy my King, in what You hear; Let it be a sweet, sweet, sound, in Your ear.
We exalt Thee. We exalt Thee. We exalt Thee, O’ Lord. We exalt Thee. We exalt Thee. We exalt Thee, O’ Lord.
Thought For Today: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” (1 John 5:3)
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