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Overcoming (Week 01)
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February 11, 2021

Overcoming (Week 01) - Overcoming Lesser Love (Revelation 2:1-7)

Revelation 2:1-7 (NIV) 1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. 5 Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

1. They were

to God’s Work (Revelation 2:2-3, 6)

2. They

from their first love (Revelation 2:4)

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. (Mark 12:30).

3. Directions for rekindling their

(Revelation 2:5)

4. Danger for those who ignore God’s

(Revelation 2:5)

Main point: Life in the

starts with love for the Lord.