Jesus - He Wants Us to Remember

Text: II Timothy 3:1-9; Revelation 2:1-5 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} As we mature in the Lord it becomes harder to evaluate our love relationship with the Lord. What is the state of the church today? What is the state of individual believers today? In II Tim. 3 Paul describe the conditions near the end times and it is not a pretty picture. Busyness can rob us of a relationship. Are we just running down a checklist or are we focused on our relationship with the Lord? In Revelation 2 we see that the church in Ephesus was quite busy and seemed successful however Jesus told them that they had lost their first love. They were commanded to remember from where they had fallen (what it was like when they were first saved) and to repent and do the first works. How is your relationship with the Lord today?