Sunday Message Summary, 25 June 2023
Our relationship with the LORD is based on love. The only relationship we have with GOD is a love relationship. If we have never been here, we have never been born again. This is a place where everything we say, think and do is informed, inspired, and motivated by our love for the LORD. It is this place of love that the LORD says we have lost and need to return to (Revelation 2:1-5 NKJV). GOD says we must repent because we have fallen. We need to go back and rekindle our fire for GOD. Whether we are lukewarm or cold, we are called to repent as a matter of urgency because the LORD is coming quickly (Revelation 3:15-16 NKJV).
GOD says that though we still attend church, we have departed from our first love (Matthew 15:8-9 NKJV). We are told to go back to the things that we did out of zeal and love for GOD. These are the things that we did effortlessly because they flowed out of our hearts. This is a place where we did things spontaneously for the One we love, not waiting to be told. In this place we wanted to please GOD and Him alone, and we did not care what people said. Our determination and zeal for GOD, and our union and relationship with Him were pure and intact. This is where it wasn’t about us and our comfort, but about GOD and what He wants. GOD was a constant in our minds, and we sought for Him before the blessings, breakthroughs, money, jobs, promotions, and business. In this place there was nothing too hard for us to do for GOD because we did everything for Him freely from our hearts.
This is a warning. If we do not return, GOD says He will reject us, and we will be doomed (Revelation 2:5 NKJV). If we are not listening, we are doing this to our own detriment because GOD will come to us quicker than we expect. GOD will never condemn us, but the door to the throne of grace is wide open, and we are called to repent. Nothing gives GOD access into our lives more than repentance does. There is however a difference between confession and repentance. Confession without repentance is nothing, but repentance has actions. When there is a fire on the inside, our actions will tell.
Confession without repentance is nothing, but repentance has actions.
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