In this personal and challenging message, Pastor Steve Taylor examines Christ’s warning to the church at Ephesus: “Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.” Drawing from Revelation 2, he shows how a believer can remain busy, faithful, doctrinally sound, and deeply committed to serving God while quietly allowing his personal relationship with Jesus Christ to grow cold.
Using his own recent experience of exhaustion, ministry, legal work, and spiritual dryness, Pastor Taylor emphasizes that Christian service can never replace Christian fellowship. Christ’s remedy is simple but searching: remember, repent, and do the first works. The message calls believers back to prayer, Scripture, witnessing, fellowship, and above all, a genuine love for Jesus that is stronger than the pressures and distractions of the world.
As difficult days approach, information, determination, and even being doctrinally correct will not be enough to sustain the believer. This sermon is a heartfelt call to hold fast to Christ, return to your first love, and remain close to the One who alone is able to keep you from falling.