Do the First Works 

(Rev 2:1-7) 



God is sincere. 

He bears children through the word of truth(Jas 1:18) and 

With sincerity, He loves men(Hos 2:19-20). 



Faith is receiving this as-is and 

The life of this faith is sincerely loving Him and loving Him more. 



Men have no sincerity in them. 

But the most sincere relationship among men is that between parent and child. 

Yet it begins with flesh and ends with flesh. 



The love of God, however, is eternal(Eph 1:3-6) for 

His love was decided before creation, and 

It will last forever even after this world fades away. 



God replacing Adam's covering of fig leaves with 

Garment of skin after he sinned and 

Placing a flaming sword to keep him away from the tree of life was 

expression of God's love(Ge 3:22-24). 



The Law was a thornbush to 

Wall the Israelites in so they would not serve other gods(Hos 1:5-11). 

It commanded them to love the Lord God alone(Dt 6:4-15) for 

He who is a jealous God loves with sincerity. 



The Israelites loved the sanctuary(Ps 26:8, Ps 84:1) where 

The tablets that reminded them this were inside the Ark. 



Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days(Jn 2:19-21), because 

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body, 

He would show the sincere love of God for all men(Jn 3:16; 1Jn 4:9-10) for 

He is the Only Begotten Son who came from the Father(Jn 1:14), 

The Father's beloved(Mt 3:17; Jn 15:9, Jn 17:24) given to men. 



As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He: 

1. Confirmed the sincere love of the Father who gave all things to the Son(Jn 17:24; He 1:2); 

2. Condemned the devil who caused man to doubt God's love(1Jn 3:8); and 

3. Died in place of men as an atoning sacrifice and redeemed their sins with His blood(Lk 7:47; 1Jn 4:8-10). 

The Father raised Him up and Jesus ascended to 

The Kingdom of the Son He loves and sat on the throne(Col 1:13). 



The Holy Spirit came in the name Jesus and 

Pours out the love of God on to the hearts of those who believe Him 

So that they would sincerely love Him(Rm 5:5). 



The people under the Law know 

The Creator God through all things(Rm 1:20) and 

Fear Him for His power. 



The people under grace, however, know 

The Redeemer God through the Son(1Pe 1:18-19) and 

Love Him for they know that He suffered and died because of their sins(Lk 7:47). 



Therefore, the people of the Spirit are those who 

Here only the name Jesus, the gospel, His works etc and they: 

1. Madly love the Lord; 

2. Truly love the church; 

3. Passionately love souls; and 

4. Sincerely love their given duties. 

The Holy Spirit warns to churches today(Rev 2:1-5) that 

Those who have the appearance of 

Perfectly carrying out their duties with zeal like Pharisees 

Must repent and restore their first love, their first works. 

Otherwise, He would remove their lampstand, i.e., spiritual inspiration. 



O Lord, 

I repent for expecting and rejoicing over things 

Other than Your name, the gospel, Your works¦ 

Lord, help to be return to first love and do first works. 

Lord, I am amazed by You alone! Amen.