Dear
brothers, today is very common to find in a church without love or worse being oneself a Christian without love.
We wonder with the passage of time many things like
Why do I feel that I act in the flesh?
Why am I cool?
Consider what the Bible answers:
I know your deeds, your hard work and patience, and you can not tolerate wicked men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and have found them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and have labored for My name, and hast not fainted. I have this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Revelation 2:2-4
What does this mean?
"I know your deeds, your hard work (Gr. Kopos = desire, discomfort, work hard, sweat) and patience; (Gr. Jupomene = constancy, perseverance, enduring difficulty with joy) "
This is a church or person who sweats, who works till you drop, which is fatigue, and enduring the hardships of work God, this church is helpful, recognizing that came to serve and not to be served. Physical wears, emotionally for the work of God and for service and sustainable administration of the saints.
"Brethren, ye know the household of Stephanus is the first fruits of Achaia, and they have been dedicated to serving the saints. I urge you also submit to people like them, and all who help and work. "1 Corinthians 16:15
And God recognizes that this person is.
"For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love you have shown toward his name, having served the saints and do minister." Hebrews 6:10
"and can not stand (Gr. Bastazo = support, sustain, carry, hold or lift) to bad "
This Christian can not help the bad guys stand out, nor can cover the crooks or the crooks can not have communion with them, or form deep ties of friendship. When someone starts to tell jokes, he offends and goes. If there is a movie with nude scenes out of movies. Always seek the holiness hates gossip and backbiting.
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? "2 Corinthians 6:14
" and have tried (Gr. peirazo = scrutinized, evaluated, examined, tested) to which they say (who say, hold or declare) be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars; (Gr. Pseudo = Liars, false, misleading, inaccurate, cons) "
This church or Christian is jealous of the doctrine, has high knowledge of theology of the Word of God, has great insight . It is not fool anyone that these Christians, not just any wrap it up with false teachings
"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. "Acts 17:11
This is a church or a mature person in the Faith who knows the scriptures, who knows the secrets of the word with a high degree of insight and knowledge.
"But solid food is for those who are mature, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." Hebrews 5:14
"and has suffered, and hast patience,"
Despite all circumstances has come forward and persevered, and if it drops is raised. Has kept hope in God and his will suffer for refusing to herself and her pleasure.
"Lord is my portion, saith my soul, so it wait. Lord is good to those who wait for Him, the soul who seeks Him. "Lamentations 3:24
" And say to all: If anyone would come after me must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. " Luke 9:23
"has worked hard (Gr. kopiao = working to exhaustion, fatigue) by my name, and hast not fainted (resigned, burning to work ) "
This is the perfect church from the human point of view and at this point any I had these characteristics, say, "Amen, thank you Lord, I knew you had to recognize my work and my patience."
This is the church issue, it apparently has everything. You have gifts, has character, is mature, doctrine, fruits, Theology, discernment, construction, service ... BUT ...
"But (Null or otherwise) I have this against you (Gr Kata = en Opposition against, opposite) have forsaken (Gr Afiemi = withdrawn, abandoned, betrayed, left, resigned) your first (Gr. protos = first time, place, order, importance) love (Gr. Agape = Love Feast of Love) "
None of this works if you have lost your first love, your first love is intimacy with Jesus Christ is the infatuation with him is the passion for it. Your intimate relationship with him.
God sees your work, but your motives, bone inside the real reason why we do what we do, the real motivation is not to come from our flesh, but must come from our intimate communion with God. Because otherwise everything you do comes from my own flesh, my own strength
be saved before we did some good works and the word says that all she was as filthy rags, because none was based on our communion with God which did not exist. In the same way when we are saved and have fellowship with God daily, all our works are unclean, because it is the love of God to motivate us.
God knows when you're doing works for him because you love it or you do by men
We are the branches and if the removed tree branches, you can not bear fruit, it produces fruit through the sap covers the trunk, but away from the trunk can not produce any fruit.
"Abide in me and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, bears much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. "John 15:4
Many come for the pray 5 minutes ago, and we got up and started to work in the Christian life is useless, if this is not the result of your fellowship with God.
You can be a very active Christian .. We as human nature is capable to do God's work without God
A church or you yourself are able to preach, evangelize, work miracles without God is the driving force of that person. If you do not have fellowship with God, we can not say that we do the rest of the day we were moved by the love of God and the Holy Spirit, for it is not so, as we do in our own carnal motivation.
Ingredients God looks at the life of a Christian
"Remembering without ceasing in front of God and our Father your work of faith of love your work and your perseverance in the hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. " 1 Thessalonians 1:3
not say that God is first if you never have time for him in the morning if you do not give the First (in time, place, order, importance) .. If you're not
heart "God, you are my God; At dawn I'll look, My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh faints for you, In a dry and thirsty land where no water, To see thy power and thy glory , so as I have looked in the sanctuary. " Psalm 63:1-2
"I love them that love me, And I those who diligently seek me." Pro
8:17 "Very early, while still dark, he departed and went into a desert place, and there prayed." Mark 1:35
= Eremos Desert, desolate place uninhabited private and family friends
Christ is not your priority, it cools you .. You no longer have him as the first place, Lies! Come to church, go to the discipleship and is no longer the center of your life, and not the main thing
When we lose the love of God we lose the love of people, no longer visits the sick, prisoners, let to evangelize with passion, you settle and you become indifferent to human pain and need ..
leaving this beautiful communion we started to return completely individual and independent of the body of Christ .. We do not care about anyone but ourselves. You become religious and legalistic
Example: one spouse works 12 hours a day and works both for the family and give them their pleasures. They spend 5 years that people work from 6 till 8-10pm, the wife says I have filled with riches and possessions, clothing, etc. But at least 5 years out of fellowship, 5 years of not taking a coffee and talk, 5 years of not mourn together to share an evening, 5 years of not eating dinner together and talk about our feelings, emotions and struggles. We live under the same roof but we are emotionally divorced for a long time.
"Remember (Gr. Mnemoneuo = memory exercise, review, remember and mention), therefore where (place, reason, or circumstance) has fallen (Gr.ekpipto = off the road, fail, cease to be useful, become inefficient) and repent (change your methanoea = thinking, turn from your way) "
Christ says " Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, "he says to bone remembers everything began to break down when you came out of the way, So do not ever fall into the same mistake, you have to remember what happened.
Remember now, when it began? when he began to watch movies pornographic, was when you had this girlfriend? It was when you started to see those movies, it was when you had that job? Remember, it is necessary that you take time to think over what happened and you regret. Until you do not recognize you're doing wrong, You will not be sorry!
"examine our ways, and look, and let us return unto the Lord" Lamentations 3:40
"do the first works"
All described in verse 2-3, but as a result of your fellowship with God.
your hard work and patience, and you can not stand the bad, and you have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and have found them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and have labored for My name, and hast not fainted. Act like the beginning
"because if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand (flashlight, torch, bearer of light) its place, except thou repent."
"In him was life, and life was the light of men." John 1:4
"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me not walk in darkness but will have the light of life. "John 8:12
Consequences of lack of love.
1.-Apathy Spiritual not want to pray or read the Bible, or sing, or rally.
2.-Emptiness: There is no sense to continue, hear and do not understand, the heart hardens. (Acts 28:27)
3.-Cooling: we accommodate to how things are and slowly we get carried away by the current.
4.-lose direction and taste: We lose our testimony with unbelievers so that we trampled by men and our word of the gospel and has no effect on the lost. (Matthew 5:13)
5.-Clogs in Prayer: when we pray we feel that the sky is brass and God does not hear us (Lamentations 3:44), we fell asleep. 6.-
displease God Without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6), began to distrust the ability of God and trust in our own abilities and skills. (Proverbs 28:26)
7.-stop growing: Owing already have a broad knowledge of the Scriptures and a relationship and daily communion with Jesus and must serve God in our lives bear witness to the dare of our actions do not support the maturity (Hebrews 5:12-14), we do not support the call just want the soft word of the gospel, love, peace and prosperity, and do not support God's discipline (Hebrews 12:5-7)
How do we keep thirst and first love?
1 .- Communion with Christ: were called to the daily communion with Christ (see 1st Corinthians 1:9 )
2 .- examined: Noting that are according to the faith and faith of Jesus Christ (see 2 Corinthians 13:5 )
3 .- Prayer praying at all times, raising his hands to God (see Ephesians 6:18 ) (see 1st Timothy 2:8)
4 .- Studying the Bible : searching, reading, studying and meditating on the word of God. (See John 5:39 , 2 Timothy 3:16) 5 .-
Praise and Worship: God inhabits the praises of his people and those who worship him in spirit and Truth is necessary for worship (see Psalm 22:3 , John 4:24 )
6 .- Witnessing: a Christian who does not speak of Christ is incomplete and not fulfilling the Great Commission (see Mark 16:15), when we are armed declare Christ (see Ephesians 6:15, Romans 10:15), a soldier never leaves without his boots on, we can all carry the message of Jesus Christ and we must be witnesses everywhere (see Acts 1:8 )
Dear Brother, the Lord calls you today to repent! and look for it in heart, remember, think, what was it that made you fall?
do not play a pillar of salt, return to your first love today .. Do not leave for another day, "when you hear his voice do not harden your heart" ..
is sensitive to the word of God and repent .. back to first love, wishes and longs the Lord with all thine heart! anhelalo! Find them! clamale!
"Why indeed spirit worshipers must worship" , worship = so humble as a dog licks his master's hand .. that kind of humiliation you search the master of, acknowledge in your ways and give the first fruits of your life time and importance
God bless you, Animo, look for it at dawn, with all your heart!
We wonder with the passage of time many things like
Why do I feel that I act in the flesh?
Why am I cool?
Consider what the Bible answers:
I know your deeds, your hard work and patience, and you can not tolerate wicked men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and have found them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and have labored for My name, and hast not fainted. I have this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Revelation 2:2-4
What does this mean?
"I know your deeds, your hard work (Gr. Kopos = desire, discomfort, work hard, sweat) and patience; (Gr. Jupomene = constancy, perseverance, enduring difficulty with joy) "
This is a church or person who sweats, who works till you drop, which is fatigue, and enduring the hardships of work God, this church is helpful, recognizing that came to serve and not to be served. Physical wears, emotionally for the work of God and for service and sustainable administration of the saints.
"Brethren, ye know the household of Stephanus is the first fruits of Achaia, and they have been dedicated to serving the saints. I urge you also submit to people like them, and all who help and work. "1 Corinthians 16:15
And God recognizes that this person is.
"For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love you have shown toward his name, having served the saints and do minister." Hebrews 6:10
"and can not stand (Gr. Bastazo = support, sustain, carry, hold or lift) to bad "
This Christian can not help the bad guys stand out, nor can cover the crooks or the crooks can not have communion with them, or form deep ties of friendship. When someone starts to tell jokes, he offends and goes. If there is a movie with nude scenes out of movies. Always seek the holiness hates gossip and backbiting.
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? "2 Corinthians 6:14
" and have tried (Gr. peirazo = scrutinized, evaluated, examined, tested) to which they say (who say, hold or declare) be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars; (Gr. Pseudo = Liars, false, misleading, inaccurate, cons) " This church or Christian is jealous of the doctrine, has high knowledge of theology of the Word of God, has great insight . It is not fool anyone that these Christians, not just any wrap it up with false teachings
"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. "Acts 17:11
This is a church or a mature person in the Faith who knows the scriptures, who knows the secrets of the word with a high degree of insight and knowledge.
"But solid food is for those who are mature, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." Hebrews 5:14
"and has suffered, and hast patience,"
Despite all circumstances has come forward and persevered, and if it drops is raised. Has kept hope in God and his will suffer for refusing to herself and her pleasure.
"Lord is my portion, saith my soul, so it wait. Lord is good to those who wait for Him, the soul who seeks Him. "Lamentations 3:24
" And say to all: If anyone would come after me must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. " Luke 9:23
"has worked hard (Gr. kopiao = working to exhaustion, fatigue) by my name, and hast not fainted (resigned, burning to work ) " This is the perfect church from the human point of view and at this point any I had these characteristics, say, "Amen, thank you Lord, I knew you had to recognize my work and my patience."
This is the church issue, it apparently has everything. You have gifts, has character, is mature, doctrine, fruits, Theology, discernment, construction, service ... BUT ...
"But (Null or otherwise) I have this against you (Gr Kata = en Opposition against, opposite) have forsaken (Gr Afiemi = withdrawn, abandoned, betrayed, left, resigned) your first (Gr. protos = first time, place, order, importance) love (Gr. Agape = Love Feast of Love) "
None of this works if you have lost your first love, your first love is intimacy with Jesus Christ is the infatuation with him is the passion for it. Your intimate relationship with him.
God sees your work, but your motives, bone inside the real reason why we do what we do, the real motivation is not to come from our flesh, but must come from our intimate communion with God. Because otherwise everything you do comes from my own flesh, my own strength
be saved before we did some good works and the word says that all she was as filthy rags, because none was based on our communion with God which did not exist. In the same way when we are saved and have fellowship with God daily, all our works are unclean, because it is the love of God to motivate us.
God knows when you're doing works for him because you love it or you do by men
We are the branches and if the removed tree branches, you can not bear fruit, it produces fruit through the sap covers the trunk, but away from the trunk can not produce any fruit.
"Abide in me and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, bears much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. "John 15:4
Many come for the pray 5 minutes ago, and we got up and started to work in the Christian life is useless, if this is not the result of your fellowship with God. You can be a very active Christian .. We as human nature is capable to do God's work without God
A church or you yourself are able to preach, evangelize, work miracles without God is the driving force of that person. If you do not have fellowship with God, we can not say that we do the rest of the day we were moved by the love of God and the Holy Spirit, for it is not so, as we do in our own carnal motivation.
Ingredients God looks at the life of a Christian
"Remembering without ceasing in front of God and our Father your work of faith of love your work and your perseverance in the hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. " 1 Thessalonians 1:3
not say that God is first if you never have time for him in the morning if you do not give the First (in time, place, order, importance) .. If you're not
heart "God, you are my God; At dawn I'll look, My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh faints for you, In a dry and thirsty land where no water, To see thy power and thy glory , so as I have looked in the sanctuary. " Psalm 63:1-2
"I love them that love me, And I those who diligently seek me." Pro
8:17 "Very early, while still dark, he departed and went into a desert place, and there prayed." Mark 1:35
= Eremos Desert, desolate place uninhabited private and family friends
Christ is not your priority, it cools you .. You no longer have him as the first place, Lies! Come to church, go to the discipleship and is no longer the center of your life, and not the main thing
When we lose the love of God we lose the love of people, no longer visits the sick, prisoners, let to evangelize with passion, you settle and you become indifferent to human pain and need ..
leaving this beautiful communion we started to return completely individual and independent of the body of Christ .. We do not care about anyone but ourselves. You become religious and legalistic
Example: one spouse works 12 hours a day and works both for the family and give them their pleasures. They spend 5 years that people work from 6 till 8-10pm, the wife says I have filled with riches and possessions, clothing, etc. But at least 5 years out of fellowship, 5 years of not taking a coffee and talk, 5 years of not mourn together to share an evening, 5 years of not eating dinner together and talk about our feelings, emotions and struggles. We live under the same roof but we are emotionally divorced for a long time.
"Remember (Gr. Mnemoneuo = memory exercise, review, remember and mention), therefore where (place, reason, or circumstance) has fallen (Gr.ekpipto = off the road, fail, cease to be useful, become inefficient) and repent (change your methanoea = thinking, turn from your way) " Christ says " Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, "he says to bone remembers everything began to break down when you came out of the way, So do not ever fall into the same mistake, you have to remember what happened.
Remember now, when it began? when he began to watch movies pornographic, was when you had this girlfriend? It was when you started to see those movies, it was when you had that job? Remember, it is necessary that you take time to think over what happened and you regret. Until you do not recognize you're doing wrong, You will not be sorry!
"examine our ways, and look, and let us return unto the Lord" Lamentations 3:40
"do the first works"
All described in verse 2-3, but as a result of your fellowship with God.
your hard work and patience, and you can not stand the bad, and you have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and have found them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and have labored for My name, and hast not fainted. Act like the beginning
"because if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand (flashlight, torch, bearer of light) its place, except thou repent."
"In him was life, and life was the light of men." John 1:4
"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me not walk in darkness but will have the light of life. "John 8:12
Consequences of lack of love.
1.-Apathy Spiritual not want to pray or read the Bible, or sing, or rally.
2.-Emptiness: There is no sense to continue, hear and do not understand, the heart hardens. (Acts 28:27)
3.-Cooling: we accommodate to how things are and slowly we get carried away by the current.
4.-lose direction and taste: We lose our testimony with unbelievers so that we trampled by men and our word of the gospel and has no effect on the lost. (Matthew 5:13)
5.-Clogs in Prayer: when we pray we feel that the sky is brass and God does not hear us (Lamentations 3:44), we fell asleep. 6.-
displease God Without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6), began to distrust the ability of God and trust in our own abilities and skills. (Proverbs 28:26)
7.-stop growing: Owing already have a broad knowledge of the Scriptures and a relationship and daily communion with Jesus and must serve God in our lives bear witness to the dare of our actions do not support the maturity (Hebrews 5:12-14), we do not support the call just want the soft word of the gospel, love, peace and prosperity, and do not support God's discipline (Hebrews 12:5-7)
How do we keep thirst and first love?
1 .- Communion with Christ: were called to the daily communion with Christ (see 1st Corinthians 1:9 )
2 .- examined: Noting that are according to the faith and faith of Jesus Christ (see 2 Corinthians 13:5 )
3 .- Prayer praying at all times, raising his hands to God (see Ephesians 6:18 ) (see 1st Timothy 2:8)
4 .- Studying the Bible : searching, reading, studying and meditating on the word of God. (See John 5:39 , 2 Timothy 3:16) 5 .-
Praise and Worship: God inhabits the praises of his people and those who worship him in spirit and Truth is necessary for worship (see Psalm 22:3 , John 4:24 )
6 .- Witnessing: a Christian who does not speak of Christ is incomplete and not fulfilling the Great Commission (see Mark 16:15), when we are armed declare Christ (see Ephesians 6:15, Romans 10:15), a soldier never leaves without his boots on, we can all carry the message of Jesus Christ and we must be witnesses everywhere (see Acts 1:8 )
Dear Brother, the Lord calls you today to repent! and look for it in heart, remember, think, what was it that made you fall?
do not play a pillar of salt, return to your first love today .. Do not leave for another day, "when you hear his voice do not harden your heart" ..
is sensitive to the word of God and repent .. back to first love, wishes and longs the Lord with all thine heart! anhelalo! Find them! clamale!
"Why indeed spirit worshipers must worship" , worship = so humble as a dog licks his master's hand .. that kind of humiliation you search the master of, acknowledge in your ways and give the first fruits of your life time and importance
God bless you, Animo, look for it at dawn, with all your heart!
Written by Jorge Valle
jorge_valle56@hotmail.com
eldesafiocristiano@hotmail.com
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