Oakwood Church
Your First Love - Revelation 2:1-7
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood…”
Revelation 1:4-5
Revelation 1:4-5
“Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.”
Revelation 1:7
Revelation 1:7
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.’”
Revelation 2:1
Revelation 2:1
The Structure of the 7 Letters
● Introduction
● Affirmation
● Confrontation
● Exhortation
● Introduction
● Affirmation
● Confrontation
● Exhortation
Be Encouraged:
• Jesus is With us
“The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. ‘I know your works…’”
Revelation 2:1-2
• Jesus is With us
“The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. ‘I know your works…’”
Revelation 2:1-2
Be Encouraged:
• Jesus is With us
“Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness.”
Revelation 1:4-5
• Jesus is With us
“Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness.”
Revelation 1:4-5
Be Encouraged:
• Jesus Sees us and protects us
“The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. ‘I know your works…’”
Revelation 2:1-2
• Jesus Sees us and protects us
“The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. ‘I know your works…’”
Revelation 2:1-2
Be Encouraged:
• Jesus Knows us and loves us
“The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. ‘I know your works…’”
Revelation 2:1-2
• Jesus Knows us and loves us
“The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. ‘I know your works…’”
Revelation 2:1-2
Be Encouraged:
• Jesus Knows us and loves us
“I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil.”
Revelation 2:2
• Jesus Knows us and loves us
“I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil.”
Revelation 2:2
Be Encouraged:
• Jesus Knows us and loves us
“But have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and have found them to be false.”
Revelation 2:2
• Jesus Knows us and loves us
“But have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and have found them to be false.”
Revelation 2:2
Be Encouraged:
• Jesus Knows us and loves us
“I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.”
Revelation 2:3
• Jesus Knows us and loves us
“I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.”
Revelation 2:3
Be Devoted:
• Rekindle your Affections
"But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first."
Revelation 2:4
• Rekindle your Affections
"But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first."
Revelation 2:4
Be Devoted:
• Rekindle your Affections
“This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.”
Acts19:10
• Rekindle your Affections
“This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.”
Acts19:10
Be Devoted:
• Rekindle your Affections
“As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion…”
1 Timothy 1:3-6
• Rekindle your Affections
“As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion…”
1 Timothy 1:3-6
Be Devoted:
• Rekindle your Affections
“But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.”
Revelation 2:4
• Rekindle your Affections
“But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.”
Revelation 2:4
Be Devoted:
• Rekindle your Affections
“But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.”
Revelation 2:4
• Rekindle your Affections
“But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.”
Revelation 2:4
Be Devoted:
• Repent of your Complacency
“Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first.”
Revelation 2:5
• Repent of your Complacency
“Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first.”
Revelation 2:5
Be Devoted:
• Renew your Commitments
“Repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand.”
Revelation 1:5
• Renew your Commitments
“Repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand.”
Revelation 1:5
Be Devoted:
• Renew your Commitments
“If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.”
Revelation 1:5
• Renew your Commitments
“If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.”
Revelation 1:5
Be Devoted:
• Renew your Commitments
“Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”
Revelation 2:6
• Renew your Commitments
“Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”
Revelation 2:6
Be Devoted:
• Renew your Commitments
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Revelation 2:7
• Renew your Commitments
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Revelation 2:7
Be Devoted:
• Renew your Commitments
“To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”
Revelation 2:7
• Renew your Commitments
“To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”
Revelation 2:7
