Revelation 2:4
But here is my complaint against you: the love you had in the beginning, you have let go.
Treated in 14 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.2 Love cites Rev 2: 4
…of your heart. Love, like fire, is ever ready to go out. ‘Thou hast left thy first love.’ Rev 2: 4. Through neglect of duty, or too much love of the world, our love to God will cool. O…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Third Stage cites Rev. 2:4
…his sorrow the more, by bringing again, even afresh, his evil of sleeping unto his mind. Rev. 2:4; 1 Thess. 5:6-8. Thus, therefore, he now went on, bewailing his sinful sleep, saying, O…
- All Things for Good ·
An exhortation to love God cites Rev. ii. 4
…to Him. Love, as fire, will be ready to go out. “Thou hast left thy first love” (Rev. ii. 4). Satan labours to blow out this flame, and through neglect of duty we lose it. When a…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
The Deceit of Indwelling Sin cites REVELATION 2:4
…Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. REVELATION 2:4 The second is that it explains the great falls of great saints. Noah drunk, Lot in the…
- The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer ·
The Deeper Life cites REVELATION 2:4
…cooled. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. REVELATION 2:4 Prepared in the garden In another sermon in the Ochorus library, Prepare by Prayer, Tozer…
- Evening by Evening ·
February cites Revelation 2:4
…to return. O Lord, this night restore us! February 11 “Thou hast left thy first love.” (Revelation 2:4) Ever to be remembered is that best and brightest of hours, when first we saw the Lord…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Christ will not quench small and weak beginnings cites Rev. ii. 4
…most part we see Christ planteth in young beginners a love which we call the first love, Rev. ii. 4, to carry them through their profession with more delight, and doth not expose them to…
- Holiness ·
Extracts from Old Writers cites Rev. ii. 4
…stoutly defend it, and conscientiously practise it, than you have done to this very day? (Rev. ii. 4, 5; Isa. xlii. 25.) I suppose there is nothing more evident than that the times and…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Holiness of God cites Rev 2:4
…yet they may lose some degrees of their holiness. ‘Thou hast left thy first love.’ Rev 2:4. Grace cannot die, yet the flame of it may go out. Holiness in the saints is subject to…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Sanctification cites Rev 2:4
…may wash off, sanctification may suffer an eclipse. ‘Thou hast left thy first love.’ Rev 2:4. True sanctification is a blossom of eternity. ‘The anointing which ye have received…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Perseverance cites Rev 2:4
…(1.) The lively actings of grace may be suspended. ‘Thou hast left thy first love.’ Rev 2:4. Grace may be like a sleepy habit; the godly may act faintly in religion, the pulse of…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of C. T. Studd cites Revelation 2:4-5
…love. Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works” (Revelation 2:4-5, ASV). 2. God Uses Crises to Wake Us His brother’s illness showed him what his fame was…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Revelation 2:4-5
…fame was worth, and he returned to his first love. Scriptures to revisit John 11:1-4; Revelation 2:4-5; Matthew 10:37. Reflection 1. Has a crisis ever shown you what really matters? 2. How do…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
“This Sickness Is Not unto Death” cites Revelation 2:4-5
…love. Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works” (Revelation 2:4-5, ASV). Charlie Studd’s six cold years were not years of open sin. By the standards of his…