Let Us Remember

Revelation 2:5 "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will Come unto thee quickly,and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent."

Remember when you first came to Christ? Remember how you couldn't wait to tell others the good news. Remember how you were the first to service and the last to leave, always wanting and willing to help out where ever you could. Remember how diligently you studied for Sunday School and bible study, looking forward to hearing and sharing with others in a urgent need to know more and to do more? Well what happened?

Many have fallen off because they refuse to let go of some ways, habits, people and things of the old man to fully grab hold of the Lord. Many refuse to destroy all of the old man not realizing that a little leaven, leavens the whole loaf. When God sent Israel into a strange land, His instructions to them was to destroy everything, don't spare anything. See if we don't destroy everything in our life that causes us to rebel against God, that little bit will eventually cause us to leave our first love. We must come all the way out of Sodom, not just to the plains which is too close to Sodom, but get to the mountains which is closer to the Lord. Yes it is harder and more work to get to the mountains, but staying in the plains puts us to close to sin and makes our return to sin much easier.

Let us remember what the Lord has done for us that we might remember all we are called to do for Him. Lets not get so comfortable in our salvation that we begin to return to the ways of old. Let us continue forward and proclaim the good news of the gospel..