The Beginning of Decline - Erosion of Our Love for Christ

The church at Ephesus was strong in their love for Christ...for awhile. When the risen Lord speaks to them in the book of Revelation He admonishes them for forgetting their "first love". We, too, are prone to laxness in our love for Christ. James Renwick tells us, "You must love Christ with a sincere love, with a new love, with an entire love, with a superlative love; and you must love Him for Himself, and not for anything you get from Him."