Rev 2:4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.
For all that was commendable by these Ephesians, this verse starts with the word “yet”. Despite these admirable things mentioned, there was something more important lacking. At odds with their works was leaving behind love. Love is at the center of what it means to believe in God. It was for love of the world that He gave His only Son. It is in love all things are held together. To forsake love is to forsake God.
Jeremiah 2:2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:
“This is what the Lord says:
“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,
through a land not sown
Matthew 24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold
13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
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