1. THE CHURCH PERIODS

2. SCALE 1 TO 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LowestHighest Rate your relationship and love with of Christ 1

3. SCALE 1 TO 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LowestHighest Rate your relationship with spouse or parents 2

4. SCALE 1 TO 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LowestHighest Rate your relationship with your Job 3

5. SCALE 1 TO 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LowestHighest Rate your prayer life. 4

6. SCALE 1 TO 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LowestHighest Rate your relationship with the Word of God in the last 6 months 5

7. Revelation 2:1-7 c. 90-200 A.D. EphesusEphesus “fully purposed”

8. EphesusEphesus IV. The Condemnation Rev. 2:4-7

9. thou hast left thy first love (Rev 2:4) Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

10. How do you know that their “first love” refers to the Word of God?

11. DavIdDavId a man after mine own heart (Act 13:22) And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

12. DavIdDavId (Psa 17:8) Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

13. DavIdDavId I will love thee, O LORD (Psa 18:1) I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. I love the LORD (Psa 116:1) I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

14. DavIdDavId Ps.119 David expresses his love for the word of God 11 times You can’t separate loving God from loving his book

15. SCALE 1 TO 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LowestHighest Rate your relationship and love with of Christ 1

16. SCALE 1 TO 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LowestHighest Rate your relationship with the Word of God in the last 6 months 5

17. for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name (Psa 138:2) I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

18. (Joh 1:1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

19. JeremIahJeremIah (Jer 15:16) Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

20. JobJob (Job 23:12) Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

21. How can I know that I love the Word of God?

22. 1. I can gage my love for the Word by what I hate

23. I love thy commandments I hate every false way. (Psa 119:127-128) Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

24. I hate every false way (Psa 119:104) Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. (Joh 17:17) Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

25. (Psa 119:163) I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

26. (Psa 119:113) SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. (Psa 94:11) The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

27. 2. I can gage my love for the Word by what consume my thoughts

28. (Psa 119:97) MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. (Psa 1:2) But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

29. THINK  Amusement park  Sex  Money  Gossip  Sports  Grandchildren (Pro 23:7) For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…

30. 3. I can gage my love for the Word by the delight you receive from it.

31. (Psa 119:47) And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

33. (Joh 4:34) Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. (Psa 40:8) I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Jer 15:16) Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

34. 4. I can gage my love for the Word by what you submit to.

35. (Psa 119:48) My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

36. (Lam 3:40-41) Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

37. 5. I can gage my love for the Word by your inability to be offended

38. and nothing shall offend them (Psa 119:165) Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

39. 6. I can gage my love for the Word by your heart desire to obey them

40. My soul hath kept thy testimonies (Psa 119:166-167) LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

41. (Rev 2:4) Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. (Rev 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.

42. SCALE 1 TO 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LowestHighest How much do I really love His Word? 6