What the Spirit is saying to the Churches Even This Day, Part 1

Revelations 2:2-5. The Loveless Church

This is the Church that has left its first love. It is loveless despite all the things that they are doing. They labored, they had patience, and they couldn’t bear evil. But they had not love.

This is a very strong accusation: "You have left your first love." (v4). When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment in the law was, His reply was:

(Matthew 22:39) "You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all of your soul, and with all of your mind."

God should be the first love of every Christian, and when we go back and set our heart on worldly things then we have left off loving God.

We must refocus our love on God and set aside our worldly aspiration because we are instructed by John to :

"Not love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." (1 John 2:15)

Revelations 2:8-11. The Persecuted Church

This is the Church that is being tested by faith.  It goes through trials and tribulations and is expected to be tested even to the death. But God says to stay faithful and He will grant you the Crown of life.

Revelations 2:12-17 The Compromising Church

This is the Church that changes direction so much that it begins to make compromises.  It members came out of the darkness but still held onto some of their former beliefs before making their confession for Christ. These are the things like the pagan holidays being celebrated by Christians. Some may even change the name but it’s still a compromise.

This is exactly what is called the doctrine of the Nicolaitans that is mentioned in verse 15. Named after a man called Nicholas who was a pagan idol worshipper who converted to Judaism and then to the Christian belief.

Nicholas  taught a doctrine of compromise because he, himself had made many compromises in his lifetime. We can say that it was his lifestyle and that’s what he taught.

And the last Church for this message is The Corrupt Church. Revelations 2:18-28,

This is the Church that seemed to be doing everything right. Good works, love, service, faith and patience, but they allowed Jezebel into the Church and she began to seduce them. The Bible says in

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

The head of woman is man.

The world has turned this around and many of us have been raised in families with the female actually being the head. Let us turn back to God’s order for the church and the family. Let’s get our houses back in order so that God will receive us as His own.

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’


By Evangelist Cheryl Davies