How to Get Back on Track

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How to Get Back on Track

• Ephesus had left its first love.
• They needed to get back
• There are 4 steps to get backwhere they once
  were.

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Revelation 23-5

• 3 and you have persevered and have patience, and
  have labored for My name's sake and have not
  become weary. 4 Nevertheless I have this against
  you, that you have left your first love. 5
  Remember therefore from where you have fallen
  repent and do the first works, or else I will
  come to you quickly and remove your lampstand
  from its place--unless you repent.

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What Happened?

• They had persevered, had patience
• Worked for Jesus, not weary
• BUT Left their first love
• How did you feel when first baptized?
• Has the feeling faded, gone away?
• HOW DO WE GET IT BACK?
• THERE ARE 4 STEPS

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1 - Remember

• Remember what you did to become a Christian
• Remember the feeling of forgiveness
• Remember how your faith grew
• Remember what it was like to be saved, forgiven,
  headed to heaven
• Realize how far you have gone away

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2 - Repent

• Realize you have drifed away
• Know that it was an error / sin / wrong
• Decide to turn things around
• Form a plan for change in your life
• Determine not to do that again

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3 - Restore

• Do the first works again
• Get back to what you used to do
• What you did in the beginning
• Faith Repentance Confession
• Ask for help to make the corrections
• Put your fellowship back on track
• Put your life back on track

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3 - Restore

• Restore put it back the way it was
• Make it look like when it was brand new
• We can restore cars, houses, boats
• We can restore lives, faith, morality
• Get your life back where it was when you were
  first baptized

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4 OR be Removed

• WARNING DANGER
• If you don't follow the steps above - - -
• You can die lost
• A congregation can cease to exist
• The light from our candle can be put out
• Local churches can grow / die
• They can explode suddenly / fade slowly
• Jesus can remove them

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You Can Get Back on Track

• Remember
• Repent
• Restore
• OR be Removed