The Lord, His Lampstand, and our First Love (RBCKC 15th Anniversary)

This sermon was given to RBCKC on her 15th
anniversary "covenant renewal" to rekindle her first love--the love and priority of being a lampstand for Christ, with such a desire to make Him known flowing from a renewed love for Christ and His people.

I. The Lord (Rev 1:1-19)
---A. Introduction to Book (vv1-8)
------1. Revelation of Jesus Christ (vv1-3)
------2. To the Seven Churches from the Triune God (vv4-5a)
------3. With Emphasis on Christ (vv5b-8)
---B. Interaction with John (vv9-19)
------1. Explanation by John (vv9-11)
------2. Description of Jesus (vv12-16)
------3. Encounter with Jesus (vv17-19)
II. His Lampstand (Rev 1:20)
---A. What is the Lampstand?
---B. Why a Lampstand?
---C. We need to be a Lampstand!
III. Our First Love (Rev 2:1-7)
---A. Description of Christ (v1)
---B. Christ Commends Orthodoxy (vv2-3,6)
---C. Christ Condemns Lack of Love (vv4-5)
---D. Conclusion (vv5,7)
------1. What do do? (remember, repent, return)
------2. What reward? (eternal life in His midst)
------3. RBCKC (final exhortation)