Is There Evidence Of Our First Love?

IS THERE EVIDENCE OF OUR FIRST LOVE?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (Two part)

Text: Matthew 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

WE SO TEACH A GOD OF LOVE, GRACE AND MERCY THAT WE TEND TO BYPASS THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD… THE BEMA SEAT. DO YOU CONSIDER YOU SHALL STAND BEFORE GOD, READY OR NOT… OUR WORKS WILL BE EVIDENCE… WE WILL BE TRIED BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD.

THE BOOKS WILL BE OPENED… HOW EASY IS IT TO FORGET? GOD SAYS I KNOW YOUR WORKS… GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU DON’T DO… NEGLECT IS AS BAD AS ABUSE. WE WILL BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO OUR WORKS.

Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

Revelation 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

Revelation 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

Revelation 3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Revelation 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Revelation 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

WILL THERE BE SOMETHING AGAINST US WHEN WE COME TO THE BEMA SEAT OF GOD…??? DO WE HAVE AS MUCH LOVE AND WORKS AS WE USED TO HAVE? HAVE WE SEEN A DEATH OF PASSION, ZEAL AND FAITHFULNESS TO THE CHURCH AND TO JESUS?

God has called JOHN to a cave on the island of Patmos. Patmos was used as a prison camp for convicts. While John was deserted by man, God visited with John and John penned the book of Revelations.

Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

John is thought to be the only disciple that lived to die of natural causes. He out lived the other 11. He had a great lesson. Listen to John’s heart. You have run away from your duties and responsibilities? John warns about getting away from our first love—why? He ask us: What is going on with our spirit man?

ARE WE EXPECTING THE IMMINENT RETURN OF CHRIST JESUS?

*Imminent: Expected, READY TO TAKE PLACE. Happening very soon, not surprised, impending, near, nigh, cannot be avoided, at hand.

WHAT CAN POOR PLANNING DO? UNHEEDED WARNINGS… NOT READY? UNEXPECTED?

THE GREAT MOLASSES TSUNAMI? What are you expecting at 12:40 PM in the afternoon? Children were playing. Those that worked the night shift were sleeping.

Let us understand what SORGHUM MOLASSES really is… Molasses is something like honey. It is a sugary-sweet product from sugar cane. MOLASSES is 5,000 to 10,000 times denser than water. It is impossible to swim in SORGHUM MOLASSES.

Boston had a 50 foot tall steel holding tank. As a whole the molasses came from the CARIBBEAN AREA. The sorghum molasses was used in making liquor and munitions. World War 1 had demanded tons of molasses. Many people warned the company and the area this 2.3 million gallon tank was a great danger. SEEMS NO ONE LISTENED. The tank often made rumbling noises.

It was 40 degrees on January 15, 1919 in the north end of Boston, Massachusetts. Businesses and farmers formed a MOLASSES CO-OP. They built a huge 2,300,000 gallon tank to store MOLASSES as a reserve for the area. This huge storage tank was filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses. The weight of that much MOLASSES is guessed to have been 13,000 tons. The weight caused a stress failure.

1/15/1919 there was an unexpected event. The huge molasses tank ruptured and the molasses pushed through the streets at 35 miles an hour. 21 PEOPLE WERE KILLED and 150 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. The newspapers reported there was a 15 foot high wall of thick molasses traveling 35 mph. Buildings, electric poles, horses and people were destroyed. The local fire station was knocked off its foundation. There was a ½ mile path of total destruction. North Boston had been warned many times. Profit was the motivation. Jobs were at stake. Alcohol and liquor were in great demand. The warnings were unheeded.