Christ the Faithful Pastor Warning His Church

If we would overcome these evil tendencies of the flesh, we must obey the counsel of our compassionate Savior.  There is no guess work involved.  The Lord Jesus tell us exactly what must be done:  Remember…from whence thou art fallen ([Rev 2:5 NKJV] 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.) Repent…and do the first works.  That which ye already have hold fast.  Tenaciously adhere to the truth of God, the Gospel of His free and sovereign grace in Christ.  Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain ([Rev 3:2 NKJV] 2 "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God.)  Buy of me! ([Rev 3:18 NKJV] 18 "I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, [that] the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.) Without money and without price, by faith alone, we must buy from Christ the gold of His grace and the white robe of His righteousness, as we did in the beginning, and anoint out eyes anew with the eye-salve of His gospel.

(Discovering Christ in Revelation by Don Fortner)