Behold the Bride – First Love: Seeking Him as the Seedbed for Transformation

In this episode of Created in the Image of God on Radio Cape Pulpit, host Sylvia Colville continues the "Behold the Bride" series with Episode 5, focusing on first love—seeking Him. She begins with the warning to the church of Ephesus in Revelation 2:1–7, where Jesus commends their hard work, patience, and discernment, but rebukes them for having left their first love. Colville explains that first love is loving the Lord with all our heart, soul, and mind—an all-consuming passion that leads to first works, which are everything we do in response to that love. She emphasizes that transformation happens in His presence, and that knowing God personally (not just knowing about Him) is what changes us. Drawing from John 15:4, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Peter 1:2–4, and 1 Corinthians 13, she shows that abiding in Christ produces the fruit of the Spirit and that love is the seedbed for all transformation. The episode is a heartfelt call to pursue intimacy with Jesus above all else, so that we may be counted among the wise virgins with oil in their lamps, ready for the Bridegroom's return.