• Repent. “Repent.” When we fail spiritually, we make excuses, blame many other people and factors and even God. But making excuses and blaming others is not what Christ commands here. It is to repent, which is to confess our sin, acknowledge it, and turn away from it. The charge to “repent,” is repeated to five of the seven churches (Revelation 2:5, 16, 21; 3:3, 19). The two churches exempted of the charge to “repent” had no indictments of which to repent • Return. “Do the first works.” Repentance