{"id":5327,"date":"2026-03-14T19:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/do-the-first-works-%e2%98%9d%f0%9f%8f%bf\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:47:30","slug":"do-the-first-works-%e2%98%9d%f0%9f%8f%bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/do-the-first-works-%e2%98%9d%f0%9f%8f%bf\/","title":{"rendered":"Do The First Works \u261d\ud83c\udfff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tW6d3C6ch9s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Some songs entertain the ear. Others try to wake the conscience. \u201cDO THE FIRST WORKS\u201d by Yamaahla sits firmly in that second category\u2014an instructional Neo-Soul \/ R&amp;B Hip-Hop gospel record that feels like a sermon wrapped in rhythm.<br \/>\nBuilt on warm Rhodes chords, boom-bap drums, deep bass, and reflective strings, the song walks listeners through a spiritual warning drawn from multiple scriptures. It confronts the modern habit of endless studying without transformation, echoing the wisdom of Ecclesiastes that \u201cmuch study is a weariness of the flesh,\u201d while calling believers back to the command in Revelation to remember their first love and return to their first works.<br \/>\nVerse by verse, the message unfolds: God corrects His own with mercy, nations that rise in pride eventually fall, and those who mocked righteousness will one day see the truth clearly. Drawing from writings like Wisdom of Solomon, 2 Esdras, and Psalms, the song reminds listeners that faith, humility, and obedience outweigh knowledge, riches, or status.<br \/>\n\u201cDO THE FIRST WORKS\u201d is both warning and invitation\u2014a prophetic call to return to prayer, repentance, and genuine love for God before the light fades.<br \/>\nThis is truth music meant to make you think, reflect, and examine where you stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some songs entertain the ear. Others try to wake the conscience. \u201cDO THE FIRST WORKS\u201d by Yamaahla sits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yamaahla-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-178.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}