Knowing God Together, Part 2

The truth is always and only what God says about Dr. Tony Evans is truth shared is incomplete if it isn't delivered with love.

Love says the reason I'm telling you the truth, because I about this is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker and pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas Texas and president of the urban alternative the Christian life is like a classical concerto is intended for an orchestra, not just a bunch of soloists must join Dr. Evans as he talked about the importance of knowing God together moments today about experiencing God together all the book of Ephesians in the book of Ephesians is a book about the church is my favorite New Testament book that Paul had to address when writing the church at Ephesus was a racial flick in the church that was the racial divide in the church between Jews and Gentiles.

They couldn't stand each other basically. But Jesus Christ gracelessly called the church and call us, and explain at least two groups of people don't bring any.

For example, in Ephesians chapter 2 says in verse 14 for he himself is our peace, who made both groups into one see this one again and broke down area of the dividing wall in the temple that was a division Gentiles couldn't go any further for Jews only in verse 16 that he might reconcile them both into one body is one again to God through the cross by having put the enmity of the conflict between you two groups of people don't bring that mess in here verse 18 for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the father there that word again so they knew no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostle of the prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord. You also are being built together into a dwelling place in the spirit together. I tell you this but you are not an only child with you of something bigger and bigger in the name of my own personal Christian experience is to limit your personal Christian experience. You will get more God by what God's purposes through his people, then you can ever get your private experience with God.

We limit high limit our experience with God. When we live in Christian isolation. In chapter 4.

He says God is established. Leaders in verse 11 apostles, prophets event this passage teaches to equip the saints for the work of service to the building up of the body of Christ.

He says to give leaders to equipment numbers to make Christ bigger, stronger and more effective.

He brings people together. Jews and Gentiles.

We might say today. Blacks and whites and Hispanics and Asians off the pool.

The middle class and the rich people from different backgrounds different histories different invitations to come together to get experiencing God being a part about to be one flesh because you can get as one that you can ever get being too don't even bother to pray if you to God is after this collective impact so that in verse 14, we are no longer children going back and forth, in and out, up and down.

I want to. He wants us to be stable.

Why because were connected. How does this happen gently. This is a little uncomfortable verse, but it's in so we gotta talk about verse 15 but speaking the truth in love, we ought to grow up in all aspects under him with.

Even Christ he says in the family of God.

If you want to experience God at a higher level than you could ever experience individually as a Christian you must be in an environment.

This hearing is where use the truth in love. The thing that should law the child that wants to experience God is use virtual love.

Now why is this critical to experiencing God because when we came in the charge this morning with some of those all that we know about, and some that we don't know about his attempt was so long we don't know is raised that way, was that way.

My daddy was that way. Many people who grew up believing in slavery was wrong, because that's how the this was okay because certain people get certain benefits are the people don't raise was the race that way excuse them, but it means that there worldview in which they will raise that way when you are writing you are likely to limit or cancel God the God of truth.

So God will not mix.

I got a true sleep. Don't buy the pray about it. Counsel about the book until you face the truth the whole truth about the truth so help you God is not involved in the thing that should be in the church is not much room truth, I know my truth is the truth or it is a lie.

I okay so that raises the question what's truth. The truth is always and only what God says about many times when you face how God feels about Amanda.

You will be happy you will be happy because a lot of things that God will go against the grain of go against our history, background perspective, even public educational college or whatever will go against the grain services. Let God be true and every man a liar. Every man WHAT to what degree they have in front of the names, just how much they all revere God. When God speaks on the true life if you want to experience God and if you want the people you know where to experience God's reign, and sometimes truth is ready when confronting my sin your confronting your sin.

We have to confront the truth. That's not pretty but that's the place where you experience God, which means in the church of Jesus Christ. Before you know speak the truth to say you know that's not pleasing God.

That's not godly that's that is godly before you speak truth.point before intelligence. Chapter 2 ham sandwiches with the Gentiles the Gentiles know how to cook children pixie dust Gentiles article Dallas chapter 2 verse 11 and following eating with the Gentiles until his voice from it says the Jew brethren showed up and saw him eating with the Gentiles and like why you have to eat with them on earth. We don't we don't fellowship with people Peter we don't fellowship with those who don't go on that side of town will go to church with them and they were kicked off it says when he saw that it would take off with the Gentiles. One of his own race, so he slipped back his chair and no longer continue. Okay so Peter Gentiles just what the Christian message of the Christian message says that when you Jesus Christ and sins are forgiven you are place in one body, your brothers and sisters in Christ, Joseph, because he likely was apostle. A couple of books in the Bible you will believe the disciples were around because God said it was wrong and I can because this dog was going to mess with God verse comes from that story Paul) Chris about Christ me like some. Gotta love me and gave himself for me. His major verse on the Christ of the story of not choosing your history, background, race, culture, gender over your faith in him was black is beautiful as long as biblical writers right if it agrees with holy writ. Dr. Evans will take a look at why simply telling the truth isn't enough when he comes back in a moment they witness how well do you know God is clings, or is he at the level of a good friend. Maybe you know them as well as you know your spouse.

Think about it. How well do you truly know God Dr. Tony Evans newest book knowing God is about pursuing a connection with the one who can truly meet your physical and emotional needs. Visit Tony Evans.org and get your copy of the book knowing God, along with a DVD and Bible study that said Tony Evans.org today is the last day to request our special knowing God bundle.

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People over the head with got sadistic.

God said that in concert to see Dotson got this. You can beat people up with the truth is not enough. It is foundational.

It is important, it is not sufficient to speak the truth with love.

What is love. Love is when you're seeking the best for the person to whom you're telling you see because love without the truth is hypocrisy. I just love you so much. You're such a nice person.

You look so good. Even though you hate them even though they don't look that good when you're being a hypocrite, particularly flowery language. Love says the reason I'm telling you the truth is, because I care about you will be love says I care about you. Love says I care about you experiencing God and I care about your best love says on your past with the truth.

You get the truth. You don't just give you speak the truth in love so that they don't do things truth God and I care about the person giving it to them. If they reject the truth.

You can't do anything about that but you want to deliver it with a sense of concern for the fair will be beating people up. The truth even though you're right, you crucified people with but neither do you show love without including the truth. Why so that we can all grow up in all aspects under him, so that we can experience him and then he comes to the verse 16 from whom the whole body, everybody being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. This because God is at the building up of the whole body through that which every individual part supplies so you don't lose your individual uniqueness that which every is not my foot left foot is not all is not my goals are all separate things tied to one body, and when one of those things goals will only affect the one thing well it affects things, is attached to sleep my hand hand but it's a nonfunctioning reality because it's not attached the life of the light can only experience so much without the rest of the something I never do with my freedom involved my hand to want to go working with my hand will never get to do certain things, but it says so the whole body drug diseases that we feel the most don't want to hear his cancer. That's what we don't want to hear, and rightly so. Basically cancer cells that don't want to go to program themselves that want to create their own independent plan and will be fine if they would leave your body to do it, but know they want to stay there and begin depend break off from the from the program and start the program and they reproduce after the con sucking blood today grow soft in the blood, but they growing in rebellion that any get some then got a look so bad if they were just in one place they metastasized, and that I wanted to arrest the body until they kill it cancer cells that siphoning off life. When the charge is not knowledge of God.

You have to understand removing closing as a result, the church is not become the church was meant to be this life-giving breathing life fulfilling experience with the living God says, until all the knowledge the experience of God that becomes a portion of that becomes experience and that becomes the reality, truth, love, producing something speak in the knowledge of God. We need more talk about God be different. Talk about. It is one thing experiencing his transforming supernatural intrusions into our experience as a whole another book welcoming with the HOV lanes for folk were not traveling alone. If you traveling alone. You can get in the HOV lane that is without getting penalized.

Ticket and wanting to be taken by yourself.

That's a high occupancy vehicle vehicles with somebody else with you if somebody else is not with you.

Then you get with the masses like everybody else. Somebody is traveling with you. We got this private you can take. You can bypass the masses and experience a drive that is because you have somebody else with a special lane for people who are in the fellowship with others when you get to travel in the experience of God beyond just your individual private vehicle. If you only knew the Civil War was the Civil War because the church of Jesus Christ would do with the truth about American slavery because it didn't do with the truth.

God does what he readily does he let's all hell breaks loose.

Goblin all hell breaks loose when his people will not abide by the truth in the name of God break up the body.

Conversely, we got people get the message God's glory falls questions what kind of people would be will be just be religious folk come to meet once a week will be the place where people can say God chose a because those people, not just in it for them. They understand their part of some so much so they are experiencing so much a reminder of what we can all accomplish when we know God together and begins of course with each of us seeking to know him personally, here's Dr. Evans.

Once again, you can Bible lesson like the one we just brought you and go on with your day like nothing happened, or you can take an honest look into your heart and ask what does God want me to do with this.

If you're already a Christian when you got the word of God the Holy Spirit inside to help you find the answer. But if you're not the first step before anything else is to take the Lord up on his offer to forgive every mistake in your past, no matter how many or how bad and to make you knew from the inside out. That can happen for you today when you admit you can't be perfect on your own and asked Jesus Christ to become Lord of your life.

I put together a video that explains how it works. To see it. Just go to my website Tony Evans.org and click on the Jesus like I picked out some free follow-up resources for you as well.

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