Speaking the Truth in Love
Scott Maze
Ephesians 4:15-16
Volkswagen is a popular brand of cars here in the United States and all over the world. About five years ago, Volkswagen was caught in a massive cheating scandal. Essentially they installed a ''defeat device'' - or software - in their cars with diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested. So the device told the car when it was being tested for pollution, and the software would change the emissions standards to improve the results. According to the BBC, the device appears to have put the vehicle into a sort of safety mode in which the engine ran below normal power and performance. Once on the road, the engines switched out of this test mode. No matter the way it operated, it was cheating. It was deception, and VW was caught. It recalled around 11 millions car worldwide, and it cost the company billions of dollars. Of course, the real question is, ''Does anyone trust VW again to purchase their next car.''
For the next few minutes, I want to convince all of us to have a firmer grasp of the truth. If you came to church recently and thought, ''I wish the pastor's sermon were more convicting,'' then you picked a good Sunday to come to church ?.
Keep your Bibles open to Ephesians 4 with me as we focus on speaking the truth but speaking the truth in love.
Today's Scripture
Let's read the Scripture again: ''Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love'' (Ephesians 4:15-16).
These are shaky days in which we live, and you need to find something solid to stand on, and the book of Ephesians is something solid to stand on. Now, you need to hear the book of Ephesians because many of us are egomaniacs. Now, this nation needs to hear the book ...
Scott Maze
Ephesians 4:15-16
Volkswagen is a popular brand of cars here in the United States and all over the world. About five years ago, Volkswagen was caught in a massive cheating scandal. Essentially they installed a ''defeat device'' - or software - in their cars with diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested. So the device told the car when it was being tested for pollution, and the software would change the emissions standards to improve the results. According to the BBC, the device appears to have put the vehicle into a sort of safety mode in which the engine ran below normal power and performance. Once on the road, the engines switched out of this test mode. No matter the way it operated, it was cheating. It was deception, and VW was caught. It recalled around 11 millions car worldwide, and it cost the company billions of dollars. Of course, the real question is, ''Does anyone trust VW again to purchase their next car.''
For the next few minutes, I want to convince all of us to have a firmer grasp of the truth. If you came to church recently and thought, ''I wish the pastor's sermon were more convicting,'' then you picked a good Sunday to come to church ?.
Keep your Bibles open to Ephesians 4 with me as we focus on speaking the truth but speaking the truth in love.
Today's Scripture
Let's read the Scripture again: ''Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love'' (Ephesians 4:15-16).
These are shaky days in which we live, and you need to find something solid to stand on, and the book of Ephesians is something solid to stand on. Now, you need to hear the book of Ephesians because many of us are egomaniacs. Now, this nation needs to hear the book ...
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