Speaking Truth Koinonia Fellowship So, “speaking the truth” is also an essential reflection of one of god’s unwavering attributes, but it is so potent that it must be done in accordance with his nature, which is “love” (1 john 4:8). as pastor ray has said, “truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.”. The pieces of our spiritual armor — truth, righteousness, the “good news” of peace, faith, salvation, god’s word, and fellowship with god (prayer) — are crucial to protecting our spiritual life. the first action in taking up the armor is “having your loins girt about with truth”. of course this means speaking and dealing with.
Koinonia True Fellowship Series April 26 2020 Youtube “actions speak louder than words.” a little thought to the subject makes it quickly obvious that our lives speak through our attitudes and actions even more than by the use of words. last month we looked at what it means for christians to be “speaking the truth in love” (ephesians 4:15), but verbally proclaiming truth is not enough. Koinonia fellowship is a non denominational, bible believing church located in east rochester, new york. our pastor, ray viola teaches through the bible line upon line. Thus, ". . . speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into him who is the head, even christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which 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." (eph. 4:15,16). So paul says in 1 corinthians 1:9, “you were called into the fellowship of his son, jesus christ our lord.”. which probably means both (1) sharing vertically in the union each of us has in christ, and (2) sharing together with other believers the common union we have with christ and each other. that sharing together in the father and the.
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