A Challenge of Obedience

One reason is seen not keep his word and Dr. Tony Evans talked about how the Lord uses his keys to the kingdom to unlock doors for obedient believers say this is the alternative Dr. Tony offer speaker, pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas Texas and president of the alternative. A lot of people want to take what Jesus offered, but don't want to do what Jesus says Dr. Evans will take us to Revelation 37. Today, as he explains why that strategy doesn't work, let's join him a course in college what you are saying is I want information without the responsibility want to learn whatever the course is seeking to teach. Don't give me homework and don't give me examples while in college you need to know that when you are out of the course you don't get credit for it because you didn't put in what the course required the Christian life by coming to hear the word to be inspired and encouraged by the word, but to not own the word that you've heard you may have more knowledge and you may be more inspired. But you won't be changed because the transformation in the life through the word has to be activated by obedience.

Without that, it becomes information with no credits. That is no transforming value when the sixth church that the apostle John is written the church at Philadelphia.

This is the first Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. And Jesus who is the spokesperson through the shepherd of each one of these churches speaks through this leader to the saints at Bellevue Bible Fellowship at the church in Philadelphia and notice what he says in verse seven he who is holy, which who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut and shuts and no one opens, says this he wants to give a another description of himself which he is done in each of these churches and he describes himself as he was holy and true holy means to be set apart as unique, special, one-of-a-kind. I describe holy often in using the difference between dishes in the sink dishes in the kitchen and dishes in the dining room. The dishes in the sink are dirty. They are dirty dishes. That's why they're in the sink. The dishes in the kitchen, and dishes you use that for all your meals but the dishes in the den. When I got it all wrong. They got their own glass case because they are special and not integrated with the commented and certainly not integrated with the profane the dirty know that specially come out on special occasions.

Jesus says don't put me in the world would anybody else. Don't make me another one of the people you recognize I'm not just a good person and not just a great topic.

I am holy I am not only holy. I'm also true truth has to do with ultimate reality on the real deal. Anything that contradicts me is false and is alive and cannot be trusted. So you want to measure everything about the truth I am the way the truth and the life.

So everything is to be measured by its inconsistency and compatibility to me. And if it's incompatible and inconsistent with me is wrong no matter who told you how long you believe how well you know it. I am truth, I am holy and true, not only am I thinking set apart not only about ultimate reality, but now he gets to the nitty-gritty says I have the key of David now to appreciate what he's talking about.

This is drawn from Isaiah chapter 22 verses 15 to 25. The steward of the house of David, the kingdom house of David David with the king of Israel excuses that speak of the kingdom. The key role to the steward, but the story did not do the right job so he was fired and when he was fired a new steward replaced him. This new story was the accountant and a liar.

Kim was given the key to the kingdom not given RTD was given the team. Jesus says I possess the key of the kingdom of David that is. I have the kingdom T. Notice it's a single key because it is the master key. Anybody who possesses the master key can get in any door all the doors are available to him because he has a master key, so when the Bible speaks of the key. It speaks of two things access and authority.

So Jesus claims access to any door and authority over every door. Let me say that again Jesus, the one with the team. The master key has access to every door which is one of master key gives you an authority over every door, which is why he says he can open the doors.

He wants to open and lock the doors. He wants to stay locked because he is in charge met everyone, I don't get that wiggle think people are in charge. We will think powerbrokers are in charge will think folk with money are in charge, wiggle, people would call John P they don't have a master key. They may have a key to outdoor they don't have a key to every door. Jesus says I control the kingdom because I have control all the master key as he says in Matthew 28 verse 19 he says all authority has been given to me not only in the suite Brian Bobbitt in the nasty here and now now in Matthew chapter 16 to build my church and I will give my church the keys to the kingdom. What's this now. Jesus says I have the master key. That's one key that can lock any door, but I'm going to give to my people.

The charge I will give them the teams pleural to the kingdom. When you use the right key back it up with the master key, but when you use the wrong key. The master teaching them that because the master key can only be consistent with the keys that he's given us when we put another way, if you skip God's way to get it done whatever it is you're trying to get done that no just call God uses master key when you ignored the key gave you not want to skip the responsibilities he's given you and simply call him because he got the master key was know your keys are consistent with his key. I will give you the keys to the kingdom. What what is that it's already I'm going to share with you when you are consistent with me. So what's the problem.

He says in verse eight I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door, which no one can shut, because you have little power, and have kept my word and have not denied my name or watch it in order for his key work for you for me and for this church.

He says you must have kept my word obeyed me and not denied my name. So one of the reasons many believers are not seeing God come through is because they do not keep his word to come to church. But they do not keep his word and all they did not. His name they don't want to be publicly associated with them. You have little pal.

People don't know you are. They don't appreciate what he wants.

They don't respect to new you.

What people view as substantive significant applauding.

But he says I have set before you, and hope we don't even know folks you are nobody I have set before you an open door, and when I open up for you the file name with the money.

What the will not be able to shut it all door and opened the door for you, like the world is because you have obeyed and have not denied my name. But one God, the open door while they are ashamed to bear his name. Notice you can't deny his name… All you want… There's a God that does not his name. His name is the Lord Jesus Christ. The second person of the Trinity is a generic God, no God but God has delegated to his son. It is the name of Jesus every day, bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of the father.

So if folk don't know your relationship to Jesus you have denied his name even though you may be told about God bless you all. Below, you have denied my name. Jesus says when you denied me, I will deny you before my father was in heaven when you confess me. I will compress you before my father was in heaven. So if you are ashamed of Jesus Christ and don't want to be publicly associated with him again. Open doors you can open your own door. He says in verse nine.

You have kept the word of my perseverance will also keep you from the hour of testing, the works that is about to come upon the whole world delivers not behold not cause those in the synagogue of Satan's say they are Jews and are not the life I will make them come and bow down at your feet and make them know that I have loved you one you sent almost falls folk out there synagogue of Satan to go to church, synagogue, but the devil just as you in church, synagogue, doesn't mean you love the Lord is the synagogue of Satan. All right religious talk got me to think he says, let them know that I have loved you a little power, no you got more power than you look like you have. Dr. Evans will come back with a great illustration about just a moment first. So we are just about to wrap up Tony series the Jesus challenge. Look at what the Lord had to say in the first three chapters of Revelation to the seven churches and to us. These eight lessons focus on setting higher standards, deepening your convictions reinforcing your faithfulness in living like an over comer and if you can contact us by tomorrow.

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You can reach them out. Have a contest to see who can open the door.

The quickest little puppy said okay, you go first big doll dog you go first German Shepherd jumped up on the door got his mouth around the knob is mobile now started twisting at the knob about 2 1/2 minutes of work in the know he got the door shut. He said big company is big dog and show you can even reach the no guilt or little puppy came up to the door, gave a small box scratch the door. The man on the inside came in open nobles on the inside.

Let it bother you all the big says considering the text is walking through the test reverse he says I will make your footstool. Nothing makes God when he reverses the reverse of nothing makes God more real than we make God's will for you when that was no way out would look like it was the home show and what you may say doing anything you want at the next verse he says he will keep you through this outlook, but I am coming quickly. Hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown. See when God is silent that the meeting still see them doing anything. I know it looks like you just waiting for nothing, but God likes the common side of the break-in when you didn't expected when you didn't think that was anyway that this thing could happen again that this child could have lots to do. Suddenly like to do things quickly suddenly and so that when it happens that no take place came on quickly becomes an extra doubly clear that this was in dating he wants to blow you becomes suddenly make sure you will be and not deny getting past no time suddenly. Now he gives us his final statement he overcomes overcomes what the tendency to give up. He overcomes the tendencies to stop obeying them.

90 he will overcomes look at this. I will make him a pillar in the temple my God, he will not go out from it anymore.

I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God and my new name is Edward Edward name name name name name will make you a pillar in the temple temple is God's house. Galatians 297 Peter James and John with a pillar of the church.

They were holding up the church. In other words he speaks of these people overcome propensity to give up as being in close proximity to God. Jesus said in John chapter 2 verses 23 to 25 is believed on him, many believed on him, but he would not commit himself to them because he knew that God say, but they had not yet got committed what happened, but he couldn't usable. They were forgiven for their sins, but they didn't want to know that they were Christians. They went to church but they wouldn't obey the word so good him, but he would make no commitment to he wants to know that you that you are a full-time president, not a part-time say he wants to know that you will not deny that you will obey what he has commanded that one. I will give them a name when you people go to the cowboy game that was sitting in the stand. We don't know the name and the location, but we don't know when it comes to the plans we know their names, so because if I would ask you to name the name of the right God.

Many of you could name the name of the products you can do that but now when we upgrade the startup about the sea was a quarterback that no names named Achieve a greater name and publicity because of the role they play on the team but then not only do you have broken the crown and the folks on the team some more nameless than some of the main you got in the ring on those of maiden name.

You see the players come and go but the folks in the ring of state because all the time they held fast. Over time they played the game all the time. They didn't click when they were injured over time, they stay committed to the tasks that name is not only in the ring on that maybe they can no blast in the Hall of Fame so that generation to generation will know that name was God has a lot of Christians say they just show up to watch the game to see what the client what the preachers preaching and what is God who don't want to just stay in the span they want to get on the field ministry may help other people make the advancement of the law and got some soup. The ring upon the people noted name is no, but you can count on it depend on because now the Lord said having the same give it to the Lord and giving glory to bear witness for the Lord. The challenge of the day if you want God to put you in the ring about 120 years you and sees you say well done my good service call you out of the crown and know one of his choices challenge you to leave the stained to come on the field. I want to tell you true get blocked a little bit on the little bit on the way about the Lord say Dr. Tony Evans wrapping up the message he calls the challenge of obedience part of his current series, the Jesus challenge. As I mentioned earlier, we are offering all eight messages in this collection both in CDs and instantly downloadable MP3s along with the personal or group study guide and DVD to go with them as a thank you gift when you come alongside our ministry and make a donation to receive this entire Jesus challenge study package. Visit us right away@tonyevans.org because this special triple offer runs out tomorrow. That's Tony Evans.org or call her 24 hour resource Center at 1-800-800-3222 let one of our team members assist you with your request. Again, 1-800-800-3222 Dr. Evan says it's pretty easy to spot a Christian who looks the part, but not as easy to spot one who lives the part believer who is the real deal through and through.

You discover how to become the kind of disciple tomorrow as we explore Jesus challenge to be authentic. Right now though he's back briefly with this important word you can read 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.

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