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OUR IMPACT AS SALT AND LIGHT IN THE WORLD.

INTRODUCTION:

GOD HAS CALLED US THE SALT AND LIGHT OF THE WORLD , AND HE EXPECT US TO MAKE AN DIFFERENCE IN AN WORLD THAT IS FILLED WITH DARKNESS.

WE ARE CALLED TO STAND UP FOR THE TRUTH, WITHOUT COMPROMISING HIS WORD.

JESUS SERMON ON THE MOUNT CONCERNING SALT AND LIGHT IS THE CHRISTIANS ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN AN WORLD FILLED WITH DARKNESS.

WE CANNOT MAKE AN DIFFERENCE IF OUR LIVES ARE FILLED WITH DARKNESS.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS.

1. WE ARE SALT PRESERVES

2.WE ARE SALT FLAVOR

3. WE ARE GOD’S LIGHT.

A. WE ARE SALT PRESERVES.

MATTHEW 5:13 “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”

THE WORD PRESERVES MEANS TO MAINTAIN OR RETAIN THE ORIGINAL QUALITY.

WE ARE CALLED TO HELP PRESERVES GOD’S TRUTH.

AND THE WAY WE DO THIS IS BY LIVING ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD.

SALT KEEPS MEAT FROM GOING BAD BY PRESERVING IT.

THAT’S THE WAY GOD DO WITH US , HE PRESERVES US TO KEEP US FROM GOING BACK TO OUR OLD SELF. THAT’S WHY WHEN HE SAVED US, HE ALSO SEALED US.

GOD PRESERVES US BY PROTECTING US FROM THE CONCEALED, THE HIDDEN AND SECRET THINGS THAT WE HARBOR IN OUR LIVES.

HOW HE DO THIS IS BY EXPOSING OUR LIVES TO THE LIGHT.

WHAT’S DONE IN THE DARK WILL COME TO THE LIGHT.

BECAUSE WE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH, GOD REQUIRE THAT WE ABSTAIN FROM ANY APPEARANCE OF EVIL.

WE SHOULD NOT BE ATTRACTED TO DARKNESS, WHEN YOU HAVE THE LIGHT THAT LIVES WITHIN YOU.

THE BIBLE TELLS US WHAT FELLOWSHIP DOES LIGHT HAS WITH DARKNESS. NONE

2 TIMOTHY 4:18 “And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

B. WE ARE SALT FLAVORS.

FLAVOR IS THE QUALITY OF SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE SENSE OF TASTE.

WE WHO ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH NEED S TO SEASON PEOPLE LIVES WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS GOODNESS.

OUR TASTE FOR GOD SHOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THE TASTE OF THE WORLD.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE TASTED AND SEEN THAT THE LORD IS GOOD YOU CAN’T HELP BUT THANK HIM.

THE WORLD SHOULD SEE SOMETHING IN US THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THEM.

HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON DARKNESS IF YOU LIVING JUST LIKE THEM. YOU WOULD NOT BE A THREAT AT ALL.

WHEN YOU HAVE FLAVOR EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN CONTACT WITH YOU SHOULD WANT WHAT YOU HAVE.

BUT IF YOU DON’T HAVE FLAVOR JESUS SAID YOU ARE USELESS TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND ANOTHER FOOT IN THE WORLD.

WHEN YOU LOOSE YOUR FLAVOR, YOU WILL BECOME A FOOL.

WHAT USE TO TASTE GOOD TO YOU BECOME TASTELESS, BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD DON’T HAVE THE SAME AFFECT ON YOU LIKE IT ONCE HAD.

GOD EXPECT US TO BE DISCIPLES, TO LEAD PEOPLE TO HIM AND NOT AWAY FROM HIM BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE LIVE.

1 PETER 3:15 “but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:”

C. WE ARE GOD’S LIGHT.

MATTHEW 5:14 “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.”

LIGHT IS TO MAKE REALITY OR TRUTH VISIBLE, THEREBY GIVING DIRECTIONS AND GUIDANCE BY WHAT IS SEEN.

OUR LIVES SHOULD BE FLASHLIGHTS ON DARKNESS. MEANING THE MOMENT SIN COME INTO OUR PRESENCE IT IS EXPOSE IMMEDIATELY.

YOUR LIFE SHOULD BE THE BRIGHTNESS AND REFLECTION OF GOD.

WE ARE WITNESSES OF THE TRUE LIGHT.

IT IS OUR DUTY TO GOD TO LET OUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS, AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.

EVERY PLACE WE GO WE SHOULD STAND OUT BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT THAT IS IN US.

DAVID SAID THE WORD IS A LAMP FOR MY FEET, AND LIGHT TO MY PATH.

WHEN YOU A DISCIPLE OF GOD HIS WORD WILL LEAD YOU AND ABIDE IN YOU, THAT OTHER’S WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO THE LIGHT THAT IS IN YOU.

IF THE CHRIST IN YOU DO NOT ATTRACT OTHER’S TO HIM, T’S BECAUSE YOU’RE LIVING IN DARKNESS AND YOUR LIFE IN CHRIST IS HIDDEN FROM THE WORLD.

PHILIPPIANS 2:15 “that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;”