Sermon on the Mount
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10-13-2019
Sermon on the Mount
Salt and Light
Welcome
Intro
Last week we finish our the Beatitudes
If you will recall the beatitudes were not a list that Jesus gave you so that you could check off and then force Gods hand into blessing you
poor in spirit, mourner, gentle, hunger and thirst for righteousness, merciful, pure in heart, peacemakers, and those who suffer for Jesus
This isn't the type of list you can use to level up to Jesus level 42
No this is simple a picture of what it looks like to walk with Jesus and when you walk with Jesus you are blessed
This morning we will continue with the sermon on the mount
And we will actually pick up the sermon in
13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; 15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
This is where we are at this morning
And to follow last weeks sermon this almost seems a summary of what it looks like to walk with Jesus but that when you walk with Jesus you and I will be different
And because we are different we should look different and in-fact we know because we have talked about here that you and I should not be of this world but only in it
13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
This is a verse that if you have been in church for sometime you have probably heard
And we like most of it and we then I wonder do we understand some of it
Jesus is declaring those who are followers of Him
Those people who walk with Him out of the previous verses remember those people who walk with Jesus the ones that will be blessed
They are the salt of the earth
If you are a follower of Jesus and walk with Jesus then you are the salt of the earth
Salt is used to preserve things when you want to keep things from going bad you use salt
When you wanted to prevent meat from going bad you used salt and what it would do was draw out the water which prevented different bacteria from going through the meat
Salt was used to keep things fresh
You and I are salt you and I are used to preserve the world from going bad
You and I are used to prevent the corruption of this world
Because you and I walking with Jesus and are living out loud in this world we are the salt in the world to help preserve it from going bad
The way this is done is by living out our faith in front of people
I think Russ Burlew asked this question one time, is there enough evidence to convict you of being a believer in Jesus
We are supposed to act different, talk different, eat different, we are to work different, we are to treat people differently because we have the Spirit of the Living God living inside of us as believers
You might look at the world today and think the church thus far and the believers thus far have failed
This is only the first part of the verse
The verse takes a tone change with but
How can salt be made salty again?
the short answer is it can’t
Salt that has lost it’s saltiness cannot be salty again it is no good for anything but to bring about death
True salt cannot lost its saltiness meaning Jesus cannot lose His saltiness but salt that is mined out of the earth can
Remember salt is intended to keep things fresh and good but salt that is not salty is no good and actually brings about death
So if you are being true to your calling as a son or daughter of Christ then you will continue to make things fresh and pure
You will continue to effect your surrounds
But if as a son and daughter of Christ you decide you no longer want to walk with Jesus and begin to act foolish and begin to live an unrighteous life
That salt is only good for spreading over the ground where you want to kill vegetation because it serves no purpose other than to being about death and destruction
And I don’t believe God will allow you to continue to remain in sin like that I believe that God will deal with you
This verse does not say that if you are believer you can lose your salvation if you stop adhering to a list of rules set forth by the church who gives you lists to live by
No this verse has nothing to do with losing your salvation
It is a call to those who are walking with Jesus you and I have a job todo you and I should be effecting our surroundings like salt does
You can always tell when salt is needed in your food or when they have added to much
You and I are to be salty peanuts to this world
Meaning you and I cannot make a horse drink water we can lead them to water but we cannot make them drink of it but we can feed them salty peanuts so they have to drink water
meaning you and I cannot force people to accept the free gift of salvation but we can share with them what we know about Jesus and we can then look for opportunities to let them see God in us
And we can live out our faith in front of them and continue to look for opportunities to share why we are so different
We can be salty peanuts to people so they begin to turn to Jesus
This is also warning for those believers that are not walking with Jesus
You need to start
you need to get your life back on track and be running after Jesus because if you are going to continue to live an unrighteous life then your witness only brings about death and destruction
And I believe God will deal with that
God will not let you lead people astray
But if that is to confusing Jesus gives you and I another example
14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; 15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Just like the salt you and I are lights of the world if we are believers in Jesus and if we are walking with Jesus
Just like salt light effects its surroundings
Just like the salt and just like the light that cannot be hidden and city that is set on a high everyone can see
We as believers in Jesus should be effecting our surroundings
We should be effecting the world we live in
We should be effecting those we come into contact with
No one lights a fire only to hide it
No one carries a flashlight and then uses it only to hide it
It just makes sense
No one should come to Christ and walk with Jesus only to hide that fact about them
No one has life in their heart from Jesus and hides that from people
No one has the secret to being free from sin and death with them only to hide it from those they are around every day
But you and I because we are salt and light should be sharing that with anyone and everyone we come into contact with
This is what it is to be salt and light
15 so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,
This is what that looks like being salt and light in the world
So that you and I live a life after Jesus in the midst of the crooked world
You and I are to our faith out-loud
Church is there enough evidence in your life to show people you are a believer in Jesus
Now we all understand that is not our driving force behind living out our faith
But lets be honest
Do people you do business with know you are believers
Do people you work with know you are believers
Do the people you bank with know you are believers
Does your dentist know you are a believer in Jesus Christ
I know it is not easy to live your faith out-loud in this world but Jesus never promises us easy
Begin to ask yourself that question is there enough evidence in your life to convict you of being a believer in Jesus Christ
18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
Those who walk with Jesus shine their lights bright
It should be so evident to others simply because we are walking with Jesus
Because those who walk with Jesus are humble, those who walk with Jesus are working to live at peace with each other
Those who walk with Jesus desire the right things and not the easy things of this world
Those who walk with Jesus are seeking out Jesus
Those who walk with Jesus are a praying people
Those who walk with Jesus shine bright
12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
You and I are to live a life that is above reproach
We are to live a life in such a way that people of this world have nothing bad to say
And they way in which we life our life should point to Jesus and nothing else
So we must ask again church
Do the people you buy your groceries from know you are a believer in Jesus
We should live our lives in such a way the only explanation is Jesus
People should see Jesus and begin to glorify Him
And finally
16 “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
We should again church live our lives in such away that people see how good we are and glorify God
Our lives should point to Jesus
That is what Jesus was telling the people on the side of the mountain
That is what Jesus is telling us here at Maranatha Baptist Fellowship this morning to do
We are going to ask the band to come up
Maybe you are here and you have never asked Jesus to be Lord of your life
Maybe you have never accepted the free gift of salvation
We want to invite you to the front where their will be people who will open up the Word of God and show you how Jesus died for your sins
And show you how you can accept that free gift
Or maybe you are here and you have done that already but for some reason are not walking with Jesus
maybe you need to come to the front and rededicate your life to Christ
or maybe you need to spend some time in prayer at the altar seeking forgiveness and repenting of sin
the altar is open