₦Sermon 31
REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE THE SALT AND LIGHT OF THE WORLD
“Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor?”——Mark 9:50 ISV.
Reading Text: Matt: 5:13 – 16
If Christians are not reminded of whom they are, they may be lost here on earth. Today, I want to remind you about whom you are and what you ought to do that seem to be lacking in you. The sermon on Mount which our Lord Jesus Christ preached made us to know whom we really are particularly for those pursuing the kingdom of God. He tells us that we are the salt of the world.
Salt is a substance that has good taste. We use it for cooking and in eating and in drinking. This taste of the world is in the hands of the Christians. We are expected to show our good taste to the people, do good things to our neighbours and live peacefully with them. We are not meant to be greedy and shouldn’t marinate our lives in immoral acts. We should not be found quarrelling and fighting with any man. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone – Col 4:6.
But what good is the salt if it loses its flavor? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless. What good is a man that calls himself a Christian but has a questionable character? What good is the deaconess who brings conflict in the house of God? What good is the woman who does not do what Christ wants us to do? Such a man and woman will be thrown out of the kingdom of God because he/she does the things of the devil and not of God.
We have lost our value to the world because we do things which our Lord Jesus Christ is against. Most of the problems in the world are caused by the ones who called themselves Christians. Items of God are stolen from the sanctuary by the Christians; things are stolen in the society by the so called Christians; Deacons and Deaconess are now encouraging their daughters to abort babies; Choir masters, Deacons and Pastors are found in rape cases. I want to tell you that the salt in them are lost because when people hear that they rape women and commit adultery, no amount of their sermons can save a soul. The hearers of their message will never believe in them. This means they’ve absolutely lost their salt. Those who hear the instruction of God and do not obey it are just like lot’s wife who became a pillar of salt as she looked back – Gen. 19:26. When you look back from the race you are running you are no longer the salt of the world. Lot’s wife was worthless and therefore she was made a pillar of salt which can never be useful to any man.
Moreover, Christians are called to be a light and shine in the world of darkness because light conquers darkness. It exposes both evils and good work of people. Anyone who is in darkness hates the light. That is why Christians are hated everywhere because they always expose evils. They say the truth and do not bargain with the wicked to do wrong. Instead, they abhor the evil plans of people that love darkness.
The light means we are the witnesses of Christ whom John calls the light. It demands us to take the message of the cross to those who are perishing in the world of darkness. Would you try to save souls today as you hear this message? Let your good deeds be seen by people so that they may fellow you praise the Living God. So, be a light to the world!
May God smile on you this week as you take this message of the cross to the people in darkness. God bless you!
—————Meditation Point———————
O God, take away any bitterness in me and let me be salted again with your Holy Spirit!
REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE THE SALT AND LIGHT OF THE WORLD
“Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor?”——Mark 9:50 ISV.
Reading Text: Matt: 5:13 – 16
If Christians are not reminded of whom they are, they may be lost here on earth. Today, I want to remind you about whom you are and what you ought to do that seem to be lacking in you. The sermon on Mount which our Lord Jesus Christ preached made us to know whom we really are particularly for those pursuing the kingdom of God. He tells us that we are the salt of the world.
Salt is a substance that has good taste. We use it for cooking and in eating and in drinking. This taste of the world is in the hands of the Christians. We are expected to show our good taste to the people, do good things to our neighbours and live peacefully with them. We are not meant to be greedy and shouldn’t marinate our lives in immoral acts. We should not be found quarrelling and fighting with any man. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone – Col 4:6.
But what good is the salt if it loses its flavor? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless. What good is a man that calls himself a Christian but has a questionable character? What good is the deaconess who brings conflict in the house of God? What good is the woman who does not do what Christ wants us to do? Such a man and woman will be thrown out of the kingdom of God because he/she does the things of the devil and not of God.
We have lost our value to the world because we do things which our Lord Jesus Christ is against. Most of the problems in the world are caused by the ones who called themselves Christians. Items of God are stolen from the sanctuary by the Christians; things are stolen in the society by the so called Christians; Deacons and Deaconess are now encouraging their daughters to abort babies; Choir masters, Deacons and Pastors are found in rape cases. I want to tell you that the salt in them are lost because when people hear that they rape women and commit adultery, no amount of their sermons can save a soul. The hearers of their message will never believe in them. This means they’ve absolutely lost their salt. Those who hear the instruction of God and do not obey it are just like lot’s wife who became a pillar of salt as she looked back – Gen. 19:26. When you look back from the race you are running you are no longer the salt of the world. Lot’s wife was worthless and therefore she was made a pillar of salt which can never be useful to any man.
Moreover, Christians are called to be a light and shine in the world of darkness because light conquers darkness. It exposes both evils and good work of people. Anyone who is in darkness hates the light. That is why Christians are hated everywhere because they always expose evils. They say the truth and do not bargain with the wicked to do wrong. Instead, they abhor the evil plans of people that love darkness.
The light means we are the witnesses of Christ whom John calls the light. It demands us to take the message of the cross to those who are perishing in the world of darkness. Would you try to save souls today as you hear this message? Let your good deeds be seen by people so that they may fellow you praise the Living God. So, be a light to the world!
May God smile on you this week as you take this message of the cross to the people in darkness. God bless you!
—————Meditation Point———————
O God, take away any bitterness in me and let me be salted again with your Holy Spirit!
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