The Christian is to be a catalyst of change of the environment around us. We are to influence it for the better.
Matthew
5:13-16 (ESV)
13
(Jesus taught) “You
are the salt of the earth,
The
condition of the world cannot be denied. The world is in the process of decay. There is a push
to change wrong to be right and right to be wrong.
All of us at one time were like the world at one
time. We are no better than anyone else without the grace of God.
The Gospel should
not make us haughty, but humble. God did not leave us in the condition
that He found us.
We are to be the salt of the earth. Salt is a
purifier and a preservative.Salt is white and
represents purity.
Our
faith makes us like salt. If we are not like salt, we are not
believers. God expects us to influence the world.
We are
not to be offensive because we are obnoxious. We are offensive because we
stand on the truth of what God has said.
but if salt has lost
its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for
anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
Jesus is saying that you can lose your
influence.
Satan will attempt destroy in a moment
what you have spent a lifetime in building.
This
is a warning that you can lose your influence. Once you've lost your
influence. It is impossible to be restored.
14 “You
are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 Nor
do people light a lamp and put it under a basket,
but
on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
Not only is the world sinful. It is
dark.
Light is a visible
reality. We are to have the illuminating quality of light. We are
to reveal the character of God to the world.
The deeds that we do should reflect our relationship
with Jesus, and we do them to manifest His glory.
Light is silent. It gives direction. Salt
works secretly, but lights works openly.
The character of the Christian is the character of
Christ. Jesus makes an assertion and not an assumption.
It's not you might
be like salt or light. You are salt and light.
We are how God expresses Jesus to the world. You
and you alone are God's method of communicating His salvation through
Jesus.
There is no other
plan.
You say that I'm
the only Christian on my baseball team. Then, God has entrusted that
whole team to your influence.
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