This evening Pastor Mark continued the theme of serving others. He preached from Matthew 5 about being salt and light. As salt we should do three things. First we should add flavor to the lives of those around us. We need to be challenging, bold, and "spicy". Our words and actions should turns heads...toward Christ. Second, we should cause others to thirst. Our speech should pique the hearer's interest and instill a desire in that person to know more about the Truth. Finally, as salt we help preserve the world around us. "God uses Spirit- filled believers to stem the tide of immorality..." Christians help to fight against evil in our society. Being salt in these three ways takes some hard work. Rebecca Pippert said, "Unless salt gets poured out of the shaker, it remains a mere table ornament." What are we pouring ourselves into? Are we even being poured out at all, or just decorating a table somewhere?
Once we become salty Christians we ought to have doors opening wide to be the light. As light we illuminate...we shine the Truth with the goal of helping people recognize their sinfulness and Christ's saving grace. To be a salty believer is good, but without the light following close behind, the work of the salt loses its value. Take the Gospel into all the nations!
So get off the table, let your salt be poured out, and shed some light on the Truth! And when you mix salt and light, God will do great things.
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