Message Previews Brewster Baptist Church 3. we engage the culture or we lose. there is always a fight; the tides of evil will always wash against the shores of hope and peace. silence is not an option. we can no longer hide behind the excuse, "i don't want to get involved." as citizens, we are given the privilege, for now, to place people in positions of leadership. The second section of the sermon makes two remarkable statements about the followers of jesus. they are the “salt of the earth” and the “light of the world.”. both metaphors have become common in western culture, although the meaning of “salt of the earth” has changed. for example, the common dictionary definition is “a simple.
Why Christians Need To Get The Salt Out Of Their Shakers Earth Quotes The lord jesus designates his disciples as the “salt of the earth” and “light of the world” (matt. 5:13–14) immediately following the mountaintop benediction he pronounces upon them in the beatitudes (vv. 1–12). if the beatitudes are the kingdom constitution, then being “salt and light” is how the citizens of the kingdom are to. All the individual grains of salt end up all stuck together and they can’t get out of the saltshaker like they’re supposed to. they get all clumped together, hanging on to each other and as a result the salt is useless—it can’t do what you put it in the saltshaker to do. the same thing can happen to christians and the church. 4. wake up to the urgency of the gospel! “for i am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of god that brings salvation to everyone who believes“ romans 1:16. a revived church is a gospel advancing church. it is a church that unashamedly brings the good news of jesus to a world in desperate need of it. The salt particles enjoy the extra space of not being in crystal form, but the vast majority of the salt molecules don’t mingle with the water–ie share electrons. the only way for salt to lose its saltiness, from a chemical perspective, is for a chemical reaction to occur. nacl is a very stable substance. the chemical bond is very tight.
Why Christians Need To Get The Salt Out Of Their Shakers 4. wake up to the urgency of the gospel! “for i am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of god that brings salvation to everyone who believes“ romans 1:16. a revived church is a gospel advancing church. it is a church that unashamedly brings the good news of jesus to a world in desperate need of it. The salt particles enjoy the extra space of not being in crystal form, but the vast majority of the salt molecules don’t mingle with the water–ie share electrons. the only way for salt to lose its saltiness, from a chemical perspective, is for a chemical reaction to occur. nacl is a very stable substance. the chemical bond is very tight. Wake up call for the church. from heaven’s perspective, this global pandemic may be god’s greatest act of mercy in world history since the cross. we are living in unprecedented times. covid 19 is one of the most dramatic and far reaching events in world history thanks to the internet and global communications. the world as we knew it stopped!. It’s high time to wake up from your slumber. now the slumber, i believe, is a metaphor for the devil’s work in our lives and in our minds. slumber, the greek word for slumber here is hypnos from which we get hypnotize. and so the devil’s hypnotizing us about this matter of time and how we’re spending our lives.
Jesus Never Called Us To Live Isolated Or Insulated Lives He Wants Us Wake up call for the church. from heaven’s perspective, this global pandemic may be god’s greatest act of mercy in world history since the cross. we are living in unprecedented times. covid 19 is one of the most dramatic and far reaching events in world history thanks to the internet and global communications. the world as we knew it stopped!. It’s high time to wake up from your slumber. now the slumber, i believe, is a metaphor for the devil’s work in our lives and in our minds. slumber, the greek word for slumber here is hypnos from which we get hypnotize. and so the devil’s hypnotizing us about this matter of time and how we’re spending our lives.
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