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matt.
5:13-16
SALT
MATT.
5:13–16
Introduction.
Christ regards his people as the “Salt of the earth”—
ITS FUNCTION
I. ITS FUNCTION—to season …
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To bring out the best flavor …
2. Desired and needed by all … (1) Savages trade valuables for small portions … (2) Cattle travel long distances for it …
3. The influence of Christianity will develop the best in man …
Introduction.
Christ regards his people as the “Salt of the earth”—
IT’S FUNCTION
Brown, J. D. (2001).
Fifty Sermon Outlines on the Way of Salvation (p.
15).
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.
II.
ITS FUNCTION—to preserve …
1. Salt is to preserve from corruption that on which it is sprinkled … You must sprinkle enough …
2. The world is in danger of sinking into corruption …
(a) Society threatened with disintegration by opposition of conflicting classes … For example, the race problem …
(b) Domestic life is corroded by immorality and intemperance …
(c) Frivolous amusements tend to become unwholesome …
(d) A preserving and purifying agent is needed
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The world is worth preserving …
(a) Christ does not desire the destruction of civilization, but its preservation … (a) He has power to destroy it … (b) He died to save and preserve it … (c) He commissioned us, His agents and instruments …
(b) Politics, commerce, art, literature, all are worth preserving against corruption …
IT’S ACTION
III.
ITS ACTION—salt is an antiseptic—the church is expected to be of the same character …
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Not merely to be pure—but to purify …
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Not just during campaigns—but the constant influence of Christians … In every day living …
IT’S FAILURE
IV.
ITS FAILURE …
1. Salt may lose its savor (preserving and seasoning power)—So may the church lose her power to witness …
2. When this happens, it is useless for the intended … (1) It is still salt but with no power … (2) Used to make roads …
3. When the church loses the spirit of Christ, she becomes a hindrance rather than help—the power is gone … The spirit of Christ is LOVE, COMPASSION, RIGHTEOUSNESS …
4. The church is salt—not sugar … (1) Sugar will sweeten, but not preserve … (2) Sugar will make for pleasant taste, but will not purify …
Conclusion.
Do you season that with which you come in contact?
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