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Welcome.
My name is Adam Diaz, I am the pastor here at Abide Church.
I am also a professor and I teach Accounting, Economics, and Business courses.
Today we are going to continue our year-long journey through the “Sermon On The Mount”
We just finished the first section of Jesus sermon often referred to as “The Beatitudes.”
I preached 8 weeks through The Beatitudes and titled that mini series, “How To Be Happy.”
Jesus opens his famous sermon with 8 “blessed are” statements.
Blessed means happy, fortunate, or flourishing.
It comes as a great surprise to many that Jesus wants you to be happy.
He wants you to be truly happy, and that comes not from the world, but from Jesus himself.
Immediately following The Beatitudes is where we pick up today.
Jesus says,
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You are the salt of the earth..
You are the light of the world...
The world is corrupt, the saltiness of the church contains that corruption
The world is dark, the light of the church penetrates that darkness
Jesus is saying here’s how to live the blessed life,
now go and have an influence on the world.
As we mature as Christians, as we are indwelt with the Holy Spirit, we ought to expect our life to be extraordinary to the people around us.
Not in a way where people praise us or think we’re amazing, but in a way where people see there is genuinely something different about us.
There is genuinely something we have.
[Taken from "The MacArthur New Testament Commentary]
Woodrow Wilson told the story of being in a barbershop one time.
“I was sitting in a barber chair when I became aware that a powerful personality had entered the room.
A man had come quietly in upon the same errand as myself to have his hair cut and sat in the chair next to me.
Every word the man uttered, though it was not in the least didactic, showed a personal interest in the man who was serving him.
And before I got through with what was being done to me I was aware I had attended an evangelistic service, because Mr. D. L. Moody was in that chair.
I purposely lingered in the room after he had left and noted the singular affect that his visit had brought upon the barber shop.
They talked in undertones.
They did not know his name, but they knew something had elevated their thoughts, and I felt that I left that place as I should have left a place of worship.”
I tell my leadership team all the time that they need to engage people in such a way that Jesus is demonstrated.
This will either draw them in, or repel them.
Salt
Salt was valuable in ancient times to Greek, Roman, and Jewish cultures
So at a minimum this would have had a positive connotation
3 Characteristics Christians share with salt
1. Flavor
2. Creates thirst
3. Preserves
Flavor
The psalmist says:
As Christians, we ought to be drawing out the goodness and blessing of God in the world.
We ought to be inviting the world to taste!
To see the glory of God and be satisfied!
Creates thirst
Christians don’t put a longing and taste for God in everyone’s mouth.
The way you live should have influence, but it will likely be polarizing
Preserves
Light
Our light is Jesus light
We are only reflections of Jesus, the true light
Jesus is the true light.
If there is light at all, truth at all, goodness at all,
It must derive its ultimate source from Jesus
[Taken from "The MacArthur New Testament Commentary]
Christ’s kingdom people are not to reflect the world but they are to influence the world; they are to be in it but not of it.
In my short Christmas Eve service I shared:
3 Characteristics Jesus shares with light:
1. Exposes
2. Guides
3. Illuminates
But because Jesus ministry extends through us, it could say:
3 Characteristics Christians shares with light:
1. Exposes
2. Guides
3. Illuminates
1. Exposes
2. Guides
Christians, all Christians are like priests, that is someone who connects others to God.
The Bible tells us Jesus is the Great High Priest, the ultimate connector to God
But Christians play a roll in God’s plan of redemption
3. Illuminates
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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