"THE SALT OF THE EARTH & THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD!!!"

" YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH: BUT IF THE SALT HAVE LOST HIS SAVOUR, WHEREWITH SHALL IT BE SALTED? IT IS THENCEFORTH GOOD FOR NOTHING, BUT TO BE CAST OUT, AND TO BE TRODDEN UNDER THE FOOT OF MEN. 

YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A CITY THAT IS SET ON AN HILL CANNOT BE HID..."  (MATTHEW 5:13-14). 

IN THIS TEXT, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIGHLIGHTS TWO OF OUR EXTRAORDINARY ATTRIBUTES AS WE BECOME NEW CREATIONS IN HIM: WE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, THIS POINTS OUT OUR RELEVANCE IN THE WORLD; WE ARE SPECIAL, VERY SPECIAL!

LET'S LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF SALT; SALT IS A PRESERVATIVE AS WELL AS A CONDIMENT. IT PRESERVES FOOD AGAINST PUTREFACTION, AND ALSO GIVES IT FLAVOUR, SO AS "THE SALT OF THE EARTH", GOD IS TRUSTING US TO PRESERVE AND BRING FLAVOUR TO OUR WORLD. 

WE CAN BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL AND PURPOSE ONLY BY MANIFESTING THE LOVE OF GOD, SHARING HIS WORD THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH THOSE IN OUR SPHERE OF CONTACT: THAT IS OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS, COLLEAGUES, AND ALL WE ARE ACQUAINTED TO.

AS THE SALT, OUR PRESENCE IN OUR FAMILIES IS FOR THE PRESERVATION AND SALVATION OF EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THAT FAMILY! THAT IS, WHERE EVER WE MAY FIND OURSELVES, IT IS FOR THE SALVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE PEOPLE AROUND US, THIS IS OUR GOD-GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY.

NOW LET'S LEARN ABOUT OUR SECOND ATTRIBUTE; "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD". 

LIGHT IS THAT WHICH REVEALS, MANIFEST AND SHOWS THE WAY. IN OTHER SENSE LIGHT GIVES DIRECTION, SO WE BEING THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD MEANS WE ARE TO GIVE DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE TO THOSE IN OUR WORLD. WE ARE CITIES SET ON A HILL THAT CAN NOT BE HIDDEN, SO LET'S LIGHT UP OUR WORLD, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE WE MAY FIND OURSELVES, WE ARE THE LIGHT!! SO LET'S SHINE THAT MEN ALL AROUND US WILL SEE OUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

WE MUST ALSO CONTINUE STEADFASTLY IN PRAYER AND IN WINNING SOULS FOR GOD, FOR THE TIME IS SHORT. LET'S KEEP FRUSTRATING AND PARALYZING THE WORKS OF THE ADVERSARY BY PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST AND DEMONSTRATING THE LOVE OF GOD TO THOSE IN OUR WORLD AND IN THE REGIONS BEYOND... GLORY.