In a previous blog post I encouraged us, as His Church, to lay aside our differences and stand as one voice in Him especially as we see the liberal and immoral influences and agendas in our world increase.
The world so desperately needs us
to live as salt and light.
In looking at Matthew 5:13-16, I was struck by how Jesus said we are the salt and light — present tense. He didn’t say we should be or could be. The tense of the verb “are” in the original language is present indicative which indicates a simple statement of fact. We are inherently salt and light because of our life in Him. It is part of who we are as His children.
Now it is possible for salt to lose its saltiness and for light to be covered over so it is not seen. But, salt is still salt and light is still light. Remember, we are salt and light in Him.
The question then becomes, whether we want to be an influence for good in our world. The only way that will happen is if we live as the salt and light that we are, reflecting the Lord in all His fullness before others. Because we are salt and light, we already have what we need to to live that way. As 2 Peter 1:3 informs us, we have “everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him.” — No exceptions! No excuses!
In the next two blog posts I will give some thoughts on what it looks like for a believer to not just BE but to LIVE as salt and light in today’s world.
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