Salt and Light

Mat 5:12-16 CEV  Be happy and excited! You will have a great reward in heaven. People did these same things to the prophets who lived long ago.  (13)  You are like salt for everyone on earth. But if salt no longer tastes like salt, how can it make food salty? All it is good for is to be thrown out and walked on.  (14)  You are like light for the whole world. A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden,  (15)  and no one would light a lamp and put it under a clay pot. A lamp is placed on a lampstand, where it can give light to everyone in the house.  (16)  Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do and will praise your Father in heaven.

The Bible is very clear that we must go into the world and be light and salt.

People are in darkness and their lives are flavorless. But we as Christians can make a difference in people's lives by being "good" Christians and doing good things for other people.

God created us to do good things

Mat 5:16 GNB  In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.

1Ti 6:17-19 MKJV  Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,  (18)  that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to share, to be generous,  (19)  laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

In the above verse we can see that God is not against us being rich. The purpose of us being rich is so that we can help other people. We are called to be generous. 

Psa 37:3-6 GW  Trust the LORD, and do good things. Live in the land, and practice being faithful.  (4)  Be happy with the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.  (5)  Entrust your ways to the LORD. Trust him, and he will act on your behalf.  (6)  He will make your righteousness shine like a light, your just cause like the noonday sun.

From the above verse we can see the following five things

1. If we trust in God it will always lead us to be salt and light and do good things
2. Being faithful is a choice. It is something that can be practiced
3. If we trust God he will act on our behalf - God will always have our back
4. Trust God and your light will always shine VERY bright
5. As long as you are happy in God and your identity is in your relationship with Jesus Christ your desire will NEVER be carnal. It will always be godly 

In this series we answer the following questions

1. What does it mean to be salt 
2. What does it mean to be light
3. What is the covenant of salt
4. What is the purpose of increase, bonus and promotions
5. How do we let our light shine brightly
6. How do we seek and save the lost
7. Why did Jesus come to planet earth as a man
8. How is the word of God our light
9. How does a Christian succeed in life and have good success
10. Why does God want me to be wealthy and rich
11. Is it a sin for a Christian to be rich
12. How do we disciple other people

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1. Salt and Light - Part 1 A Covenant of Salt
2. Salt and Light - Part 2 Let your words flavour the lives of other people
3. Salt and Light - Part 3 Start to disciple people using salt as a preservation
4. Increases, Bonuses, Promotion - God wants you to be rich and wealthy
5. Salt and Light - Part 4 - Salt as preservation and protection
6. Salt and Light - Part 5 - Salt as Disinfectant and to make the skin firm
7. Celebrating the One that called us to seek and save the lost
8. Salt and Light - Light Part 6 - The Word is light
9. New year's eve
10. Salt and Light - Part 7 - Live by the Light
11. Salt and Light - Part 8 - The word produces success

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Salt and Light - Study Notes - PDF
Salt and Light - Study Notes - Word

Salt and Light - All Messages - Mp3

1. Salt and Light - Part 1 A Covenant of Salt
2. Salt and Light - Part 2 Let your words flavour the lives of other people
3. Salt and Light - Part 3 Start to disciple people using salt as a preservation
4. Increases, Bonuses, Promotion - God wants you to be rich and wealthy
5. Salt and Light - Part 4 - Salt as preservation and protection
6. Salt and Light - Part 5 - Salt as Disinfectant and to make the skin firm
7. Celebrating the One that called us to seek and save the lost
8. Salt and Light - Light Part 6 - The Word is light
9. New year's eve
10. Salt and Light - Part 7 - Live by the Light
11. Salt and Light - Part 8 - The word produces success

Salt as preservation

How do we preserve someone? 

How do we grow someone? 

How do we use salt to prepare someone for a future event? 

The bibles says in James  1:21-22 MKJV  

“Therefore putting aside all filthiness and overflowing of evil, receive in meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your souls.  (22)  But become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”

The only way to grow someone is with the word of God. In Romans 12:1-2 we also see that the we need to renew our minds with the word of God.

Romans 12:1-2 says the following. MKJV  I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.  (2)  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.

So many people struggle with the questions “who does God want from me?” Romans 12:1-2 says that we are living sacrifices. As we lay down our lives and become salt that preserve the lives of those around us, God will start to show you more and more what our calling is. As you develop salt in yourself and preserve people by teaching them the word of God, God will start showing you what is “the good and pleasing and perfect will of God”, for your live

In this message we look at how to develop salt and how you you can preserve other people

We also look at how to develop your calling and ministry

 Salt and Light - Part 3

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Are you unfulfilled?

Do you sometimes feel like a nobody and that life is just running you over? Do you feel unfulfilled and that life has no purpose?

The bible says in Mathew 5:13-16 that we are salt and light to the earth. In Romans 12:1-2 it says that we are living sacrifices. We are all created for a purpose and reason on planet earth. We are here to make a difference. So how do we make a difference in the lives of the people all around us? Colossians 4 gives us a key to make a difference:

^“2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; ³ meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, ⁴ that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.⁵ Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. ⁶ Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”
God created each one of us to better the lives of people around us. As we speak to people and allow our lives to be salt and flavour their lives, we will step into the call and purpose God created us for. That in return will birth joy in us.

So no matter who you are, you can make a difference with the words you speak

In the below message we go into this in much more detail

Salt and Light – Part 2 – Let your word flavour the lives of other people

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Salt and Light - Part 1 (The covenant of salt)

Do you sometimes feel like a nobody and that life is just trampling you under its feet? 

Mathew 5:13-14 says the following.

¹³ “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

The bible is very clear on this. If we do not let our light shine and let our salt be effective we will become nothing and life will trample us. 

God gives us all the tools to be salt and light in the world.

If you want to develop your calling, purpose and be the best salt and light you want to be and need to be, God will help you all the way. 

He created you for a purpose. 

In Part 1 we look at the introduction to salt and what the covenant of salt is,

Have a listen and allow God to recreate you to be salt and light

Covenant of Salt - MP3

Salt and Light - All MP3

Questions we answer:

1. What is the covenant of salt?
2. Must we develop salt in ourselves?
3. Why must I forgive people that wronged me?
4. Can faith work when there is bitterness?
5. If I feel like a nothing; a nobody and life is just running me over - How do I stop that?