The salt of the earth & the light of the world

“You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless”.

Matthew 5:13

“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop

that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

Matthew 5:14-16

Steps to changing your world31. Understand you bring hope

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has

become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to

himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” 

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Steps to changing your world31. Understand you bring hope2. Understand you have purpose

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Colossians 4:5&6

Steps to changing your world31. Understand you bring hope2. Understand you have purpose3. Let God’s life / love shine out

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Philippians 2:3&4

Baskets21. Self (absorbed, conscious)2. No new life source