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 foot of men.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the

house.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and

glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:13-16

INFLUENCE: SALT & LIGHT

LIVING

1. THE PROBLEM…A SINFUL WORLD

But evil men and seducers shallwax worse and worse, deceiving,and being deceived. 2 Tim. 3:13

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and

that every imagination of thethoughts of his heart was only

evil continually.

Genesis 6:5

2. THE SOLUTION…A GODLY INFLUENCE A. BE SALT

Oliver Wendell Holmes—once remarked, ‘I might have entered the ministry if certain clergymen I knew had not looked and acted so much

like undertakers.’

2. THE SOLUTION…A GODLY INFLUENCE A. BE SALT

B. BE LIGHT

John 9:5, ‘As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’

Matthew 5:14, He said, ‘Ye are the light of the world.’

As Christ followers we are to reflect HIM!

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord:

walk as children of light.

Ephesians 5:8

. When Tim Tebow wore John 3:16 on his eye black during the 2009 Championship game

over 92 million people googled that verse.

Life Application:This week when you go to Garner,

Fuquay, Middle Creek, WCA, Apex, Cary, Athens, Enloe, Cleveland, West Johnson, Hilltop, Green Hope, West Lake, Fuquay Middle, East Garner, North Garner Martin

Middle or Homeschool—you are to be the salt and light! Let people see Christ

in you.

Life Application:When you go to work at IBM, GSK,

SECU, REX, Wake Med, SAS, Cisco, DUKE, Wake Co.—you are to be a light in a dark world. Learn to see

your job as your mission field. God has placed you there to shine and

make a difference.

Life Application:How is your Influence?

If Tim Tebow can influence 92 million people to consider Christ in 1 game, what am I doing to influence

my world for Jesus?