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Post by Giller on Jun 10, 2019 13:01:36 GMT -5
Mat 5:13-16 (13) 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. (14) Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. (15) 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. (16) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
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Post by joseph on Jun 10, 2019 13:06:33 GMT -5
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD ! AMAZING GRACE ! www3.telus.net/trbrooks/detachment.htm"So the question today is not so much one of sinfulness as of worldliness. Who would' dare to say you do wrong to eat and drink? Who would dare to disapprove of marrying and giving in marriage? Who would question your right to buy and sell? These things are not in themselves wrong; the wrong lies in the spiritual force behind them, which, through their medium, presses relentlessly upon us. Oh that we might awake to the fact that, whereas these things are so common and so simple, they are yet being used by Satan to ensnare God's children into the great net of his world order. "Take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare" (Luke 21:34). Note the term "life" in Jesus' words. In the Greek New Testament three words are commonly used for life: zoe, spiritual life; psuche, psychological life; and bios, biological life. The last is the word used here, appearing in its adjectival form, biotikais, "of this life." The Lord is warning us to beware lest we be unduly pressed with this life's cares, that is to say, with anxieties regarding quite ordinary matters such as food and dress which belong to our present existence on the earth. It was over just such a simple thing that Adam and Eve fell, and it will be due to just such simple matters that some Christians may overlook the heavenward call of God. For it is always a matter of where the heart is. We are exhorted not to let our hearts be "overcharged" or "laden" with these things to our loss. That is to say, we are not to carry a burden regarding them that would weigh us down. We are to be in a true sense detached in spirit from our goods in the house or in the field (Luke 17:31). "For let us <EKKLESIA> realize who we are! We are the Church, the light of the world shining amid the darkness. As such let us live our lives down here."There was a time when the Church rejected the world's ways. Now she not only uses them; she abuses them. Of course we must use the world, because we need it; but let us not want it, let us not desire it. So Jesus continues, "Watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand (literally `be set') before the Son of man" (Luke 21:36). Would God urge us to watch and pray were there not a spiritual force to guard against? We dare not take our destiny as a matter of course, but must be constantly on the alert that we be truly disentangled in spirit from the elements of this world. There are things of the world that are essential to our very existence. To be concerned with them is legitimate, but to be weighed down by them is illegitimate and may cause us to forfeit God's best." ... ... ..
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Post by Giller on Jun 11, 2019 12:07:32 GMT -5
We need to be a preserving influence, let us not lose our savour.
Salt is a preservative, it keeps it's witness.
So now the question is, are we being a preserving influence?
Is our witness consistent?
Or are we too much in love with the world, that our witness is not consistent, and are losing our way.
Yes we mention in what is called the church, that it is losing it's way, and falling into apostasy, and no longer being a witness.
And yes we should warn against this stuff, but also we need to examine ourselves.
Are we being a consistent witness, were we are not compromising?
Or are you having a hard time in your consistency?
If you are, ask God to help you, and even ask Christians to pray for you, and let us pray for one another.
Are we sharing things through the love of God, or through an spirit of offence or offended spirit?
To be a lite of the world, we need to be an example, and share things in a way that Christ would share it, and yes at times it involves righteous anger, but even in true righteous anger there is love.
Were we have to guard ourselves in, is in not getting self righteous, thinking we are better than others because we do not do this or that, so we have to guard against this, and make sure we remain in the love of God, sharing things because of care, and not because of a holier than thou attitude.
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Post by frienduff on Jun 11, 2019 17:33:18 GMT -5
Giller , you put those hands up and praise the LORD . What wonderful reminders .
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