ARE YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING?
Word Made Flesh – Week 2
Steve Gallimore | pastorsteve@tvcc.us
August 13, 2017
20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20 (ESV)
13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:13-16 (ESV)
1 . What is
• Salt
“Preservation was absolutely imperative. Under the high temperatures and hot weather of the region, decay and decomposition of meat was astonishingly rapid. We had no winter weather or cool, frosty nights to chill the flesh. Besides this, ubiquitous flies soon hovered over the butchered carcasses. The only way to prevent them from ruining the meat…was to soak the slabs of meat in a strong solution of salt.”
~ Phillip Keller ~
• Salt
• Salt
• Salt
We have the solution to the pollution!
“ 13 …but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” Matthew 5:13 (ESV)
14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Matthew 5:14-15 (ESV)
2 . What is
• Light
• Light
• Light is
15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Matthew 5:14 (ESV)
16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 (ESV)
“The primary meaning of ‘works’ here must be practical, visible deeds of compassion. It is when people see these, Jesus said, they will glorify God, for they embody the good news of his love which we proclaim. Without them our gospel loses its credibility and our God His honor.”
~ John Stott ~
You cannot claim allegiance to the Kingdom of God unless you’re aligned with the King of the Kingdom.