Salt and Light
August 6, 2023

Matthew 5:13-16
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.
14 “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.15 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are 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 in heaven.

What does salt do?

What do lights do?

Lights are meant to be

.

Be salt and light is not a command to

, it is a call to what you .

John 17:15
I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

John 17:18
As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

You have been

the world.
The light you shine may be the someone else ever sees.

God made you

to make a .