Salt and Light | The Sermon on the Mount
Sermon on The Mount:
Following Jesus in His Kingdom– Salt and Light
Lent
Matthew 5
The importance of salt and light
-Utilized daily by all people on earth
-Enjoyed
-Our world is better with them both in it
Salt
-Valuable & useful
-Doesn’t exist merely for itself
-How can we be salt to those around us?
Light
-Valuable & useful
-We don’t actually provide any light of our own. We’re simply reflecting the light of the Jesus
-How can we be light to those around us?
A few cautions from Jesus on unsaltiness and hiding our light
An example of salt & light … Elli’s House
Jesus is counting on us to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world, following Him in His kingdom!