Mar Mari Emmanuel calls the church to awaken from spiritual complacency, urging believers to live humbly as salt and light to reflect Christ's truth and holiness in a dark world.
In this powerful prophetic sermon, Mar Mari Emmanuel challenges the church to awaken and reclaim its divine calling as salt and light in a dark world. He warns against spiritual corruption, worldliness, and hypocrisy, urging believers to live humbly and faithfully for Christ alone. Drawing on key biblical passages, the speaker calls for a church that shines brightly with heavenly truth and holiness, drawing many to glorify God. This message is a clarion call for repentance, renewal, and bold witness in the end times.
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The Lord says you are the salt of the earth. He is referring to his believers He is referring to his followers those who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior as their God as their King as their everything He's saying to those believers to those followers. You are the salt of the earth But if the salt hardens becomes corrupt, it gets thrown out and gets trampled underfoot Because once the salt goes hard, you cannot bring it back to its original nature anymore It is good for nothing.
You need to throw it away You won't be able to break it. You won't be able to bring it back to its original form. It's good for nothing It will never dissolve again ever again.
A Christian that goes corrupt is a Christian that seeks their own Glories in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth Using the name of Christ for their own personal benefits using the throne as church leaders for their own glories They are corrupt Salt good for nothing In the eyes of who in the eyes of God Jesus Christ of Nazareth. No one else very scary Very scary, but when the Lord said you are the salt of the earth, he meant clergy and you all of us Christians all of us Do we have time This is as far as you are the salt of the earth We need to always dissolve like that beautiful salt in order for the world to taste Christ through all of you my beloved Let the world taste Christ through you and the only way they're gonna taste Christ through you is when you live for him no longer For yourself you live a life of humility and self-denial in order for Christ to be seen don't ever Show yourself to the world don't ever wait for people to applaud you and put a medal of honor on you Say whatever I've done. I am a hopeless useless servant all glory to the one and only Jesus Christ of Nazareth Amen, my beloved come on wake up and be with me Come on You are the light of the world.
I'm gonna finish the topic. I'm gonna brew, you know fly with through it like a Formula One car You are the light of the world in Matthew 5 14 the Lord Jesus is saying a city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden a City that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. What does this mean? The church is the city of God this city which the Lord is referring to in Matthew 5 14 is his beloved bride The church is the city.
The church is the city of God meaning Enlighten the world or church a City that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. The church is meant to be the light of the world Make the world see the light of Christ or church Don't Imitate the world my beloved church be the light to this dark world The world is darkness if you imitate the world you are taking Christ into the darkness of the world But Christ said I came to be the light to this dark world And that's why when I went up to heaven and said at the right hand of the Father I established my church on earth I put leaders in the church and I brought faithfuls Into this church for all of you to be the light and continue my light into this dark world Now I am dwelling in you when I came my name was Immanuel God with you But after giving you baptism now God is in you not only with you God is in you and now you need to take this God who is the light of the world into this world Continue the legacy of Christ continue the mission of Christ continue the good news of Christ Continue church don't imitate the world. The church today is getting together and saying all Roads lead to Rome all religions worship the same God each in their own way So unique so beautiful so colorful, but they all end up worshiping the same God We need to get together and find the common cause so we can unite and make it one world religion Because one world order needs a one world religion shame on such church leaders for they have sold their master They have sold their master Christ is the only light of the world and the only way the truth and the life there is no one else No one comes to the Father except through me says the Lord Jesus So I relax I feel like one of those American preachers Jeremiah to five Now they're gonna say it looks like this bishop is a Protestant now But on a serious note The church the Lord says you need to be the light of the world How are you gonna be the light of the world if you imitate the world and unite with the world how? The world is darkness The world is placed in the bosom of Satan the father of all lies if you are uniting with the world Then you are sharing the world with its lies But the church has the owner the rightful owner his name is Christ the King who is the truth How are you gonna unite with the world and still maintain the truth when you are dwelling with the lie church leaders Whoa Unto us church leaders if we do not repent It doesn't matter what your rank is When you stand before the Almighty Jesus Christ of Nazareth my dear friend, let me tell you this You had over a billion followers.
You had over 2 billion followers means nothing there No one comes to your rescue except the one who died and rose from the dead for you and if you upset him offend him and you go against him who's Gonna come to your rescue. No one There's only one that comes to your rescue in the next life. His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth You need to make him your your barrister your QC your everything Otherwise and the and the and the court when you in the courtroom there facing God the father who is the judge? What are you gonna say when God the Father says give an account to what you've done on earth? If Jesus is not your representation you are in deep trouble.
He needs to be your representative and the next life Otherwise, we are all doomed to eternal condemnation eternal death my beloved It's only Christ who saves it's only Christ Oh my goodness a city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden My beloved the church is supposed to be the light to this dark world Let's assume this for a moment. If you enter a church and you find it dark Would you blame the walls or the pillars in the church or would you blame the light? Which one would you blame the walls? Why is the church dark? I'm gonna blame the walls or I'm gonna blame the pillars around the wall and the church No, you're gonna blame the lights, aren't you? Come on say something you blame the lights. Yeah, I'm not testing you You're gonna relax, you know Then the Lord says to all of us what you are the light of the world So when you walk into a church and you find it dark you blame the faithful in that church not the building You blame the people They are the reason for the church to be dark they are the reason a City that is set on a hill cannot be hidden on a hill means it's a heavenly church.
It's elevated Hill is high. It's not on the ground is high up That means the church has to be heavenly the church has to be elevated The church cannot come down to the level of the ground of this world because this earth is condemned Adam because you have broken my word the earth is condemned. It will bring forth for you thorns and prayers Two kind of sins my beloved no human race No human being could ever escape these two sins thorns and prayers sins come in two forms one a thought Next a deed When you live the earth you are living condemnation You are living the thorns and the prayers you are living in sin sinning with thinking sinning with doing That's the world It's an absolutely filthy place when you change the world But the church is elevated and needs to live heaven I've been talking for the last three four weeks non-stop The throat is gone, but it's good.
It is good one of the church fathers said We all know that this body will perish Let it perish for a good deed We all know that this body will perish we pray that it perishes for a good deed or an evil one It is gonna perish it is going to perish. There is not two ways about it choose For this body to perish for doing good things not bad things, amen So my beloved the church has to be heavenly because the honor came from heaven The honor is the light of the world. It has to be the light for this dark world It can't imitate the world.
It can't unite with the world. It can't be one with the world. It's impossible I mean what is happening in our time and age? It is absolutely mind-boggling I don't know what has happened to church leaders.
Have they lost a plot? I Just wonder have they Where is there where is Christ being proclaimed? Where is Christ being? Being preached, where is it I Don't know standing next to a woman priestess With colors around her neck Evil colors around her neck and you stand next to her and you pray you are an apostolic leader from an apostolic Church Where are you standing? Who are you standing with? Like I don't know what's going on But it's the end of times. Yes, the Lord says it He said it long time ago a time will come. My church will be Laodicea not Ephesus Laodicea means the rebellious church The rebellious church the church where has Denied her heavenly queen and we are witnessing this in the end of times a Woman being a priest with evil colors around her neck so proud of it Man she better not stand in my way How can you pray with somebody Saying I'm a Christian but in an evil way, how can you pray with them? I Will never ever acknowledge that place as a church never it is not a church It is a den of thieves and I will never acknowledge this person I'm not talking about the person and I pray for that person But I will never acknowledge that person as someone who is like a priest and stands to pray get out of my face It's Very very bad very sick The church has to be the light of the world.
My goodness Where is the truth here being spoken? Where is the truth here the truth here being proclaimed with boldness? What is this hypocrisy in the name of love embrace everyone in the name of love accept everyone. It's a welcoming church Oh, I'll let everybody come his him and his dog and everything else with it What is this where is Christ church leaders, where is he a City that is set on a hill cannot be hidden The church has to be heavenly has to speak heavenly has to live heavenly has to reflect heaven on earth On the hope that earth changes and becomes heaven not the other way around a a Church that lives Christ becomes the light of the world draws many many people to her from the world a Church that lives Christ brings people to the Lord Jesus Matthew 5 16 the Lord Jesus says to all of us Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven This is the word of the Lord Jesus no one else I'll read it again to the church leaders and to every Christian worldwide Matthew 5 16 Let your light your light so shine before men men meaning the world that they may see your good deeds What are good deeds who is good God so that they may see God working in you So That they may see your good works and glorify not you but your father who art in heaven You are the light of the world a city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden nor do they light a lamp and put It under a basket, but on a lampstand and it gives light to all who are in the house question is the street light Where do they place the light on the ground or on the pole? I ask you It's a simple question. What do they place the light on the ground or on the pole on the pole? Well, guess what? We are the pole Christ is the light Don't ever don't ever try and Christ don't ever drag Christ on the ground.
Are you with me? Don't ever bring Christ to the ground Christ is up not on the ground. He is the light. We are the pole carrying the light When the light of Christ is in you You enlighten the people walking in the streets When the light of Christ is in you you enlighten the people that walk in the streets of this world now, however If the light of Christ is extinguished Within you what will happen people will collide with you Imagine there is a pole but there is no light on it and it's extremely dark People will come straight into that pole and they will collide with that pole.
You're gonna cause a lot of damage You see the people will collide with you But the thing is you are the reason for their collision you cause them damage. So when they collide into the pole What will they say? They're not gonna say oh, it was my fault that I collided with this pole They're gonna say the pole is in a dark place. I didn't see it.
I collided with it. The pole damaged me The pole harmed me When the light of Christ is extinguished with from within us we start damaging people's lives But when the light of Christ is shining through us we become that safe haven Where those people who live in darkness see the light and whoever lives in darkness and sees the light Runs to the light because no one wishes to live in darkness so when they see the light of Christ in you, they'll run to that light and they will glorify your Heavenly Father and Blessed are you when God is glorified through you my beloved don't let the light of Christ be extinguished from within you Keep it shining and the only way you're gonna keep that light shining is when you become like the salt you dissolve Live for him not for you the day you live for yourself. The light of Christ is gone See, that's why the Lord brought salt and light you may say but the salt is from earth and the light is from heaven How come they are together? Yeah, they are one They complement one another and they fulfill and complete one another because unless you dissolve like a salt the light of Christ will never remain in you The moment you live for yourself Christ will walk away Because those who seek their own glories Christ can't live in there Christ wants humility
Sermon Outline
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I. The Call to be Salt of the Earth
- Believers are called to be salt preserving holiness
- Corruption of salt leads to spiritual uselessness
- Living for self leads to loss of saltiness and witness
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II. The Church as the Light of the World
- Church is a city set on a hill, meant to shine brightly
- Imitating the world dims the church’s light
- Christ alone is the true light and way to the Father
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III. The Danger of Compromise and Hypocrisy
- Warning against uniting with false teachings and worldliness
- The church must remain heavenly and elevated
- Leaders must repent or face accountability before God
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IV. Practical Living as Salt and Light
- Live humbly and deny self for Christ’s glory
- Keep the light of Christ shining to guide others
- Avoid causing spiritual harm by extinguishing Christ’s light
Key Quotes
“You are the salt of the earth... if the salt hardens becomes corrupt, it gets thrown out and gets trampled underfoot.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden... The church is meant to be the light of the world.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
Application Points
- Live a life of humility and self-denial to keep the salt and light of Christ active in your life.
- Avoid compromising with worldly values to maintain the church’s distinctiveness and witness.
- Be intentional in reflecting Christ’s light so others may be drawn to glorify God through your actions.
