Mar Mari Emmanuel teaches that believers must embrace their identity as salt and light by living humbly, preserving righteousness, and reflecting Christ's presence to a dark world without conforming to worldly values.
In this topical sermon, Mar Mari Emmanuel explores the profound biblical metaphors of believers as salt and light. He challenges Christians to embrace their baptismal identity, live humbly, and preserve righteousness in a world that often rejects them. Emphasizing the dangers of worldly conformity and selfishness, he calls the church to be a radiant city on a hill, shining Christ’s truth in darkness. This message inspires believers to live for God's glory and impact the world spiritually.
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I will talk a little bit about the topic for today But we won't be able to finish it all but we'll address a few points in it Today's topic my beloved is the salt and the light the salt and the light The lord jesus in in the gospel according to saint matthew chapter 5 verses 13 and 14 Says you are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world The lord jesus came with two analogies one from above and one from below Salt of the earth from below and light of the world from above a true believer resembles the salt in six points a true believer resembles the salt in six points number one Salt comes out of the water And the believer comes out of the water the holy baptism The salt is pulled out of the water And the believer is pulled out of the water the water of baptism number two the salt Comes out of the water white And so as the believer comes out of the water dressed in white A new creation Therefore If anyone is in christ, he is a new creation All things have passed by Behold, all things have become new second corinthians 5 17 Number three salt gives flavor to what has no flavor or taste In job chapter 6 verse 6 says Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Can flavorless food be eaten without salt job 6 6 And without the believer life has no taste no flavor The believer gives flavor to what has no taste number four Salt is very cheap And the believer is very cheap in the eyes of the world The greatest born of a woman was beheaded by one dance of a young lady John the baptist was beheaded because one young lady decided to dance in the Birthday party of king herod The believers are very cheap in the eyes of the world The salt is very cheap my beloved however in john 15 verses 18 to 19 Says if the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you This is the lord speaking if you were of the world the world would love Its own yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world Therefore the world hates you When the church unites with the world remember it's a den of thieves christ is not in it They cannot work for the lord jesus and unite with the world because what are they going to say to john 15 18 to 19 where the lord himself is saying the world hates you because the world hated me I jesus christ of nazareth Way way before you So when the church is united with the world in the name of love They're saying to the lord jesus You haven't spoken the truth Those sons of the snake are saying to jesus christ of nazareth.
You have not spoken the truth salt Even though the salt is very cheap But it is very important Number five, why is it important number five salt preserves things from corruption? It's cheap, but it preserves And the believer preserves Others from corruption Where do we find this? In the old testament where god the lord god went to destroy sodom and gomorrah lgbtq rst uvyz When the lord went to destroy sodom and gomorrah He went to abraham and he said i'm how can I do such a thing without informing my friend abraham So he went to abraham and he said abraham. This is what i'm about to do Abraham said please if you can find 50 people in sodom and gomorrah, please prolong your punishment He said if I find 50, I won't punish them But he couldn't he said if I find 40, I won't punish them if I find 30 20 10 He found one lot and his family for the sake of one he Prolonged his punishment upon sodom and gomorrah The salt is cheap But it preserves and protects the believer Protects others, even though they are non-believers For the sake of the believer god Is patient with the non-believers And god is patient with the entire world For the sake of the believers Who are still in this world? Number six salt if becomes corrupt Gets hardened like a rock You cannot break it When the salt becomes corrupt it becomes like a rock becomes hardened you cannot break it Salt's corruptibility Means that the salt becomes like a rock my beloved no matter how hard you try to dissolve it With no prevail The moment it goes hard It is good for nothing In other words the corrupt salt is the human being Who searches for one's self? i.e A selfish christian is a corrupt salt A selfish christian is a corrupt salt good for nothing dissolve my beloved. Don't be a rock Dissolve In order for others to taste christ through you You know when you cook some food Then you put the right measure of salt in that food When you put that salt in that food, do you see the salt any longer? No, what happens to the salt it dissolves And it becomes part of that food It dissolves into that food.
You don't see the salt anymore But when you come and taste that food you say wow This food is really tasty. Yum. Yum.
Yum. I'm gonna dig into it and eat as much as I can Why all of a sudden the food is so tasty? It was the salt that dissolved in that food You eat any beautiful food without salt no taste Nothing is nice You bring the best chef and you don't put any salt in that food. You say what kind of a chef are you? You're a failure But a little tiny drop of salt Bellissimo la deliciosa Italiano pizza It is the salt that gives taste to that food And you say it's amazing.
What a great meal I had But it takes the salt to dissolve And to absolutely perish Not to be seen at all christ says I want you to be the salt of the earth. Why? Because I want people When when they come to you, I want them to taste christ through you Not you When you dissolve Yourself You are allowing people to taste christ that dwells in you And blessed is the soul That christ is glorified through it Blessed is that soul that glorifies christ salt dissolves means Christian must live a life of humility and self-denial I no longer live for myself, but I live for christ who dwells in me I no longer do things for my own glories I do it all for the glory of the king of all kings and the lord of all lords jesus christ of nazareth Be the salt where you are not seen but christ seen and tasted through you Don't do something and in the anticipation that you get rewarded for it applauded for it Acknowledged for it do it and let christ reward you Don't let people reward you because if you wait for people to reward you you have received your reward from people You got no reward from god But you need to do it where god rewards you my beloved not people God God rewards you the six points again number one Salt comes out of the water. The believer comes out of the water of baptism number two salt Salt comes out of the water white and the believer comes out of the baptismal font dressed in white the righteousness the dress of the kingdom of god the righteousness Number three my beloveds Salt gives flavor to what has no taste and so as the believer gives flavor to this tasteless world to this faithless world Number four salt is very cheap.
And so as the believer in the eyes of the world When you speak as a christian in the world, they mock you they ridicule you they persecute you and they Laugh at you you are cheap, but they have no idea without this salt. They have no taste Poor things without christians For real christians true believers in christ The world is tasteless might as well throw it in the tip Throw it in the tip what is the world sick? Sick Oh, I went on holidays and I had a party and we went to this Do you call this fun do you call this life do you call this like i'm living now this is what is this Hey, that's a joke where is the caliber of the human being What are the morals? What are the values? What are the principles? What are the boundaries? What are the limits? What is the dignity where is the identity of the human It is christ who gives you the taste Of the true human being I've said it before and i'll say it again. The western world has succeeded Extremely well in giving value to everything But the western world has failed miserably in giving purpose to everything The western world succeeded tremendously in giving value to everything But it has failed miserably in giving purpose to everything.
What is value in relation to the human being? Human rights the western world talks about human rights human rights human rights The united nation is all about human rights But there are no human rights because the moment you only focus on the value and ignore the purpose of the human you are Abusing the human being and the human rights with him Until you know what the purpose of the human you can never give him value Unless you know what the purpose of a thing is You can never give that thing value If you did not know why the car was made you can't put a price tag on it But what the western world did spoke about human rights And ignored the purpose of the human and what is the purpose of the human instead of human rights? The right to be a human. What is the right to be a human? Nobody talks about that They all talk about human rights. Nobody talks.
What is the right to be a human? That is the purpose And the only way to find out what the right to be a human is is to go back to the human origin And what is the human origin? genesis 1 1 in the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth Unless and until you go back to god, you will never give the human their purpose That's why human rights has Abused the human today some people call themselves a cat and a dog Under the banner of human rights, you cannot be more sick than this Western world You cannot be more sick than this So is this the human rights you are chasing is this democracy is this freedom you become a cat and a dog Then then let's put a leash on you and i'll take you for a walk and throw you one of those biscuits What has become what has become of the human race Is You see the moment we take god out of the equation there is no value there is no purpose there is no taste there's nothing Everything is lost everything is lost The salt is very cheap but The salt is very important salt preserves things from corruption And if it wasn't for the faithfuls in this world god would have wiped it long time ago God would have wiped it long time ago But The frightening thing about the salt 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 it 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 beloveds 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 set up 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 emmanuel 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 Sorry, relax I feel like one of those american preachers jeremiah to five Now they're going to 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 going to 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 going to unite with the world And still maintain the truth When you are dwelling with the lie church leaders Woe 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 two 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 going to 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 in the courtroom there facing god the father who is the judge? What are you going to 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 in the next life. Otherwise We are all doomed to eternal condemnation eternal death my beloveds 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 beloveds 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? Oh, i'm gonna blame the walls or i'm gonna blame the pillars that are 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 here. Relax, you know Yeah 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 For a city 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. It 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 braise Two kind of sins my beloved no human race.
No human being could ever escape these two sins Thorns and braise 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 Braise you are living in sin sinning with thinking sinning with doing That's the world It's an absolutely filthy place When he changed 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 not an evil one It is going to 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? In age it is absolutely mind-boggling.
I don't know what has happened to church leaders. Have they lost the 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 Yes 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. Who where are you standing? Who are you standing with? Look, 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 groom 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 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 man 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 the 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 lamp stand 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 cry 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 going to 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 going to say oh it was my fault that I collided into with this pole They're going to 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 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 going to 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 Our god is a humble god. Amen Come on Now Matthew 6 23 look at the lord If therefore the light that is in you is darkness. How great is that darkness then? If your light becomes darkness then how much your darkness is going to be Don't let the light of christ Be extinguished from you my beloved 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 the basket now The city is the church the hill meaning that church needs to be heavenly because that her groom Her owner is heavenly.
It needs to speak the language of heaven. It needs to reflect that Style the lifestyle of heaven Can't be earthly the church cannot live earthly it needs to always live heavenly on earth The church must live heaven on earth so now Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket What is under a basket means here and to sum it up no time to elaborate more into depth the basket here under the basket means the focus on the prophets Oh my my when the church focuses on being profitable Materialistically that is putting the lamp stand under the basket The focus becomes on material profitability That extinguishes the light of christ from that church When the church becomes materialistic When the church focuses on bricks and mortar and ignores the human being who is the true church of christ There is no light of christ in that church anymore Christ did not die on the cross for us to build for him Churches out of brick and mortar christ died on the cross so that we bring People to him who are his beloved church People not brick and mortar Today my beloved the church is being measured In accordance to a success or failure in relation to how much material that church has So when the church has a lot of churches a lot of buildings I mean and their properties and then there is a lot of wealth. There is a lot of a lot of money They say look at this church, man.
This church is really successful. It is really prosperous. It is really healthy and wealthy but Never says how many faithfuls are there in this church? How many people that come to this church are god fearing people? How many do they pray from the heart not from the lip the church is measured? If it's successful or not by how many faithful the church has Not how many properties and how much money it has in the bank? poor church poor church I want to Read this and finish it off It is in the book of revelation Um, let me see if I can You'll have to bear with me i'm very old I'm getting very old Oh my goodness Maybe not.
Okay I have to read this Um, come on not this one Why can't I find it I will have to read this there we go There we go, there we go, there we go Um, look at this my beloved the lord jesus is talking to this church leader Um Okay Now this is To the angel of the church of leo deacons, which is the rebellious church and verse 17 It says revelation 3 chapter 3 and verse 17. Look what the lord is saying to this church leader He's saying because you say I am rich Have become wealthy and have need of nothing and do not know And do not know that you are wretched miserable poor blind and naked I'll read again This is to the rebellious church of the 21st century, by the way, leo deacon is the church of the 21st century our time That's why there are weird things happening in the church of our lord and savior jesus christ so What is the church of the 21st century saying to the master and the king of all kings? It's saying I am rich Have become wealthy and have no need of nothing no need of nothing meaning. I don't even need you Because if I don't need anything, why would I need jesus the only time i'm going to need jesus when i'm in need of something true or not So when the church is saying to the lord I am rich and have become wealthy and i am in need of nothing Meaning I don't need you jesus We are in charge.
We do things our way as they are doing it now But look at the reply of the lord jesus my goodness the lord slams the church of the 21st century with five powerful words so frightening and the lord replies and says and Do not know you do not know that you are one wretched number two miserable number three poor What did he say I am rich and I have become wealthy but the lord says you are poor and number four very hard blind blind Blind Blind And another scary word naked five things Naked wretched miserable poor blind naked They apply quite Perfectly in our time and age my beloved applies perfectly Under a basket the church became materialistic worldly chasing profitable materialistic things You are the light of the world And you are Our epistle written in our hearts known and read by all men second corinthians 3 2 saint paul says I'll see i'll look at saint paul. You are our epistle. You are our epistle written in our hearts Known and read by all men by all men by the entire world You are the epistle read by the entire world, what is saint paul trying to say and i'll leave you with it Thanks elias and i'll leave you with it He's saying the world doesn't know what love is the world doesn't know what mercy is the world doesn't know What kindness is the lord doesn't know what humility is the lord doesn't know what forgiveness is But when why because why doesn't it know it because the law the world has denied your christ Saint paul is saying the world has denied your christ.
They haven't read his word. They haven't believed in his person They don't know all these things They are not interested in reading the holy bible. So don't preach live christ In order to be you the epistle read and known by the world So when you show love the world will look at you through your actions through your deeds when they see There is an action based on love when they see love emanating through you They're going to say this guy is a christian and he is a loving person looks like His christ is love When they see a christian humble, they're going to say looks like his christ is humility.
He has been taught Very well when they see a christian kind they're going to say your christ is kind when they're going to see a christian Peacemaker they're going to say well your god is a peacemaker They will begin Loving your christ through your actions without reading the bible without knowing what the bible is all about You become the bible Read by all people through your actions You are the light of the world God bless you my beloveds Be the salt Be the light live christ live for him Don't live for yourself my beloved son my beloved daughter Don't say i'll do whatever I want. Don't say I live in a free country Don't say I this is the 21st century. We are living in absolute freedom I can go wherever I can go.
However, I can go whenever I can go with whomever it is Non-existent stop living the lie. You need to live the truth Come back to jesus christ of nazareth and let the teacher to teach you how to live Truthfully no more deception. No more lies.
No more hidden agendas. No more twisted ways No more darkness. No more Poison no more death.
I want to be in the light. I want to live. I want to be free I don't want to be in prison anymore I don't want to walk and be frightened and look behind me all the time to see who's following me.
I want to be at peace I want to be set free The only way is be the salt dissolve Don't live for yourself live for christ. Let christ be glorified through you. Let the world taste christ through you deny yourself Hey bishop the whole world listens to you all glory to the lord.
Hey bishop you've changed my life No, it is the lord my son Not me wake up I'm a sinner and a greater sinner than you and all of you If there is anyone who is a sinner is me It is not me my beloved Open your eyes your heart your mind your soul your your entire being and see that it is the lord Speaking and reaching out to you through this useless hopeless servant of his chosen by his grace Appointed by his mercy. That's all that's all That's all It is the lord And it's the lord only there is no one else That's the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help you jesus christ of nazareth for he is god revealed in the flesh Amen Live see christ For the light of the world to dwell in you And shine through you to this dark world And those who live in darkness, they see the light of christ in you They'll run to it and they'll glorify our heavenly father And what goes around comes around when you are the reason for the glory of god God will glorify you in the end and in the end when he calls you into his kingdom Look at the revelation my goodness.
I have to say this elias. I'll leave you with this. I'll have to say My goodness, it is incredible.
It is amazing how the lord jesus christ of nazareth is So humble yet so exalted While on earth in john chapter 13, he bowed and washed the feet of his disciples And then he said to them who am I to you? They said you are our lord meaning god He said and so truly you said but look at this lord What has he done? He washed your own feet then how much more you should do for one another if god Went down stooped down to your feet and watched them how much more you humans should do for one another But on earth washing our feet maybe because I saw him as a human like any other human there was not much of a great deal of a difference But in heaven, you're not going to see a normal human you're going to see him in his in his glorified form When john the beloved While he was on earth with the lord. He used to put his head on the lord's Breast chest and he would hear the heartbeat of the lord He used to put his head on his chest and fear nothing But the same john saw the same jesus in his glory. He said I fell on the ground as if I were dead I was so frightened from the awesomeness of the glorified christ In his glory in his awesome form He says when you come into my kingdom my children I will get up from my throne And come forth to welcome you, you know when you get up and to welcome someone you bow a little bit To welcome them.
Hello Please come on in But lord you are in your glory. You are the king of all kings and lord of all lords. He says but you're my children I'll do the same In my glory when you come into my kingdom i'll get up from my Throne in my glory and I will bow And walk toward you to welcome you and i'll say sit on my throne.
I get up you sit But john fell as if he were dead when he saw you in your glory he said but I will I will make you sit on my throne because you're my children Isn't this god worthy of our love of our Denial for his sake Of our humility so him so he may be exalted and glorified We need to live for the lord jesus And we need to do all the good deeds by his grace for the world to get to know the lord jesus Yesterday I had an interview. It was an assyrian My beloved nino stroma. I love him and i've known this wonderful man over 30 years ago He's been after me for interview I went yesterday He said what happened to you bishop the person who attacked you.
Did you forgive that person? I said yes He said he really I said yes He said like but how I said well, it's the lord It's the lord You are a written epistle in our hearts known and read by all men When will the world get to know jesus when you reflect him the light of the world through you He gets reflected to the world When you're able to forgive those who have hurt you those who have persecuted you you are Reflecting christ the light of christ to the world
Sermon Outline
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I. The Believer as Salt
- Salt symbolizes baptism and new creation in Christ
- Salt gives flavor and preserves from corruption
- Believers are cheap in the world's eyes but vital spiritually
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II. The Danger of Corrupt Salt
- Corrupt salt hardens and becomes useless
- Selfish Christians lose their spiritual effectiveness
- Believers must dissolve themselves to let Christ be tasted
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III. The Believer as Light
- The church is the city set on a hill, meant to shine
- Believers must not imitate the world’s darkness
- Christ is the only true light and salvation
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IV. The Call to Humility and Faithfulness
- Live for Christ’s glory, not human praise
- Preserve righteousness in a corrupt world
- Be the light and salt that transforms society
Key Quotes
“You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world; live so that others taste Christ through you, not yourself.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“A selfish Christian is a corrupt salt, good for nothing; dissolve yourself in humility to let Christ shine.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“The church is the city set on a hill that cannot be hidden; it must be elevated above the world's darkness.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
Application Points
- Live a life of humility and self-denial so Christ can be reflected through you.
- Resist conforming to worldly values and maintain your distinctiveness as a believer.
- Actively preserve righteousness and be a positive spiritual influence in your community.
