WEBVTT 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:08.660 If you'd open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 5, we just got through two months of the Beatitudes. 00:00:09.700 --> 00:00:16.120 And now, we're going to look at what Jesus says in Matthew chapter 5, verses 13 through 16. 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.699 Be in salt and light. It's page 962 and 63 of your Pew Bible. 00:00:21.179 --> 00:00:22.000 Hear God's Word. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:30.420 You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? 00:00:31.759 --> 00:00:35.659 It's no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:40.560 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:44.879 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. No. 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:50.200 But on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:59.560 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. 00:01:00.940 --> 00:01:02.719 May God bless the hearing of His Word. 00:01:04.600 --> 00:01:09.540 You know, our nation's top award for soldiers in battle is the Medal of Honor. 00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:18.900 And it's given to soldiers who have performed, quote, unquote, conspicuous acts of bravery. 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:21.680 Conspicuous bravery. 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:30.439 Courageous acts on the battlefield that are clearly seen and attested to by others. 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:32.659 So when Jesus tells us, 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:37.240 You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, 00:01:37.820 --> 00:01:44.140 He is calling us to live lives of conspicuous godliness. 00:01:44.140 --> 00:01:48.140 Conspicuous righteousness. 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:48.819 Conspicuous righteousness. 00:01:49.019 --> 00:01:53.960 Not a righteousness like the Pharisees who sought the praise of man, 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:58.159 but the conspicuous godliness of kingdom righteousness. 00:02:00.980 --> 00:02:11.080 Kingdom citizens seeking to glorify the Father in heaven through kingdom character that shows up as kingdom conduct. 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:17.940 But it provides quite a contrast to the rest of the world. 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:28.460 We are God's salt and light in the midst of a decaying and dark world. 00:02:28.460 --> 00:02:33.599 Here's what I'm going to try to convince you of this morning from what Jesus is saying. 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:41.819 God's grace causes us to be distinct from the world in order to glorify God in the world. 00:02:43.460 --> 00:02:51.080 God's grace has called us out of the world to be light just to send us back in to glorify our God in heaven. 00:02:51.080 --> 00:03:21.060 God's grace. 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:24.880 That's why we've called us out of the world to glorify God in heaven. 00:03:24.880 --> 00:03:25.840 God's grace. 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:27.140 God's grace has called us out of the world to celebrate our God. 00:03:27.140 --> 00:03:29.080 God's grace, to be poor in spirit. 00:03:29.200 --> 00:03:35.000 No, we would deny our spiritual bankruptcy if it were not for the grace of God. 00:03:37.780 --> 00:03:42.700 We used to celebrate sin, but now God's grace helps us to mourn sin. 00:03:42.699 --> 00:03:45.959 blessed are those who mourn. 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:51.179 We used to elevate ourselves over other people 00:03:51.179 --> 00:03:52.799 thinking that we are better than others, 00:03:53.299 --> 00:03:56.799 but God's grace, blessed are the meek. 00:03:58.019 --> 00:03:59.099 We are humble. 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:02.959 We see ourselves in light of who God is. 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:07.439 Do you know what happens when a kingdom citizen, 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:11.019 a Christian who is possessing a kingdom character 00:04:11.020 --> 00:04:15.620 like the Beatitudes, lives out conspicuous acts 00:04:15.620 --> 00:04:17.759 of godliness in a decaying dark world? 00:04:17.819 --> 00:04:18.579 Do you know what happens? 00:04:19.819 --> 00:04:20.340 Sunlight. 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:26.680 God's grace causes us to be distinct from the world 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:28.439 in order to glorify God in the world. 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:31.100 And to convince you of that, I want to make four points. 00:04:31.579 --> 00:04:35.660 Our conspicuous godliness is a supernatural distinction. 00:04:36.819 --> 00:04:40.040 Our conspicuous godliness is a functional distinction. 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:44.520 Our conspicuous godliness is a glorious distinction. 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:48.860 And our conspicuous godliness is not, 00:04:48.900 --> 00:04:50.220 we can't make this mistake, 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:53.700 it's not some dysfunctional indistinction. 00:04:55.280 --> 00:04:57.620 We are distinct from the world 00:04:57.620 --> 00:05:01.320 in order to glorify God in the world. 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:03.439 So let's look at this first point. 00:05:04.140 --> 00:05:08.540 Our conspicuous godliness is a supernatural distinction. 00:05:08.540 --> 00:05:10.420 If you look at the passage, 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:12.400 in verse 13, Jesus says, 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:14.100 he's talking to his disciples and he says, 00:05:14.460 --> 00:05:15.740 you are the salt of the earth. 00:05:15.819 --> 00:05:16.660 And then in verse 14, 00:05:17.060 --> 00:05:18.360 you are the light of the world. 00:05:18.700 --> 00:05:20.200 And in the original language, 00:05:20.420 --> 00:05:21.000 that you, 00:05:22.340 --> 00:05:23.760 you can translate it, 00:05:23.820 --> 00:05:24.920 you and only you. 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:27.080 Disciples, 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:29.759 those transferred from the domain of darkness 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:31.139 into the kingdom of the beloved son. 00:05:31.139 --> 00:05:33.159 You and only you. 00:05:33.659 --> 00:05:35.439 Among all the peoples on the earth, 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:37.019 of all the people in the world, 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:40.379 you and only you are my salt and my light. 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.599 Jesus is clearly making a distinction here 00:05:44.599 --> 00:05:47.860 between those who've been saved by God's grace 00:05:47.860 --> 00:05:49.000 and everybody else. 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:54.199 And this distinction is a supernatural distinction. 00:05:55.579 --> 00:05:56.399 These beatitudes 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:59.899 are not descriptions of people 00:05:59.899 --> 00:06:02.220 who have made themselves poor in spirit 00:06:02.220 --> 00:06:03.160 and pure in heart. 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:03.420 No. 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:05.000 The beatitudes, 00:06:05.220 --> 00:06:07.180 the blessedness of the beatitudes 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:09.019 is God's grace has come 00:06:09.019 --> 00:06:12.319 and God's grace has made us poor in spirit. 00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:14.439 God's grace has made us pure in heart. 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:16.879 God's grace is making us peacemakers 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:19.399 and God's grace is what causes us 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:20.719 to have a praise and worship time 00:06:20.719 --> 00:06:22.980 when we are suffering for his sake. 00:06:25.899 --> 00:06:28.259 So, I want to start off with this, 00:06:28.579 --> 00:06:30.219 kind of this conspicuous godliness 00:06:30.219 --> 00:06:31.639 as a supernatural distinction 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:34.000 because we got to be clear on the source 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.079 of our godliness. 00:06:38.159 --> 00:06:39.680 It's not you, it's not me. 00:06:41.219 --> 00:06:42.560 It's the grace of God. 00:06:42.939 --> 00:06:45.259 It's Jesus shining through us. 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:48.540 We get a taste of this 00:06:48.540 --> 00:06:50.079 in Ephesians chapter 2, 1 through 10. 00:06:52.659 --> 00:06:54.579 Before Christ, we were dead 00:06:54.579 --> 00:06:56.480 in our trespasses and sins 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:57.980 and we were following the course of the world. 00:06:58.100 --> 00:06:59.480 We were following the prince of the power of the air. 00:06:59.860 --> 00:07:01.560 We were living for our flesh, 00:07:01.699 --> 00:07:02.639 delighting in our sin. 00:07:02.719 --> 00:07:03.759 We were children of wrath 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:04.819 like the rest of mankind. 00:07:05.860 --> 00:07:07.659 We were part of the decay. 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:10.360 We were living in darkness. 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:11.560 That's who we were. 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:14.319 And then verse 4 and 5, 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:16.439 but God, being rich in mercy 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.219 with the great love with which he loved us, 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:20.839 he made us alive in Christ. 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:21.540 We were dead. 00:07:21.620 --> 00:07:22.659 He made us alive. 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:25.639 By grace, you've been saved. 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:28.779 By grace, you've been lit up. 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:31.319 By grace, you've been saltified. 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:35.079 And now, verse 10, 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:40.120 because we are his workmanship, 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:43.019 created in Christ Jesus, 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:44.120 made alive in him, 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:47.659 well, we do good works now. 00:07:48.379 --> 00:07:49.459 Good works doesn't save us. 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:51.039 We are saved for good works, 00:07:52.299 --> 00:07:53.219 being salt and light. 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:56.399 It's this grace of God 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:00.319 that took those who were dead in their sin, 00:08:00.479 --> 00:08:01.180 living in darkness, 00:08:01.180 --> 00:08:03.980 and made them alive in Christ 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:05.840 and lit them up 00:08:05.840 --> 00:08:07.139 as part of the kingdom of light. 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:08.319 That's who you are. 00:08:08.379 --> 00:08:09.259 That's what God has done. 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:11.160 It's who you are. 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:13.360 You're salt and light. 00:08:15.340 --> 00:08:17.300 He's radically changed your character, 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:19.280 and that shows up in your conduct. 00:08:21.280 --> 00:08:22.280 But we forget. 00:08:24.340 --> 00:08:27.000 Paul Tripp calls it gospel amnesia. 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:29.120 We're amnesiacs. 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:31.480 We roll out of bed, 00:08:31.740 --> 00:08:33.100 and we forget 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:35.440 that we have been radically changed 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:36.320 by God's grace, 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:37.820 delivered from the domain of darkness, 00:08:38.019 --> 00:08:38.620 transferred to the kingdom 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:39.480 of the beloved Son. 00:08:39.779 --> 00:08:41.860 We forget our eternities have changed. 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:44.379 We forget that God in the flesh 00:08:44.379 --> 00:08:46.720 shed his blood for us. 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:51.740 We forget we're salt and light. 00:08:55.680 --> 00:08:57.440 How do you remind yourself of that? 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:02.480 How do you remind yourself every day 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:05.100 that you're no longer your own, 00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:07.519 but you belong to Jesus? 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:11.679 You can start this way. 00:09:13.340 --> 00:09:16.820 A daily declaration of devotion 00:09:16.820 --> 00:09:21.399 where one of your early moves of the day, 00:09:21.539 --> 00:09:23.500 it's real close to you waking up 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:25.460 because we all know how the day goes. 00:09:25.460 --> 00:09:27.660 Real close to waking up, 00:09:27.740 --> 00:09:29.379 you are putting a stake in the ground, 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:30.300 and you are saying, 00:09:30.740 --> 00:09:33.120 Lord Jesus, I am not my own. 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:35.960 You've been raining on high 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:37.240 all throughout the night. 00:09:38.220 --> 00:09:40.480 You were the one who died for me, 00:09:40.780 --> 00:09:41.780 raised me from the dead 00:09:41.780 --> 00:09:42.940 so that I can live for you, 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:45.900 and I now declare my purpose today 00:09:45.900 --> 00:09:48.280 is to live for your glory, 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:48.920 not my own. 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:52.599 Great way to start the day. 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:58.699 And it's recognizing that 00:09:58.699 --> 00:10:02.639 this conspicuous godliness 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:04.639 that we're being called to here, 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:05.679 the salt and light, 00:10:06.459 --> 00:10:08.459 it's got a supernatural distinction. 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:09.839 It's a supernatural source. 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:18.460 God, by His grace, 00:10:19.340 --> 00:10:21.759 has made us distinct from the world 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:25.320 in order that we would glorify Him 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:25.780 in the world. 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:27.940 Second point, 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:29.700 our conspicuous godliness 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:32.399 is a functional distinction. 00:10:32.560 --> 00:10:33.580 And what I mean by functional 00:10:33.580 --> 00:10:34.560 is practical. 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:35.639 What I mean by functional 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:36.660 is it's real. 00:10:37.280 --> 00:10:38.019 It shows up. 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:41.699 In this passage, 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:42.939 just like with everything 00:10:42.939 --> 00:10:43.899 that Jesus does, 00:10:44.299 --> 00:10:45.779 He chooses His words 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:46.960 very carefully. 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:48.879 He's being very intentional here. 00:10:49.220 --> 00:10:50.139 So it's not a mistake 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:51.279 that He's talking about 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:53.100 salt and light. 00:10:53.699 --> 00:10:55.360 And what salt and light, 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.159 what they are essentially doing, 00:10:57.419 --> 00:10:59.299 it's a functional distinction 00:10:59.299 --> 00:11:00.899 between His people 00:11:00.899 --> 00:11:02.220 and the rest of mankind. 00:11:03.439 --> 00:11:04.319 It's ways of talking 00:11:04.319 --> 00:11:05.079 about a difference. 00:11:08.019 --> 00:11:08.740 In fact, 00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:11.299 I think what He's getting 00:11:11.299 --> 00:11:13.019 at are two sides 00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:14.159 of the same coin 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:16.399 of conspicuous godliness. 00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:19.179 It's about being distinct 00:11:19.179 --> 00:11:20.079 from the world. 00:11:21.179 --> 00:11:22.539 So when Jesus talks about salt, 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:23.259 do you know what He's talking about? 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:26.879 Okay, so you go to festival, 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:28.579 you go to Woodman's, 00:11:28.659 --> 00:11:29.879 you buy some hamburger meat. 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:32.299 You come back home 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:34.120 and you put the hamburger meat 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:34.480 where? 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:36.460 The refrigerator. 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:38.100 Because it's cold. 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:40.360 Refrigerator's coldness 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:41.519 slows down decay. 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:44.039 It keeps your meat 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:45.000 from becoming corrupt, 00:11:45.659 --> 00:11:45.879 putrefied. 00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:49.879 But before there were refrigerators, 00:11:50.659 --> 00:11:51.439 there was salt. 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:54.300 And so in order 00:11:54.300 --> 00:11:55.180 to preserve meat, 00:11:55.300 --> 00:11:55.760 what they do, 00:11:55.920 --> 00:11:57.600 they would rub 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:59.560 a steak 00:11:59.560 --> 00:12:00.940 with salt. 00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:04.000 Get that salt 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:04.620 all in there. 00:12:05.460 --> 00:12:05.720 Do you know 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:06.360 what salt does? 00:12:07.780 --> 00:12:09.260 It dehydrates 00:12:09.260 --> 00:12:10.300 moisture 00:12:10.300 --> 00:12:11.840 in a piece of meat. 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:13.720 And why that matters 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:15.220 is because bacteria 00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:15.860 and parasites 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:17.080 love the moisture. 00:12:18.280 --> 00:12:19.780 And so by dehydrating 00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:20.360 the moisture, 00:12:20.939 --> 00:12:22.639 the source 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:24.039 of this, 00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:25.620 of bacteria 00:12:25.620 --> 00:12:26.319 and parasite 00:12:26.319 --> 00:12:27.459 is removed. 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:28.579 And so you're able 00:12:28.579 --> 00:12:30.139 to preserve meat. 00:12:31.079 --> 00:12:31.919 So if you're picking up 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:33.259 on what Jesus is saying, 00:12:33.299 --> 00:12:33.699 He's saying, 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:35.039 you're the salt 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:36.100 in the meat of culture. 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:38.659 And apart from you, 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:39.759 it's just going to decay, 00:12:40.079 --> 00:12:40.919 moral decay. 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:42.319 And we're living in it, gang. 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:45.459 I'm not sure 00:12:45.459 --> 00:12:46.259 if anybody in the room 00:12:46.259 --> 00:12:46.799 would argue 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:48.000 that Romans 1 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:49.019 is not in effect. 00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:50.259 in our culture. 00:12:53.340 --> 00:12:54.319 God has 00:12:54.319 --> 00:12:56.039 rubbed us in 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:58.139 in order that 00:12:58.139 --> 00:12:59.419 we would slow 00:12:59.419 --> 00:13:01.279 the moral decay 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.519 in our culture. 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:06.480 Our presence, 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:08.419 our salty presence 00:13:08.419 --> 00:13:11.399 slows the decay down. 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:18.019 Here's the deal. 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:20.399 If you put, 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:21.799 rub salt on a steak, 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:22.779 the steak's not going 00:13:22.779 --> 00:13:23.139 to say, 00:13:23.340 --> 00:13:23.620 ouch. 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:25.980 Because steaks 00:13:25.980 --> 00:13:26.600 aren't alive. 00:13:28.079 --> 00:13:29.620 But if we're salt 00:13:29.620 --> 00:13:31.460 in the living steak 00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:32.279 of our culture, 00:13:32.740 --> 00:13:34.059 it's going to sting. 00:13:35.299 --> 00:13:36.699 Has anybody had salt 00:13:36.699 --> 00:13:37.600 put in a wound before? 00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.460 It stings. 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:42.620 And what Jesus 00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:43.460 is saying here 00:13:43.460 --> 00:13:44.059 is not only 00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:44.639 going to flavor, 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.720 you're going to sting. 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:47.920 Here's how that shows up 00:13:47.920 --> 00:13:48.540 three ways. 00:13:48.660 --> 00:13:48.940 You ready? 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:51.779 You walk to work 00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:53.100 or you're in school 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:54.740 or you're a family gathering 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:56.180 and people start to gossip. 00:13:57.180 --> 00:13:58.460 And your gossip alarm 00:13:58.460 --> 00:13:59.000 goes off. 00:13:59.060 --> 00:13:59.279 You're like, 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.120 this isn't good. 00:14:01.580 --> 00:14:02.019 So, 00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:03.300 as salt, 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:04.000 you get to say 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.740 something like this. 00:14:05.220 --> 00:14:06.160 You know what? 00:14:06.160 --> 00:14:07.560 I can't do this. 00:14:07.940 --> 00:14:09.320 I can't participate in this. 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:10.340 If you have a problem 00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:10.740 with someone, 00:14:11.040 --> 00:14:11.779 you need to go 00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:12.980 and talk to them about it, 00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:14.480 not talk about them 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.060 to others. 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:17.800 Do you know what will happen 00:14:17.800 --> 00:14:20.019 with those people right there 00:14:20.019 --> 00:14:20.800 you just told that to? 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.180 Sting! 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:24.680 Ouch! 00:14:25.920 --> 00:14:27.120 Who are you to tell me that? 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:32.019 But you're slow in a decay. 00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:35.480 We want to use our speech 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.100 to build up, 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:36.860 not to tear down. 00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:39.440 Or let's take abortion. 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:39.519 Abortion. 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:46.320 We will not 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:49.399 discriminate people 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:51.860 based upon 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:53.320 the color of their skin. 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:54.879 We're all image bearers, right? 00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:56.200 Whether you're brown, 00:14:56.560 --> 00:14:57.279 whether you're black, 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.519 whether you're yellow, red, 00:14:58.920 --> 00:14:59.240 white, 00:14:59.420 --> 00:15:00.539 we're not going to discriminate 00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:02.080 based upon 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:04.320 your racial classification 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:06.220 or based upon 00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:06.899 your gender 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:08.420 or based upon 00:15:08.420 --> 00:15:10.139 what neighborhood 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:11.220 you live in. 00:15:11.560 --> 00:15:11.740 Right? 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.779 We're not going to discriminate 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:14.320 on the basis of that 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:15.340 because everybody's 00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:16.139 an image bearer. 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:17.879 And we cannot discriminate 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.560 whether or not 00:15:18.560 --> 00:15:20.240 someone is a human or not 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:21.980 if they're in the womb 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:23.139 or out of the womb. 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:25.399 They're an image bearer 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:26.580 in the womb 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:27.740 and out of the womb. 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.700 And when we say 00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.879 things like that, 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:33.159 you can catch some heat 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:33.539 for that. 00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:37.539 But it's slowing 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.700 something down 00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:39.399 in our culture. 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.199 the taking of lives. 00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.879 Or how about this? 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:48.679 You get invited 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:50.039 to your nephew's 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:50.480 gay wedding. 00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:52.779 You're torn 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:54.500 because 00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:56.379 if you don't go, 00:15:56.539 --> 00:15:57.279 you know that 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:58.120 it's going to create 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.319 relational tensions 00:15:59.319 --> 00:16:00.379 across the board. 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:02.959 But if you do go, 00:16:03.079 --> 00:16:03.579 you're thinking 00:16:03.579 --> 00:16:04.600 something doesn't seem 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.199 right about this. 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.120 And so you seek counsel 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:09.420 and the issue 00:16:09.420 --> 00:16:10.759 becomes crystal clear. 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:13.360 God 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:15.560 does not recognize 00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.980 a marriage 00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:17.740 between two men 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.259 and two women. 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:20.840 That is not a wedding 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.480 in God's eyes. 00:16:21.540 --> 00:16:22.080 In fact, 00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:23.580 that's grievous 00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:24.740 in God's sight. 00:16:25.900 --> 00:16:26.980 And so you start realizing, 00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:28.120 I can't go 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:29.200 because I can't celebrate 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:31.379 something that is grievous 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.440 in God's eyes. 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:33.280 in my devotion 00:16:33.280 --> 00:16:33.880 to God 00:16:33.880 --> 00:16:34.820 is more important 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:36.160 than maintaining 00:16:36.160 --> 00:16:36.760 the peace 00:16:36.760 --> 00:16:37.840 in a network 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.580 of relationships. 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.340 You're going to 00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:42.060 catch heat for that. 00:16:43.060 --> 00:16:43.860 It's going to 00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:44.700 sting people. 00:16:45.760 --> 00:16:46.460 And it might 00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.640 come back on you 00:16:47.640 --> 00:16:48.600 and when you start 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:50.120 getting reviled 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.760 for that 00:16:50.760 --> 00:16:51.780 and start people 00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:52.580 selling all sorts 00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.640 of falsehoods 00:16:53.640 --> 00:16:54.620 because of that, 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.440 it's praise 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.240 and worship time. 00:16:58.140 --> 00:16:58.960 It's praise 00:16:58.960 --> 00:16:59.780 and worship time 00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.759 because Jesus 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.480 is worth it. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.240 There's a reward 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.860 waiting for you 00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.259 in heaven 00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.139 and you're 00:17:05.139 --> 00:17:05.879 in good company. 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:11.539 Salt has a function, 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.200 a distinct function 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.200 and it's to slow decay. 00:17:19.879 --> 00:17:20.559 As salt 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:22.660 of the earth, 00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.759 you're to slow decay. 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.440 It's going to come 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:27.960 at risk. 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:31.720 But Jesus 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.500 also says 00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:33.920 we're the light 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:34.379 of the world. 00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:36.559 Not just salt, 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.500 we're light. 00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.500 And we know 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.139 from our Bibles 00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:41.000 that light, 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:42.299 especially Ephesians 5, 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.240 talks about 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.220 when you were saved, 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.799 you were delivered 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.440 from the domain 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:45.899 of darkness 00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.700 and brought into 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.740 the kingdom of light. 00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.500 Your children of light 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.579 walk in the light. 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.599 So no longer 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.980 do we kind of 00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:52.440 participate 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.480 in works of darkness. 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:54.460 We expose them. 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.299 So there's this 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.359 exposing nature 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:57.019 of light. 00:17:57.399 --> 00:17:58.119 But Jesus talks 00:17:58.119 --> 00:17:58.799 about light 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:01.259 in this passage 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.159 as good works. 00:18:02.719 --> 00:18:03.500 Look at verse 16. 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:04.979 In the same way, 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:05.919 let your light 00:18:05.919 --> 00:18:07.539 shine before others 00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.359 so that they may 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:09.659 see your good works. 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.879 So the rays 00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.619 of the kingdom, 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:14.459 they shine 00:18:14.459 --> 00:18:15.439 through us 00:18:15.439 --> 00:18:17.299 as good works. 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:17.440 light. 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:20.039 And so where 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:21.500 salt 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.960 is a preservative, 00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:25.079 it slows decay, 00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:26.220 light, 00:18:26.399 --> 00:18:27.419 according to Jesus here, 00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.480 is revealing 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.619 God's good ways. 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:32.240 It's a goodness. 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.980 The rays of the kingdom 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.899 shining through 00:18:36.899 --> 00:18:37.559 our work. 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.319 Now you might be asking, 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.639 well, 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:42.799 what does that look like? 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:45.740 What are the good works? 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:48.980 Jesus shows us 00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.799 in the Sermon on the Mount. 00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:52.359 If you look at 5, 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:52.960 chapter 5, 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:54.759 verse 21 through 26, 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.640 he talks about 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:58.000 good works 00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.079 as not 00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.880 kind of 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:00.680 getting angry 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.160 and fighting 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:01.779 with one another, 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:02.519 but pursuing 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.140 reconciliation 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:04.059 with one another. 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:07.359 In chapter 5, 00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:09.240 verses 43 through 48, 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:10.539 the good works 00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.339 that Jesus about, 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.559 kingdom good works, 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:14.720 the conspicuous 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:16.359 acts of godliness 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:17.519 of a kingdom citizen 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:19.440 is not hating 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.220 your enemy, 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:22.279 it's loving your enemy 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:23.200 and praying for them. 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.740 Now that will get 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.720 somebody's attention. 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.539 Furthermore, 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:30.519 if you look at 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.339 chapter 6, 00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:32.440 verses 19 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.980 through 24, 00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.819 some more conspicuous 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.940 acts of godliness, 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:39.240 it's not storing up 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.940 treasures on earth, 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:42.680 it's storing up 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:44.180 treasures in heaven 00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:46.880 because your God 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.799 is Jesus, 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.840 not mammon. 00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:51.980 Conspicuous acts 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.720 of godliness. 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.200 Good works. 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.580 In chapter 6, 00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:59.120 verses 25 through 34, 00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.240 we, 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.440 brothers and sisters, 00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:04.860 live in an anxious culture. 00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:07.080 Highly anxious. 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.279 anxious. 00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:09.919 And Jesus says, 00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:10.539 hey, 00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:12.659 let this light shine 00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:15.779 where you're not anxious 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:17.319 but seeking first 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:17.960 the kingdom, 00:20:18.179 --> 00:20:18.799 you have this 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:20.500 settledness 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:22.399 knowing that your God 00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:23.279 is going to take care 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.659 of you. 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.740 These are the good works. 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:29.220 John 13, 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:32.599 Jesus says to his disciples, 00:20:33.139 --> 00:20:33.699 a new commandment 00:20:33.699 --> 00:20:34.299 I give to you, 00:20:34.439 --> 00:20:35.179 you love one another 00:20:35.179 --> 00:20:36.500 just as I have loved you, 00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.680 you are to love one another 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:40.380 and everyone will know 00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:41.460 that you're my disciples 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:43.039 if you have love 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.640 for one another. 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.480 Do you know what this means, 00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.259 brothers and sisters? 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:47.700 Our love for one another 00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:50.160 as members of this church, 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:54.059 it is a corporate shining. 00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:58.700 It's this corporate good we do 00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:00.619 where we love one another. 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:06.779 salt is a preservative 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:09.119 where light is a revealer. 00:21:10.919 --> 00:21:13.339 Reveals good works 00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:15.419 of kingdom citizens 00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:17.079 who've been radically changed 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.239 by God's grace. 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:21.039 So in both salt and light, 00:21:21.199 --> 00:21:23.079 there are these conspicuous acts 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.939 of godliness 00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:27.159 that make for a functional distinction 00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:29.139 from the rest of the world. 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:30.860 It's where it shows up. 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:34.380 And there's no denying it. 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:38.940 We are functionally distinct 00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.560 from the world 00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:42.500 in order to glorify God 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:42.940 in the world. 00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:45.740 Point three. 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:48.440 Our conspicuous godliness 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:51.340 is a glorious distinction. 00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:54.300 Looking back at Matthew 5, 16, 00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:54.940 we see, 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.660 in the same way, 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.500 let your light shine 00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.220 before others 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.400 so that they may see 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.500 your good works 00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.700 and give glory 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.460 to your Father 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.640 who is in heaven. 00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:05.680 God uses our saltiness 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:08.480 and God uses our shininess 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:10.779 in order to bring glory 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.539 to his name. 00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:15.740 The goal of these good works 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:18.440 is God's glory. 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:20.820 In other words, 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.740 when people see our good works, 00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.140 and you're like, 00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:25.980 why are you doing that? 00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.860 We don't say, 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.680 because I'm great, 00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:33.080 we say, 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:35.400 the Christ-shaped life 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.180 you see in me, 00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:40.080 that's God at work in me. 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:44.440 That's his grace changing me. 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:46.900 You're just giving credit. 00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.920 You're just citing your source. 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.480 That language there, 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.180 when Jesus says, 00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.180 so that they may see 00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.759 your good works, 00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.700 for some of you, 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.460 that might make you 00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.080 a little uncomfortable 00:22:59.080 --> 00:23:01.779 because you know 00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.799 what Jesus has said 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.820 to the Pharisees. 00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.640 If you flip in your Bibles 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.759 to Matthew 23, 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:13.740 Jesus goes into 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:16.359 a series of woes, 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.779 not blessedness, 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:20.519 woes on the Pharisees. 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:24.019 And in chapter 23, 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:25.400 verse 5, 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:27.240 Jesus says of these things, 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:29.119 they do all their deeds 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.539 to be seen by others. 00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:34.879 For they make their phylacteries broad 00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.819 and their fringes long, 00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:37.079 and they love the place of honor 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.599 at feasts, 00:23:37.699 --> 00:23:39.339 and best seats in the synagogues, 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:41.379 and greetings in the marketplaces, 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:43.259 and being called rabbi by others. 00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.960 So what we have here is 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:50.139 the Pharisees want to be seen by others, 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.639 and here Jesus is saying, 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.679 you're the light of the world, 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:55.119 you need to be seen by others. 00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:57.039 What's going on here? 00:23:57.039 --> 00:24:02.819 The issue isn't being seen by others. 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:08.319 The issue is why you want to be seen by others. 00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:11.440 The motive of being seen by others. 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:14.460 The Pharisees wanted to be seen by others. 00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:17.420 Their version of righteousness 00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:20.159 was designed for self-glory. 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:23.200 To draw your attention to them. 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.759 To be esteemed. 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.700 To be well thought of. 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.120 To get as many likes as possible. 00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:32.400 But Christians practice conspicuous acts 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:34.279 of kingdom righteousness, 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:38.240 not to, like, be worshipped, 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:41.099 but for God to be glorified. 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:46.359 We're salt and light for the glory of God. 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.980 Has anybody seen the moon 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.099 the last couple nights? 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.759 Phenomenal. 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.539 So I texted the moon last night. 00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.019 Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. 00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:59.139 Hey, moon, you look great. 00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:01.460 Very brilliant. 00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.660 I hope you're well. 00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.120 Bing, bing. 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.000 Comes back. 00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.000 Thanks. 00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.700 Period. 00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:11.259 That would be a mistake of the moon. 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.660 What if I said, 00:25:13.780 --> 00:25:14.940 hey, you look great tonight, moon. 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:16.040 I hope you're well. 00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:18.360 And the moon responds to me by saying, 00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:20.320 yeah, just to be clear, 00:25:21.540 --> 00:25:22.700 the brilliance you see 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:24.120 is not my own brilliance. 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:27.380 It's the sun's brilliance on me. 00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:29.640 I'm just reflecting the brilliance of the sun. 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.500 We've got to be clear 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:35.660 on the source of our brilliance, 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.700 of our glory. 00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:39.760 As Christians, 00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:44.540 our good works don't bear witness to us. 00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:47.140 Our good works bear witness 00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:49.500 to the glorious grace of God 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.040 who can change people. 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:58.339 How do you go from seeing good works 00:25:58.339 --> 00:26:00.740 to glorifying our Father in heaven? 00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.299 Is there a, 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:04.180 it seems like Jesus is kind of missing a step here. 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.680 What is he assuming here? 00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:08.839 For someone to see your life 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:11.960 and to see kind of what God is doing in you 00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:14.539 and then to give glory to our Father in heaven, 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:16.480 what needs to happen? 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:20.360 We need to say something. 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.420 That's what needs to happen. 00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:25.559 Our good works 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:28.319 plus a gospel word 00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:31.099 will bring glory to God. 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.420 Let me show you how that works. 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.480 Let's say someone comes up to you 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.799 and they say, 00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.099 you know what, 00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.920 I've noticed 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:41.120 that when everybody attacks you, 00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.779 you don't attack them back, 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.839 but you're kind to them. 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.619 Now you could say at that point, 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.579 yeah, you know, 00:26:47.699 --> 00:26:49.199 it's just in the home I was raised in 00:26:49.199 --> 00:26:51.220 and I'm just a nice person. 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.259 That would be a mistake 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:56.179 because now you get to speak a gospel word. 00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.519 You can say something like, 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:57.879 you know what, 00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:59.019 I can't take credit for that 00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.159 because there was a time 00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:01.339 where I'd attack people back, 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:03.740 but God's grace in me has changed me 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.919 and so I'm actually 00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:07.559 trying to love my enemies there. 00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:11.659 And then that person can say, 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.740 wait, hold on a second, 00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:14.339 God does that in people 00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.640 and now we're on our way 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.960 to glorifying our God in heaven. 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:22.660 Or your work group 00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:24.339 is under the knife, 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.279 under the axe 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.720 and everybody in your work group 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.460 at work, 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.799 they're living in anxiety. 00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.120 They're like, 00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.980 I don't know if we're going to have 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.819 our job next week. 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.740 But they notice you, 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.059 you're not flipping out, 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:36.640 you're actually marked by joy. 00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.019 And they're like, 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.380 come up to you, 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.539 hey, why aren't you flipping out? 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.200 And you're like, 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.039 well, you know what, 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.940 I am just temperamentally 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.099 an even-keeled person. 00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.960 That would be a mistake 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:48.460 because if you, in fact, 00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:50.480 have been crying out to God 00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.559 and saying things, 00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.799 I'm trying to seek first 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.559 your kingdom, God, 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.899 would you meet all of our needs? 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:57.359 And you have this settled assurance 00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:58.359 that he will. 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.659 You get to sell people, 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:01.920 you know, 00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:06.799 that's God's grace at work in me 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.940 because normally I would be 00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.860 flipping out right now. 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.660 And now people can be like, 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.200 wait, what? 00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:14.200 God does that in human beings? 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.799 And you're like, yeah, 00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.759 if you can do it for me, 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.320 he can do it for you. 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:20.180 Now, if you want more information 00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:22.019 on how to actually share 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.660 the gospel of Jesus with people, 00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.940 I would recommend 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.160 Greg Gilbert's book, 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.779 What is the Gospel? 00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.420 Short little book, 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.400 very helpful, 00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:33.080 and it hits four points, 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.799 God, sin, Christ, 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.680 and respond, 00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:37.000 very helpful. 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.940 What I want to make sure 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.859 you're seeing, though, 00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.519 is that the glory 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:45.359 of the salt 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:47.099 and the light 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.480 is not the salt 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.279 and the light. 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:52.059 The glory of the salt 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.539 and the light 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.259 is our God. 00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:57.079 There's two mistakes. 00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.579 One is the hypocrisy mistake. 00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:02.119 That's where you speak 00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:03.720 a good gospel word, 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:05.279 but there is no good works 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.440 to substantiate it. 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.600 You say, God is good. 00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.620 He changes lives. 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.440 But your life's a mess 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.960 in the sense of like, 00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.380 okay, 00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:17.360 Jesus loves his enemies, 00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.519 but you are hating yours. 00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:23.400 People will hear that 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.700 and they'll be confused by it. 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.140 Like, what? 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.759 Jesus doesn't make a difference 00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.180 in your life. 00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.900 You're like everybody else. 00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:33.300 So the first mistake here 00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:34.120 is some kind of 00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:35.340 hypocritical mistake. 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.580 The second mistake 00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:38.040 is the plagiarism mistake. 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.400 Plagiarism is when 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:43.200 someone will write something 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.840 and they'll use 00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.820 somebody else's ideas 00:29:44.820 --> 00:29:45.340 or words 00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.960 and they won't 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:48.060 give them credit for it. 00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:49.360 And so people, 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.259 the audience 00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.280 of the person 00:29:51.280 --> 00:29:52.220 who's written something 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.340 or speaking about something, 00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.380 they will draw 00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.040 the conclusion 00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:55.880 that, oh, 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:57.860 this is their stuff. 00:29:57.859 --> 00:30:01.679 It's academic 00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:03.559 kind of falsehood. 00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.740 It's a lack of integrity. 00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.899 And when God 00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:07.119 is at work in us 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.979 and we don't give him 00:30:07.979 --> 00:30:08.740 credit for it, 00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:10.319 it's a theological 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.240 lack of integrity. 00:30:12.479 --> 00:30:14.599 We're not giving him credit. 00:30:14.719 --> 00:30:15.899 We've got to cite our source. 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.879 We've got to say, 00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.059 what you're seeing in me 00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.819 is not my doing. 00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:23.559 It is God's grace 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.799 at work in me. 00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:27.179 I'm not the son. 00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.939 I'm the moon. 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:32.259 I'm glad you're noticing. 00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:35.179 I've got to give credit 00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:36.039 to where credit's due. 00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.919 Kingdom character, 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.939 the beatitudes, 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.939 show up in kingdom conduct 00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:45.439 being salt and light. 00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.779 And when there is 00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:49.259 a word of the kingdom 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:51.259 added at just the right time, 00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:53.359 God gets the glory 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:56.139 and then God's kingdom expands. 00:30:56.140 --> 00:31:01.580 We're not the sun. 00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.460 We're the moon. 00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:07.620 We're his salt and light. 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:10.140 And he has called us 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.540 to be distinct from the world 00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:15.660 in order to glorify him 00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:17.460 in the world. 00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:22.000 ours is a reflective glory. 00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:26.840 Which brings me to the last point. 00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:31.160 Our conspicuous godliness 00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:33.079 cannot be confused 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:36.160 with dysfunctional indistinction. 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:39.900 In this passage, 00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:41.380 Jesus actually provides 00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.200 a couple warnings. 00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.980 I'm sure you picked up on it. 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:47.160 You're the salt of the earth, 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.840 but if salt 00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:50.060 has lost its taste, 00:31:51.060 --> 00:31:52.500 how shall its saltiness 00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.200 be restored? 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.580 It's good for nothing. 00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:58.540 Jesus says of light, 00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.360 a city on a hill 00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:01.140 cannot be hidden. 00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:04.860 It defeats its purpose. 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.259 You don't light a lamp 00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.600 and then put it under a basket. 00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.740 It defeats its purpose. 00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.820 Salt is meant to be salty. 00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.700 It's its purpose. 00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:17.000 It's a preservative. 00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:28.100 Do you know how the church 00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:29.460 loses its saltiness? 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:30.460 It's... 00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:35.640 By becoming like the world. 00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.240 We become indistinct 00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.039 from the world 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.079 when we love the world 00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:44.279 and want to be like the world. 00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.100 You see, 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.480 worldliness in the church 00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:51.460 is a dysfunction 00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.700 in the church. 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:55.539 It grieves God. 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.460 It's... 00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.940 You're living 00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:59.820 not who you were 00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.960 meant to be. 00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.740 Salt and light. 00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:02.960 To be distinct 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.580 from the world. 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.000 So instead of being 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.759 distinct from, 00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.360 we... 00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.360 We're... 00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:10.799 End up being part 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.279 of the decay. 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.720 It's not God's design 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.160 for us. 00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.600 Have you lost your saltiness 00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.680 because of worldliness? 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.660 Are you trying to 00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.740 store up treasures 00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.220 on earth 00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.900 thinking that 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.900 that is going to 00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.580 give you security? 00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.940 Are you kind of 00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:30.440 imbibing entertainment 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:32.120 without discernment 00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:33.180 and content 00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:34.440 and volume 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.440 just like the world? 00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:37.560 Are you living in anxiety 00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:39.019 just like the world? 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:44.120 Does your family schedule 00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:46.759 look like the world's 00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.800 family schedules? 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:52.799 does your conversations... 00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.799 Do they... 00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.980 What do they smell like? 00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.440 Life or death? 00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.659 Do you know 00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.740 how to become salty again 00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.759 if you've... 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.700 If you're feeling 00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.559 the encroachment 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.420 of worldliness? 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.139 Do you know 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:10.159 how you become salty again? 00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:14.239 You turn from worldliness 00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:17.000 and you turn to God's grace. 00:34:18.479 --> 00:34:19.779 You treasure Jesus 00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:21.179 above all else 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:24.699 and he will saltify you. 00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:28.259 It's just a matter of time 00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:29.979 after treasuring Jesus 00:34:29.979 --> 00:34:31.159 with everything you've got. 00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.939 It's just a matter of time 00:34:32.939 --> 00:34:34.859 before the conspicuous acts 00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.819 of godliness 00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.879 start showing up. 00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:38.379 Just a matter of time. 00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:42.239 When it comes to 00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:43.539 the light of the world, 00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:45.599 in verses 14 and 15, 00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.779 I think Jesus is moving 00:34:47.779 --> 00:34:49.619 not to talking about worldliness 00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.599 as so much he's talking 00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.679 about something else. 00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.459 Hiddenness. 00:34:55.899 --> 00:34:56.259 Hiding. 00:34:58.339 --> 00:34:59.000 Covering up. 00:35:00.979 --> 00:35:01.799 You are the light of the world. 00:35:01.899 --> 00:35:02.679 A city set on a hill 00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.259 cannot be hidden. 00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.819 Back in the first century, 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.819 you have a city 00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.619 on a mountain. 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.539 At night, 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.500 it's lit up 00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.039 and there's no denying it. 00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:11.399 You cannot ignore that. 00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:12.439 It can't be hidden. 00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:16.959 It would be defeating its purpose. 00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.000 Or, 00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:21.939 you don't light a lamp 00:35:21.939 --> 00:35:23.759 and then put it under a basket. 00:35:25.459 --> 00:35:25.879 No. 00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:29.539 Cities on hills are high up. 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:33.619 Lamps are to be put on lampstands 00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.879 high up 00:35:34.879 --> 00:35:36.699 and they give light 00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.879 to all. 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:39.640 that they're to be seen. 00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.079 Christian, 00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:47.660 salt of the earth, 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.460 light of the world, 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:51.180 are you hiding 00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:52.180 who you are? 00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:57.079 are you ashamed 00:35:57.079 --> 00:36:00.079 to cite the glorious 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:01.339 source 00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:03.259 of your good works? 00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:09.000 When was the last time 00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:11.679 you spoke the word 00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.359 Jesus 00:36:12.359 --> 00:36:14.159 in the presence 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.879 of a non-Christian? 00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.019 solution. 00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:20.500 This little light of mine, 00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:23.760 I'm going to let it shine. 00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:26.260 This little light of mine, 00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.320 I'm going to let it shine. 00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.440 I'm not going to put 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.140 a bushel on it. 00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:31.380 No, 00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.260 I'm going to let it shine. 00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.440 I'm not going to put 00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.940 worldliness over it. 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.220 No, 00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.180 I'm going to let it shine. 00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.180 I'm not going to let 00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:38.360 fear of man 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.400 be a basket 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:40.420 over my light. 00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:40.780 Nope, 00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.720 I'm going to let it shine. 00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:47.379 I'm not going to let shame of what other people think about me because I'm a follower of Jesus. 00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:51.119 I'm not going to let that hide my light. 00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:55.159 Don't hide, Christian. 00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:57.759 Shine, Christian. 00:36:59.419 --> 00:37:00.539 You were saved for. 00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:07.419 God's grace has made you distinct from the world. 00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:12.559 God's grace has made me in order so that you would glorify God in the world. 00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:21.400 Do you know how to stop hiding your light? 00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:29.059 You admit your fear and shame to the light of the world, Jesus. 00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:36.400 You say, forgive me, Lord Jesus, for being fearful of what other people think about me. 00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:39.400 In light of what you have done on my behalf. 00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:42.079 I am really sorry. 00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:45.659 And then you start praying prayers like this. 00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:48.139 God, would you light me up? 00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.840 Would you show me your glory? 00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:55.720 Would you help me to treasure you above all else? 00:37:55.720 --> 00:38:01.139 Would you be the controlling center of my life? 00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:04.920 Would you be my one consuming passion, my all-governing reality? 00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:10.139 And out of the overflow of your heart, your mouth will speak. 00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:13.139 I can't take credit for that. 00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:15.299 That's God's grace in me. 00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.420 All glory to his name. 00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:29.280 God has saved us by his grace, called us out of the world. 00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:37.200 He has made us salty and lit us up to send us back into the world for the glory of the name of Jesus. 00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:42.860 Distinct from, to bear witness to. 00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:53.760 Coming off the Beatitudes, Jesus describes our distinct relationship to the world as being salt and light. 00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:56.900 We are supernaturally distinct. 00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:02.480 It's by his grace that's the source of our saltiness, the source of our brilliance. 00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:06.059 We are a functional distinction. 00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:12.059 We slow the moral corruption, the sinful corruption in our culture, and we shine. 00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:14.119 We reveal God's goodness. 00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:17.219 And we are gloriously distinct. 00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.320 We cite our source. 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.840 We don't plagiarize. 00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:24.759 We say, it's his doing, not mine. 00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:25.940 I'm a moon. 00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.759 He's the sun. 00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:31.500 And we say no to the dysfunction of indistinction. 00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:33.400 We don't blend in. 00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.139 We stand out. 00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:36.699 We say no to worldliness. 00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:38.739 We say no to the fear of man. 00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:40.339 We say no to shame. 00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:47.079 God has made us distinct from the world so that we would glorify God in the world. 00:39:48.299 --> 00:39:49.519 And it's our privilege. 00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:52.159 Let's pray together. 00:39:52.159 --> 00:40:06.940 God in heaven, whether we live in the city of Kenosha or we live in Union Grove, we live in Africa, 00:40:07.899 --> 00:40:14.219 you have graciously and radically changed us from the inside out. 00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:16.959 And now we get to be your salt and light. 00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:21.219 Lord Jesus, you are the light of the world. 00:40:21.359 --> 00:40:24.379 You are the great sun of our solar system. 00:40:25.279 --> 00:40:27.939 And now it's our joy to reflect your glory, 00:40:28.939 --> 00:40:32.319 to live out the good works you've called us to and prepared for us, 00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:37.440 so that more and more people would come to see you and trust you 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:41.620 and live for you and for who you are. 00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.920 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.039 Amen. 00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:44.139 Amen. 00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:46.039 Amen. 00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.920 Amen. 00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.440 Amen. 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:52.059 Amen. 00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.420 Amen. 00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:54.320 Amen. 00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:55.719 Amen. 00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.099 Amen. 00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:58.099 Amen. 00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.360 Amen. 00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:08.259 Amen. 00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:09.619 Amen. 00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:12.159 Amen.