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 If you would open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 5,

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 we're going to be looking at verses 13 through 16 this morning,

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 and let me read for you this morning these words of our Lord and Savior Jesus.

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 He says,

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 You, you are the salt of the earth,

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 but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

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 It's no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

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 You, you are the light of the world.

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 A city set on a hill cannot be hidden,

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 nor do people light a lamp and put under a basket,

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 but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.

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 In the same way, let your light shine before others

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 so that they may see your good works

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 and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

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 Amen.

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 Blend in or bail out.

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 Sooner or later, as a Christian, you're going to have to figure out

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 what God is calling you to

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 in terms of your relationship to the world.

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 Now, the world, biblically understood,

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 is not so much the planet,

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 though the Bible does talk about the planet,

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 but in passages like in 1 John 2,

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 when we learn about the world,

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 here's what is being said.

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 It's the group of non-Christians

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 who are living their lifestyles,

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 and it creates currents.

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 Currents of ungodliness.

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 And so we've got to figure out,

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 as Christians called out from the world,

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 how are we to live in relationship to the world?

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 Because we used to be numbered with them.

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 And the classic polar opposites are blend in or bail out.

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 And both are mistakes.

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 So the blend in approach is this.

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 Hey, you know, in the name of relevance,

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 I'm just going to kind of blend in with the world

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 and look like them and talk like them

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 and do what they do,

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 you know, with the hope of having some kind of influence.

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 But Jesus doesn't allow that.

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 He's going to call us this morning

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 to be distinct from the world.

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 And when we're distinct from the world,

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 we're able to make a lasting difference

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 for Christ in the world.

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 But if you blend in,

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 you're not going to make a difference for Jesus.

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 So mistake number one is blend in.

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 Mistake number two is bail out.

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 And that's the idea like,

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 okay, I'm a Christian.

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 I don't want to have anything to do with the world.

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 I don't want to have any dealings with the world.

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 So I'm cutting out.

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 I'm going to call my best Christian friends

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 and we're going to find a beautiful place

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 in the valley and the Rockies

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 and set up a little compound with big walls

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 and not let anybody in.

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 Bail out.

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 Jesus doesn't allow that either.

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 He calls us to be distinct from the world,

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 but to remain in the world

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 so that we can make a lasting difference

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 for Him in the world.

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 And this morning,

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 the words that we just read out of Matthew,

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 He guides us.

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 He shows us how to live in this world

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 for the glory of God.

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 He shows us how to be distinct from the world

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 yet remaining in the world

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 and making a difference for Him.

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 And so right here in this passage,

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 Jesus is going to help us to see

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 how we're to be in this world

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 as Christians.

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 He says,

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 you are the salt of the earth.

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 You are the light of the world.

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 Our distinctly Christian,

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 Christ-like lives

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 are to be salt and light

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 in a decaying and dark world.

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 And I want you to see it

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 in the words of Jesus.

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 I want you to see this

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 in Jesus' words.

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 So this morning,

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 we're going to look at four words.

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 I pulled them right out of this passage.

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 It's the word you.

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 We've got to be clear on who that is.

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 You,

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 salt,

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 light,

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 and the word that.

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 Jesus is getting at purpose.

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 You,

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 salt,

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 light,

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 that

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 they may see

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 your good works

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 and

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 glorify

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 your Father in Heaven.

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 So,

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 let's turn our attention

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 to the word

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 you.

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 We see that in Matthew

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 chapter 5

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 verse 13.

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 That first word,

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 you

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 are the salt

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 of the earth.

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 And then look at verse 14.

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 You

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 are the light

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 of the world.

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 Remember those iconic

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 recruiting posters

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 from World War II?

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 Uncle Sam,

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 I want you!

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 Remember that?

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 Jesus is basically

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 saying to us this morning,

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 you.

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 You!

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 I've called you to something.

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 You.

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 This word is

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 emphatic,

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 which means like

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 in the original language,

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 it's glowing.

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 It actually means

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 you and you only.

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 So,

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 Jesus is talking

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 to His disciples

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 and He's saying,

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 you guys

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 are the light

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 of the world.

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 You guys

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 are the salt

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 of the earth.

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 Not the Roman

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 government.

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 Not the religious

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 leaders here.

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 Not the police.

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 Not the school

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 system.

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 You are

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 my salt.

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 You

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 are my light.

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 So,

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 we've got to be clear

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 on who He's talking about.

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 So,

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 if you remember,

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 this is the Sermon

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 on the Mount.

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 And if you turn

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 and you look at

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 Matthew 5,

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 verse 1,

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 it starts giving you

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 some clues.

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 Jesus is on this

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 mountainside

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 talking to

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 His disciples

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 who have

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 come to Him.

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 Now,

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 who are His disciples?

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 If you look at

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 the end of

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 Matthew 4,

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 He's already

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 called some.

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 Simon,

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 Peter,

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 and Andrew

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 who are fishermen.

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 And then He also

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 calls James

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 and John.

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 You see that

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 in Matthew 4,

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 verses 18-22.

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 And they

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 followed after Him.

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 So,

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 here we have

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 Jesus talking

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 to His

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 early disciples.

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 Ordinary

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 Joes.

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 Just like you

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 and me.

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 These guys

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 were Galilean

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 peasants.

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 Seriously,

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 there was nothing

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 impressive about them.

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 We've got a lot

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 to relate to them.

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 I hope that wasn't

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 an insult.

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 It's just kind of

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 where we are,

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 isn't it?

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 Just ordinary people

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 following after

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 an extraordinary

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 Savior.

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 And so,

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 what I want to

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 remind you of

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 is that

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 these are real

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 people Jesus

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 is speaking to

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 back in the

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 first century.

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 This is a real

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 sermon spoken

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 on a real

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 mountainside

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 to real disciples

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 of His,

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 His first

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 disciples.

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 And what He

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 just got done

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 saying at the

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 beginning of the

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 sermon out is

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 what we've been

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 talking about.

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 The Beatitudes.

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 And so,

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 what He's been

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 saying is this.

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 These are the

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 kingdom traits

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 of my citizens.

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 These eight

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 Beatitudes are

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 to mark in

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 increasing measure

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 my followers.

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 Christians.

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 These eight

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 beautiful traits

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 in God's eyes

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 are true of

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 those people

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 I've called

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 out of the

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 domain of

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 darkness

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 and brought

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 into the

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 kingdom

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 that I

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 am bringing

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 about.

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 The kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Who is

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 this you?

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 Early

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 disciples

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 and Jesus

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 already covered

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 the ground

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 of you're

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 to be

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 beautiful

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 in God's

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 sight.

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 All eight

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 of these

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 Beatitudes

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 are going to

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 be true of

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 you.

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 And here's

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 why He's

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 saying this.

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 The Beatitudes

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 have an effect.

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 If you are

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 living out

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 the Beatitudes,

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 if you're

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 living them

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 out,

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 you're going

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 to have

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 an influence

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 on the world

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 around you.

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 It's automatic.

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 It's going

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 to happen.

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 If you are

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 growing in

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 Christlikeness

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 as the Beatitudes

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 are a profile

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 of,

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 you are going

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 to influence

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 others around

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 you.

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 And Jesus

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 says,

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 if you live

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 like this,

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 if this is

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 your character,

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 you're going

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 to be salt

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 and light

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 in the people

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 around you.

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 You can't

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 hold it

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 back.

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 And so

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 what Jesus

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 is doing

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 here is

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 saying,

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 hey,

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 if these

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 Beatitudes

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 are true

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 of you,

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 and they

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 are if you

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 belong to

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 Jesus,

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 it's all

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 by His

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 grace.

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 grace,

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 you can't

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 make yourself

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 beautiful in

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 God's eyes.

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 Only His

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 grace does

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 that.

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 But as

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 He does

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 that in

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 growing measure,

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 it makes

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 you stand

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 out in

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 a world

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 that's

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 decaying

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 and dark.

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 You.

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 He's telling

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 His disciples,

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 you are

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 the salt.

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 You are

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 the light.

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 Don't look

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 around you.

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 Nobody else

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 is going

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 to be that.

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 You will

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 be that for

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 me in

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 this dark

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 place.

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 So now

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 the question

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 we've got

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 to ask

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 is,

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 okay,

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 Jesus is

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 talking to

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 His disciples

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 in the

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 first century.

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 Okay,

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 He's on

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 a mountainside.

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 How does

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 that apply

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 to us?

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 Who likes

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 roller coasters?

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 I have

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 some friends

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 who are

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 going to

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 go on

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 a roller

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 coaster

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 fest

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 here pretty

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 soon.

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 They're

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 really

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 excited.

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 I personally

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 don't like

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 roller coasters.

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 I don't like

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 paying for

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 getting jostled

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 around.

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 It's just

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 old man

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 disease,

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 I guess.

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 Have you

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 been driving

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 down 94

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 and you

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 see the

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 screaming

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 eagle,

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 six flags?

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 That's an

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 impressive,

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 impressive

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 roller coaster.

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 This morning

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 I want to

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 talk to you

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 about another

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 roller coaster.

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 It's called

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 the roller

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 coaster of

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 discipleship.

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 And on

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 this roller

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 coaster,

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 there's two

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 tracks.

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 And they're

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 Jesus'

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 words.

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 follow me

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 as a

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 disciple

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 and go

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 make

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 disciples

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 of the

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 nations.

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 And Jesus

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 leads us

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 on this

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 track of

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 discipleship.

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 We go

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 up and

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 down.

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 Loop

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 de loop.

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 Highs,

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 lows,

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 stomach in

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 your throat,

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 down through

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 the dark

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 tunnels,

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 all the way

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 out.

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 So here's

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 what I want

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 you to

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 imagine

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 with me.

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 We're all

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 on the

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 platform of

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 the roller

00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:42.580
 coaster called

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 discipleship.

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 And we're

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 waiting for

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 the car to

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 come in so

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 we can get

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 on.

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 And so we're

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 looking down

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 the line and

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 here comes the

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 car.

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 And you know,

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 you've seen

00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:52.639
 this.

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 They come

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 really fast and

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 then they slow

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 down real quick

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 and people's

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 hair goes in

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 front of them

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 and then they

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 look kind of

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 dazed.

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 Do you know

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 what I'm

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 talking about?

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 This car comes

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 in and we're

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 noticing that

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 there's a whole

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 bunch of

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 Galilean peasants

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 on board.

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 And emblazoned

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 on the side of

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 this roller

00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:14.399
 coaster car is

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 a three letter

00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:17.460
 word in bright

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 red called

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 you.

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 You.

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 And it

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 pulls up

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 the safety

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 bar goes

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 up and all

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 of these

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 first century

00:12:28.860 --> 00:12:29.879
 disciples get

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 out.

00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:32.180
 They get out

00:12:32.180 --> 00:12:32.720
 on the platform

00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:33.180
 on the other

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 side and they

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 turn around and

00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:34.440
 you know who

00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:34.759
 they're looking

00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:34.980
 at?

00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:36.160
 They're looking

00:12:36.160 --> 00:12:36.720
 at us.

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 Do you know

00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:37.980
 why?

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 Because it's

00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:39.700
 our turn to

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 get into the

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 you.

00:12:40.620 --> 00:12:43.480
 to get into

00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:43.960
 the you.

00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:46.019
 You are the

00:12:46.019 --> 00:12:46.460
 salt.

00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:48.019
 You are the

00:12:48.019 --> 00:12:48.419
 light.

00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:49.820
 This is part of

00:12:49.820 --> 00:12:50.759
 following Jesus

00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.899
 and for

00:12:51.899 --> 00:12:52.740
 generation to

00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:53.419
 generation,

00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:55.000
 faithful Christians

00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:56.560
 before us have

00:12:56.560 --> 00:12:58.460
 been on this

00:12:58.460 --> 00:12:59.039
 coaster.

00:12:59.519 --> 00:12:59.899
 They have

00:12:59.899 --> 00:13:00.759
 followed Jesus

00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:01.419
 faithfully.

00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:02.340
 They have run

00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:03.519
 their course and

00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:04.120
 now it's our

00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:04.399
 turn.

00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.079
 it's our

00:13:06.079 --> 00:13:06.879
 turn to get

00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:07.699
 into this

00:13:07.699 --> 00:13:08.699
 roller coaster

00:13:08.699 --> 00:13:10.699
 car in this

00:13:10.699 --> 00:13:11.799
 city of

00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:13.459
 Kenosha and

00:13:13.459 --> 00:13:14.220
 to be salt

00:13:14.220 --> 00:13:15.259
 and to be

00:13:15.259 --> 00:13:15.639
 light.

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 You are a

00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:20.939
 citizen of

00:13:20.939 --> 00:13:21.240
 heaven,

00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.279
 brother,

00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:23.079
 sister in

00:13:23.079 --> 00:13:23.419
 Christ.

00:13:24.439 --> 00:13:25.340
 God's grace

00:13:25.340 --> 00:13:26.059
 has busted

00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:27.019
 into your life

00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:27.740
 and he's

00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:28.579
 radically changed

00:13:28.579 --> 00:13:28.799
 you.

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 You were dead

00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:30.460
 and he made

00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:31.279
 you alive.

00:13:31.699 --> 00:13:32.000
 You were in

00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:32.439
 the domain of

00:13:32.439 --> 00:13:32.799
 darkness,

00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:33.279
 now you're the

00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:33.679
 kingdom of

00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:34.059
 light.

00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:36.439
 You were

00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:37.000
 living for

00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:37.600
 the world,

00:13:37.959 --> 00:13:38.840
 now you've

00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:39.279
 been called

00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:39.879
 out of the

00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:41.100
 world yet to

00:13:41.100 --> 00:13:41.819
 remain in the

00:13:41.819 --> 00:13:42.840
 world for

00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.679
 Jesus' sake.

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 So make no

00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:47.840
 mistake,

00:13:47.959 --> 00:13:48.399
 brothers and

00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:48.740
 sisters,

00:13:49.779 --> 00:13:51.459
 Jesus today

00:13:51.459 --> 00:13:52.559
 is calling

00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:54.259
 you to

00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:54.899
 follow him.

00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:57.059
 To be salt

00:13:57.059 --> 00:13:57.939
 and to be

00:13:57.939 --> 00:13:59.720
 light in our

00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:00.699
 little slice

00:14:00.699 --> 00:14:00.980
 of the

00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.319
 darkness.

00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:01.520
 us.

00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:04.820
 He's calling

00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:05.440
 us to live

00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:07.980
 distinct lives

00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:09.720
 for the glory

00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.240
 of God.

00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:11.520
 So let's,

00:14:11.760 --> 00:14:12.180
 we looked at

00:14:12.180 --> 00:14:12.500
 the word

00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:12.940
 you,

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 and I hope

00:14:13.820 --> 00:14:14.200
 you're feeling

00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:14.860
 the weight of

00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:15.120
 that.

00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:19.060
 You are the

00:14:19.060 --> 00:14:21.200
 salt of the

00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:21.580
 earth.

00:14:22.800 --> 00:14:23.680
 You are the

00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:25.560
 salt of the

00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:25.740
 earth.

00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:34.340
 salt of the

00:14:34.340 --> 00:14:34.840
 earth.

00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:34.980
 If they're the

00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:36.519
 essential marks

00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:37.340
 of a Christian,

00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:39.159
 salt and light

00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:40.180
 are the metaphors

00:14:40.180 --> 00:14:41.460
 that describe our

00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.259
 impact.

00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:42.340
 salt.

00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:46.220
 You are the

00:14:46.220 --> 00:14:46.799
 salt of the

00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.019
 earth.

00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:47.899
 What's the

00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.819
 primary function

00:14:48.819 --> 00:14:49.279
 of salt?

00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:49.620
 Anyone?

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:49.960
 Anyone?

00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:50.519
 Anyone?

00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:51.220
 Anyone?

00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:52.939
 Bueller?

00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:53.399
 Bueller?

00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:54.139
 Bueller?

00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:57.360
 Did someone say

00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:57.740
 dessert?

00:15:00.100 --> 00:15:00.700
 Preserve.

00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:01.639
 That's right.

00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:02.679
 Now remember,

00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:03.960
 Jesus is speaking

00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:04.840
 to a people back

00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:05.799
 in the first

00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:07.179
 century in the

00:15:07.179 --> 00:15:07.840
 ancient Near

00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.600
 East, and

00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.700
 Jesus, on his

00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:10.600
 itinerant preaching,

00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:11.980
 he didn't stay in

00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:12.639
 Super 8's.

00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.600
 He wouldn't walk

00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:14.080
 in from the

00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:14.779
 heat, turn on

00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:15.080
 the air

00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:15.779
 conditioning, and

00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:16.600
 open up his

00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:17.060
 little mini

00:15:17.060 --> 00:15:17.420
 fridge.

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.860
 They didn't have

00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:19.539
 refrigerators.

00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:22.259
 So how did they

00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.960
 preserve meat?

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.940
 They packed it

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 in salt.

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 And that salt

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 served as a

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 preservative.

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 It kept it from

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 decaying.

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 It slowed down

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 the rot process.

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 The primary

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 function of salt

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 in the first

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 century was to

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 be a preservative.

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 We use it for

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 flavor.

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 And throwing

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 on ice, they

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 used it to

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 preserve meat.

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 I hope you see

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 what Jesus is

00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.779
 implying about

00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.220
 the world.

00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:04.200
 You see it?

00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:08.180
 Jesus is saying

00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:11.900
 that there is a

00:16:11.900 --> 00:16:13.100
 moral decay among

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 the inhabitants of

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 the earth.

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 A moral decay.

00:16:18.020 --> 00:16:19.020
 A spiritual decay.

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 A spiritual rot.

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 And at its heart

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 is called sin.

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 Now, if you left

00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:28.900
 this building today

00:16:28.900 --> 00:16:30.040
 and you pulled

00:16:30.040 --> 00:16:31.200
 somebody aside on

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 the street and you

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 asked them,

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 hey, what's the

00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.159
 source of all the

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 world's problems,

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 you might get

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 something like this.

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 Well, it's

00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:38.559
 ignorance, so we

00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:39.159
 need to educate.

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 Or you might hear

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 something like this.

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 You know what?

00:16:43.119 --> 00:16:43.639
 There is some

00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.759
 socioeconomic

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.500
 inequality.

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 So we need to

00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:48.519
 spread out what

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 the haves have

00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.379
 to the have-nots.

00:16:57.199 --> 00:16:58.099
 What Jesus is

00:16:58.099 --> 00:16:58.699
 saying here is

00:16:58.699 --> 00:16:59.199
 this, and he's

00:16:59.199 --> 00:16:59.839
 not pulling any

00:16:59.839 --> 00:17:00.119
 punches.

00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:03.619
 Jesus is saying

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 that the problem,

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 the source of

00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:08.339
 this decay is

00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:10.319
 in the heart

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:11.819
 of every human

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.579
 being that

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 walks the earth.

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 This problem

00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:17.099
 in the human

00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:18.559
 heart is the

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.859
 equivalent of

00:17:19.859 --> 00:17:21.079
 decaying meat.

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 The problem is

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 sin.

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 You all

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.899
 experienced the

00:17:27.899 --> 00:17:28.720
 rot-out,

00:17:28.899 --> 00:17:29.819
 decaying effect

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.359
 of sin.

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 whether that's

00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:33.719
 in your own

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 character, or

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 in your

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 relationship with

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.759
 your spouse, or

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.979
 in your family, or

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 with your

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 friendships, or

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:44.399
 in a city, or

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 in a county, or

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:47.099
 in a state, or

00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:47.899
 in a nation.

00:17:49.139 --> 00:17:50.079
 Sin rots

00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:51.219
 stuff out.

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.799
 It brings

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.299
 decay.

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:55.579
 It

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.859
 disintegrates.

00:17:56.859 --> 00:18:01.599
 Jesus is

00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.019
 implying

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.719
 something very

00:18:02.719 --> 00:18:03.559
 serious here

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:04.240
 about the

00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.719
 real source

00:18:05.719 --> 00:18:06.199
 of human

00:18:06.199 --> 00:18:06.759
 problems.

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 And so what

00:18:07.719 --> 00:18:08.839
 Jesus is calling

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.319
 us to,

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.779
 he's saying

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.139
 this,

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.059
 I have made

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 you beautiful

00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.079
 by my

00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:13.519
 grace.

00:18:14.639 --> 00:18:15.519
 I've called

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.059
 you out of

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.740
 darkness into

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.199
 the light.

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.179
 You were in

00:18:19.179 --> 00:18:20.799
 the devil's

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.299
 kingdom, now

00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:22.139
 you're in my

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 kingdom.

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 And now that

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.799
 I've saved

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.299
 you, I've

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:25.959
 positioned you,

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.980
 and I am

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:29.180
 packing you

00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:30.039
 into your

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:31.319
 city like

00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:31.960
 salt.

00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.319
 To be a

00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:35.220
 preservative

00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:36.220
 presence.

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.400
 To slow

00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:39.840
 down the

00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:40.480
 moral decay

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.220
 happening all

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:42.019
 around us.

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.380
 I'm not sure

00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:46.759
 if you guys

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.440
 notice this, but

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.819
 there's a bit

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.299
 of a warning

00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:48.840
 here too.

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.539
 You are the

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.120
 salt of the

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.539
 earth, but

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.400
 if salt has

00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:54.259
 lost its

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:55.279
 taste, how

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.920
 shall it

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:57.000
 saltiness be

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.560
 restored.

00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.300
 It's no

00:18:58.300 --> 00:18:58.800
 longer good

00:18:58.800 --> 00:18:59.340
 for anything

00:18:59.340 --> 00:18:59.940
 except to be

00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.620
 thrown out and

00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.200
 trampled under

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:02.100
 people's feet.

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.420
 That word

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:05.980
 if is a

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.720
 huge clue.

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.779
 Salt losing

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.580
 its taste.

00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:10.000
 Do you know

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.539
 what Jesus is

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:10.940
 saying for

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.180
 us?

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.740
 It's when a

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.740
 Christian loses

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.720
 his or her

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:19.340
 distinctiveness.

00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.180
 When a

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:24.380
 Christian strays

00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:25.120
 from the

00:19:25.120 --> 00:19:25.880
 beatitudes.

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 When there's

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.340
 no longer a

00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:30.820
 hunger and

00:19:30.820 --> 00:19:31.320
 thirst for

00:19:31.320 --> 00:19:32.120
 righteousness that

00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:32.700
 governs all

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.140
 things.

00:19:33.340 --> 00:19:34.260
 When a purity

00:19:34.260 --> 00:19:34.900
 of heart means

00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:35.980
 nothing more to

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.900
 you anymore.

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:43.260
 What Jesus is

00:19:43.260 --> 00:19:44.120
 saying here is

00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:45.660
 if we lose our

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.400
 distinctiveness,

00:19:46.580 --> 00:19:47.640
 it's like salt

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.500
 that's lost its

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:48.840
 taste.

00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.400
 It becomes

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.920
 useless.

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:52.600
 And in that

00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.279
 day, useless

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.960
 salt was

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:54.480
 thrown into

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.920
 the first

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.519
 century garbage

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.140
 heap, which

00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:57.560
 was the

00:19:57.560 --> 00:19:59.600
 street, and

00:19:59.600 --> 00:20:00.200
 got trampled

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.560
 on.

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.120
 How does a

00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:07.880
 Christian lose

00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:08.840
 his or her

00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:09.820
 saltiness,

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.580
 distinctiveness?

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.019
 Because it does

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.380
 happen.

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:15.840
 maybe you're

00:20:15.840 --> 00:20:16.300
 sitting there

00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:16.880
 right now and

00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:17.300
 the heat's

00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:17.620
 starting to

00:20:17.620 --> 00:20:18.120
 turn up.

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.020
 And I'm

00:20:20.020 --> 00:20:20.460
 not talking

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:22.140
 about the

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:23.320
 temperature here.

00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:28.020
 When we

00:20:28.020 --> 00:20:28.640
 start blending

00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.220
 in with the

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:33.280
 world, that's

00:20:33.280 --> 00:20:33.740
 when we start

00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:35.260
 to lose our

00:20:35.260 --> 00:20:36.600
 saltiness, our

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:37.340
 distinctiveness.

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.600
 Instead of

00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:40.220
 becoming more

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.460
 and more Christ-like,

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:43.140
 instead of day

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:44.079
 after day making

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.200
 choices based on

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.960
 God's word, I'm

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.539
 going to believe

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.120
 this, God.

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.819
 I'm going to

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.480
 trust you for

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:48.940
 this, God.

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.700
 You're telling me

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.440
 to live this way,

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.319
 God, and I'm

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.900
 going to because I

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.279
 want to bring

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.920
 glory to your

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.440
 name, God.

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.600
 Instead of that,

00:20:54.860 --> 00:20:55.880
 what happens is it

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.660
 becomes one

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:58.140
 compromise after

00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:58.579
 another.

00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.640
 And you

00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:01.039
 compromise into

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:03.299
 being indistinguishable

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.600
 from the decay

00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.500
 around us.

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.700
 According to

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.259
 Jesus,

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.900
 our witness

00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:14.600
 rises or

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.680
 falls on

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.720
 being distinct

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.640
 from the

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.700
 decay of

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.220
 our culture.

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.620
 Our impact

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.120
 on the world

00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:25.940
 depends on

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:27.019
 the saltiness

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.759
 of our

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.380
 presence.

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.299
 We cannot

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:31.400
 blend into

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.059
 the decay of

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.420
 the world.

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.799
 We've got to

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.559
 be distinct

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.180
 from it.

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.240
 That's why

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.779
 he called us

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.279
 to himself

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.700
 to begin

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:37.980
 with.

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:41.460
 Now, if you

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:41.920
 know you're

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.960
 sitting here

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.360
 and you're

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:44.299
 like, I've

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:45.160
 professed Christ

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.240
 but I am, I

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.839
 know it, I'm

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.740
 indistinguishable

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.420
 from the rest

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.160
 of the world, I

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:50.059
 blend in great.

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.779
 If you know

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:53.240
 that's you, you

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.700
 know what Jesus

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.279
 would say to

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.480
 you?

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.980
 He'd say this,

00:21:56.980 --> 00:22:00.960
 blessed are the

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:02.440
 poor in spirit

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:04.819
 for theirs

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.539
 is the kingdom

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.019
 of heaven.

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.620
 Blessed are

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.099
 those who

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.940
 mourn

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.920
 their sin

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.240
 for they

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.620
 shall be

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.160
 comforted.

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.460
 Come to

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.819
 me.

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.720
 Come to

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.099
 me.

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.319
 Turn from

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.799
 your sin,

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.599
 turn to

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:18.960
 me.

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.880
 And I will

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.380
 make you

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.180
 salty again.

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:28.560
 when a

00:22:28.560 --> 00:22:28.960
 Christian

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:30.480
 slips into

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.240
 worldliness,

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.860
 they become

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.940
 very acute

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.600
 of their

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:34.980
 own

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.039
 unhappiness.

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.580
 But what I

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.080
 need to tell

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.700
 you today,

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.660
 if you're

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.160
 in that

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.019
 spot,

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.160
 there's much

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.820
 more riding

00:22:43.820 --> 00:22:45.519
 on your

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.100
 character

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:46.820
 and on your

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.480
 witness than

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.360
 just your

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.799
 happiness.

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:49.940
 Your life

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.460
 is making

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.160
 a statement

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.840
 about the

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.740
 kingdom of

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.059
 heaven,

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:55.199
 about what

00:22:55.199 --> 00:22:55.659
 Jesus has

00:22:55.659 --> 00:22:55.939
 done.

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.939
 Turn to

00:22:58.939 --> 00:22:59.159
 him.

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.459
 I'm not

00:23:01.459 --> 00:23:01.839
 sure if this

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.059
 is a

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.439
 confession,

00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:03.419
 but I

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:04.139
 like DC

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.679
 talk.

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.659
 I grew up

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:07.139
 listening to

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.240
 them.

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.439
 In the

00:23:07.439 --> 00:23:07.859
 90s,

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:09.179
 they released

00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:09.679
 an album

00:23:09.679 --> 00:23:10.059
 called

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.480
 Jesus

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.959
 Freak.

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.099
 And in

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.539
 one of the

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.480
 tracks called

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.500
 What If I

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.159
 Stumble,

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.419
 Brennan

00:23:17.419 --> 00:23:17.819
 Manning,

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.319
 who is a

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.679
 Christian

00:23:18.679 --> 00:23:19.740
 speaker at

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.199
 the time,

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.879
 he's

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.319
 recorded.

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.539
 And this

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:22.779
 is what

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.119
 he said.

00:23:25.439 --> 00:23:26.419
 The greatest

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:27.279
 single cause

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.079
 of atheism

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.839
 today is

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:30.199
 Christians who

00:23:30.199 --> 00:23:31.199
 acknowledge Jesus

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.839
 with their

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.199
 lips,

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.799
 but walk

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.459
 out the

00:23:34.459 --> 00:23:35.220
 door and

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.240
 deny Him

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.240
 by their

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.879
 lifestyle.

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.459
 And then he

00:23:39.459 --> 00:23:39.859
 says,

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.679
 this is what

00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:42.220
 an unbelieving

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:44.099
 world simply

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:45.059
 finds

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:46.119
 unbelievable.

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.239
 people.

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.579
 There's more

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:50.500
 riding on

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:52.819
 your witness

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.619
 than just

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.219
 your happiness.

00:23:56.699 --> 00:23:57.619
 So now the

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.139
 question becomes,

00:23:58.239 --> 00:23:59.259
 how does a

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.939
 Christian stay

00:23:59.939 --> 00:24:00.419
 salty?

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.339
 You stay

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:04.039
 close to

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.579
 Jesus.

00:24:05.979 --> 00:24:08.139
 You get in

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.779
 close to

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.079
 Him.

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:11.259
 You come

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.099
 real close

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.439
 and you

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:13.460
 abide in

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.419
 Him and

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:15.059
 He bears

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.819
 His fruit

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.679
 through you.

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.159
 Are you

00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:20.500
 lacking

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.139
 salt?

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.279
 Go to

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.639
 Jesus.

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.799
 He'll make

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.480
 you beautiful

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.019
 again.

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:31.899
 What should

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.480
 you expect?

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:34.440
 if you're

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.259
 living for

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.420
 Jesus and

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.220
 you're living

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.579
 out the

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.360
 Beatitudes

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.740
 by faith,

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.519
 trusting in

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.940
 Him and

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.720
 growing measure,

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.720
 what should

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.539
 you expect?

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.440
 How does

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.620
 this salt

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.880
 actually show

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.240
 up?

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.759
 What will

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.259
 happen?

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.160
 Well, you

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.680
 probably already

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.140
 experienced.

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.700
 I tried to

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.319
 point out some

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.519
 of them.

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.220
 Here's one.

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.880
 Conversations.

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:58.140
 Have you ever

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.880
 experienced this?

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.920
 You're among

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.740
 non-Christians

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.940
 and they start

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.440
 opening

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.160
 cans of

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.539
 cuss.

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.680
 It's all

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.220
 over you

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.980
 and they

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.840
 realize

00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:09.340
 they're

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:09.960
 cussing in

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.680
 your presence

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.740
 and they say

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.059
 things like,

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.519
 oh, I'm so

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:12.799
 sorry.

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.080
 I'm so

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.460
 sorry for

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.799
 swearing.

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.200
 I'm so

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.460
 sorry.

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.720
 I'm so

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:15.980
 sorry.

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.200
 I'll try

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.559
 not to

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.320
 swear around

00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:19.600
 you.

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.299
 You're being

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.759
 salt.

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.440
 You're having

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.980
 an effect.

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.180
 The cleanness

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.860
 of your

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:28.100
 speech is

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.960
 having a

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.920
 salt effect

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.759
 on their

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.420
 decaying

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.900
 speech.

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:35.660
 or another

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.059
 kind of

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.860
 conversation

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:38.640
 salt.

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.840
 This is

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.140
 when you

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.039
 walk into

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.620
 a group

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.100
 of people

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.580
 and they're

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:42.980
 obviously

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.660
 talking about

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.160
 something

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.779
 and when

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.240
 you walk

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.519
 in,

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.880
 their faces

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.480
 drop and

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.880
 they're looking

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.240
 at their

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.700
 feet and

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.019
 they start

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.559
 talking about

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.000
 the weather.

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.740
 Your salty

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.620
 presence has

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.220
 brought about

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.759
 a topic

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:57.420
 change in

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.100
 conversation.

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:59.240
 who knows

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.539
 what they

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.980
 are talking

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.359
 about.

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.039
 That's

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.439
 good.

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.299
 That's

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.980
 being salty.

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.919
 They might

00:26:06.919 --> 00:26:07.359
 not like

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.619
 it,

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.699
 but you're

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.399
 being salty.

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.259
 Entertainment.

00:26:14.679 --> 00:26:15.199
 When was the

00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:15.679
 last time you

00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:16.319
 walked out of a

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.579
 movie?

00:26:16.719 --> 00:26:17.099
 Because it

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.639
 was just

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.259
 rank.

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.559
 When was the

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.059
 last time you're

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.599
 driving with your

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.059
 kids and you're

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:23.259
 like, I've got to

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.119
 turn this off or

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.779
 turn the station

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.980
 because this is

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.000
 just decay.

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.680
 Mom, dad, be

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.379
 salty.

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:32.399
 Be salt in your

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:32.839
 family.

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.839
 Workplace.

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.940
 Jesus is

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.700
 calling us

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:40.619
 to speak

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.599
 truth.

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:44.160
 To work

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.899
 hard.

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.259
 To not

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.200
 cut corners.

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.740
 To speak

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.319
 the truth in

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.720
 love.

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.920
 In the

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.440
 workplace,

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.660
 your salt

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.380
 shows up

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:56.060
 big time.

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.380
 When you

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.960
 don't gossip,

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:58.960
 when you

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.600
 don't lie,

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.140
 when you

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.759
 don't cheat,

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.420
 when you

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:01.960
 insist on

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.200
 doing it

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.519
 the right

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.900
 way,

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.480
 and when

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.120
 you work

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.779
 hard.

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.480
 Just a

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.880
 quick word

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.120
 about

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.740
 politics.

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.519
 Jesus

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.980
 isn't going

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.279
 to bring

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.300
 in the

00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:11.640
 kingdom

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.300
 through the

00:27:12.300 --> 00:27:12.820
 Republican

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.519
 or Democratic

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.920
 party.

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.240
 Can we

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.620
 all agree

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:14.960
 on that?

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.920
 You

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.920
 are the

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.120
 salt.

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.700
 You

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:19.940
 are the

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.140
 light.

00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:21.500
 It's

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.880
 us.

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.259
 And so

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.740
 we will

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.480
 work

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.160
 through

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.720
 the

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.240
 democratic

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.819
 process

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.700
 to be

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.180
 salt

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.579
 and

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.000
 light.

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.279
 But here's

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.620
 how I

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:30.900
 want you

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.220
 to help

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.700
 you think

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.120
 in terms

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.440
 of the

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.400
 presidential

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.279
 cycle that

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.660
 we're in.

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.599
 Think about

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:35.880
 it this

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.099
 way.

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:39.160
 You

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:40.140
 are a

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.660
 citizen

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.819
 of heaven

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:43.279
 with

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.620
 American

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:43.920
 voting

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.279
 rights.

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.579
 That's

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:45.839
 who you

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.099
 are.

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.079
 So vote

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.279
 your

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.779
 conscience.

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.640
 Live

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:50.820
 for

00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:51.259
 Jesus.

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:53.080
 Make

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.280
 the

00:27:53.280 --> 00:27:53.780
 most

00:27:53.780 --> 00:27:54.480
 of the

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.940
 opportunities

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.520
 we have

00:27:55.520 --> 00:27:55.700
 to

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.720
 influence

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:58.040
 politics

00:27:58.040 --> 00:27:58.680
 for

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.040
 Jesus'

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.520
 name.

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:02.980
 We

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.200
 are to

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.500
 be a

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.400
 preservative

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.060
 presence

00:28:05.060 --> 00:28:05.960
 for

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.340
 Jesus.

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.080
 You

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.740
 are the

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.100
 salt

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.540
 of the

00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:10.880
 earth.

00:28:11.780 --> 00:28:12.080
 You

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.759
 are the

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.440
 light

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.280
 of the

00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:14.540
 world.

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:14.800
 You

00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:15.160
 see this

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.300
 in

00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:15.660
 14.

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.600
 You

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:17.880
 are the

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.180
 light

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.580
 of the

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:18.820
 world.

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.539
 What's

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.679
 the

00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:20.019
 primary

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.460
 function

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.619
 of

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:20.799
 light?

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.039
 Let me

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.500
 tell you.

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:23.859
 It's

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.259
 to help

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.119
 people see

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.319
 in

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.720
 darkness.

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.399
 That's

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:26.639
 it.

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.559
 Light

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.059
 helps

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.859
 people see

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.119
 in

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.539
 darkness.

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.659
 When

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:31.859
 it's

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.139
 dark,

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.439
 you

00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:32.759
 can't

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.019
 see.

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.379
 When

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.579
 there's

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:33.839
 light,

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.119
 you

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.259
 can

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.460
 see

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:34.619
 in

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:34.980
 darkness.

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.359
 Jesus

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.899
 uses a

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.200
 couple

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:42.059
 illustrations

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.679
 here.

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.059
 He

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.439
 says,

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:44.740
 you

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:44.960
 are the

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.119
 light

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.220
 of

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.319
 the

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.539
 world.

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.079
 A

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.559
 city

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.919
 set

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.079
 on

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.200
 a

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.339
 hill

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.599
 cannot

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:47.919
 be

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.139
 hidden.

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.520
 The

00:28:48.520 --> 00:28:48.759
 picture

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:48.980
 there

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.180
 is

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.620
 an

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.080
 elevated

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.400
 city,

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.700
 maybe

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.040
 even

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:51.220
 the

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.460
 city

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.600
 of

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.000
 Jerusalem

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.300
 on

00:28:52.300 --> 00:28:52.500
 Mount

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.880
 Zion.

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:53.960
 A

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.220
 city

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.620
 set

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:54.780
 on

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:54.900
 a

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.160
 hill,

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.020
 elevated,

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.360
 and in

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.960
 the windows

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.500
 lit up

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.920
 with oil

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.200
 lamps.

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.800
 They

00:28:59.800 --> 00:28:59.960
 didn't

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.140
 have

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.400
 light

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.800
 switches,

00:29:01.280 --> 00:29:01.640
 Edison

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.040
 not

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.440
 yet,

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:02.800
 no

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.300
 LEDs,

00:29:04.300 --> 00:29:04.600
 oil

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.040
 lamps.

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.620
 But a

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:07.920
 city

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.700
 at night

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.480
 elevated

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.560
 with oil

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:11.000
 lamps

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.960
 lights

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.340
 it up.

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.520
 You'll

00:29:13.520 --> 00:29:14.020
 see it.

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:14.980
 It

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.580
 gives you,

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.300
 it helps

00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:16.880
 people in

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.180
 darkness

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.700
 to see.

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.500
 You don't

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.120
 light a lamp

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.420
 and put

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.820
 under a

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.180
 basket,

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:24.640
 no.

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.840
 You put

00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.100
 on a

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.560
 stand,

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.900
 elevated,

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:29.759
 distinct,

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.779
 so everybody

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.400
 can see.

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.279
 Light

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.259
 enables people

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.900
 to see in

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.279
 darkness.

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.940
 And so what

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.400
 is Jesus

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.160
 implying about

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.620
 the world?

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.920
 The world

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.259
 is in

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.560
 darkness.

00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:40.759
 darkness.

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:40.879
 darkness.

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.900
 What does

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.379
 he mean by

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.680
 that?

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.400
 Well,

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.079
 it's decaying

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.579
 because of

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:49.819
 sin,

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.099
 right?

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.539
 Darkness

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.319
 is a nice

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.019
 cover for

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.420
 decay.

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.640
 And if you

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.059
 were to open

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.359
 up your

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.940
 Bibles to

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.519
 John 3,

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.180
 would you

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.539
 just go

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.839
 over there

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.559
 real quick?

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.740
 John 3.

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.879
 You know

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.740
 John 3.16.

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:09.460
 Look at

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.160
 verse 19.

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:11.839
 And this is

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.359
 the judgment.

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:12.859
 The light

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.319
 has come

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.740
 into the

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.319
 world and

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.759
 the people

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.500
 love the

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.960
 darkness

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.720
 rather than

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.220
 the light

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.339
 because their

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.940
 deeds were

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.400
 evil.

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.839
 For everyone

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.799
 who does

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.779
 wicked things

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.460
 hates the

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.940
 light and

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.319
 does not

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:24.880
 come to

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.960
 light lest

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.900
 his deeds

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.759
 should be

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.720
 exposed.

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.180
 The darkness

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.680
 is the

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:31.980
 sinful

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.620
 concealing

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:32.980
 of the

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.539
 decaying

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.839
 sin.

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:36.519
 Jesus

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.859
 doesn't

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.299
 pull any

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.659
 punches.

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.119
 Not only

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.439
 is the

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:41.819
 world

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.839
 decaying,

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.159
 the world

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.500
 is in

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.000
 darkness.

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:48.099
 It likes

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.720
 its own

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.199
 rot.

00:30:49.959 --> 00:30:50.679
 It keeps

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:51.500
 it hidden.

00:30:52.459 --> 00:30:52.839
 It keeps

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.319
 it out of

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.599
 sight.

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.279
 And if you

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.839
 were recently

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.519
 converted or

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.419
 converted as

00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:57.799
 an adult,

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.419
 you know

00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:58.779
 what he's

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.359
 talking about.

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.819
 You know

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.220
 what it was

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.679
 like to

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.439
 hide your

00:31:02.439 --> 00:31:02.699
 sin.

00:31:02.919 --> 00:31:03.299
 You know

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.480
 it.

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.759
 You didn't

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.000
 want to

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.579
 be exposed.

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.099
 And so

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.359
 what is

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.659
 Jesus

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.639
 calling us

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:08.919
 to do

00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:09.159
 here?

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.079
 We are

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.699
 to stand

00:31:10.699 --> 00:31:11.019
 out.

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.159
 We are

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.619
 to be

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.980
 his light.

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:15.539
 You know

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.419
 that elevation

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:16.959
 theme?

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.839
 A city

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.419
 on a hill,

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.980
 a light

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.240
 on a

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.740
 lampstand?

00:31:20.199 --> 00:31:21.139
 That simply

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:21.839
 means being

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.659
 distinct

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.659
 from yet

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.539
 present in.

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.599
 If we're

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.099
 living out

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.959
 the beatitudes,

00:31:29.459 --> 00:31:30.319
 our presence

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.959
 is going

00:31:30.959 --> 00:31:31.379
 to have

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.199
 a shining

00:31:32.199 --> 00:31:33.199
 exposing

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.319
 effect on

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.819
 the sin

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.360
 of people

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:36.480
 around us.

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.880
 We're not

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.299
 trying to be

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.019
 self-righteous.

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.259
 We're not

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.680
 trying to be

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.279
 the police.

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.360
 It's going

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.660
 to have an

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.360
 effect because

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.039
 it's a real

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.779
 change that

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.360
 he's affected

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.940
 in us.

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.319
 People will

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.740
 know.

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.900
 People will

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.600
 feel it.

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.019
 And so

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.480
 there's this

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.400
 moral dimension

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.220
 to our

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.319
 shining as

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.960
 lights.

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.079
 darkness.

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.140
 But there's

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.620
 more here.

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.480
 Not only

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.840
 do our

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.400
 lives

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:09.319
 light up

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.860
 the darkness

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.579
 and expose

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.380
 people's sin

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:11.779
 which they

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.160
 may not

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.480
 like,

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.680
 but some

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.019
 may

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:16.240
 appreciate it.

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.579
 We are

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.960
 to be

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.700
 shining the

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.400
 light of

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.180
 the gospel

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:23.420
 so that

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.920
 when a

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.560
 sinner's

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:25.039
 sin is

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.799
 exposed,

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.180
 we get

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.799
 to point

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.340
 them to

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.920
 the light

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.620
 of life.

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.539
 Jesus.

00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:35.860
 The

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.700
 light of

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.200
 the world.

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.140
 John 8.12.

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.299
 Do you know

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.840
 what a marquee

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.259
 sign is?

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.240
 If you

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.660
 drive out

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.539
 50 and

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.799
 you're like,

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:45.180
 I wonder

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.840
 what's showing

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.640
 at Tinseltown

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.039
 tonight.

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:48.019
 And you

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.560
 look on

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:49.180
 top of

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.700
 the building,

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.360
 there's a

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.960
 big lit

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.700
 up sign

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.500
 that says

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.799
 all the

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.340
 movies being

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.720
 shown,

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.640
 that's a

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.340
 marquee.

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.039
 And it's

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.819
 lit up at

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.700
 night to

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.259
 shine in

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.680
 the darkness.

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.559
 You are

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.740
 an incarnate

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.740
 living marquee

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.380
 for Jesus.

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:06.140
 Your life

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:07.380
 says something.

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.559
 It points

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.299
 to something.

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:12.000
 It lights

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.340
 up the

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:12.680
 darkness

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.340
 for Jesus.

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.460
 You're a

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.299
 living marquee

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.660
 sign.

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.299
 And might

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.799
 I add,

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:20.579
 you and

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.139
 you only.

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.659
 We can't

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:24.339
 expect the

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.700
 Kenosha

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.299
 Unified

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.079
 School District

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.359
 to be a

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.099
 light shining

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.419
 in the

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:28.720
 darkness

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.359
 for Jesus.

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.039
 We can't

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.619
 expect that.

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.019
 We can't

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.500
 expect the

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.779
 Kenosha

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.519
 Police Department

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.039
 to do that.

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.000
 Jesus has

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.599
 called us

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.059
 to that.

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:36.960
 And so

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.559
 we'll work

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.299
 within these

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:39.279
 things to

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.879
 be salt

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.500
 and light

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.240
 for Him.

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.319
 Now

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.680
 there's a

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.259
 warning here.

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:49.039
 this little

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.519
 light of

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.839
 mine,

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.359
 I'm going

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.700
 to let it

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:50.980
 shine.

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.740
 This little

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.220
 light of

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.500
 mine,

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.200
 I'm going

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.599
 to let it

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:54.119
 shine.

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.640
 Don't put a

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.160
 bushel over

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.400
 it.

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.200
 No.

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.000
 No.

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.759
 That's the

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.039
 warning.

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.019
 You don't put

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.839
 baskets over

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.220
 lights.

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:03.819
 Why not?

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.339
 Because that's

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.700
 not what they're

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.160
 meant for.

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.319
 They're meant

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.859
 to shine.

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:10.219
 So here are a

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.860
 couple baskets

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.500
 that we put

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.920
 over our

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.159
 light.

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.940
 we are

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.960
 blending into

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.460
 the world.

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.179
 It's like a

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.940
 dimmer to

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.619
 our light.

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.839
 It makes us

00:34:17.839 --> 00:34:18.379
 less and less

00:34:18.379 --> 00:34:18.799
 brilliant.

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.799
 And then

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.219
 there's the

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.579
 fear.

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.399
 You know

00:34:23.399 --> 00:34:23.579
 what I'm

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.099
 talking about?

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.099
 Fear.

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.639
 You don't

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.099
 want to open

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.659
 your mouth and

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:27.980
 tell other

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.399
 people about

00:34:28.399 --> 00:34:28.980
 Jesus because

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.480
 you're afraid

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.960
 of something.

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.899
 And what are

00:34:30.899 --> 00:34:31.599
 you afraid of?

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.299
 It's what I'm

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.839
 afraid of.

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.079
 It's afraid of

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.500
 rejection.

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.139
 That I'm going

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.619
 to say something

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.759
 about Jesus and

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.039
 they're going to

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.619
 turn around and

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.319
 walk out of my

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:39.679
 life.

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:39.759
 life.

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.440
 It's a

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.819
 basket.

00:34:45.819 --> 00:34:46.679
 Don't put that

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.480
 basket over your

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.719
 light.

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.799
 Remember, Jesus

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:51.000
 has already told

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.759
 us about that.

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.639
 Blessed are

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.559
 those who are

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:55.460
 persecuted for

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.419
 righteousness sake.

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.879
 Blessed are you

00:34:58.879 --> 00:34:59.919
 when you're

00:34:59.919 --> 00:35:00.779
 reviled and

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.819
 persecuted and

00:35:01.819 --> 00:35:02.559
 charged with

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:04.139
 false things on

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.919
 account of me.

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.639
 He's already

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.219
 covered that.

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:08.699
 It may happen.

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:11.079
 But we're to be

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:12.299
 rejoicing and

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:13.219
 being glad for

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:14.219
 our reward is in

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.480
 heaven.

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.339
 There's one other

00:35:16.339 --> 00:35:16.779
 basket.

00:35:18.919 --> 00:35:19.480
 Unbelief.

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.879
 That's a

00:35:20.879 --> 00:35:21.359
 snuffer.

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.119
 Here's what

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.559
 happens.

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.599
 You're like, I

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.339
 want to let my

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:25.539
 light shine, but

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.719
 that guy is so

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:28.299
 smart, there is no

00:35:28.299 --> 00:35:29.619
 way he would ever

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.500
 believe in Jesus.

00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.819
 He's too smart

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.359
 for that.

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.659
 That's unbelief.

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.480
 He's not.

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.539
 He's not.

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:42.179
 Or, oh man, this

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:44.480
 guy is so just

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:46.379
 mired in addictions,

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.980
 there's no way he

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.839
 was going to ever

00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:49.839
 believe in Jesus and

00:35:49.839 --> 00:35:50.480
 be pulled out of

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:50.699
 that.

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.859
 Unbelief.

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.039
 Do you remember

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:56.659
 Romans 1.16?

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:59.839
 Paul says, I'm not

00:35:59.839 --> 00:36:00.559
 ashamed of the

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.519
 gospel, let your

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.179
 light shine.

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.000
 Why?

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:05.840
 Because it is the

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:07.199
 power of God unto

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:08.440
 salvation for all

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.980
 who believe.

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:12.239
 The power of the

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:13.199
 gospel is not

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.400
 limited by

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.940
 intellect.

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.219
 It's not limited

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:17.980
 by depth of sin.

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.699
 No, no, no, no.

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:19.900
 It is the power of

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.199
 God.

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.360
 How do you stay

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.659
 bright?

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:30.159
 How does a

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:31.199
 Christian stay

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.019
 bright in the

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.400
 darkness?

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.380
 Let me illustrate.

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.840
 You see this

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.360
 watch?

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.300
 See it?

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.940
 There's a minute

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:41.000
 hand and an hour

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.320
 hand.

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.780
 Do you know what

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.360
 it does in the

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.639
 darkness?

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.739
 It glows.

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.000
 It's awesome.

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.719
 I was watching

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.219
 and looking at it

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:48.800
 last night.

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.599
 I'm like, this is

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:49.980
 awesome.

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.579
 Do you know why

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.019
 it glows?

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.599
 During the day,

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.239
 there's some kind

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:57.179
 of chemical reaction

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:58.259
 in which it

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:59.780
 energizes

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:01.740
 these hands.

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.700
 And at night

00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.400
 it glows.

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.660
 Exposure to the

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.500
 source of light

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.480
 makes it glow.

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.780
 How do you stay

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.180
 bright?

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:12.000
 How do you grow

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.720
 in brilliance?

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.860
 How do you kind

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:15.000
 of turn up

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:17.140
 that dimmer switch

00:37:17.140 --> 00:37:17.960
 so it's brighter

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.480
 and brighter

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.000
 and brighter?

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:21.840
 You get close

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.539
 to Jesus.

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.440
 That's it.

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.400
 You get close

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.800
 to Him.

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.179
 And when you're

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:28.159
 around Him,

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.940
 you're going to

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.699
 be compelled

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:31.420
 to be more salty

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.440
 and be more

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.519
 brilliant and

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.360
 it's going to

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.840
 affect those

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.380
 people around

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.619
 you.

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.980
 One last thing.

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.659
 We've looked at

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:43.880
 you.

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.500
 We've looked at

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.800
 salt.

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.500
 We've looked at

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.860
 light.

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:47.139
 Now let's look

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.559
 at the word

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.039
 that.

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.300
 that.

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.460
 Verse 16,

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.260
 in the same way

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:55.059
 let your light

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:56.039
 shine before

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:59.019
 others so that

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:00.519
 they may see

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.440
 your good works

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.579
 and give glory

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.260
 to your Father

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:04.059
 who is in heaven.

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.260
 That.

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:06.099
 It's a purpose

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.420
 clause.

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.400
 It means what

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.239
 you're aiming at.

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:10.059
 You're not just

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.840
 trying to be salt

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:12.139
 and light to be

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:13.019
 salt and light.

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.099
 You're salt and

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:15.119
 light in order

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:17.719
 to show what

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.340
 God has done

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.460
 in you and

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:20.460
 point to

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:20.780
 Him.

00:38:22.700 --> 00:38:23.079
 Ultimately,

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.480
 this is about

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:26.180
 God's glory.

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.260
 Glory.

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.720
 Let me try to

00:38:32.720 --> 00:38:33.079
 make one

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.940
 connection for you

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.539
 then I'll close.

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:34.579
 close.

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:39.840
 I need to make

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.360
 two connections

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.719
 for you

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:40.920
 then I'll

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.219
 close.

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:44.079
 First one is

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.400
 this.

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.880
 Notice in

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.739
 Matthew 16,

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.239
 in the same

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.420
 way,

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.179
 let your light

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.960
 shine before

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.820
 others so that

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:51.139
 they may see

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.820
 your good works.

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:53.739
 Shining is the

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.380
 equivalent of

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.980
 good works.

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.840
 Your good works

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.800
 is what shines.

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:58.960
 Okay?

00:38:59.440 --> 00:38:59.840
 That's point

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.300
 number one.

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.539
 Point number two

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:02.000
 is this.

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:03.159
 It's a question.

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.019
 How does

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.659
 someone,

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:07.920
 how does

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.559
 someone who's

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.380
 in darkness

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:10.820
 watching your

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.239
 life,

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.539
 how do they go

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.639
 from seeing

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.500
 your good works

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:16.000
 and then

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:17.179
 knowing that

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.699
 they should

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.760
 glorify God

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:19.239
 in heaven?

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.900
 How does

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.360
 that happen?

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.400
 How does

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.880
 that happen?

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.420
 You tell

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.599
 them.

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:31.219
 You tell

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:31.400
 them.

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:35.840
 Mike,

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.219
 you're such

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.940
 a hard worker.

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:38.639
 Why do you

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.320
 work so hard?

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.880
 How do you

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.239
 do that?

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.239
 I could say,

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.360
 my dad's a

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:43.079
 hard worker and

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.719
 I come from a

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.260
 line of hard

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:44.599
 workers.

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.960
 I buy into

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.539
 the Protestant

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.219
 work ethic.

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:49.420
 That's one

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:49.820
 approach,

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:51.639
 which is true,

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:54.000
 but you want

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.420
 to know what's

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.960
 really true?

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:57.539
 when I first

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.079
 became a

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.420
 Christian,

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.659
 I had a

00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:00.059
 brother who

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.659
 came up to me

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.159
 because he saw

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:02.179
 laziness in me

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:03.500
 and he pointed

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.380
 me to Colossians

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:05.240
 3.23.

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.840
 Whatever you put

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.539
 your hand to,

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:09.079
 do wholeheartedly

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:10.679
 as unto the

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:11.179
 Lord.

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.860
 So to be

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:13.659
 honest with you,

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.360
 if you see

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.300
 hard work in me,

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:17.000
 it's because I'm

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.539
 trying to work

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.099
 for my king.

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:20.319
 Now you're

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:20.980
 given glory.

00:40:22.319 --> 00:40:22.880
 Now you're

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.480
 given glory.

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:25.219
 Take the

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.779
 opportunity.

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.839
 And what I just

00:40:26.839 --> 00:40:27.420
 want you to see

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.679
 here is our

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:30.319
 witness is a

00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:31.860
 combination of

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:33.860
 word and

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.639
 deed.

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:37.099
 Our lives are a

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:38.839
 springboard to

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.400
 the gospel.

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.659
 Because we're

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:42.559
 distinct and

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.019
 present.

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:48.079
 The goal is

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:49.500
 is the worship

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:49.980
 of God.

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 Your distinct

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 life is a

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 salt and

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 light to an

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 unbelieving

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 world of a

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 great and

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 gracious God.

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:11.019
 We don't

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 blend in.

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 We don't

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 bail out.

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.559
 We're

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 distinct from

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 and remain

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 in to the

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 glory of

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 God.

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 Let me

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 pray.

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 God in

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 heaven,

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 God, would

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 you do a

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 work in us

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 and that we

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 would be more

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 salty and we

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 would be more

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 brilliant ultimately

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 for the glory of

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 your name.

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 Would you

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 make our

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 lights shine?

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 in Jesus' name,

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 amen.

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 Amen.