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morning again
this guy a few years ago has this song, name is John Mayer
you might remember this song I'm gonna sing it to you today
so prepare yourselves i'm looking for to you
you to participate a lot in this message you didn't know this walking in if you are new at Grace Point Church
welcome you're going to participate in this so you are going to sing-along in this, do some back up vocals
got the golden pipes got the chops
you're going to help me out, you ready it goes something like this little did he know that this
describes a lot of
a modern Christ followers lives he says something like this now we see, no I'm not gonna
sing
now now we see everything that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it
we just feel like we don't have the means to rise above
and beat it here comes the chorus ready so we keep waiting
waiting on the world to change
we keep on waiting, there you go, waiting on the world to change
we are waiting on the world to change but why I we do we really think the
world will change
do we really think if we just kinda wait on it should we wait on it
to be waiting on the world to change maybe the better question is this:
a good question to ask does. God want the world to change?
does he want to
should we, if you're a Christ follower today, so we just separate
ourselves from the world
should we just huddle around christians kinda hunker down
kinda take care of ourselves to separate ourselves from all the bad things out there
and maybe that's the way God will change the world maybe that's the way it's best
for us and essentially, I hope there's no offense in this but it's true
essentially what that kinda says is world go to hell
right maybe that's one way to look at
or better yet do we have the power
to the change the world I don't know about you but it's pretty rough but there's a
lot of hatred injustice
there's a lot of pain there's a lot of hurt do we have the power to
do anything with it I mean how do we deal with the abandonment
this generation, especially kids, feel nowadays, how do we deal with that how we deal
with the the misunderstandings the confusion in the almost
outright hatred towards God and towards
family and towards marriage and toward love in general and how do we
can we can we do anything about that
should we just sit back and just watch it burn, that's one way to think about it
and tell everyone you know what we believe in should we let everyone know
what we're against
we don't like that we don't like that or not for that that mmm that's alright but we're not
for that, is that what we should do
or so we do what most of us probably do including myself
ignore it what do we do or do we change it
can we change, we should stop waiting for the world
to change to do something about insert Jesus
Jesus most famous sermon ever was the sermon on the mount and today we're
continuing the series called manifesto
I follow Jesus will be going in looking through the whole sermon on the mount
his most famous sermon
it's in the book of Matthew the first book The New Testament Matthew chapter 5
through 7
this manifesto and basically what a manifesto is it a speech or declaration
of
this is what life is going to look like if you follow me for everyone here says
I followed Jesus he saying this is what life looks like in this new life
in this new kingdom that you can be under with me being the King Jesus being
the king
this is what life looks like see this manifesto is like no other manifestos
ever been written ever been spoken
this manifesto is the taken upside-down world and turn it right side up
and how Jesus does this is a revolutionary Jesus does it in an amazing way
it's not that we need more government we need more money or anything like that
Jesus starts with the individual and goes for the
heart he says you know when you follow me
when you signed up for this I'll take the upside down heart inside of you and turn it
right side up
and I do that in other people's well those people over there all these people
together I take these people as individuals and as a group called the
church
I want change the world this is what Jesus is doing, and a lot of us step back and you
know what
I hear you what you're saying Ty, I've been following Jesus for awhile I really don't
like a world changer really don't feel like I"m the one that can change the world
you're right
you cannot alone is the power of Jesus working in
and through you that can do this is the only way
see here's what I want give you for the big idea today I want you to be faced with
an option today
the big idea is this you have a decision today
change the world or do nothing did you know that
like when you woke up today you had the decision to make
today I'm gonna change the world one person at a time
one conversation at a time one act or one deed at a time I'm gonna change the world
or do nothing, that is the choice that we face
today, last week as we kinda went through this sermon we look this thing
called the Beatitudes
the Beatitudes are that the sayings a blessed are those are blessed are you
when these things happen
and we see this the this characterizes the fall where the disciple of Jesus who
you are in Jesus so Jesus is going to continue
it's a in Elida thats is what life starts to look like for you every day
here's a little bit he's a lil sprinkling up the mission
and this new kingdom I have for years usual sprinkling up this manifesto what
life is going to look like that it was talking about
Jesus is going to refer to assist to everyday items
salt light every home
poor old use them we all
understand that what Jesus is talking about here so if you have no background
with the church no background Bible Jesus thing like
you know it light is we experience the right now you know what salt as we
experience that when we see you get these things
these talking about he said the you are going to change the world like salt
and light it's with your life is going to look like
you going to change the world for today have a choice
you walk out here you have a choice tomorrow when you wake up you have a
choice
change the world do nothing so you help in the Sermon on the Mount Eterna
Matthew chapter 5 it's okay if you have a Bible we put the Scriptures up on the
screen for you we have free bibles Outback for you
if you have an iPhone or Android you can click on the YouVersion ap
and we are you can type in grace Point Vegas and we have like other outline for
you in the scripture for you in there that you can follow along with his
easily and then you have you worship guide for notes in there
but I will give you four you are statements that Jesus talks about the
sex in the text that
really will help us to identify ourselves that we
our world changers Jesus wants to use us not something outside was he wants to
use
us as individuals in everyday life and us as the church
in everyday life to change the world Napoli that's what's gonna change the
world
weighty will not change is gonna be with Jesus is the answer that some changes
what's up
number one in Christ
you are salt
in Christ or salt when you use the term in Christ by will use it over and over
know it means that you follow geez your disciple geez are Christian
Matthew 5:13 this what do says
8530 says you are the salt
at the earth so it's not you can become the salt of the earth is not that you
know if you work hard enough and try hard enough you'll be the salt of the
earth is no you are the salt of the earth
but clause if salt has lost its taste how silly
saltiness be restored is no longer good for anything except be thrown out and
trampled
under people's feet now in Jesus calls us all we know probably
understand the way he said it there but it is a high compliment
it's all in the first century was a very very big deal it represented well
a lot of soldiers at that time people be paid in Salt
on some would even think the good word of evil spirits with salt that's why you
see
you know someone spills assault they won't pick some up throat or whatever
that kinda comes from
well hundreds of years ago newborn babies for some reason I do not know why
maybe in the medical field they
would rub them and salt makes no sense up curing salt became an assess the
applied to keep
a great symbolic importance in in economic value at research this week
in found out there's 14,000 uses for salt
I know that when dismissed the other day are in the cheese section did you know
there's pink salt
and brown salt and black so I did not know these things there's different
kinds of
so there's a lot assaults but why did he call us all well our show you two
reasons are too
the main uses at Luigi's talk about why called assault one
salt is a preservative it preserves
and the other is it a condiment so the first why preservative well
think about this saw preserve things without salt
there be one of the greatest inventions ever never invented
men than women all over the world be rising and hunger pains in in just taste
pains because at this tasty
delicacy would never been created is the scripture lesson
thing called bacon right
me like you have to have salt they have bacon thank you Jesus there
but why they were you ever wondered why like in think about it because
meet spoils know if you do this or not but maybe we'll go
rotten leave it out on your counter for La put it in your car during the summer
and see how it goes
meet will spoil and so back before refrigeration they would pack in salt
and they would have be able to have their
meet like beef jerky in bacon it's a beautiful thing that we have
refrigeration now yet those products
although not necessary but they are but not necessary we still have them why
that's what saul does it preserves
things his glorious jesus said you are
salts means that something is riding up there
needs to be preserved three stock
with rotting the world is dying
people have little hope to know hope false hope
majors dot marriages are dying left and right at their people
think they need a better spouse trade a manner they need to be the better spot
spouse work are try more do more
children at phil has since been banded meant by not only their parents but the
culture as well
I mean it's a terrible state people running things that they think will
satisfy their soul
it will get the meaning significance in identity in life and yet they don't
leave them
searching grasping for more we see the world is kinda go in
Dennis spiral Jesus calls us
Sol it says right that we have so we have something that last that's all that
we had his last
is Jesus and Jesus gives us the Bible says everlasting light a life that's
preserve
beyond this one it's not that Jesus will save your life
per se in this like as we will all face death unless she's returned before that
but Jesus gives a eternal at one that the one it is preserved to the N one
that we can have hope in now to the end
salt salt salt analyzed important salt
Christ preserves our marriages helps our kids
preserves hope in the world to that's why we point people to this Jesus that
we love this Jesus that we were so this Jesus that we follow
we want the message of our heart the message are sought to be like jesus
loves you
Jesus cares about you she's once you that's the that's what it means do is
call this be
saw it implies that the world is rotting
like meet replies that we need to be salted implies that we can make
beautiful things out this world such as bacon
we can once a week to make bacon lol but you get what I'm gonna they're
right tells us to be salt then he says this'll clausen he says
but we can lose our saltiness
me implies there but if it's always the saltiness that means that we can lose
the saltiness than if we lose the saltiness that we cannot preserve the
world can't do anything about the world continue
to rot here in Texas that further says that would be thrown out and trampled
upon
see back then before table saw you know is easy to buy the stores in a low carb
or canister
make that weird noise when you pop the all-male thing up before that they would
go and mine it'd be
out it'd be like a big rocket had a lot impurities in it or could be around the
water too much
and it would look just like salt but it wouldn't have a guest
if you're chemistry personal what everyone had the sodium
NIS love it or whatever he would not be like worthy to be
a preservative or condiment as to what they would do with a would crush those
rocks up
and put them out to pave road with them and to pay pathways that people would
walk on them juices don't be like that
don't be war on that we are to be a influence to preserve this will not be
walked on
by the world Sibley police assault you know what you write this down is what
you get in your paper
type it in whatever when I think he talks about saw his I think he's talking
about
are good words are good words that come out of our mail
and ultimately I'll talk about second the gospel
the means good words are saltiness is in our language our speech whatever
identities your grace what church we have five ovum
a one of them is that we are missionaries and it's not that you know
you become a Christ follower Easter to follow Jesus and some people are set
apart be missionaries the
go overseas order but no we look at the Bible everyone was called the
missionaries
is either we r acting as missionaries in our homes
in our neighborhoods our work or in the world around us all we are not
we're changing the world as missionaries or not that's what he's talking about
you
it so we are missionaries geez was it to be active missionary with our
good words to preserve to change the world around here
see when in a you know this number when you do leave me alone it will rot
that's what it's supposed meet
left alone rocked
its only when you add the element assault on it does it preserve it
so we see the world spiraling down like you know what what is this world coming
to
what's wrong with this was the reason why's is doing what it's supposed to do
because that's in nature because the
all is do it suppose to do it so we are not doing
what we're supposed to do and has to be stopped
and that's the love the world around us that we preserve the word with our words
we preserve this world with our words how we do this like a cat that was that
practically look like well a few things kind words
kind words said essential element REE imagine going to work
and you having kind words were people start to give you listen
that there's something different about them because they should be really upset
right now they should be like spouting off the mouth this be aggravated
but you this kind words and we go to Starbucks will go to where we go
this kind words on in our homes there's kind words that's all
you can speak kindly to people because someone has been kind to units
I S one way talk about Jesus naturally
not weird will be weird anymore we're christians be that rolled out
like like when's the last time was beyond when's the last time you drive to
Jay bomb
I'm outside hit your thumb with a hammer I mean like besides their
when's the last time and natural conversation
is talked about you know Jesus for some reason
is Christ well as a good words people need to hear about Jesus who also the
gonna hear from someone was going to be
what about this one what a good words are inviting someone a church like hey
what you come to church be on Sunday we learn about Jesus was a bunch of people
try to figure out how it would look like the Paul geez
2014 was Jesus one others we sing songs as a lotta fun we
had this community together people like Jim we like and love one another lunch
come with me
to know that a doubt in people's statistics a will come to church if you
invite them
like this the simplest way to use a good word we should have like diesel
loads of people here if thats eighty percent will come
maybe just have the 2 percent the 20 percent that's left is not coming you
been imbibed what
bike that's good words were we started to speak words of encouragement
and work the construction versus the structure like we love deter people part
is when we tear people apart
it builds me up right good works salt
see when you when you talkin use lost salt on use last season alive
it gives people an opportunity when they're despairing when they're
lost when they don't know how life goes like there's a person
there that speaks kindly to me there's a person there the
yeah they must know something about got this person there that that they must go
to church to hear back are some
and so maybe a they'll give me a reason for the hope they have
says first P to 350 salt
salt maybe maybe maybe it's just saying the right things at the right time in
the right way when it's very hard thing to say
salts wide the one we're salt we we are using our good words
it curbs the death the rot
the decay of this world its it slows the process data Jesus tell those
to be sought to in fluency we r either influencing people with our saltiness
or if we are not as Chrysler's what is being trampled
and limited I love you I love I love you I love you love you I really
really do were being trampled on
it's not it's not popular in our culture the Christian anymore christianity is
not looked upon favorably anymore
we live in a post Christian Post christendom culture now
and so it now it's time to ratchet up the saltiness
you don't be crazy about you not be the weird geez person at your office or
anything like that
but she be authentic and real about it share in your pain saying all that
with Jesus with them there that's that's what it means
not only assault preservative but it's also
condiment like salt makes things taste better I mean you had the Wendy's
frosties with the salt the front right
om I mean they add salted butter salted caramel everything now
right toll on some like a steak or hamburger I mean Sol
it makes things taste better enhances
think listen to the Christians we can enhance the world
what we want to do is we want to get away from the world and we want to
create a Christian subculture we have our own
language and we have our own music and we have our own
are and we have all our own things over here it was a world we don't want to get
near you but we'll have all our own stuff over here
well what we need to do is the *** if we are to be Sol in the into in hey its
culture
we can enhance culture with our lives what Jesus a way
your life matters and you're like and change the world
if you are solved in the world that means your job we don't wanna rip
everyone at
at the military in at your jobs and put them in ministry put them in church work
that's not what we want to do we want to be a Christian
in the military in in your job at in your home that way you can be solved in
effect the world around you
we got a big ol salt shaker any which was spread all over the city
right it enhances flavor
will be a people that know our neighbors names
be a people that don't jump into the garage slab like we
shut the door before we get out the car just in case someone's outside
what that means is we take our salt shaker home no salt for you world and
food tastes like
garbage one has no salt on it to the right now all right
3b saw a lower temp killer says the pastor a smart Olga
he says if God we remove your church were people who never to notice it was
gone
K so what's it like this if God were to remove you from your job
in from your neighborhood when he won miss you
if they wouldn't positive way of course
they wouldn't that were not so they were not being
salty but need to watch out for this
there's two extremes when it comes to Salt there could be
too much salt or too little salt owners a kid
a mother had a a bowl sugar in like every time I walk by I think I would
lick my finger like
knuckle deep jam it in there a.m. boom sugar I think she cut on this and she
switched out the salt one day
and so I did that in like gag me I mean is bad
we had a if not good we had a a dog and the dog it swallowed something
like when I was a kid I was a I was a teenager donuts wild something in my
mom's
panicking freaking out and so on this is pre-internet
as you like when something like this happens you dislike WebMD and figure out
what's going on
the pre-internet employ some from Kentucky so is like 10 years later
anyway
it so she's like I heard somewhere that if you shove salt down the dog's throat
it was jack it up for came of it sounds like fun so that help the dog
I grab the salt shaker dislike poured salt down the dog's mouth
poor dog it live delivered
they were that dog I hated us for a long time
but but listen at us funny but that same thing we do sometimes
with his young people's mouths open to shove it down their throat
but there's no seasoning in there lovin that
I mean for some others we have the 17 pound family Bible at home where to go
and beat the Senate people with right
is like or know we should be up to the season is a lot of its
like like let's be honest with the had a love ya gonna say that
so it's ok facade driven you know like someone will look at you and we do this
doggone it we do this to look so how's everything going
you like 0 praise the Lord I'm blessed con scraper the same
think the case in repatriation expiation the blood of Christ waiting for the
prima little post will overturn the Lord it will say things like that people like
I just heard your spouse left to your house just burned out how can you say
that
is kinda fake right kinda fake
now we could have joined terrible situations
course but like why not be like life stinks right now but god is good
but it's not going very good right now people don't want the side I think was
the greatest thing that turns people's office acting like we have it all
together
see here's the big deal when you boast in your weakness
Jesus become strong so we can be like are salt
that had the overloaded it could be just right like you know what
life stuff right now wife problem
really believe God wants repairs we're seeking counsel and we're really trying
to the bile system
you know I'm getting ready to lose my job right now you know money's really
tight but
really we got scott is gonna do something with this word
we really don't trust him see that's not over sprinkling
that's not shove it down for this that over doing this this
truth that honesty people look at you like really
okay that's interesting you know people see that
that that saw or that might probably might not be all of our problem are
situations for most others is not enough salt
no cell no sprinkling not a grand comes out whatsoever
there's no such thing in the by Warren church history as a silent
missionary yes for some you church people out there that know these quotes
light with the france is a sissy the other guy lived year hundred years ago
he's said this quote
preach the gospel at all times and when necessary use words maybe her that
on you had to take his writing a book in the context as well he talks about
preaching the gospel but also to do good works
you can't is preach the gospel in the news you know eventually
without words or whatever you have to use words words matter
like your life is preaching the gospel gossip was good news about the life
death burial resurrected Jesus your life is preaching that bad to worse he says
will
there are no silent mission as we need just
be you have a choice each and every day to change the world to do nothing at all
that usually comes out of her mouth not a mazy salt means good words we need to
have
spiritual normal authentic conversations with people
we need to drop that JBoss if you've been following Jesus for year two years
three years or longer
there should be a point to a should be able to share your faith
so this is not condemnation our not beat you up right now mister
like we should be able to share faith in a simply this: here's what my life would
like
before Jesus here's how i met Jesus
here's my life looks like now a tease
sort is that share my story and then we should be able to share the Gospel so
that Jesus came he loves the
with the perfect life could live data data should I rose three days later
victories Emerson sector
will she ever like not not pass like that you get what I'm saying like we
should be able to
we should be to tell but I me at the least we should be able to invite people
church all the time
why because we have good news when you have good news you wanna tell somebody
about good news
let me just ask a question if you're not sharing the good news is it really that
good to you
maybe you not understand the bad news the bad is really bad
really really which building by people who are commuters we should have the
right people in our home
no agenda just the love them well and to be apps have spiritual conversation
openly and non Oct at parties and different things like that
influence influence you were either be influence with their words or
not will be trampled on chains world
you have choice to in Christ your light
we are salts and we are lightly grease as a first 40 you're the light up the
world
city set on a hill cannot be hidden or people light a lamp and put it under a
basket on a state
like Jesus spun like like this is like good
office style you know like deadpan comedy
riding right here like you do get it he's like no one light the lamp
and polar Bowl me as funny right there's we say no
like that it doesn't make sense gives light to all the house for 16 in the
same way let your light shine
before other so they may see your good works an-
give glory to your father's and have
on my favorite things to do is one where coming home from
north at fifteen go south down on on the 15 its dark in like it's a
desolate Bihar all four God forsaken desert out there
right and then like you can arise over that hump apex
and what happens you see the Luxor light
and also you get a bunt City you see this big beautiful little
all lights within this beloved mounds
beautiful life more we'll is in a look at that like home
at home we love it let me ask you a question was the nickname
Las Vegas again yeah
would you agree that the city is a dark place
I mean if known nationally and around the world
as a dark place i mean this is why we are here
this is I believe this is why God has you here if your Christ follower today
this is why you're Las Vegas Sun are the military about the other nope
there's a sovereign invisible hand working all this element today
and you're here for that reason to be I like in this Dark City like
I am ago on it so I've been around enough people in like
is this is bizarre in like don't ever let this pass %uh because this is
awesome members are on the same stroke
people come to Las Vegas for various reasons
to run away from something a run to something or job where that looks
looks like so they come to Sin City for you know what happens
you know it's been happening has been having a great point church has been
having other churches Valley
people are getting saved that's bizarre
like you came to Sin City and you met Jesus
I don't like it better be too will turn I don't know what will I i just
that's amazing like iight political
it's amazing like this in city people get say so
Jesus talks about a light here he said he says singular a light
but that he says plural a city so's interesting that we are
individual lights and yet we r lights put together as a city where city on a
hill
grace Point Church we are a city on a hill
were together this that's why we do what we do
people ask is what he got the community why I had the opportunity to pray at the
mayor's meeting this week it was
awesome I got the brain the name Jesus into a
City of North Las Vegas meeting it was beautiful like it was so cool
why do we do all these things with the city because we're to be a delight
in the city that's why we're serving MLK Day the park really need to be cleaned
up
I don't know if it does not but I don't care what they ask us to do we're gonna
be there why
we're going to let our light shine amongst the people of North Las Vegas
ambiente that's why
we do things we were at a meeting a pastor Tim was in a meeting and they
were giving some instructions about this park cleanup and friends a
Craig Ranch analyst and they start talking about grace Point Church
it was all favorable and also the woman turns around and says this grace Point
Church Wow
you can always count on them and then she turned around him and he was grace
was it thank you so much
that's a person outside these walls think that about Grace watchers why
jesus said were light and this is how we are
light why wire we liked were pointing to something
were pointing to someone is like the Luxor pointing upward pointing up
saying geez look at our lives
it points to Jesus look at art look at if if
Saltman good words this means good deeds good works
as light means good works we all point to Jesus
people look at us the sea is as a group together out there like me
those people really like each other it's weird toppling the G's uses them know
that you might decide to buy
loved one aces and John seventy will be a light
why we want to make disciples ag's live in community
for the community were for this community we lot where light
another one abided is amiss in earlier that we are missionaries
when you think about this light its kinda it reminds me of our other
identity
we are servants see is not that we just to answer because serving the great
thing to do in which it is not
it's our identity if you're in Chrysler Christ but we are service we serve
why because we have been served by the God most high the Jews came to service
the service was salvation
it's not easy for us like ok cool now we can serve other people
that's what we let our hearts desire that we want to
serb we want to have good works in front people why
well they need light like its direction
if I'm not going to if our turn a light up here right now what would be the one
thing you want most side getting at here light
it's what would happen if you didn't have your lie to your cell phones
whatever y'all would like to reach around and
give a wholly handshake the sermon you give a weird hey check the others in
like bill stubbed toes all kinda weird but you'd be searching for lights
Joe people as we were searching for like that I didn't know it
i watch Mythbusters call so one time and they do this this myth
that if you blindfolded someone they would go around in circles
like no way they did over and over and over every time when you blindfold he
took with onsite
the you that you had completely dark all they did was walk out go in circles
over over closed today that's what are called
circles despair circle hope
circles are still trying to find something to get their life meaning and
purpose
like we come along like ding ding ding light we have liked
we can show the way we can point to someone greater than all the things in
the world
we can point to someone that loves you and cares for you get the idea in value
worth
week we can point to you geez beautiful thing
we can point to Jesus good det är
good works less politics is not to hide it under basket
this is a weird question asked last anyway your Christ follower day
is everyone in your world know your Christian your secret Christian
okay Christian injure like caps begins to get no one knows
that you two people really know who you follow the worship you do is the good
news that good
mean that like the they will know
not only from your words but from your actions what times are words and actions
do not line up
that's where repentance their you thing we are Penn seek forgiveness is awesome
the good works produce with this Tech says
glory to God its of your Christ power what you want most in your life
it's not your happiness which comes along with you want God's glory
and that means for him to debate most up for him to be known for other people the
love worship and adore
got that we want most brightness is our good works
people see that people like haha with
they follow gotta wonder what that's all about guy gets little credit there and
then all of a sudden they may become a churchill a bit more about
on the single that I got it maybe they cross Atlanta faith in
trust Jesus like that's God's glory that people would
know him that's work good works are for Wii are
the light but your differentiate on that
John 8 12 geez said something like this on the lie the world your fault we will
not walk in darkness but will have the light why
so ultimately Jesus is the light
where the reflectors him you get this right
I mean over the past few days and if you've seen in the evening time we've
been having some beautiful former you can see nothing
gorgeous and so we look at those four moons we however
we do ever we do and we look at it like
it's beautiful its amazing not know stolid history thing like that but did
you know
the moon is not made a cheese but it's just a big ball dirt
literally if you can look at the moon outside the Sun reflecting off other it
just like kinda crater
kinda dark grey like bland it's not that pretty
what makes you beautiful the Sun X beautiful
when the moon positions itself in the right way with son
for all to see it can see the Sun through the men
that my friends were called position ourselves in such a way with God
that as his light reflects of work she said I and the light that we will have
the light in us reflects offer that
people see like man that looks what you're doing looks great what you guys
are serving up their looks awesome
how you guys get together love that's great what's up with that all
let me show you we step by the way geez that's how this works
at the pendulum that they tell people that Jesus is Galloway
it's all about Jesus is going like this as well no one would
you shouldn't do this don't go and stare at the Sun me staring at the Sun will
make it blind after a while to listen
as a equate it this way a person does not follow Jesus yet
they cannot look at the Sun so what they need to do is they need to look at
reflections on which means if they can to write the Bible study and prayer and
meditation on Scripture in learning the deep theological truth
Bible quite yet but you know they can do take a look at Christians
like how we follow Jesus what was i mean the phones what's going on
what the Bible have you read this thing has what's going on there
they can do that so they needed they need to see
the outlook you have a choice change the world
do nothing
but with that said if you have good words
and if you have good works you had better prepare yourself
your entering the fight and you're gonna get stones just that
unfortunate you're gonna enemy fire in your diet friendly fire it's just the
way it happens in Jesus is not only are you are SOL but your life he says is
you are persecuted welcome to the club
rhesus now last week he probably has gone to the edited 3 like
he missed to be edited I did it on purpose go Matty 5 10 11
tell it on purpose blessed are those who persecute you
for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom
her blessed are you and others revile you and persecute you and
under all kinds evil against you falsely on my account
jesus said blessed are you when you're persecuted for your good word that
associate you with Jesus
blustery for you good work right just ness for yours is the kingdom of heaven
with you you're gonna be rejected
if you're not facing a little bit %uh persecution in your life you know and
I'm not talking about get be
editor in prison during not yet you in this country
it but it does happen in all over the world believe you me it happens
it happening but you will get persecute you won't get that promotion maybe you
won't get that favor maybe you won't get that person like you may view all
to do certain things maybe want but you'll be persecuted made fun of you be
whatever that is if you're not dealing with that right now
as a Christ follower and the China Beach up to tell you the truth
the maybe they're not hearing your good words isn't coming out maybe not seen
your good work
is not being displayed says you be reject
news it takes fear fears a reason why wouldn't say
it is we don't hear we like people we want people like us were frayed
summers we say one freight because I don't know what to say say something
start somewhere but its its fear
it's big it's very fear now on the thing about this is we're afraid some time to
mess it up
like animal tell that Jesus gone messed up on it did you know that when Jesus
was on earth and dessert the ministry's tell people to follow him to know that
not everyone followed him
rich young ruler their store in a bit rich young ruler turned away from G's
so we talk about batting a 1000 she's been perfectly I bet as
noted unfolded the our responsibilities not safe people I don't know if you got
the memo on that we don't save anyone we tell about 20 saves
it so our response but this is to be faithful to God be faithful to God be
faithful God
got a response please be fruitful thats that's how
if you want theologically all this works we are to be white but we are going to
be persecuted
home the words come out of my mouth and the actions happen in the name a crisis
gonna happen
gonna happen you either have choice living in a wholly huddle
it on the world to go to hell or we have choice
waking up every morning Jesus I need to be full love you
because I'm getting ready to enter hostile territory called work
for Starbucks wherever you go
how many lot have you want to keep my word good cuz I lord knows with a
command to keep my actions good
or we can just a I'll hold up with all the Christian merch
of a Christian stuff and just tell the world we don't
the on
we are to be light will be sought we're going to be persecuted
we need to be people who are known what were four not what we're
against that's a lot of times we
week we take the wrong issue and get beat up over there
not the right issue so give me a number love grace sale this now love you some
use this road
tie-ins not then it is what it is sometimes we want texan issues
and make that our hill to die on people know us for what we're get there against
homosexuality there against abortion
the Bible says clearly about those two things it does
in those are big issues don't get me wrong but let's not let those issues
getting with gospel
right like it's not that we're soft on Sen
were big on love and we're big on Jesus big grace
and we're big on people so let's be careful it's not die on those two heels
because like we don't downhill gluttony we don't downhill selfishness
we don't die on the hill doing the right thing with the wrong motive
we don't die on those still at onset please give me a number this gives grace
on that is
like I think that's what the Bible says very clearly
recently there was a pastor at a couple years ago namely gay cleo is outta
atlanta's call gram and a super smart guy he was asked to
pray at the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama
and so on soon as he said yes to it you know who threw stones at him
christians that little stones but you know that they online
bashed him and beat him up and I they persecuted him how dare you because at
his political stance and how dare you because it is
view on XYZ or his personal or whatever had a twisted
me to be really nasty your pastor Stan right for you if Satan himself
calls me to pray for the chicken sacrificing meeting a
satanic people I'll be there and pray for and bring the name of Jesus in the
Gospel right in the middle %uh
we the back of a little bit with one another in that kinda Christian Bible
what people do
people don't do this not clearly outlined the Bible in love people
in sixteen graced the people be about Jesus
in the last month ago for other chickens boards like to go with it
ironically just like a few days later it he got
they told no because like 15 years before he's gonna for pray that they
found out he preached
what the Bible says about homosexuality and so they bounce teams he got it from
both ends is awesome
so John Stott this is amazing
John Stott said this to to try to improve society is not worldliness but
love to wash your hands a society is not love but worldliness
salt night to be persecuted you gonna get some heat
start saying things Jesus you start in to do the Zacks serves that what you're
gonna get some heat
inside and outside some your church bodies in the churches they are you guys
are doing crazy what a
is some and then the enemy satan's release or start
blast in a research man's gonna happen your in the game now you're off the
bench actually useful for the Kingdom you gonna be doing something
so you need to prepare yourself but it's not that big a deal when you realize
this
life is temporary there's one that's permit beyond
so your salt in your light in your persecuted last one is you're rewarded
Jesus says this unmet the 512 rejoice
and be glad when people at work make fun of you rejoice and be glad when people
you know they won't give you their promotion rejoice and be glad
as we says right here for your reward is great
and havin for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you
Jesus rewards the first the grades reward is cheese
eternity haven't awesome like we get that
but I don't understand at all but the Bible says very clear this a reward
system happen
your life now matters making that choice they're doing nothing or change the
world matters Jesus rewards that have not know if you get Jesus books and
heaven or better see
table I I don't know but you get rewarded
here's why do know from the Bible heaven never gets
any worse it only gets better
but also know this about eternity hell never gets any better
it only gets worse that's why that is really bad that's why can this really
good
that's why right there and so we rewarded I'll make a quick speculation
here on this
maybe when we get to heaven par the reward is when someone walks up to us
and I hate thinks forgive me that bottle water that one time to think its
evolution
we never know who they were is that because I got that bottle water and
because you gave me a card
it's about church maybe start thinking about got my life was in a really rough
place in a mood way to Montana and I started going to church there cuz
I saw that you guys are doing something and later on a trusted Jesus
thanks for clean up the park that they are with the volunteers well with the
city in
you know you don't like me these these people love one another with their
organization would bank with a from A+ with the church
church to start thinking about pay hey you know what
thank you for being a teacher that's cool I was a kid at the time and you can
you like really nice to me and I was going to love heart stuff
my parents were divorced now that you spoke a lotta kind words to me told me
that you
pray for me really made me think is akin the teenage don't eventually
and want to know more about this woman who prayed for me away who she prayed
and about Jesus atrocities speculation on
maybe maybe that that would be huge record it happen
people cut you like thanks think about the people in your life that you could
think
because they had good words and had good good works
maybe maybe that these years
are you gonna be solved in shiny we can be solved as how to change the world
we can be salty are you be shiny that's exactly what he's talking about their
the big ideas that choice to change the world
are two nothing a lot of a stand around and I've heard this setting up said it
we've all said at least an hour and we say
what is this world coming to
and the end it is
all this is who we left behind book stuff now its
Bible stuff Jesus gonna return is gonna make everything right islamic everything
glorious
making beautiful you have a newer this could be amazing what a great reward
that we get to be with Jesus
constantly got a3 renewing this earth he wants us to be faithful to 100 this time
and that faithfulness is our good works telling everybody that this good news
you can know that she's
gotta come the church in here but she's got a comer antes people know know geez
you gotta let me tell you that she's either bring Jesus to the party or take
yourself to G
whatever that looks like you need they need to hear about Jesus in this good
work to that serving in this kingdom
we wanna preserve this world into the until Jesus returns makes all
right your salty the salty
shiny you came in you received a lil
a light this simple light I grab that our net
don't light up gotta wanna do something
my summers will show this really quickly on
day if you get small chillin with you brace them work with us to get
it's going dark so I don't forget how
I ever get your life night don't do anything with you
ago light off please
a man with to my phone
it's dark in here a little bit like a minute later
sit the world we live in a special the city of los vegas and beyond is a
dark dark City jesus said that the harvest this point but the workers are
few
that means there needs to be more lights EC-one light
not that bright but it gives us a little clue into darkness
one person's like can make a difference
one conversation one active service
can change your life one life at a time never want a cure light hole up in light
it up
now a match in
what we can do with all these lights when we become
lights to this wat analyzes imagine what we can do
a match what God wants to do through us and this Dark City to aluminate geez
into change hearts and chains like to take it upside-down world internet right
said I believe it lit listen
listen this all sounds good in here does jesus's do not let your light
input under Bowl take to the world
friends this room I hear is a bowl
it's great that we light up in here are Jews as I mean this is great
we fail to take this outside here we're doing exactly what Jesus stop
like network turn a light on please get
don't think so much she's cosby salt
light this is Jesus manifesto when you say
I followed Jesus you allowed geez to you who
you are today somersault might were persecuted and that we will be your
ordinary pray for you and they were to respond to communion to contact our
income place
following love you ima grateful for you
we thank you for your great love for us that you sent Jesus to
the lights father right now it's easy to beat ourselves up
easy bill guilty in condemned that we haven't been salty and that we have been
shiny
father the best place to take that as to the Cross Keys all over guilt overseeing
hung out two thousand years ago guy we work to save within our lifetime we were
safe two thousand years gone across
grape father a phrase we
I know even my hardest confession reckons there like I just have been very
salty
very China Times the guy that's Utah's we are so we realize who we are to get a
free today at Grace pointers
church you just remind us that we are SOL enlightened guide to give
opportunity after opportunity after opportunity to shine
season enhance the flavor the world around us
and we can't do that in other cells on Jesus the great we love you
pre-crisis in