Being the Salt of the Earth

There is something about salt you need to understand. Your food has no meaning or attraction in taste until salt comes in. Salt, figuratively speaking, has the power to bring colour into what appears to be black and white.

Everyone outside Christ has no direction or what they are meant to do. When Jesus said we are the salt of the earth, it implies that we are giving people a sense of direction in their lives.

Wherever you are, you are giving people a purpose-filled life, drawing them to Christ Jesus, their first love. Doing this allows them to know why they exist.

Being the salt of the earth allows people to draw closer to Christ.

But when the salt has lost its savour, it implies that you have lost focus. When you who are to draw people closer to Christ by giving their life the true meaning are distracted, you live without value, having no meaning like those you are to save. What then is the essence of your existence? You would be thrown out because there is nothing to gain from you.

But when you live and act as the salt of the earth, you give the people around you and wherever you go a reason to live, and by living, they live the Christ Jesus’ life.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t? Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations—you’re born again, and you are now brand new!

                                          

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The Houses on the Rock and the Sand to the Church

I have written on The House on the Rock and The House on the Sand. I have made reference to them in other write-ups, but I have never looked at them from the angle I’m about to address today. So, stay with me because it is a very serious issue in the body of Christ.

Now, prophecies, casting out demons, and other miraculous signs can be done by any Son or Daughter of God, as long as they call the name of Jesus.

To emphasise a point I have made several times. When Adam fell, he did not lose his ability to create. In other words, humanity never lost the ability to create, they only lost direction and connectivity to The Lord God Almighty because He didn’t reside in them. The nature of man wasn’t the nature of God, and thus they acted in an image trying to find itself.

God came down in the person of Jesus Christ to redeem man and give man the opportunity to connect back to God by having a brand new nature, the nature of God Himself.

Now, Colossians 2:6 points out that since we have received Christ Jesus as Lord, we are to continue in Him. In other words, we are to regulate our lives in union with our Lord Jesus. Emphasising oneness with Christ Jesus. This aspect is where issues in the body of Christ have risen.

You might have heard that Christians are few. I am here to correct that. Christians are not few, it is obedient Christians that are few because many do not continue in Him after receiving Him as their Lord. If you think I’m kidding, allow me to explain further.

Many go out to carry out events like crusades and similar things by themselves. The question here is, who told you to carry out these events? Many do things by their head and not from His leading.

Jesus said He will not leave us as orphans but will send the Spirit of Truth to live with us forever. The essence of the Holy Spirit in our lives is to be our helper, our strength, our direction, the one who points us to Jesus always.

When you read the parable of the men who built houses, many times we focus on the Rock and The sand. But have you taken the time to observe that both of them did the same thing? They both built houses! They were not lazy men.

Jesus said in Matthew 7:24, “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:” He also said in verse 26 of the same chapter “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:”

Can you see that verse 24 started with the word “Therefore”? To use the word Therefore implies a conclusion of some premises made earlier.

So, what did Jesus say before verse 24?

The answer is in verses 21-23 of Matthew 7, where Jesus says not many who say to Him Lord, Lord, on the last day will enter the kingdom, but only those who do the will of His Father in heaven.

Now, here is my point. The people will cry out that they performed miraculous signs IN HIS NAME. Not in another name, but in the name of Jesus. But Jesus denied them, why?

I love the way the Message Bible gave Jesus a reason for rejecting them. Matthew 7:23 says, “And do you know what I am going to say? ‘You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don’t impress me one bit. You’re out of here.’” MSG

The issue here is that when you become joined with the Lord Jesus, allow Him to lead you. Pride does not only mean being pompous, but choosing to do things by ourselves and not by Him. To feel our way is right. Humility on the other is choosing to follow and go about things in His leading and not our own way.

Jesus demonstrated this in the temptation when the devil asked Him to turn stone into bread. He said man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. Meaning He will do nothing unless it is God who asks Him to do it (ref.: Matthew 4:4). He also told the Jews that all they see Him do are that which He sees His Father in heaven do (ref.: John 5:19).

The reason why this is important is because when you choose to do things by yourself, you will be doing things to your own glory. And it will get into your heads.

Walking with the Lord requires a lot of humility, allowing God to take all the credit. This was what those who cried Lord, Lord on the last day didn’t do. The fame got to their heads, and they chose to do things with their effort and wealth.

Results here on earth can be very deceptive because both men built houses, they were hard working. They both faced all the trials and persecution as portrayed as rain, flood, and wind. What made the difference was who sent them—their foundation.

We are stewards, and God has entrusted His kingdom into our hands to manage. This is why we are to sit at His feet to get leading and direction on how He wants His kingdom to be, and not by taking laws into our own hands.

There is this thing the devil does, he is not bothered about the physical growth of the church, but what it does is to make sure you don’t fix your eyes on Jesus. That is what is its concern.

Don’t be afraid; the Lord does not see His children go astray, and He does nothing. His Spirit convicts you, but it is left to you to obey. This is what those on the last day didn’t do. They got carried away by fame and physical endorsements.

The glory must ALWAYS go to the Lord. And this is seen FIRST through your obedience to His leading.

He will never give you a responsibility more than what you can bear. He is always there for you to guide you, correct you and put you on the right path to take. It is left to you to obey and continue IN HIM.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t? Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations—you’re born again, and you are now brand new!

                                          

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He Left The Ninety-Nine To Get You

The parable of the lost sheep is an interesting parable where Jesus had to give an orientation on who His Father is.

When Adam fell, he did not cease being the son of God because of the way Jesus had portrayed it in the parable. Stay with me. If Adam had ceased being the Son of God, then God would have actually wiped them off completely.

The nature of man after the fall was not the nature of God because mankind had lost its direction; this was what Adam lost when he fell. The connecting thing between Adam and God was missing. But the ability to create still remained. For Adam to function in God’s image and likeness, Adam needed God to be with him and reside in him always for Adam to act as him.

Adam was discovering and stumbling into things. That’s how Adam lived, but he did not cease being the son of God, as Luke clearly spelt out in the Gospel of Luke 3:38, tracing the genealogy of Jesus Christ; Adam was called the son of God.

The way it was stated, the sheep in the parable wandered away, just as Adam wandered away.

Looking at the parable, it is in two ways. It speaks of those who are lost, like Adam or a person without Christ Jesus, and those who are Christians (Sons and Daughters of God) who are lost. However, the parable stresses more those who are lost, like Adam or those who are without Christ Jesus.

Jesus said He came to the lost sheep of Israel. People might have done wrong things; this comes into play when you choose to do things by yourself, without the leading of the Holy Spirit. It is important to note that the only way to be yourself is by being Him (God/Jesus). He is the one that you are to be. The “you” does not exist, it is only Him (being made in His image and likeness). Just as a cub’s fullness is in a Lion, likewise a person’s true fullness is in Christ Jesus.

To miss your direction implies you acted outside who you are, without the leading of the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of Christ Jesus.

You should also remember that Jesus said in John 15:16 “You did not choose Me, but I chose you...  .” God, in His mercy, came down to save man; this portrays Christ Jesus as the good Shepherd. There could be times in your life when you feel you’ve missed the road. This could play out in the life of a Christian when it comes to money because money can be a form of distraction (write-up for another day), tilting anyone away from the truth (when money isn’t used under His leading, it becomes the leader).

The good news here is that no matter how far the sheep may have wandered, the Shepherd doesn’t just sit down looking, counting his loss, rather, he goes out looking for the lost sheep. This is what Jesus does for us. Maybe, when you come to your senses, you may feel that Jesus may not accept you based on the wrong that you have done. But that’s not the case with Jesus. He loves you so much that His love is greater than whatever wrong you might have done.

When you hear His voice, run towards Him.

Jesus is the head of the church, the good shepherd.

The parable of the lost sheep is pointing to a merciful Father. When you read what the shepherd did when he found the lost sheep, you’ll understand that our Lord Jesus throws a party in heaven whenever a sheep is found. His mercies are new every morning, great is His faithfulness towards us. Always trust Him.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t? Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations—you’re born again, and you are now brand new!

                                          

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