To Be Least
"For he who is least among you all--he is the greatest." (Luke 9:48)Sunday, November 28, 2004
Salt of the Earth
I am sick with the state of America. With no thought to God, people have thrown themselves to the mercy of their sin. Without constraint our country has been running down the road of destruction.
Although that bothers me greatly, I am sickened even more by something else. What is it? It is the fact that the church in America has not stopped it. We have not fervently prayed for our nation and gone out to proclaim the truth. We have become cold in the inactivity of our faith. Forgetting to do as Jesus commanded us; we have not gone out and truly made disciples.
Jesus commands us to be the salt of the earth. What does salt do? It preserves the food. We hold the truth that can prevent destruction and we are to use this to preserve the world from death. Jesus said that if we lose our saltiness, we are no longer good for anything and must be thrown out.
Thrown into the place of everlasting torment.
My friends, that is serious. We must awaken ourselves and go out into the world preaching the gospel. We must preserve America by being its salt. And if we do not, I shudder to think of those who knock at the gates of heaven pleading, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?” Yet Jesus will plainly say to them, “I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!” (See Mt. 7:22-23)
Although that bothers me greatly, I am sickened even more by something else. What is it? It is the fact that the church in America has not stopped it. We have not fervently prayed for our nation and gone out to proclaim the truth. We have become cold in the inactivity of our faith. Forgetting to do as Jesus commanded us; we have not gone out and truly made disciples.
Jesus commands us to be the salt of the earth. What does salt do? It preserves the food. We hold the truth that can prevent destruction and we are to use this to preserve the world from death. Jesus said that if we lose our saltiness, we are no longer good for anything and must be thrown out.
Thrown into the place of everlasting torment.
My friends, that is serious. We must awaken ourselves and go out into the world preaching the gospel. We must preserve America by being its salt. And if we do not, I shudder to think of those who knock at the gates of heaven pleading, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?” Yet Jesus will plainly say to them, “I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!” (See Mt. 7:22-23)
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Amen....I pray for our country, for the future of our children. I look around and see children taking care of themselves, no rules or structure or teachings of God and the results make me cry. If we are to have a good future, it must start in our homes. Forget all the material things, and be a parent. The parents are both working and when they do get home, too tired to do the correct thing. It is so much easier to let them watch TV, play computer, and eat snack foods. What happened to a family dinner where they pray, eat, and talk of things that went on that day. We have obese children, we have 10 yr old having sex, we have drug addicts, we have children killing. If you raise your children in a "God loving" home, what a better world this will be!
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