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Fishing For Men – Matthew 5:13 – 5:20

Being Salt And Light

To demonstrate the influence Christians should make on this world Jesus used two common illustrations of salt and light. G. Campbell Morgan once said “The world needs salt because it is corrupt and it needs light because it is dark. We are God’s salt to retard corruption and His light to reveal truth. One function is negative and the other positive. One is silent and the other is verbal.  By the way we live we retard corruption and by what we say we give light. The implication in this passage is that when a Christian loses his “salt and light” he is worthless. (Lou Nicholes - Missionary/Author).