Saturday, 25 January 2014

Discipleship 2 - salt

Psalm 105
Story of the
Pastor Jeremiah Steeper

Church have enough people but not enough disciple

Luke 14
Luke 14:34 NIV
“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?

1. Important of salt

Medically speaker,  salt is sustainer of life
Sea water, 80% of earth
Salt as persevetive agent
Salt as money olden day
Salary = Salt

Can salt losses it saltiness?
Sodium chloride   - stable element

History
Salt collected from Dead Sea
Rain washes the salt crtyslise
Salt losses it saltiness
Throw out

We are in the world but not belong to the world

How can Christian be aware and not be washes away our saltiness

Story
Gandhi
What is the great. Hindrance to Christianity in India
Answer - Christian
Reason - he was in a church of a white people but was asked to leave.

Christian lifestyle

Society place high expectancy on Christian

Challenge - walk our talk by the help of God grace

Story
Company Interview
Consider one person Facebook posting

People read Christian life

2. Salt as persevetive
Task of disciple is to stop the decay of the world

Wicked world
Same sex marriage

Hospital was originated by Christian
Red Cross - initiated by Christian
Mission school -

Moral decay. Speak out for below
1. Abortion
2. Lesbian/homosex

Speak with conscience

3. Influence
Your task , middle person to lead them to know Jesus Christ
Let the holy spirit do the conversion

Church that is waiting for sinner to come to church is like the police waiting for the criminal to come to report them self in Police station

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