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\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\nJesus people are different.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have to get sick, depressed, or be poor.\u00a0 That is not God\u2019s plan for us.\u00a0 He says in John 10:10, that He came to give us eternal life and abundant life.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t stop there.\u00a0 God has a LOT more planned for you\u2026 but are you ready to claim it.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cYou are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. <\/em> -Matthew 5:13\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn Matthew, Jesus teaches believers that we are to be salt in the world. Why salt?\u00a0 Salt flavors things.\u00a0 Have you ever had food where they forgot to put in a bit of salt?\u00a0 It is just blah, not interesting, has nothing special to it.\u00a0 Salt adds flavor.\u00a0 Once you\u2019re saved, you are to be adding flavor to your neighborhood, your workplace, your school, whatever people surrounds you.\u00a0 One other important trait of salt is that it preserves food it\u2019s added to.\u00a0 That\u2019s what you are in the world to do.\u00a0 As a Bible-believing, Spirit-filled and baptized believer you are preserving the world around you from hell and giving them a chance for Heaven!\u00a0 Once believers are temporarily removed from the Earth in the Rapture, people will be in shock.\u00a0 Jesus doesn\u2019t stop by just using salt to describe what you are to do in your world.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cYou are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.<\/em> -Matthew 5:14-16\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNext Jesus teaches us that we are LIGHT!\u00a0 Wasn\u2019t it Jesus that is the light?\u00a0 Yes, but that light is passed on to believers now that He is at the right hand of the Father ( Ephesians 1:20).\u00a0 We are the light.\u00a0 That light has to be broadcast.\u00a0 If you have ever seen the city lights of some major city, you will see it as beautiful.\u00a0 It is fun to go up somewhere high and look down at the city lights at night.\u00a0 For God\u2019s people, we are described by God as light, but we are a city of hope to the world.\u00a0 We are not in the valley, we are on the mountain tops closer to God than the lost world.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you are a believer it\u2019s time for your life to a salty city of light.\u00a0 Showing people that they have a place that they can run to and be safe from the worries, fears, and failures of the world.\u00a0 They can be immune like you!\u00a0 Praise God!\u00a0 Be filled with His light today by spending time with Him, and be salty adding flavor to your world.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t do it, who will?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe name of the LORD is a strong tower;The righteous runs into it and is safe.<\/em> -Proverbs 18:10<\/div><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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