Episode 7: Salt and Light (Part 3)

In the name of the Glorious Trinity.

Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever.

Amen. Glory be to the Everlasting

mercies which sent you to us. Oh, Christ the light of the

world and the life of all give us wisdom by a law and Enlighten

our impulses, by your knowledge sanctify, our souls by your

truth and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and may

fulfill your Commandments at every hour.

O you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of

your greatness? Do Enlighten.

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We will follow Jesus. Sucess.

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voice of Lord Jesus. We will follow his ways,

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This is our third episode looking at Salt and Light.

Our scripture passage was Matthew chapter 5 verses 13 to

Matthew 5:13–16

16. Jesus commands and instructs.

You are, you are not. You can be.

If you want to be you, maybe you will be.

You are the Salt of the earth or the world, but if the soul

becomes insipid, that means Bland with.

What shall it? Be seasoned.

How can you seasoned salt? That's what Jesus trying to tell

us. It is fit for nothing but to be

thrown out and be trodden Under Foot by men.

You are the light of the world, a City built upon a hill cannot

be concealed. This is the third episode and

we're concentrating on the salt of the world.

This will be our last episode on the Sold God willing next

episode we will look at the light of the world and then that

will be the end of the series. We will then look at all those

topics that you have recommended and by the power of God, the

grace of God by the, the guidance of our Lord and the

Holy Spirit, we will we will discuss the topics that you have

recommended. Now, let's go back to being the

salt, we spoke about how we are the salt and what that means,

what that pertains. How do we become, or how do We

remain what I'd like to speak about today, is how do we

continue to be preserved? You know, salt needs to be

preserved and so that it doesn't lose is its Savory or its Tang.

So how do we continue to be preserved to be Savory and tangy

to the lives of others? The Bland spiritual lives of our

fellow brothers and sisters. We will refer back to one more

time issue. Dad, Maori should that Bishop of

Hadith are 850 ad and he writes by the Sun that is s un by the

sun. Salt is further purified, and

shines and Glitters. So, just as salt is purified, by

the Sun, that is the sunlight, warms the salty water, which is

then called evaporation it evaporates and it leaves behind

a purified. Salt crystal, that is harvested,

and it's, it's used and it's sold.

So the Sun, the Asun purifies the, the salt, the actual

physical salt. We to the salt of the earth need

to be constantly under the impacting radiant, the impacting

power of the Sun, sson, the Son of God, the only son of God,

Jesus Christ, Praise be to his name.

God incarnate. So we need to be under the

impacting radiant of the Son of God, and I will repeat again,

the only son of God that is Jesus Christ.

Who is God incarnate in order to be purified and live in Purity.

How can we how do we remain a purified salt to give taste to

the Spiritual lives of others. Let's read Psalm 119 verses 7

Psalms 119:7

and 8, let's break it. Break it down to.

I will give thanks unto you with the up righteousness.

That is honesty of my my heart. How when I have learnt Your

Righteous judgments that is rules and verdict.

So when I have learnt, these are the Keynotes.

I haven't And how do you learn you read, you study, you Ponder

upon you research when I have learned Your Righteous judgments

that is God's rules verdicts, then I will give thanks to you

with the up righteousness. That means honesty of my heart.

I have kept your precepts, which means your teachings, your

principles, how do we learn the precepts and the teachings, and

the principles of God by reading The holy scriptures and in the

Psalms continues to say, oh, forsake me not forever.

Wherewithal that is by these manners on.

These means meaning giving thanks in righteousness and

learning the righteous judgments and preserves of God wherewith.

Shall a man cleanse their, it is cleanse purify his ways.

So how do we remain purified? How do we remain?

Ends is Again by giving, thanks to the Lord and learning his

precepts and being honest in our hearts to the Lord.

And this way, a man can keep the precepts and the teachings and

the principles of God. So number one, as I mentioned,

if we remain thankfully, or if we remain truthfully, honestly,

earnestly thankful to God and His Son and the Holy Spirit

giving. Thanks Every day, every minute,

every breath. Let every breath.

The psalmist. Instructs, give praise to the

Lord regardless of our circumstances, and the

Situation's. Yes, I know it's hard at times.

It's hard for a mother seeing her child in pain in agony to

give thanks to the Lord, but I don't want to go too much into

that. But yes, if we really have a

look at that situation, that's Circumstance.

We will conclude that. Yes, we must give thanks to the

Lord in the good times and the bad times in wealth and poverty

in health and in sickness in joy and in sadness that we thank our

heavenly father that simply, he is our God and that he has not

deserted us. And number two, if we are

learned of the righteous judge, see this is the type this way.

Number two, Immense number one, number two, is the way that we

can reach the point and be confident and earnestly.

Thank God, regardless of our circumstances, how if we are

learn it of the righteous judgment, the rules, the

verdicts of God, that is knowing our responsibilities, Our

obligation, our commitment to the will of God.

How do we do this? Simply that our three most

important ways, you know, You know, when you want to get from

point A to point B, there are a few things that you need to do.

Number one, set in your mind that you want to go from point.

A to point B number to find the most, you know, quickest way and

then get in the car and then start driving and be careful

obviously, right? So if we want to, thankfully be

truthful in our thankfulness to God.

We need to know our responsibilities and obligations

and there are three ways praying.

Here we go. Yeah there they go.

The three cliches that the Christians use.

They're not cliches. These are fact you know there's

so factual and so true that we continue to repeat them praying

earnestly, reading the holy scriptures and fasting at the

same time so that we know our responsibilities our Oceans our

commitment to the will of God in order to be thankful to him so

that we can then be purified so that we that salt can be

purified under the impacting power of Jesus Christ.

Now, you may ask what is the will of God for us Robbie?

What is the will of God? Well, there are many many

different instructions, but if we read the first Epistle of st.

Paul to the Millions 4:3 Paul goes on to say, for this is the

will of God. Now, I didn't just choose this

verse at hog, I think it was divinely inspired.

For this is the will of God, your holiness.

Holiness doesn't mean a halo over our heads Holiness doesn't

simply or only mean that we leave a life of what is it of,

you know, a life totally, you know giving up the world and

living in isolation or Solitude. Yeah, yes.

Some people are called to that the the monks, the RAB bana we

say. Yes, there are some people Live

a life of solitude but Holiness means to be set apart.

We are all holy. All those who went down in

baptism in Christ's death. And then were born, Anew was

Sanctified by the Holy Spirit, meaning set apart that we are no

longer of the world, we are of Christ.

So whenever you read or come across the word Holiness, don't

think that it's only those who have been Portrayed in pictures

or icons at as haloes around their heads, no.

Holiness, as I said, is setting apart.

So, this is the will of your God, set yourself apart, set,

your lives apart, set your values, apart set your purpose

in life apart, and that you may be separated from oxy.

They're really separate. Let me read it again.

For this is the will of God, your Holiness and that you may

be The separate from all fornication.

When I when I came across this verse to, to use for this.

For this episode, I was a little bit intrigued.

You have fornication, that means having a sexual relationship

outside of marriage. And this is not going to be

about fornication. Hey, adultery and fornication,

that's going to be a few series there.

I think the most Most tasteless and Bland area of a spiritual

like in which many are failing is their sexual activity,

whether married or single, but let's not talk about that.

Okay? So setting yourself apart is

it's just an example that poor lives giving us and the greatest

contribution factors for this failing.

In this failing of the sexual activity is, I think you'll

agree is that education systems and the film industry Hollywood.

You know, let me let me say it Point Blank Christians.

Are you listening, do you classify yourself?

Do you call yourself a Christian?

Do you identify yourself as a Christian?

Is it? Because if you're listening in

the, in the car, is it because you have a cross hanging on your

rear-view mirror, is it, because you're, you have a cross on your

neck, or maybe you've tattooed the cross on your arms or your

body. If you're cooking or washing

dishes, or vacuuming, is it? Because you have a cross hanging

on the wall at home? Is that how you identify

yourself as a Christian? Yes, that's one way I mean but

let me tell you Christians should absolutely refrain from

R-rated and x-rated films. How can you become a Savory, a

tasty salt in the spiritual lives of others?

In this area. If you yourself are failing, how

can we do that? Hey, now, if your Sweating or

your you're blushing. Now if you want to turn off the

podcast and you don't want to listen to this anymore, don't

don't. This could be and not could be,

this is God speaking to you. This is the holy spirit.

Speaking to you, if this is what we are failing within our lives.

There's a fasting Point Lantus coming up.

Hey, maybe one of my prayer points and fasting points is my

weakness in this. Ria st.

Paul goes on to say in second Corinthians 7:1.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, because we have these promises that we are the Temple

of the Holy Spirit. If you read second Corinthians

2 Corinthians 6 · chapter mention

chapter 6, you know what Paul is talking about?

Therefore, because we have these promises beloved, let us purify

ourselves from all impurity of the Flesh and spirit and Let us

cultivate Holiness in the all of God.

This is how we become we become, you know, the power of Christ

will be impacting upon us so that we correct ourselves.

We fix ourselves, we purify our lives.

So that we may be a beautiful tasty savoury Flavour to the

lives of others when we live or simply strive.

You know, it's very important that we when we say we need to

live, we need to walk. That we also add or strive them

and lie to live a purer life, because that's what Jesus says,

Strife make every effort to enter the narrow gate.

That means the narrow gate is not easy to enter.

We need to strive, we need to, we need to struggle.

We need to go through challenges, but do that.

Now, when you're striving to enter the narrow gate, Christ

can see that is People to the Lord.

So when we leave or simply strive them and lie to live a

purer life, under this transparency of Christ, we will

truly glitter and shine. Even if we have not yet, reached

it as st. Paul says, I don't know whether

I've reach, I don't know what I've made it, you know, for

those who call it to ask me, are you saved?

Will you go to heaven? I say, you know what, I don't

know that yet, but one think I know as st.

Paul says I have left everything behind and I am focusing on the

prize that is set for me focusing on Christ.

When we do that beloved, then we can testify to the moral life of

Chastity. And at the same time, we can

then Council others on how we can live a purer life according

to God's perfect and holy will many people.

Speak to me and ask me for counseling.

The first thing I try to do, see if I ever struggled and went

through what the Is going through and nine out of 10

times. Yes, even during my priesthoods

and then I think and and recount.

How did I overcome that weakness?

How did I overcome that Temptation that trial?

And then I give them my counsel because when I do that becomes

more effective. Because when you say to someone

listen, I was there when someone's coming to you and

asking you for help in this spiritual life.

It it means they have a bland spiritual life and they want you

to be that savory that Tang because we're all salt.

You know, that person salt is Bland we're all salt now.

And when someone's asking you to to help and to assist and to you

know, testify or to witness to something that will or to give

advice about something they're going through and you've gone

through that, and you've overcome that then You can be

even more effective because you will be so more encouraging.

So more convincing because you've gone through there and

you've done that and you've overcome through the impacting

power of Jesus Christ. In your life.

You can encourage, you can guide 1 to a moral and God appeasing

life You can give hope to one who is struggling with example,

fornication, adultery theft drug abuse, you know, gossip hatred,

which are all moral sins. You know, that in moral sins,

they are they are scenes that they can bring spiritual death

and if we don't correct, and if we remain and leave this world

in those sins, then the scriptures are very clear.

We will not see the face of the Lord will not be in the presence

of God. You can give hope to one who is

struggling with one occasion. You can you can steer someone to

a Pious life and this applies to every aspect of life.

So being sold, how do we remain that taste in the spiritual life

of those who is Bland there, they lacking in their spiritual

life. No, the precepts of the Lord.

Understand the righteous Judgment of God live that way.

Correct yourself. The first and foremost we need

to do st. Paul says, in second think

Corinthians 13:5 test yourselves, that is look into

yourselves. Stop if you can stop right now,

I'm not sure if you can stop. If you you're driving on the

freeway don't do that. Maybe even pulled to one side

and test yourself to see. Paul says to see if you are in

the faith examine yourselves or do you not recognize this about

yourselves that? Jesus Christ is in you unless

indeed you fail the test Is Jesus Christ in you, are you

reflecting the, the title? You have the name, you have

Christians examine ourselves when we do, and we will, we find

faults, we find flaws. We find discrepancies in our

Christian Life. It's not the end of the world.

It's simple Christ can use you Christ.

Can use your failure. Where do you fail?

Well, Well, once you correct it, once you overcome Christ will

use your failure. Listen read Acts chapter 3 st.

Acts 3 · chapter mention

Peter puts it simply when he slams the Jews and the Jewish

leaders about them crucifying, the only son of God and that

death could not hold Christ. He was resurrected, you know, he

goes on to say no things chapter 17, that it was your ignorance.

So God used your ignorance for the Salvation of the world.

What can use your failures when you overcome to also help others

to overcome to be Savory to be tasty in the lives of others?

Mari should add continues to say however, when salt is hidden

from the Splendor of the Sun. So let's put it in our

perspective. When we are hidden from the

Splendor of the Son of God, salt becomes black and its skin.

Its color. We become black in color and

it's taste is spoiled and it is useless for the condiment that

tasting of food and that which is so through.

We become blind. I went out thrown away.

People tend to steer away, people try to tend to avoid us,

they don't want to have any reflection, they don't want to

have any any relationship, you know, because we're not making

any sense, we're not becoming that that, that save your taste

in their lives. And then some, you know, Jesus

goes on to say, how are you going to be?

How is this salt going to be? Flavored, you cannot flavor

yourself. The only thing you can do is go

back to Christ's return back to Christ as the prodigal son, or

the prodigal daughter, and your prayer point is lawed.

Make me Tangy and tangy make me to be Savory, maybe to have that

beautiful flavor, which is in. You reflected through me in the

lives that are bland And how do we become blind?

When Christ is not, our way Christ is the way the truth and

the life. When he is not our way, we're

not going anywhere. You can continue in life but

really, we're not getting anywhere.

When Christ is not the truth in our lives, there is really no

knowledge. We think we know it, but we know

nothing. When Christ's life is not in our

lives, we are dead. And when we are dead, how can we

be impacting on others? So let's close this series by

saying that we are the salts Souls of the world through our

faith in Jesus Christ. We need to be Tangy.

We need to be that flavor in the lives of those who are, you

know, who are lacking. How do we do that?

We need to be impacting by Christ.

How do we allow Christ to be impact?

Our Lives. We need to obey him.

We need to follow him. We will follow Jesus.

We will follow Jesus. Hey, you know what?

Thank you, Anita. As I said, this is divine in

spite. We will follow Jesus.

Because his voice is calling us, the voice of our Lord Jesus, we

will follow his ways and fulfill all his precepts.

And when we do that, and it's reflected in our lives, then,

and only, then we can be impacting the lives of others.

Remember Jesus said, you are the salt and that is quite alarming.

That means I have that gift, I have that calling, and if we do

not fulfill, we do not use that gift for the glory of God, and

the edification of others, and the salvation of others.

We will be held accountable, just like the parable of the

Daenerys. You can say, well, you know

what? I live my own life and I

couldn't be bothered or I wasn't worthy so I just thought, you

know, let's give up, don't give up.

Never never ever give up because Christ will never give up on you

or anyone who has been called by his name.

Oh, praise Glory and Honor be to His holy name now and at all

times, I'm forever indebted. Ever.

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