Salt and Light
Session Aims:
1.
Learn what Jesus says about living out our faith
in the world
2.
Be motivated to live our faith in the world
3.
Repent of one thing in your life that keeps you
from being Christ’s salt and light
Key verse: Matthew 5:13-14
You are the salt and light of the earth. But if the salt
loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out
and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Are you proud to be a Christian?
What makes you a Christian?
James 2:14-17
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to
have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a
brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If
one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does
nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way,
faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
1.
How are we supposed to ‘shine’? Examples?
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By living among people and letting others see Jesus in us.
·
You may give the analogy of us being ambassadors. When an foreign
ambassador comes to your country, is he part of your country? No. His
citizenship is still in his home country. Likewise, we are made for eternity
and our citizenship is in heaven. What does this foreign ambassador do in your
country? He bridges the gap between his home country and this country, and
fosters a relationship. That is also our role here on earth: to be a living
testimony for what you believe in, to bridge the gap; to befriend but not
become a part of this world.
2.
Is it easy to always be a ‘proper Christian’? What can we do when
it isn’t easy?
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Pray and seek God. We aren’t showing OUR light or OUR goodness. It
is God’s goodness that we want to show through us, so how else do we get it
except by asking and knowing the source of it?
·
Do you truly believe that prayer works? Do we seek Him enough?
Maybe we can ponder on this and seek Him with honesty. It is an inward change
that we seek, not proving that we can be good.
3.
Who is the salt that loses its saltiness?
·
People who say they believe but do not live for Him.
4.
What happens when we cover up a light?
·
It becomes ineffective.
Philippians 2:12-15
Therefore,
my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now
much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and
trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order
to fulfill his good purpose. Do everything without
grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure,
“children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine
among them like stars in the sky
Do our deeds make us who we are? Are we Christian because we ‘act
like it’?
No. We are saved by Grace.
It is not earned, neither can it be. No matter how much kinder we are to
the people around us, we cannot earn any more grace than we already are given. In
fact, our ability to show grace is by God and from God alone.
Isa 64:6
All of us have become like one who is
unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up
like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.”
Psalm 16:2
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
I have no good apart from you.”
God’s love is limitless; He cannot love us any more or less no
matter what we do. He is constant. And this love compels us to act in a way
that is a suitable response to this overwhelming gift. So, what does it mean to
live for Christ?
Done by Gaily & Zhan Feng
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