i. i. 5. a. You have a group of unbelievers and they are discussing immoral things, maybe they are cussing? Phil. 2. e. Salt of the earth—not honey of the earth. Salt bites, and the unadulterated message of the judgment and grace of God has always been a biting thing.’. i. Jesus isn’t telling his disciples to let their light shine, only when they are with each other. We had the privilege of hearing from Ron Risse, a veteran missionary from Indonesia, good friends with Chuck Harrison, who invited him to come share at Mission’s Fellowship last week. Just live the Christian life and it will happen!”. iv. 2. iii. Salt&Light does not organise or own the events listed below. a. William Wilberforce—who led the abolition of slavery in Great Britain. 2. Some folks would actually like to see the OT of Israel re-instituted in public Policy. The Law should not be abandoned. Home; About. It was a burden on people, and it was oppressive. 13 ‘You are the salt of the earth. Salt & Light Bible Studies. 2. When Jesus spoke of salt, He was saying the world is decaying. 4. Living the Law was and is, unsustainable. It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot (Matthew 5:13). v. The gospel produced salt and light, not the other way around! This section of salt and light is actually quite simple and straightforward: 1. d. The less salt that Christians have, means less preservation for the rotting culture. Bottom line: Jesus agrees with and believes all of the OT. Our goal is to provide content, delivered in a fashion that supports and enhances your Bible study experience. ii. Every word. 4. The Giving of the Law (10 Commandments) came after the redemption from slavery in Egypt. Salt and Light Women’s Bible Study Growing in Wisdom & Faith (A Woman After God's Own Heart Series) by Elizabeth George This is a study of the book of James, exploring the themes below and more: • Persevering through life’s troubles • Putting on a heart of patience • Planning the future with God in mind i. Mat. Every home, however poor, used and still uses both salt and light. 1. The influence of our lives is directly related to our disposition and character. The BIG Question(s): 1. Why? Drop us your details at hello@saltandlight.sg. 6. Q. ”. The Gifts and the Fruit of the Spirit The Lord’s Supper The kind of Christians who actually live the beatitudes are light salt and light to the world, they will have an influence in the world. iv. Heaven Light is worthless if it doesn’t shine. The Old Testament was the sketch, and Jesus is the sculpture. We realize whether you are new to studying your Bible… i. 4. i. BIBLE STUDY IN ENGLISH FOR JAPANESE RESIDENTS. During his own boyhood Jesus must often have watched his mother use salt in the kitchen and light the lamps when the sun went down. 3. Create awkward situations! 1. vi. Bible: Matthew 5:14-16. a. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. God’s Word is so refreshing and as “deep calls to deep” we hope to provide you with resources, tools, and studies to assist you in answering the call to walk in the depth of God’s wisdom. There is a tendency to relax the diagnosis. Jesus is interested in the heart: 1. iv. It’s isn’t arbitrary or random. 2. Related Topics: Christology, Evangelism, Kingdom, Law, Spiritual Life, David Anderson was raised in a solid Christian home in rural Minnesota and was saved at a Bible camp in northern Minnesota at the age of seven. 4. a. 3. One day, God will deal with Israel as a Nation again, but not now. Don’t withdraw at the workplace. The group organizing the protest ride said that while they encourage the voluntary use of motorcycle helmets, they oppose mandatory helmet laws. It decays. ii. Salt is mentioned over 40 times in the Bible. No, He is telling them to let their light shine in the dark places. 1. 3. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—.”. (I Corinthians 11:28) We believe in the commemoration of the Lord’s Supper by the symbolical use of the bread and the juice of the vine. (Revelation 20:10,15) We believe that hell is a literal place of eternal torment for all who reject the Lord Jesus. Salt & Light Video Series A helpful series of supplemental videos that parallel MennoMedia's Salt & Light: Bible Study for Anabaptist Christians. I want us to avoid assuming that all possible uses of salt were in view here. d. “These laws were like empty jars, and Jesus comes along and fills them…He fills full the Law, as He fulfilled the Law.”. 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.”, 2. 7. c. The viewer is drawn to Christ in subtle and overt ways. This is an astounding claim and an astounding implication…. Starting now all the way through v. 48, Jesus will show a greater righteousness. Each weekly Salt & Light session includes a spiritual practice alongside thought-provoking commentary and discussion prompts. Basis of Salvation Jesus did not say you can be...or you have the potential to be...He said you are.Everyone who has trusted Christ for salvation and is born again is the salt of the earth and the light of the world. They renamed the streets, they wanted to eliminate the past, and start something totally different and totally new. This is a HUGE question, and I don’t want to pretend to try to answer it fully here, but let me take a stab. Make people a little uncomfortable. Turn in your Bible with me to the 5 th chapter of Matthew for our study tonight. Have an event, bible study or course that might interest Salt&Light readers? Be "Salt and Light" for Jesus. a. Mat. Your unbelieving husband may not want to hear the gospel every day, but he can’t NOT be affected by your life. e. Will He rename the city of Jerusalem to “Jesusville” or “Christtown”. If you focus on the Gospel. The Law is still useful. iii. ii. It may not be your call to be in full-time ministry, rather, Jesus is telling His disciples to let their light shine, wherever they are. So if want to do the Law, you actually need the Spirit. "Now that faith/Christ has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law"—but not because the law is contrary to the promises; rather, it is because the law is fulfilled in Christ and the Spirit in a manner similar to the way a typewriter is fulfilled in the technology of a computer. One example is found in Matthew 5:13: “You are the salt of the earth. 2. iv. Question: "What does it mean that believers are to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16)?" 2. Bringing flowers to Lonnalee: a. 2. 1 Cor. e. “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”. Deer (Copper) with a blaze orange vest. Salvation Through Grace I thought of you. Fear God more than you fear man! ii. When Jesus taught these things, his audience was composed of Israelites. ii. 9. Say randomly, “God is so good.” And watch people’s reaction. My ministry is based upon the Law. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavour? It is then that the world is made to listen to her message, though it may hate it at first.’. a. 3. The more decay in society means that society looks less and less like Downton Abbey and more and more like MTV’s Cribs. Heaven and earth will pass away before God’s Word does. The Law was great, but it was powerless to save and to sanctify! Jesus and the Law (5:17-20). ii. It’s a package, and God never splits it up like that. a. This is an clever suggestion, but the problem is that the Law is never divided up. ix. Jesus is not calling us to monasticism or some kind of a retreat from society. iii. iii. There have been a few different movements in Christian circles that have arisen lately that are movements aimed at redeeming culture. 53:4. I delight in you! They invented laws to get around the law. Redeeming and restoring politics. This is one of the greatest statements in the whole Bible about Jesus’ view of Scripture. He fulfills the Law in the sense that He is our Sabbath Rest. Salt was a warning against being good for nothing and light was used to show us how to be good for something. He calls them to put the manual typewriters away. 1. iii. iii. Some people have a difficult time with some of the stories in the OT. (Acts 1:8; 2:4) We believe that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is to endow the believer with power, and that His empowering is after the same manner as in Bible days. Salt&Light does not organise or own the events listed below. Let’s make heaven on earth.” “Let’s change society and make this a better place.” “Let’s do kingdom work.”. ii. iv. 5. a. 31:5, Is. b. How many Christians are Christians by name only? The Law is good, not bad. It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. I should preface this by saying, “I am not a frequenter of the gym. (Philemon 4:5) We believe that all truth must be balanced with other scriptural truth in order to avoid any extreme or fanaticism and we believe that moderation should show forth in our daily walk as a believer. In the Bible, we find two remarkable testimonials about us, the disciples of Jesus. Drop us your details at hello@saltandlight.sg. Not even a comma is insignificant. There were dozens of uses for salt. This embodies individual and corporate expressions of praise and thanksgiving and reverence in holiness. Hell Maybe they are degrading women or men? For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.”. #1- It means that the OT points to the Person of Jesus for fulfillment. (2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 2:20, John 3:5-7) We believe that the change which takes place in the heart and life at conversion is a literal one and is the result of being born of the Spirit of God. Thursday was Valentines Day. Again, imagine someone saying that fulfilled the Law. The Law was a good thing, even f it didn’t save, the intention behind it is good. “If you are not an enigma to people, then you should seriously question your salvation.” MLJ. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. The Spirit-Filled Life Scot McKnight. During the ride, police say, his 1983 Harley Davidson spun out of control, and he flew headfirst over the handlebars. (Romans 5:12) We believe that man was created in the image of God, but that by voluntary disobedience he fell from perfection. 5). Divine Healing a. Don’t think you can save yourself by obeying the Law. Mark 7:19—Jesus declared all foods clean. The Greek word ‘phos’ used by Matthew in place of light here gives the meaning ‘manifest’. However it needs to be interpreted in light of Jesus’ fulfillment. This means that the world decays like rotten fish or meat, but Christians slow the process. That exactly what happened and France was ripped apart by the French Revolution. “until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.”. The rest of chapter 5 and the rest of chapter 6 elaborate on this little verse—verse 20. ii. 2. vi. ii. 5. viii. Haddon Robinson tells the story about the French culture of the early 1700s was in the process of decay. Let's examine the implications of the image of salt and light. (John 4:24; Psalm 150) We believe that “acceptable” and “true” worship is prescribed by God Himself in His Word. What does it mean to be salt and light? They had laws to keep them from laws. The Lord says that we are salt and light.That doesn’t mean we will become salt and light in the distant future, but that we are already salt and light, here and now. NOTE: Men, there is a right answer and a wrong answer to this unforeseen question. Are some parts of the OT obsolete? b. Moderation and Balance Three things to keep in mind and hold in tension: c. #1- The Law is good, but This Law was for only that Nation of Israel—we are not Israelites. 3:4-9, “…though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. The Church as Salt and Light Matthew 5:13-16 This series of bible studies are designed to be used in your small group, however they also contain additional ‘Going Deeper’ background notes at the end for a deeper understanding and for use as a sermon guide. V. Application: What is our relationship to the Law today? We are not Israel, we are a people, a new man (Eph. The Law wounds us and shuts our mouths and lead us to Jesus: 1. b. Don’t buy in to the deadly idea that your good can somehow outweigh your bad. There were dozens of uses for salt. The culture was lifted from the oppressive darkness, and light shone! v. If Christians become assimilated to non-Christians and contaminated by the impurities of the world, they lose their influence. The next sections of anger and lust and divorce and oaths and retaliation and love, display the true desire behind the Law. Salt and light make such a big difference in our daily life, and Jesus was very intentional when he used these 2 things to compare what Christians are like. Does the OT Law still apply to us? We try it a little, and we succeed. c. The Old Testament was like a type-writer, Jesus is like a computer. Where else would I rather be? a. He fulfills the Law in the sense that He was the Lamb of God. We realize whether you are new to studying your Bible, or a seasoned veteran, sometimes you need a springboard to help you dive deep! The Second Coming They stop talking. 5. 2. He came out to Colorado to attend undergraduate school at Colorado Christian University and later Denver Seminary. Will He totally change and challenge what we have been taught? Everything the law wanted to be when it was young (as revealed to Moses) is found now in Christ and in the life of the Spirit. But when the time comes for the sustained, heavy lifting of daily obedience, we can't budge the burden. Let me suggest three statements that declare and describe how to fulfill this role. 2. 4. For more information, please click on the links in each listing to contact the organisers directly. d. This is what the Millennium will be like, and this is what true Christians will be like in the meantime. 3:24-25, “So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. “I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.”. He left people thinking. 1. If someone spills their drink on you, you say, “I love grace…don’t worry about it.”. BIBLE STUDY VIDEOS ON THE BOOK OF JAMES. 1. ii. It just happened. Drop us your details at hello@saltandlight.sg. Only now, we need to interpret the Law through the lens of Jesus. How much of the Law still applies to us? A Lasting Legacy: Choosing A Wife For Isaac (Gen. 24:1-67). EVERY part of the Old Testament matters, and still matters! iv. Many Christians (Covenantal) are bringing people back under the Law. If you focus on the Great Commission. In keeping with New Testament ethics, Jesus first tells us what we are and then calls us to live up to that standard. b. a. We believe that in essentials there must be unity, in non-essentials — liberty, and in all things — love. f. The solution to this is that we focus, not on redeeming culture, but focus on the Great Commission. vii. Can you make it salty again? So the Bible does say sex is for a man and a woman inside marriage to nurture love and commitment in a long-term permanent relationship of marriage. b. Let your light shine at your work place. iii. 3. The studies have been They perfectly followed the Law. Have an event, bible study or course that might interest Salt&Light readers? 5:13–16), and so we are to live out by faith what He has made us to be. In fact, the Spirit is doing what the could never do. They developed a system of procedures and duties, but it was void of the heart. If you relax these commandments, there will be consequences: 1. Should we still sacrifice animals and not wear different fabrics together? b. That’s the kind of external religiosity that God rejects. iii. ii. Jesus disciples will live lives of purity and righteousness, and will shine and stick out in this dark world. Here are a few of the biblical verses about salt: Numbers 18:19 - All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the LORD, I have I to you, and your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. 8. They developed a system of laws around the Law. ii. Let’s increase it. d. #2- Paul says that we are no longer under the Law. Christ’s call for us to be salt and light is not an impossible one. Water Baptism 4. Have an event, bible study or course that might interest Salt&Light readers? We fulfill them by typing on the computers. And, in some cases, that actually changes the culture. i. Christians who live the Beatitudes are the salt of the earth. ii. vii. I am not abolishing anything the Law or the Prohpets said…rather…I have come to fulfill them! God calls us to be salt-and-light Christians in a bland, dark society. d. Jesus Christ ramps up the Law (5:19-20). 3. Ron didn’t go in focusing on changing the culture! And when the Church forgets this, and gravitates to other things, that’s when the Church fails. b. We are not under the Law, we are under grace: 1. 2. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD to you and your descendants with you. ii. **. John MacArthur is right when he says you can boil down this section of salt and light with one word: influence. You are the light of the world. And if we put ourselves back under the Law, even though the Law is incredible, we lose a LOT! Salt was used with sacrifices as a way of honoring the King to whom the sacrifices were made (Leviticus 2:13; Ezra 6:9; Ezekiel 43:24). Jesus is saying you shouldn’t be camouflage, you should be blaze orange. (Ephesians 4:30-32) We believe that it is the will of God that we walk in the Spirit continually. 5. v. This compares to the law. The dividing wall of hostility is over. 5. An online Bible Study website! v. Let your light shine in your neighborhood. This Sunday School lesson is from Matthew 5:13-20. 4). e. #3- The Law is useful to lead us to Jesus. “When the Bible tells us something about how we should live, like sex, money, power, it always does it like this: it says, God created us, and therefore God in his Word in the Bible is giving you directions for how you should live according to your own design. vi. Many Christians want to appease the world. If you misread, reinterpret, ignore, or deny the OT, there are consequences. 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 2. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? Can we pick and choose the parts of the Law we like and the parts that no longer apply? Menu. g. If you live out the Beatitudes, if you hunger and thirst for righteousness, you won’t need to work at being salt, you ARE salt. Jesus is saying, “No! So I say, “Don’t worry about being salt and light! For effectiveness the Christian must retain his Christlikeness, as salt must retain its saltiness. b. Lighthouses blow no horns, they just shine.” D.L. What does being “salty” look like? But in putting them away, we do not destroy them. The Fall of Man Today we are under a whole new principle, a whole new law. (Gal. Genuine Christians will have an influence on people around them. 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