THE SERMON - So The Rest May Stand In Fear

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

If a man should lose his saltiness, he is only good to be thrown out and trampled by men. Yet, even this has its divinely gracious purpose. When the roads and walkways are slick from snow and ice, we may throw out salt so that pedestrians do not trip and fall.

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0:00.0	I don't think I've said this yet throughout the course of our series, but it's worth noting.
0:06.0	It's the gospel according to Matthew, not the gospel of Matthew.
0:09.0	It's not Matthew's Gospel, it's the Gospel of God, so the Gospel belongs to God, and we don't have four Gospels.
0:15.0	We don't have Matthew's Gospel, and Mark's Gospel, and Luke's Gospel and John's Gospel.
0:20.0	We have the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So it's God's Gospel, Christ's Gospel, and John's Gospel. We have the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So it's God's
0:22.9	Gospel, Christ's Gospel, one gospel, but according to four different apostles, all four inspired
0:30.2	by the Holy Spirit. So we have one gospel, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Matthew,
0:34.8	according to Mark, according to Luke, according to John. So not four gospels, but one, one gospel through four different lenses, four different perspectives,
0:44.2	human perspectives, but all enshrined and protected by the divine author, that is the Holy Spirit.
0:50.9	So four human perspectives of one divine gospel and So four human perspectives of one, divine gospel, and those four human
0:56.2	perspectives beautified and perfected by the Holy Spirit as the divine author so that we get
1:03.6	the human perspective without getting any corruption or sin. Okay, let's stand for the reading
1:08.3	of God's word. This is Matthew chapter 5, verses 13 through 16.
1:13.8	Our very own Michael Belch preached last week. And I don't think I've told you this yet, Michael,
1:19.3	but my wife and I had a chance to listen to the sermon, and you did a wonderful job.
1:23.2	So he preached the beatitudes, a wonderful sermon. And today we are continuing now, beyond that
1:29.7	text, verses 13 through 16, talking about Christians, disciples of Jesus as salt and as light.
1:37.6	I'll read the text in its entirety. When I finish reading the text, I'm going to say,
1:41.0	this is the word of the Lord, at which point I would appreciate very much if you would be willing to respond by saying thanks be to God. One final time, our text for today is
1:49.5	Matthew, chapter 5, verses 13 through 16. The Bible says this, you are the salt of the earth. But if salt
1:57.4	has lost its taste, how shall it be its saltiness be restored?
2:02.5	It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
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