Be Salty | Part Two | Pastor Christian De La Rosa
Channel: The Way World Outreach
Date: 2021-08-12

BE SALTY! Part 2
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Matthew 5:13(NLT) 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

1) _____ OF JESUS ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH.

Quote: “A Godly life is a salty life.” (MG)
Quote: “A salty life is an impactful life.”
A. OUR GODLY/SALTY LIVES CAN CAUSE PEOPLE TO GLORIFY GOD. 
1 Peter 2:12 (ISV) Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles (unbelievers) that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them.

Note: Our lives should make others more thirsty for God.
2) WE CAN _______ OUR FLAVOR.

A. IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE OUR IMPACT. 
Revelation 2:5 (AMP) So remember the heights from which you have fallen, and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will] and do the works you did at first [when you first knew Me]; otherwise, I will visit you and remove your lampstand (the church, its impact) from its place—unless you repent.

PURPOSE OF SALT

1) ______ PURIFIES.

Purify: to make clean, from pollutants, to set free.
A. THE WORDS OF JESUS PURIFY. 
John 15:3 (AMP) You are already clean because of the word which I have given you [the teachings which I have discussed with you].

B. WHEN THE WORDS OF JESUS ARE IN OUR MOUTH WE GET THE SAME RESULTS.
Ephesians 5:25-26 (NLT) 25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 26 to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.

2) SALT IS A PRESERVATIVE.

Preserve: to keep alive, to save from decay.
A. SALT WAS EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN JESUS DAY BECAUSE OF ITS ABILITY TO PRESERVE FOOD. 
Romans 8:32 (ERV) He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for all of us. So now with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.

B. WITHOUT BELIEVERS THE SPREAD OF SPIRITUAL AND MORAL DECAY WOULD BE WORSE. 
Daniel 3:28-30 (NLT) 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king’s command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!”30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in the province of Babylon.

3) SALT _______

A. SALTY BELIEVERS HELP PEOPLE GET A TASTE OF GOD.
Psalm 34:8 (AMP) O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good; How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him.

B. BELIEVERS WITHOUT SALT DON’T TASTE GOOD.
Job 6:6 (ERV) 6 Food without salt does not taste good, and the white of an egg has no taste.

HOW CAN WE LOSE OUR SALTINESS?

SCIENCE FACT: Salt is composed of 2 elements: Sodium and Chloride.

THE ONLY WAY WE LOSE OUR SALTINESS IS WHEN WE BECOME A DILUTED CHRISTIAN!

Dilute: making something weaker in force or value by modifying it or adding different elements to it.
WHAT DOES A DILUTED CHRISTIAN LOOK LIKE?

#1 - A DILUTED _____

Romans 1:16 (AMP) 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation[from His wrath and punishment] to everyone who believes [in Christ as Savior], to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

#2 - A DILUTED _____

A. UNFORGIVENESS CUTS US OFF FROM GOD.

Matthew 6:15 (AMP) But if you do not forgive others [nurturing your hurt and anger with the result that it interferes with your relationship with God], then your Father will not forgive your trespasses.

B. BITTERNESS MAKES US DEMONIC, NOT SALTY.

Ephesians 4:27 (AMP) And do not give the devil an opportunity [to lead you into sin by holding a grudge, or nurturing anger, or harboring resentment, or cultivating bitterness].

C. WHEN OUR LOVE IS DILUTED, OUR IMPACT IS HALTED.

1 Corinthians 13:2-3 (NLT) 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.

#3 - A DILUTED PURITY

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 (ESV) 3 God wants you to be holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins. 4 God wants each one of you to learn to control your own body. Use your body in a way that is holy and that gives honor to God. 5 Don’t let your sexual desires control you like the people who don’t know God. .

B. SEXUAL SIN SHOULD NOT BE MENTIONED AMONG US.