SHARE Magazine July 2016 | Page 6

SALTand LIGHT “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” Matthew 5:13 6 | SHARE|MAGAZINE N Are we obeying the Lord’s command to speak of Him to a world slipping at full speed down to destruction? Are we telling others about the work of the Cross? Yes, this world and everything in it will eventually disintegrate. Moral decline is in such a state that we should be following the Lord wherever He leads us in our Father’s business July - September 2016 by the power of the Holy Spirit. We can be like salt with a very strong flavour telling the world of Christ our Saviour. Gifts with which God has blessed us, as the Church, can challenge others. But when salt loses its flavor it becomes useless. It is no good being lukewarm or half hearted. We cannot sit on the fence saying, “That is the the way the world is