Wednesday, 05 November 2008

• Where's the salt? Wake up call...

  We must all take personal inventory of our spiritual lives now as our nation has embraced a new president with socialist views. It has been said "So goes the church so goes the world".... what we do in our private lives will reflect in our churches then cities, then our nation, then our world.
  
  Matthew 5:13-16. "You are the salt 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 by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."
  
  “When society goes bad, we Christians tend to throw our hands up in pious horror and criticize the non-Christian world. But should we not criticize ourselves instead? One can hardly blame unsalted meat for going bad. It cannot do anything else. The real question should be, where is the salt?”
  
  
  Keith Green, a sold out Jesus follower of the 70s sang it right:
  
  

  Asleep In The Light

   

  Do you see, do you see, all the people sinking down,

  Don't you care, don't you care, are you gonna let them drown,

  How can you be so numb, not to care if they come,

  You close your eyes and pretend the job's done.

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  Oh Bless me Lord, bless me Lord, you know it's all I ever hear,

  No one aches, no one hurts, no one even sheds one tear,

  But He cries, He weeps, He bleeds, and He cares for your needs,

  And you just lay back and keep soaking it in, oh, can't you see it's such sin?

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  Cause He brings people to your door,

  And you turn them away, as you smile and say,

  God bless you, be at peace, and all Heaven just weeps,

  Cause Jesus came to your door, you've left Him out on the streets.

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  Open up, open up, and give yourself away,

  You've seen the need, you hear the cry, so how can you delay,

  God's calling and you're the one, but like Jonah you run,

  He's told you to speak, but you keep holding it in,

  Oh, can't you see it's such sin?

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  The world is sleeping in the dark,

  That the church can't fight, cause it's asleep in the light,

  How can you be so dead, when you've been so well fed,

  Jesus rose from the grave, and you, you can't even get out of bed,

  Oh, Jesus rose from the dead, come on, get out of your bed.

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  How can you be so numb, not to care if they come,

  You close your eyes and pretend the job's done,

  You close your eyes and pretend the job's done,

  Don't close your eyes, don't pretend the job's done.

  Come away, come away, come away with Me, My love,

  Come away, from this mess, come away with Me, My love.

  
  
  

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