Sunday Worship
"You Are"
Matthew 5:13-20
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Anna Garner will be teaching our new Ladies Bible Study entitled "Seamless" by Angie Smith. Come and learn how to understand the Bible as one complete story! The study meets every Wednesday at 6pm in the Journeyers Sunday School Class!
Join our pastor Emily as she continues our year-long journey through the Bible! Everyone is invited to come every Wednesday at 6pm in the Gathering Room!
Join James Taylor as he leads our Men's Bible Study every Wednesday at 6pm in the Good News Sunday School Class!
“Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.
“Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.
“Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama. God’s Law is more real and lasting than the stars in the sky and the ground at your feet. Long after stars burn out and earth wears out, God’s Law will be alive and working.
“Trivialize even the smallest item in God’s Law and you will only have trivialized yourself. But take it seriously, show the way for others, and you will find honor in the kingdom. Unless you do far better than the Pharisees in the matters of right living, you won’t know the first thing about entering the kingdom.
