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Jesus warns us to not lose our salt. What does that mean?

Romans 5:1-11

Salvation has 2 parts, like a coin or a door. On the one side is Justification. On the other, Sanctification.

Justification - Justification is the way of entry, the door, if you will, into the Kingdom of God, or the Kingdom of Heaven. It is really believing and receiving the fact that Jesus died on the Cross and rose from the dead to pay the price that had to be paid so that you could be cleansed and freed from sin and reconciled and reinstated into a living relationship with the One True God. It’s an act of faith, and only that one act of faith can save you from the judgment that God will soon pour out on the world.

2. Sanctification - Sanctification is what you step into when you go through that door.

The moment you believe and receive, you are related to God and at peace with Him.

You no longer are a part of the world that He must destroy to rid creation of the horrid taint of sin.

The moment we have peace with God, we have the peace of God.

Psalm 103:1-5

What are the ways you forget the LORD and his benefits?

Distraction by everything screaming for your attention. Maybe it’s things like work, schedule and media demanding your attention. It could be pride that tells you things are going fine or that things have gone fine before. Maybe there is significant physical or emotional pain in your life that drowns out your view of God’s benefits. Maybe you are simply tired in life. One or several of these reasons might resonate with you.

Whatever the reason that causes us to forget, can you see the danger of forgetting? Can you see the need to remember?

You’ve probably have been told that God loves you. As John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” It is good and right that this attribute be made much of, for God’s love is the heart of the gospel, and the heart of the entire Bible.

But the question I want to answer today is, “Why does God loves us?” Why does He have this love that gives salvation and blessing and eternal life. Why does He love us?

1Thessalonians 4:1-8

Our Scripture today can be summed up succinctly in these 3 statements about how we live as Christians:

1. Live a God-pleasing life.

2. Your sanctification is God’s will.

3. To reject this is to reject God.

From the moment of salvation on, the Christian life is a life of giving as much of yourself as you know to as much of God as you understand.

When you’re first saved, it’s easy, because you know all the things you have repented from.

Lying, Cheating, Stealing (blatantly), Sexual Immorality.

But then as you move on, the Holy Spirit begins to teach you.

The little white lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings is still a lie.

That creative accounting you did on your income tax is dishonesty.

All those pens and tools laying around the house from your workplace are Stolen Property.

That anger, bitterness and unforgiveness you find in your heart; Jesus said it’s murder.

That temptation that you gave in to. You sinned.

So it becomes a little more complicated. But you pray, ask for forgiveness, and you move on.

You choose to do that.

Every time you deal with the stuff that the Holy Spirit reveals, and choose God’s way, you’re choosing God. And that pleases Him.

Sometimes it’s hard to take that step.

It’s hard because you have to wrestle and come to a decision. You have to choose God’s way over the ways of the World.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

This is the first message in a series on sanctification.

Sanctification, Paul says, is God’s will for our lives. It is for the person who is not just trying to “get by spiritually” – but for the one who wants to please God in every way and be all he or she can be for the Lord.

Jesus says that the work we are to do for God is to believe in Him Whom He sent. The word translated “believe” in this context means to “entrust”. We are to entrust our very being to God. This kind of faith can be divided into three progressing categories: Acknowledging faith, Saving faith, and Living faith. In this message we review these three aspects of the Christian Faith.

Revelation 5:1-10

Takeaways from the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2024:

What we saw confirms that the Bible is true, because it fulfilled prophecy about the Last Days.

What occurred reminds us of the importance and sanctity of Holy Communion.

What we saw reminds us of what is at the core of the Christian faith.

The reactions of others give us wonderful opportunities to share our testimonies.

In order to be ready to share the Good News, we need to be sure that we can share our personal testimony succinctly.

Revelation 3:14–22 is a letter from Jesus to the church at Laodicea in Asia Minor. It was given to John in a vision and had the purpose of saving the church from lukewarmness and possible destruction. It's a message that every church needs to hear. These are solemn words of counsel and love to a church that is content with itself, and feels need of nothing.

Revelation 3:7-13

The Philadelphians, these people that Jesus said had a "little strength," were true to His word and true to His name. As they trusted and obeyed, they discovered He kept His promises to them in the midst of people who were antagonistic to followers of Christ.