Sometimes when a person is serving God or following the Lord, it may look as if there is if there is no gain. Such may begin to be anxious, fearful, and doubtful because of the situations surrounding him.

Hope indeed differed causes weariness to the soul, yet the saint must not forget that our God is faithful and true. He is not a man that He should lie, whatever He has promised, that will He do.

When a believer loses his saltiness such will become good for nothing. That moment the deep ouflow of the life of Christ stops manifesting, such will begin to fade into a shadow. That is why God is warning you through this message that you should not lose your saltiness.

Imagine the salt in your kitchen suddenly lost its taste, you will obviously throw it away and buy a new one. Likewise also, when a believer loses his/her true Christian values, that fellow will be cast off and a new person takes his work.

Have you ever tasted food without salt? If you have, is it delicious that you want more? No is the answer. Any food cooked without salt is tasteless and lacks value, and so also is the world without Jesus, the light of the world.

The Lord in our text of the day referred to believers as the salt of this earth. If you are born again and following Christ, the Bible calls you salt to this Earth. This means that the world as it stands without true Christians is tasteless and valueless.

The great commission is not to a few but to all who have been saved, it is also not something you do today and forget for the next few months. You must constantly go after the souls of men.

From the words of the Lord, we know that the harvest is truly plenteous but the labourers are few (Matthew9:37). There are many people today who sit in the region of the shadow of death and are waiting for someone to come to preach the gospel to them. Sadly, even the few people that are sharing the gospel do it without serious commitment and passion.

The world defines a wise person as one who has good judgement or is well-informed in matters relating to this world. We know for certain that the earthly wisdom and prowess of men ends here on earth. But the Bible told us of a particular kind of wisdom that if anyone possesses, such will obtain eternal rewards.

In Proverbs 11:30, the Bible says that he that wins souls is wise. Our text of the day says that a true witness delivers souls. Whenever the Christian witnesses for Christ and such us converted, he has won that soul from death.

Apart from the fact that God will not hear the prayer of a saint when he commits a sin and refuses to expose them to God’s mercy, such will be living under the cruel whip of his guilty conscience.

It is important to know that covered or unconfessed sin brings a person failure in life. Proverbs 28:13 says that if you cover your sins, you will not succeed, except you confess and forsake them.

Unbelief is one of the biggest reasons why men do not get saved. It is the last barrier that must be broken down by completely trusting in the merit of the blood of Jesus Christ.

Without faith, it is impossible to please God, so also it is impossible to be saved from sin without absolute faith in Christ. Anyone who will truly experience pardon for sin from God must believe that God can truly save them from sin.

Confession is an outward expression of acknowledged sin. In this state, the person seeking salvation admits to the truth that he deserves judgment and pleads with God for mercy.

In Leviticus 5:5, the Bible says that when a person is found guilty of breaking any of the laws, he must confess that he has sinned.

It is one thing to acknowledge one’s fault, it is another thing to be sorry for doing it. A person may acknowledge a fault but with a bold face defending his actions. Such a person can not obtain mercy whether in the court of men or the heavenly court.

Repentance means to think differently about one’s sins and actions; and to make up the mind never to go back to them. Repentance usually involves sorrow of the heart. In this state, a person truly sees himself as a worthy hell-deserving sinner who needs God’s mercy to make it.

We know that God’s will is for men to be saved from sin and be translated into God’s kingdom but man must do his part to receive the blessing of salvation. In this series titled “Path To Salvation”, we will be looking at the steps a man would need to take to be saved or reconciled back to God.

Today, we will study the importance of acknowledgement to salvation. To acknowledge one’s sin is to simply agree with God. The sinner must agree that he has broken the rules and deserves punishment. He must also agree that he needs the mercy of God.