Matthew 5:1-16

Blessed are the humble. Those who don't think of themselves as greater than others. Who serve with gladness and forgive right away. Those who aren't afraid to stand up for the truth. Who seek after God with everything they have. Who don't try to stir up trouble, but instead try to keep peaceful relations with others. Those who are made fun of for proclaiming the truth. Blessed are they.

Tasteless salt isn't good for anything. Cause what's the point of salt? To make your food taste good. What good is it if someone has Jesus in his heart but doesn't share Him? Or what if you say you're a Christian and follow Jesus but you lack passion?

We are salt. And we are light. We are made to glorify our creator. We cannot keep Jesus hidden.

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." -Matt 5:16

What good does it do to say you're a Christian if you don't live it out? Or how does it glorify Jesus if you do good because of Him, and yet don't tell anyone?

"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing." -James 1:22-25

My child, I love you.