13"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.
14-16"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 you love that? Bring out the God-flavors and God-colors. Doesn't that give you a more vivid picture? And then the question If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? I just think of the food we eat and how bland and horrible it would be without any salt. When by mistake I buy something that has no salt, I almost gag! Then I check the lable and realize why it tastes so bad. Think of that in the world we live. Things are good because we are the salt that flavors the earth. Take away God and what is left. Untastey, disgusting, nasty ______________ (fill in the blank). Everything would be useless. So, remember you are salt and you make this world better. Share that with the world who is without flavor.
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