The Duties Of Christian Leadership

The Duties Of Christian Leadership by Sandy Simpson Christians, and especially Christian leadership, are called to be salt and light in a dark world. Matt. 5:13-16 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. When the Lord tells us to be salt and light, He states both the positive and the negative. That is the way with all Scripture. We can’t just take the positive and be done with the subject. We have to consider all the ramifications of being salt and light. Salt is used to season food and make it taste good. It was and still is used as a preservative. In the same way, Christians are to be salt in the world. Without the witness of Christ, without standing for the truth, life is ultimately tasteless and rotten. Anyone here who was a sinner for any length of time without the Savior knows what I am talking about. But the flip side is that salt can lose its saltiness. Christians can lose their saltiness by diluting the Gospel message to the point where it is useless. Let me give you an example of a washed out Gospel often preached in churches today. This example of a new “4 Spiritual Laws” was picked up by Gary Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, at a local “evangelical” church in his area that is following the church growth model of Rick Warren and Robert Schuller. 1. God loves you and has a plan for your life. 2. We make mistakes and decisions that don’t please God. 3. Jesus died on the cross for all the “bad stuff” 4. You can accept His forgiveness, follow Jesus and become a Christian through prayer. You can get this teaching on DVD here: http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/dutiesDVD.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have been blessed by the free videos we have provided on the ACT TV Youtube Channel, please consider helping us with a donation. You can donate on PayPal by clicking on the following link: http://paypal.me/ssipson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologetics Coordination Team FAIR USE DISCLAIMER This video is for educational purposes. In the Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a doctrine in the United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship. It provides for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author’s work under a four-factor balancing test. The term “fair use” originated in the United States. A similar principle, fair dealing, exists in some other common law jurisdictions. Civil law jurisdictions have other limitations and exceptions to copyright. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use) The U.S. Copyright Office “Fair Use” definition can be found here: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html Fair Use Notice Section 107 of the US Copyright Law This video contains some copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in (processed as of May 13, 2006) section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/.... If you wish to use copyrighted material from this video for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------