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Christians are a special people with a special purpose 1Pet 2:9

Explore the dangers of becoming "good for nothing" Christians by examining the loss of savor as salt and hiding light under a bushel, and learn how to regain influence and effectiveness in God's kingdom.

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Christians are a special people with a special purpose 1Pet 2:9

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  1. Christians are a special people with a special purpose 1Pet 2:9 • Yet they can become unfaithful Gal 5:4 • Scripture reveals several different pictures of those who have by choice become ineffective in God’s kingdom • They are “good for nothing” in glorifying God and influencing others for good.

  2. "GOOD FOR NOTHING" CHRISTIANS #1 • SALT THAT HAS LOST ITS SAVOR Matt 5:13 • Salt is essential to human and animal diets • Makes food more appetizing • Serves as a preservative • It has medicinal properties • Savor lost: Palestinian salt, lacking purity, lost its savor rather easily • Careless storage caused it to ruin • Sun or moisture would ruin it • Thrown into the footpath - no use elsewhere

  3. "GOOD FOR NOTHING" CHRISTIANS #1 • SALT THAT HAS LOST ITS SAVOR Matt 5:13 • God’s people are the salt of the earth • Preserving the world Gen 6:8; 18:24 • Healing power Lk 5:31; Rom 1:16; 2Cor 5:20 • Influence for good 1Pet 3:1-2 • Not always visible, but vitally missed when not present Rev 14:13 • Christians are in constant danger of losing their influence and effectiveness • With God’s help influence and effectiveness can be regained 2Cor 7:6-11

  4. "GOOD FOR NOTHING" CHRISTIANS #1 • A LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL Matt 5:14-16 • Light dispels darkness • It supports life • Makes food (photosynthesis) • Direct or indirect source of all power • God’s people are called lights Phil 2:15; 1Thess 5:5 • Christians hold up God’s word Psa 119:105; Acts 26:18 • Men in darkness (sin) are doomed to death Rom 6:23; Jhn 14:6

  5. "GOOD FOR NOTHING" CHRISTIANS #1 • A LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL Matt 5:14-16 • Power in light - saving power in the gospel Rom 1:6; Isa 55:11 • We are reflected light 1Pet 2:21; Matt 5:16; 2Cor 3:2; Eph 5:8 • Putting our light “under a bushel” causes us to be “good for nothing” 1Jhn 1:6; Rev 21:8 • If our light is dim or has gone out, with God’s help, it can be rekindled Acts 8:18-24

  6. "GOOD FOR NOTHING" CHRISTIANS #1 • It becomes obvious that one can become “good for nothing” as a child of God • At that point, God will “spue us out” Rev 3:16 • It takes work to be of use to God • To be a good influence • To give light

  7. "GOOD FOR NOTHING" CHRISTIANS #1 • ARE YOU AND AM I “GOOD FOR NOTHING”? 2Cor 13:5

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