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  • Lalachan Abraham avatar

    Be An Agent Of Change, Not A Victim-Part -4 Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 9, 2014
    based on 6 ratings
     | 17,424 views

    “You are the light of the world. A town built 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......” (Matthew 5:14-15)

    The Leader as Change Agent: “You are the light of the world. A town built 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 others, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Blessing Paradox Part Ii: Persecution, Preservation, Illumination, Series

    Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 9, 2014
     | 3,602 views

    Part II of the series

    Last week, we started this two part "mini-series" of messages in the first part of the Sermon on the Mount, commonly known as The Beatitudes. To the unsaved, they would seem to be insane at first glance: you will be happy if you are poor, if you weep, if you are a 98 pound weakling, if you give ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Lamps For Christ! (Hix)

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Jan 10, 2014
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     | 4,759 views

    Jesus uses two great illustrations of what the Christian is. 1-Salt-To prevent decay and corruption, to flavor to living, to bring healing. 2-Light-To dispense and disperse light to a dark world!

    Matthew 5:14-16-“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    Your Life In Christ

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 12, 2014
     | 5,183 views

    How will you consider a life that is well-lived. Be the salt of the earth and light of the world for Christ, bring others to praise God with you.

    How would you consider a life well-lived? Read Matt 5:13-16. The Christian faith is not simply a collection of doctrines and beliefs, although these are important. • At its root, Christianity is a life experience: a life-changing, personal experience of the risen Jesus Christ. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Key To Righteous Living

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 15, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,388 views

    Jesus came not to destroy the law, but to keep and fulfill it. We also are required to be obedient to the law - not indeed as a means of salvation (which it could never be) - but as an expression of our love and service.

    THE KEY TO RIGHTEOUS LIVING. Matthew 5:17-20. 1. Jesus’ statement is emphatic:- “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17). The righteousness of God is the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the end of the law, the one to whom ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chad Bolfa avatar

    How Do I Measure Up To God's Standard? Series

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,713 views

    Jesus will teach us tonight that as his disciples we still must follow the rules, so tonight we want to see how we measure up to God’s standards or rules.

    Introduction The biggest cop out for spiritual failure and the most common excuse for deliberate sinfulness are these words "I’m not under law but under grace!" and with those seven words we seek to absolve ourselves of any spiritual responsibility we might have for our behavior. And when we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    More Than Salt

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 25, 2009
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,160 views

    A sermon about salt from Matthew 5:13. Main points come from Victor Knowles

    Evening Service for 5/24/2009 (Mat 5:13 NIV) "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. Introduction: An old Greek tale tells of a king with three daughters. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    God Flavored

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 27, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,339 views

    An interactive sermon for kids exploring why Jesus says we are the ’salt of the earth.’

    GOD FLAVORED MATTHEW 5:13 INTRODUCTION/ACTIVITY… Taste of Seasonings [Have small bowls for each group or an assembly line of different seasonings for the kids to taste and try. See if they can identify which seasoning is which.] Today we will be taking a look at a passage from Matthew 5, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Influencing Communities

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2009
     | 6,882 views

    Here in these verses he calls those who follow Him to choose to be a godly influence on the society in which we live. Jesus calls us to change the world around us with our lives. He doesn’t just expect us to live in the world. He expects the world to be t

    Influencing Communities Matthew 5:13-15 Robert Lewis writes, “In 1851, many of the most accomplished engineers in the country thought James Roebling was out of his mind. That year, he began to work on the unthinkable: building a bridge over the Niagara River Gorge. Disaster was nearly universally ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Salty Christians

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jul 9, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,876 views

    Jesus' says "Ye are the salt of the earth." This sermon looks at 3 characteristics of salt to show how Christians should influence the world around them.

    Salty Christians Chuck Sligh July 8, 2012 A PowerPoint presentation of this sermon is available by mailing a request to me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. VIDEO CLIP: Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Christian: Salt of the Earth (51 sec.) TEXT: Matthew 5:13 – “Ye are the salt of the earth: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Davon Huss avatar

    You Are The Light Of The World

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
    based on 25 ratings
     | 72,767 views

    A sermon on Matthew 5:14 (I got this from my files. I don’t know the name of the author)

    Evening Service for 5/31/2009 Matthew 5:14- You are the Light of the World Introduction: B. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton hadn’t won a game in 8 weeks. The press was suggesting that he be dropped from the starting lineup. The future looked bleak, and Sutton felt terrible. Then, before ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    We Are The Church; Are You A Salty Saint

    Contributed by Rev. Timothy Porter on Sep 23, 2014
     | 4,334 views

    This sermon encourages the church to be seasoning to the world to witness and to help them see why the church is dying today and why .

    WE ARE THE CHURCH: "Are You a Salty Saint?" Matthew 5:13 INTRODUCTION: How valuable is salt? 40 million tons are required each year to fill our needs in the U.S. ?Homer called it divine ? Plato called it a "substance dear to the gods." ? Shakespeare ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Salt And Light

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Oct 1, 2014
     | 7,121 views

    We are called by God to influence this world for Christ. We are to be a light into this dark world that offers hope to a dying world.

    Salt and light Matthew chapter 5:13-5:16 This morning we look to a familiar verse of Scripture. It is the Scripture where Jesus tells us to be the Salt and Light to the world. It is Jesus teaching the multitude of people that followed Him, the disciples that worked close with Him and each one of ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Keith Broyles avatar

    Get Set

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014
     | 3,749 views

    We are all called to run a race, the life in faith. Getting set is making the final preparations to live out God's call on our lives.

    Though it is classified as an old movie, I know many of you have seen the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire. Even if the movie is 30 plus years old, many of us saw the movie in theaters or DVD in the years since it was released. It is an excellent movie. If you haven’t seen it, I know it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • C Jordan avatar

    Transformation: Wisdom For Building An Unshakeable Life Series

    Contributed by C Jordan on Oct 22, 2014
     | 5,196 views

    In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives us wisdom for building an unshakeable life.

    TRANSFORMATION #1: WISDOM FOR BUILDING AN UNSHAKEABLE LIFE OPENING TEXT: “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it ...read more

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