November 16, 2017 - - Matthew 5:13 Salt in a Decaying World

You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

Matthew 5:13 NKJV

..."for when Christians abandon the fullness of the gospel rooted in the transcendent and triune God, the source of all truth and meaning, society loses the leavening impact of kingdom life working through the believer and moves toward relativistic cultural decay (Matt. 5:13).

"Moreover, when Christians retreat from or abandon the task of cultural renewal in terms of Christ's lordship and the application of his life-giving Word to all things, they have not thereby taken a neutral view of culture, but have unwittingly subordinated the faith and the living Word of God to the prevailing religious assumptions of the day."

The Rev. Dr. Joe Boot

Jubilee; "Law and Cultural Reformation"

Fall 2017 page 23

Wake up, church of the Transcendent and Living God! Recall your purpose and reclaim, art and science, philosophy and culture, music and media, for the glory of the LORD. The world is steeped in sin, and refuses to acknowledge King Jesus. Do not yield, rather, raise your voice in praise to God.

Carry out your work in whatever field of study or realm of influence you have and let it be known it is Jesus you serve. The world and its folly and its pseudo-authority and fake-knowledge are in direct rebellion against the authority and knowledge of the LORD Who made the heavens and the earth.

Restore us, O God of Royal Splendor, Commander of angel armies, so that believers will remember our honoured place as Your children. You have bought us, we are Yours. By the powerful Name of Jesus Christ and in the strength of Your Spirit revive us and we will call on You. Revive us and cause us to work with boldness in every area, from science to philosophy, from the arts to the trades, and to live boldly all of our life from infancy to retirement and grey hairs for the splendour of Your Name. This world is decaying and rotting, let Christians arise as the preserving and purifying salt You have designated us to be for the Name and the Renown of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God now and forever. Amen.