There is a specific purpose in God’s design for his children on earth.  We have not been left here without instruction or expectations.  As the world continues to decay through the corruption of fall of man it plunges ever further in darkness. 

It is the church, as composed of those who have been given a transformed spirit, who have been tasked with helping resist the decay of sin, and spread the light of the gospel to the ends of the earth.  

Observations & Conclusion:

1. The world is going bad and is in darkness
2. The church is the only hope for this world
3. God expects you to shine
4. The “light” for the Christian is their transformed life
5. A transformed life is evidenced by good deeds
6. Good deeds are God’s design for reaching the world

Application: 

1. Get out of the salt–shaker! 
2. Devote yourself to doing good

2021 Theme – Do Good

• 3 – praying for 3 people 1-family 1-church member 1-non-Christian 
• 2 – a prayer partner
• 1 – choose one person and start doing good works for them to come to faith

Matthew 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 underfoot. 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, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

1 Peter 2:11-12

“Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”

James 2:25-26

“In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”

John 17:14-18

“I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.  My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.”

Titus 3:8

“This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.”