WHY ARE WE HERE ?

• To know Jesus and live for Him.
• To tell others how they can know Jesus.
• To be involved in the culture around us to “make a difference in the parts that are for keeps”.

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X– “Don’t mix religion and politics”

? Is there a conflict between Christianity and the world around us ?

• YES
• Incompatible
• Inevitable
• Unavoidable
• Guaranteed
• Jesus promised this conflict—He did not say to avoid it,
  “The world will hate you for following Me—because it hated Me first.”
• Why would we experience this conflict, even such hatred ?
  Must be because we are noticeably involved.
  How ?
• Jesus’ words again,
  “You are the salt of the earth;
  You are the light of the world.”
• The world is in darkness and infected with evil.

Light is offensive to darkness !
Salt is offensive to infection !

Christians are automatically offensive to the darkness of evil around us, if we are indeed shining Jesus’ Light !
Christians are automatically offensive to the infection of evil around us, if we are indeed applying Jesus’ Salt !

Jesus followers must be so involved in shining His Light in the darkness around us, and applying His Salt to the infection around us, that we get a rise out of the other side.
Yes, a serious ‘rise’, hatred.

Jesus again,
“The one who kills you will think he is doing God (‘god’) service.”

Are you signed uo to follow Jesus ?
Do you really want to stay signed up to follow Jesus ?
“From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.”