Sunday Service (2)

Sunday Service: Not Me

(01-30-2022) Ptr. Lynard Molo

*Matthew 5:13
"13 "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.

Uses of Salt:
-storing and flavoring;
-tanning, dyeing, bleaching;
-production of pottery, soap and chlorine;
-fluid balance and muscle and nerve function;

+salt: believers
+flavor: first love and fire for the Lord

Can Salt Lose its Saltiness?
-although natural salts can never spoil, table salts with additives can lose their flavor and texture over time.

=Not Me=

Who will be the next to leave the Lord?

*Backsliding
-turning away from God;
-growing cold and leaving the first love;
-growing cold and losing interest in the Lord, prayer, church attendance, ministry,  witnessing and turning towards the Lord.
-a gradual process;

5Cs in the life of Lot:
*Genesis 13:10
"10 Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

+Lot felt to the sin of covetousness.
+Look: entry point

1. Covetousness
-has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.

*Exodus 20:17
"17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

*Colossians 3:5
"5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."

*Psalms 101:3
"3 I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me."

2. Choosing to Low
*Genesis 13:11
"11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:"

3. Compromised
*Genesis 13:12-13
"12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

"Do not cross the line."

*2 Corinthians 6:14
"14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"

4. Captured by the Enemy
*Genesis 14:11-12
"11 The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away.
12 They also carried off Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

"If you give sin your finger, it will soon take your hand, arm, body, and then soul."

5. Carnal Living
*Genesis 19:1a
"The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city..."

*Genesis 19:16
"16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them."

*Jeremiah 3:22
"22 "Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding."

R-einstate your first love to God;
E-ntrust everything to Him;
T-urn 180°;
U-nder by God's authority and power;
R-emain faithful;
N-o turning back