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1.You are light of the world

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You are light of the world

Title: July 16 – Salt and Light: Our Two-Fold Calling
Scripture: “Ye are the salt of the earth… Ye are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:13–14)

The girdle held Aaron’s long, loose white robe in the proper place. The girdle speaks of faith and reminds us that we have to claim the righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ day by day, and that we should not depend upon our own abilities in serving Him.

We must depend upon His strength all the time, and receive His life by faith. Usually we forget to do this, and that is why we fail so often to serve Him effectively, and find at last that our labours have been wasted.

It may take many such failures for us to learn to put our faith in Him.

So the girdle reminds us that it is by faith we receive strength to serve Him, and not by our own talents nor by our own wisdom.

The blue robe and the ephod worn over the white robe by the high priest teach us an important lesson. In Matthew 5:13–15, the Lord compares us to .salt and light We have this two-fold thought in the blue robe and the ephod. The blue robe and the ephod stand for salt and light.

We have to be like salt to our fellow-believers. When we gather as believers for worship and prayer, we help one another to enjoy God’s presence. Only believers can really partake with us at such times. Thus, like salt, we are useful to one another.

For unbelievers, we have to be like light. The life which we live as Christians will be of great help to them. They will be blessed by the life of Christ which they see in us and will be inspired through our testimony.

Thus, the blue robe and the ephod show us the two-fold responsibility we have towards believers and unbelievers.

Believers are few in number as compared with unbelievers. Yet they have a powerful influence in the world—like the small quantity of salt which gives taste to our food.

Believers who are comparatively few in number, form the Church of God upon the earth and show forth God’s glory to the world.

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