Oct 6 - Matthew 5:14,13

Jesus said,

You are the light of the world.

You are the salt of the earth.

Matthew 5:14,13

One of the beginning concepts of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount is that you -- and I -- are salt and light.

With these words, Jesus invites us to bring brightness and flavor to this world, "16 so that others may see [our] good works and [as a result of our witness, maybe they'll] glorify our father in heaven [too]."

With this call of Christ in mind, I learned something fascinating while reading Eric Metaxas' recent biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

• First, I learned that Bonhoeffer -- a German Lutheran pastor who gave his life to stand against the atrocities of the Nazis in World War II -- centered much of his theology around Jesus' own words in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon on the Mount. That was interesting.
  
• What as fascinating was that Mahatma Ghandi -- a civil rights leader in India -- based much of his teachings on the Sermon on the Mount too!

Ghandi -- a Hindu -- loved Jesus and his teachings. "So why aren't you a Christian?" some one asked. Ghandi essentially said, "Because I have never met a Christian who lived out the principles of the Sermon on the Mount." In other words, too few Christians lived as salt and light.

The question today is, what spice are you and what wattage are you as you flavor the world?

In Christ's Love,

60 watts of Oregano

(I know ... I don't know what that means either)