Loving Jesus Style

Scripture Matthew 5:13 13  “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. Devotion All of us who were raised “in the church” know this scripture. Salt makes a great preservative. In Jesus day when there was no refrigeration food was preserved with salt. So, it is to be with the church. We are called to be the preservative in our culture. The thing which keeps culture from decaying. A look around at today’s world shows us how badly we have missed the mark in this regard. I am afraid we have greatly reduced our role in the world to where we are no longer performing this vital function. Many individual churches and sometimes entire denominations have tried to be like sugar to the world. Sure, you can attract more people with sugar than with salt, but as Jesus said that is not our mission in the world. We sometimes water down

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:14-20 14  For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15  If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16  And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17  If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18  But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19  If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20  As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. Devotion In our nation so divided over matters of politics the Spirit spoke to my spirit to appeal to unity. In the Bible unity is seen as a necessary condition for humanity and the church. Consider Jesus words from the gospel of Mark “ 25  And if a house is divided against itself, t