1Pe 4:7-9 NASB - 7 The
end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for
the purpose of prayer. 8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another,
because love covers a multitude of sins.
9 Be hospitable to one another without complaint.
Pro 10:12 NASB - 12
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions.
Our great commission is to
Mar 12:30-31 KJV - 30
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first
commandment. 31 And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Let’s talk about salt
Mat 5:13 NASB - 13
"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how
can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be
thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
“Salt is a necessity of life and was a mineral that was used
since ancient times in many cultures as a seasoning, a preservative, a
disinfectant, a component of ceremonial offerings, and as a unit of exchange.
The Bible contains numerous references to salt. In various contexts, it is used
metaphorically to signify permanence, loyalty, durability, fidelity,
usefulness, value, and purification.” - Wikipedia
You are to be salty people in the midst of the world to
bring flavor of God to the world as well as sweet savor to God.
The salt covenant is a covenant of friendship initiated from
God with Abraham. This is a new covenant
dimension in addition to the blood covenant.
Lev 2:13 NASB - 13
'Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that
the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain
offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
Num 18:19 NASB - 19
"All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to
the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a
perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD to
you and your descendants with you."
2Ch 13:5 NASB - 5
"Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the rule over Israel
forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?
I Call You Friends
Pro 27:17 KJV - 17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Isa 41:8 KJV - 8 But
thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham
my friend.
Jam 2:23 KJV - 23 And
the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was
imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Jhn 15:15 NASB - 15 "No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not
know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things
that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Perspective of Seeing
2Ki 6:8-23 NASB - [8]
Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel; and he counseled with his
servants saying, "In such and such a place shall be my camp." [9] The
man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, "Beware that you do not
pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there." [10] The king of
Israel sent to the place about which the man of God had told him; thus he
warned him, so that he guarded himself there, more than once or twice. [11] Now
the heart of the king of Aram was enraged over this thing; and he called his
servants and said to them, "Will you tell me which of us is for the king
of Israel?" [12] One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but
Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that
you speak in your bedroom." [13] So he said, "Go and see where he is,
that I may send and take him." And it was told him, saying, "Behold,
he is in Dothan." [14] He sent horses and chariots and a great army there,
and they came by night and surrounded the city. [15] Now when the attendant of
the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and
chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, "Alas, my
master! What shall we do?" [16] So he answered, "Do not fear, for
those who are with us are more than those who are with them." [17] Then
Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may
see." And the LORD opened the servant's eyes and he saw; and behold, the
mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. [18] When
they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Strike this
people with blindness, I pray." So He struck them with blindness according
to the word of Elisha. [19] Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the
way, nor is this the city; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom you
seek." And he brought them to Samaria. [20] When they had come into
Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may
see." So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw; and behold, they were in
the midst of Samaria. [21] Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to
Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?" [22] He
answered, "You shall not kill them. Would you kill those you have taken
captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them,
that they may eat and drink and go to their master." [23] So he prepared a
great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk he sent them away, and
they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come
again into the land of Israel.
Luk 10:22-24 NASB - 22 "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father,
and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except
the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." 23 Turning to
the disciples, He said privately, "Blessed
are the eyes which see the things you see, 24 for I say to you, that many
prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see
them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them."
Love Your Enemies
Luk 6:27, 35 NASB - 27 "But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do
good to those who hate you, ... 35 "But love your enemies, and do good,
and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you
will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil
men.
Pro 16:7 NASB - 7 When
a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace
with him.
Forgive them; they know not what they do
Luk 23:34 NASB - 34
But Jesus was saying, "Father,
forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast
lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.
You need Holy Spirit to have a new perspective and power
Jhn 20:22-23 NASB - 22
And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive
the Holy Spirit. 23 "If you forgive
the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of
any, they have been retained."
Make peace
Mar 9:50 NASB - 50
"Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it
salty again? Have salt in yourselves,
and be at peace with one another."
Let us use this
opportunity to not be tasteless. Ask the Lord where have I allowed offence and
hardness of heart, shame to cause me to loose flavor.
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