Simply Irresistible - Matthew 5:13-16

There is an undeniable, inescapable calling over all of our lives. As children of God, we are all sent into our worlds to serve Him and glorify Jesus with our lives. Thankfully, Jesus built the Church to help us navigate our callings and direct us in our commission. In the earliest days of His movement, He gathered His original followers and cast a vision over them and gave them a mission statement that would define the church for years to come. He compared us to and commanded us to function as salt, light, and refuge for our world. These things all naturally better and improve whatever they are applied to, and they do this without force. Salt is made to preserve. Light is made to brighten. Refuge is made to restore. What these three things all have in common is that they are intentional in their function and irresistible in their impact. This is what Jesus was calling the church - all of us - to be like. In order to fulfill our callings, we must develop and practice habits of intentionality and irresistibility. In this message, we talk about how as participants and representatives of the Church, we can be like salt, light, and refuge for our world. We learn what is required of us if we are to be intentional and become irresistible in our outreach to our worlds. One things for sure, if we’re going to win people to Jesus, we’re going to have to be intentional and irresistible. We’re going to have to be salt, light, and refuge.