Show Don't Tell: Matthew 5:13-16

Instead of saying "Jesus called us salt and light," taste the salt and feel the darkness. Salt in the ancient world—precious, preserving, flavoring. Without it, meat rots, food tastes flat. "You are the salt of the earth." But salt can lose its saltiness—become contaminated, diluted until it's useless. "Thrown out and trampled underfoot." Now picture darkness—absolute, oppressive, hiding everything. Then a single lamp. In a one-room house, one lamp fills every corner. "A city on a hill cannot be hidden." No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket. Your light isn't for you; it's for everyone. "Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Not for your glory—for his.