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WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT GOD'S MANDATE FOR US TO LIVE OUT
OUR FAITH IN THE WORLD.
WE WERE COMMISSIONED BY HIS SON TO SPREAD THE
GOSPEL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
DOING SO IS NOT AN EASY TASK, BUT HE HAS EQUIPPED
US TO BE HIS WITNESSES IN THE WORLD.
YOU MIGHT HEAR THAT PHRASE "BE HIS WITNESSES" QUITE
OFTEN, BUT WHAT DOES IT REALLY LOOK LIKE?
BEING HIS WITNESS MAINLY MEANS TWO THINGS.
KNOWING CHRIST AND SHARING THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHERS.
JESUS PAINTS THE PICTURE FOR US WHEN DESCRIBING HIS
FOLLOWERS AS THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT OF
THE WORLD.
THAT OF COURSE RAISES THE QUESTION, HOW ARE WE TO
LIVE AS SALT AND LIGHT IN A CULTURE THAT HAS
CONTINUALLY BEEN TURNING AWAY FROM GOD?
HERE IS DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY WITH HIS MESSAGE:
"SALT & LIGHT."
OUR SCRIPTURE LESSON THIS MORNING IS TAKEN FROM THE
5TH CHAPTER OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW.
MATTHEW 5, WE SHALL BEGIN OUR READING WITH
THE 10TH VERSE.
MAY WE HEAR THE INSPIRED WORD OF THE LIVING GOD.
AND MAY GOD SPEAK TO US TODAY THROUGH THIS HIS
HOLY WORD AND MAY HIS NAME EVER BE PRAISED, AMEN.
OUR SAVIOR SAID, "YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH,
YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD."
SALT AND LIGHT, TWIN QUALITIES THAT EVERY
CHRISTIAN SHOULD HAVE AND, IN FACT, AT LEAST
TO SOME DEGREE, EVERY CHRISTIAN DOES HAVE.
TODAY I'D LIKE TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THE
FIRST OF THOSE, THE FACT THAT WE ARE TO BE THE
SALT OF THE EARTH.
WELL, IT USED TO BE SAID THAT IF A PERSON WAS THE
SALT OF THE EARTH THAT MEANT HE WAS A REAL FINE
PERSON; FOUR SQUARE.
BUT EVEN SQUARE HAS COME TO HAVE A DIFFERENT
MEANING AND CHRISTIANS ARE OFTEN CALLED OTHER THINGS
THAN THE SALT OF THE EARTH TODAY.
HOW OFTEN DO WE THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THAT VERY THING,
THE SALT OF THE EARTH.
ARE YOU SALT IN THIS CORRUPTING WORLD?
ONE WRITER SAID THAT "HUMANITY IS A DECAYING
CARCASS AWAITING THE VULTURES OF JUDGMENT."
NOT BAD INDEED BECAUSE CERTAINLY THAT IT IS.
AND WE ARE TO BE THE SALT THAT IS TO PREVENT THAT DECAY,
THAT DECOMPOSITION, THAT CORRUPTION,
THAT DEATH THAT IS CREEPING OVER THE WORLD
AND OVER THIS NATION.
AND OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST THING THAT SALT DOES,
WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE OBVIOUS TO THOSE
ANCIENT FISHERMAN BESIDE THE SEA OF GALILEE THAN IT
IS TO US, SINCE THE ADVENT OF REFRIGERATION WHICH IS
MOSTLY USED TODAY FOR PRESERVATIVE BUT IN THAT
DAY IT WAS SALT WHICH WAS ALMOST THE ONLY
PRESERVATIVE THAT THEY HAD.
THOSE FISHERMAN THAT CAUGHT THEIR FISH IN THE
SEA OF GALILEE AND SHIPPED MANY OF THEM TO SAMARIA,
TO JERUSALEM KNEW THAT WITHOUT SALT THEIR FISH
WOULD BE SPOILED BEFORE THEY EVER GOT TO MARKET,
ESPECIALLY IN THOSE HOT TEMPERATURES IN ISRAEL.
THEY UNDERSTOOD CLEARLY WHAT WAS MEANT BY THE
ILLUSION; THAT METAPHOR DID NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS.
NO DOUBT THEY WERE ASTONISHED THAT THEY
WOULD BE THE SALT OF THE EARTH.
AND SO SALT WAS EXCEEDINGLY VALUABLE
BECAUSE OF THAT.
YOU KNOW IN SOME PLACES AND TIMES IN HISTORY SALT
HAS BEEN USED FOR MONEY.
DID YOU EVER HEAR OF A MAN WHO WAS "WORTH HIS SALT"?
IT'S ALSO BEEN USED IN SOME CULTURES AS GIFTS.
YOU GOT SALT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY BECAUSE IT WAS RARE.
HOWEVER, FOR SALT TO PRESERVE ANY MEAT FROM
CORRUPTION, IT MUST HAVE DIRECT CONTACT.
THE MODERN WORD IS "INVOLVEMENT."
BUT TODAY THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE LITTLE
INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CORRUPTING MEAT OF
THIS WORLD.
WE HAVE OUR OWN CHURCHES, OUR OWN SCHOOLS,
OUR OWN SOCIETIES, OUR OWN SPORTS TEAMS,
OUR OWN HEALTH INSURANCE, OUR OWN FELLOWSHIP GROUPS,
OUR OWN EVERYTHING, AND SOMETIME IT JUST ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE SALT OUT OF THE SALT SHAKER.
IT IS SO "COMFY" IN HERE.
BY THE WAY, WHO WANTS TO GET RUBBED ALL OVER THAT
ROTTEN ROTTING MEAT, ANYWAY?
SO, THAT DIRECT CONTACT IS OFTEN AVOIDED AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
HOW MUCH, DEAR FRIEND, ARE YOU ACTING AS A
PRESERVATIVE FOR THIS SOCIETY.
YOU COULD DO FAR MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE.
YOU COULD CHANGE MANY THINGS IN THIS SOCIETY IF
YOU WOULD JUST SPRINKLE SOME OF THAT SALT UPON
SOME OF THAT DECAYING MEAT.
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.
DON'T BE AFRAID.
WE CAN HAVE AN INFLUENCE, A PRESERVATIVE INFLUENCE
EVERYWHERE WE GO.
I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT STORY I ONCE READ
ABOUT GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE, WHO THOUGH HE HAD
A BLIND SPOT, NOT UNCOMMON IN HIS DAY,
ABOUT SLAVERY, WAS NEVERTHELESS A
CHRISTIAN MAN AND A GENTLEMAN.
ONE DAY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE STANDING AROUND IN A
CIRCLE, THEY WERE TALKING IN A LARGE CIRCLE, AND
ONE OF THE MEN SAID, "I HEARD A GOOD JOKE
THE OTHER DAY."
THEN HE LOOKED AROUND AND SAID,
"I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO LADIES
PRESENT."
AND ROBERT E. LEE SAID, "SIR, I WOULD REMIND YOU
THERE ARE GENTLEMEN PRESENT."
DO YOU THINK THAT JOKE WAS TOLD?
NO WAY.
SOMEONE SAYS, "I HEARD A FUNNY STORY THE OTHER DAY.
WANT TO HEAR IT?"
"SURE, I LOVE CLEAN JOKES."
THAT WILL BE SALT.
IF THEY HAVEN'T GOT ONE, YOU TELL ONE,
BECAUSE YOU SEE, ANOTHER QUALITY ABOUT SALT,
IS IT NOT ONLY PRESERVES, BUT ALSO, IT STINGS.
RUB SOME SALT INTO A WOUND- OUCH!
THAT HURTS.
AND IN A SOCIETY THAT IS FILLED WITH WOUNDS AND
BRUISES AND PUTREFYING SORES, THEY DON'T ALWAYS
WELCOME SALT, AS I HAVE DISCOVERED AGAIN
JUST THIS WEEK.
IN FACT, THEY CAN BE POSITIVELY OFFENDED BY IT.
THAT, OF COURSE, IS SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH
THE TERRITORY OF BEING A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST.
BILLY SUNDAY, WHO WAS THE "BILLY GRAHAM" OF 50 YEARS
OR SO AGO, MAYBE 75- PREACHED BOLDLY AGAINST
SIN AND IMMORALITY IN HIS DAY.
ONE MAN CAME TO HIM AND SAID, "MR. SUNDAY,
YOU RUB THE FUR THE WRONG WAY."
HE SAID, "NO, I DON'T. LET THE CAT TURN AROUND."
(LAUGH)
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE FACT THAT AFTER
WAITING HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF TRILLIONS OF EONS OF
TIME, ALL DURING WHICH GOD KNEW AND CHRIST KNEW THAT
ONE DAY HE WOULD BE COMING INTO THIS WORLD, AND THAT
GOD HIMSELF WOULD COME TO SPEAK TO HIS CREATURES.
NO DOUBT HE HAD GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO WHAT HE WOULD SAY.
AND SO WHEN HE APPEARED, WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING
THAT JESUS SAID, HAVING PONDERED IT FOR TRILLIONS
OF EONS, HE SAID "TURN."
HE SAID, "LET THE CAT TURN AROUND."
THAT IS A LOOSE TRANSLATION OF THE GREEK.
THE WORD IS METANOIA AND IT MEANS "REPENT,
TURN AROUND."
THE FIRST THING JESUS SAID WAS "REPENT AND BELIEVE
THE GOSPEL."
FOR EXCEPT A MAN REPENT, HE SAID LATER,
"EXCEPT YE REPENT, YE SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH." (LUKE 13:3)
SO SALT DOES IRRITATE, IT DOES STING.
NEVERTHELESS, WE ARE CALLED UPON TO BE THAT SALT.
NOT ONLY AM I, BUT YOU ARE, AS WELL.
JESUS DIDN'T CALL US TO BE THE "SUGAR OF THE WORLD."
HE CALLED US TO BE THE "SALT OF THE EARTH."
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, I WOULD
MUCH PREFER TO BE THE SUGAR OF THE WORLD.
I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE ALL MEN THINK WELL OF ME.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE
CARRY SIGNS AND SAY THAT I AM A NAZI AND A
HATEMONGER, A FASCIST, A KHOMEINI AND ALL SORTS OF
OTHER LIES.
I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE NEWSPAPERS PRINT NASTY
THINGS ABOUT ME.
I REALLY DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL.
WOULD YOU?
I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE UNCLE SUGAR DADDY,
(LAUGH)
AND EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE ME.
BUT "WOE UNTO YOU, WHEN ALL MEN SPEAK WELL OF YOU!"
SAID JESUS "FOR SO SPAKE THEY OF THE FALSE PROPHETS
WHICH WERE BEFORE YOU." (LUKE 6:26)
"BLESSED ARE YE, WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU,
AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SHALL SAY ALL MANNER OF
EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY, FOR MY SAKE.
REJOICE, AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD: FOR GREAT IS YOUR
REWARD IN HEAVEN" (MATTHEW 5:12).
MAY I ASK YOU HOW MUCH PERSECUTION FOR CHRIST'S
SAKE HAVE YOU ENDURED?
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE HAVE YOU ENDURED?
OH, WE ALL ENDURE SOME PERSECUTION BECAUSE WE
ARE OFFENSIVE, BECAUSE WE ARE OBNOXIOUS,
AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE.
BUT HOW MUCH PERSECUTION DO WE ENDURE FOR CHRIST'S SAKE?
THE BIBLE SAYS, "ALL THAT LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS
SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION." (II TIMOTHY 3:12)
"BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER; I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD"
SAID CHRIST. (JOHN 16:33)
BY THE WAY, WE ARE ALSO NOT CALLED TO BE THE
VINEGAR OF THE WORLD- NEITHER THE SUGAR NOR
THE VINEGAR, BUT WE ARE CALLED TO BE SALT,
BECAUSE SALT NOT ONLY STINGS,
IT ALSO PURIFIES AND CURES AND HEALS.
NOTHING LIKE HOT SALT WATER FOR A BAD THROAT,
AS EVERY SPEAKER AND SINGER KNOWS,
AND MANY OTHERS, AS WELL.
WE SHOULD BE THE HEALING BALM.
AND SALT IS THAT.
AND IF WE HAVE THOSE QUALITIES IN US THAT
CHRIST WOULD HAVE PUT THERE AS HE SAID IN THE
FIRST PART OF THIS FIFTH CHAPTER, WHERE
HE'S DESCRIBED ALL THE VIRTUES AND QUALITIES
OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, THEN WE WILL BE A HEALING
BALM TO OTHERS AND PEOPLE WILL COME TO US.
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WILL REVILE
CHRISTIANS AND THEY WILL SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL
AGAINST THEM FALSELY UNTIL THEY GET INTO TROUBLE?
THEN WHERE DO THEY GO?
SO MANY OF THEM WILL COME TO A CHRISTIAN- THE ONLY
PERSON THEY KNOW THAT PRAYS- AND ASK THEM TO
PRAY FOR THEM.
THEY ASK THEM IF THEY CAN HELP BECAUSE THEY KNOW
THEY HAVE SEEN SOMEBODY WHO HAS RECEIVED HELP
HIMSELF, WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN CURED AND HEALED BY
CHRIST, AND THEY WANT THE SAME SORT OF THING.
NO WE'RE NOT THE VINEGAR OF THE WORLD BECAUSE ALSO
SOMETHING SALT DOES AS WELL IS IT SEASONS THINGS.
IT GIVES ZEST AND TANG AND FLAVOR TO LIFE,
AND SO OUGHT WE TOO.
WE ARE NOT CALLED UPON TO BE THE WET BLANKETS OF THE
WORLD, BUT RATHER WE SHOULD GIVE SALT.
WHAT IS SALT?
A YOUNG BOY DEFINED IT, SALT IS THAT STUFF THAT
TASTES BAD WHEN IT'S NOT THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE ELEMENTS OF JOY BUBBLING
UP IN US- A SMILE, A LAUGH, HAPPINESS.
CHRIST MAKES US HAPPY.
BLESSED ARE YE.
BLESSED ARE THEY.
BLESSED ARE THEY, SAID CHRIST.
WE SHOULD HAVE LOVE IN OUR HEARTS.
AND AH, DEAR FRIENDS, THE CHRISTIAN IS CALLED UPON
TO LOVE EVERYONE.
WE ARE TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES, AS WELL.
WE ARE TO LOVE THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US.
WE ARE TO LOVE THOSE WHO ARE IN BONDAGE TO SIN.
THE CHRISTIAN, INDEED, IS CALLED UPON TO HATE SIN,
BUT HE IS EVER CALLED UPON TO LOVE THE SINNER,
AND TO PRAY FOR HIM, AND TO SEEK HIS WELL-BEING
AND TO WITNESS TO HIM.
NOW, SOMETIMES, FOR SOME ASTONISHING REASON,
THOSE SINNERS DON'T WELCOME THAT WITNESS
BECAUSE IT SMARTS, IT STINGS, IT IRRITATES
BECAUSE OF THEIR WOUNDS.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, THOUGH WE MAY BE REJECTED, WE ARE
CALLED UPON TO BEAR THAT KIND OF A POSITIVE WITNESS
FOR JESUS CHRIST.
LET ME SAY, LASTLY, THAT SALT ALSO MAKES YOU THIRSTY.
YOU HAVE HEARD THE CLICHÉ, "YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO
WATER, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM DRINK."
I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THAT ANY HORSE YOU CAN
LEAD TO WATER, I CAN MAKE DRINK.
IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST,
AND I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT HORSES.
BUT I AM QUITE CERTAIN THAT IF YOU TAKE A SALT
TABLET AND PUT IT IN ONE CHEEK AND ANOTHER ONE AND
PUT IT IN THE OTHER CHEEK, YOU HAD JUST BETTER GET
OUT OF THE WAY OR YOU ARE GOING TO GET WATER
SPLASHED ON YOU.
THAT HORSE IS GOING TO GET THIRSTY.
AND THAT'S WHAT CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO DO,
WE OUGHT TO MAKE THE WORLD THIRSTY FOR THE WATER OF
LIFE, THIRSTY FOR THE WAY OF CHRIST,
THIRSTY FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS AND GOODNESS,
THIRSTY FOR THE REAL THING.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD "COKE IS THE REAL THING."
CHRIST IS THE REAL THING.
HE IS THE REAL JOY, THE REAL PEACE, THE REAL LOVE,
THE ONLY REAL THING THAT CAN FILL THE EMPTY HEARTS
OF MEN.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU MADE THIRSTY FOR THE WATER
OF LIFE?
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE EVER COME TO YOU AND SAID,
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'VE GOT,
BUT WHATEVER IT IS, I WANT IT."
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HEAR JUST THE OPPOSITE: "IF
THAT IS CHRISTIANITY, I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF IT."
I REMEMBER VISITING IN A HOME ONE TIME,
COUPLE ABOUT 40 YEARS OF AGE.
THE WIFE, I DISCOVERED, HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST ABOUT
A YEAR BEFORE AND THE MAN WAS VERY CLEARLY NOT A
CHRISTIAN AT ALL.
AND WE WERE TALKING ALONG, AND THEN HE SAID SOMETHING
THAT I WAS AFRAID HE MIGHT SAY.
HE SAID TO ME, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
ABOUT A YEAR AGO MY WIFE GOT RELIGION."
I SAID, "UH OH, HERE IT COMES!
I MIGHT AS WELL PACK UP AND GO HOME."
HE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,
BUT SHE HAS BEEN MORE FORGIVING AND SHE HAS BEEN
MORE JOYFUL, AND SEEMS TO BE MORE PEACEFUL THAN ANY
TIME IN OUR ENTIRE MARRIAGE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT WHATEVER SHE'S GOT,
I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT."
I SAID, "PRAISE THE LORD.
JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE BROUGHT SOME WITH ME."
(LAUGH)
NOW THAT LADY WAS THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE SALT
OF HER HOME, AS WELL.
THAT IS WHAT CHRIST CALLS ALL OF US TO BE.
MAKE PEOPLE THIRSTY FOR THE WATER OF LIFE,
AND THEN GIVE THEM A DRINK,
GIVE THEM A DRINK OF THAT WATER OF LIFE.
SHARE WITH THEM THE GLAD TIDINGS- THAT SPARKLING,
BUBBLING WELL OF WATER THAT CHRIST OFFERS TO US
OF LIFE EVERLASTING.
SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL WITH THEM.
SOMEBODY SAID THAT TOO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE LIKE
ARCTIC RIVERS: THEY ARE FROZEN AT THE MOUTH.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
ARE YOU ASSUAGING THE THIRST OF ANY TODAY?
GOD GRANT TO ALL OF US THAT WE MIGHT, IN TRUTH,
BECOME THE SALT OF THE EARTH,
LEST HAVING LOST OUR SAVOR- OUR SALTINESS- WE
BECOME GOOD FOR NOTHING BUT TO BE CAST OUT AND
TRODDEN UNDER FOOT OF MEN.
MAY WE PRAY.
DEAR LORD JESUS, LET US SEEK THEE DAY BY DAY,
HOUR BY HOUR.
LET US IMMERSE OURSELVES IN THY WORD AND SEEK THY
FACE IN PRAYER THAT WE MAY BECOME MORE LIKE THEE.
LORD, MAKE US THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND MAY OTHERS
BE DRAWN TO THEE AS THEY ARE MADE THIRSTY FOR THE
WATER OF LIFE.
GRANT US THE COURAGE TO STAND AGAINST THE
CORRUPTION OF OUR TIME.
WE ASK IT, O CHRIST, IN THY HOLY NAME.
AMEN.
DID DR. KENNEDY'S MESSAGE TODAY MAKE YOU "THIRSTY"
TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND LORD?
IF SO, JESUS HIMSELF SAYS, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN ME
HAS EVERLASTING LIFE."
SO, YOU MIGHT ASK, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BELIEVE IN
JESUS CHRIST?
WELL, JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS AND ROSE AGAIN TO
PAY THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS- YES- WE ARE ALL
SINNERS BUT CHRIST DIED FOR US.
AND IF WE WILL TRANSFER OUR TRUST FROM OUR OWN
EFFORTS TO GET TO HEAVEN, AND PLACE OUR TRUST IN
JESUS' DEATH AND RESURRECTION, THEN
HE OFFERS US THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT ASSURANCE THAT YOU ARE IN
FACT A CHRISTIAN- NOT JUST IN NAME BUT A TRUE CHRIST
FOLLOWER, THEN WE CAN GO TO GOD TOGETHER IN PRAYER
RIGHT NOW SAYING, "LORD, JESUS CHRIST,
I KNOW THAT I AM A SINNER IN MY THOUGHTS AND MY ACTIONS
AND I REPENT RIGHT NOW AND PLACE MY TRUST IN YOU.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME AND CLEANSE ME FROM MY SINS SO
THAT I MAY LIVE FOR YOU FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.
IN YOUR NAME I PRAY. AMEN."
IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYER SINCERELY FROM YOUR
HEART, YOU HAVE JUST BEGUN THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF
YOUR LIFE.
AND TO HELP YOU GET STARTED,
WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU THE BOOK WRITTEN BY
DR. KENNEDY FOR NEW BELIEVERS.
IT'S BEGINNING AGAIN, WHICH IS PRECISELY WHAT
YOU ARE DOING.
TO RECEIVE YOUR COPY, JUST WRITE TO OUR ADDRESS OR
CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER AND BE SURE TO ASK FOR
BEGINNING AGAIN.
IT'S OUR GIFT TO YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
AS DR. KENNEDY TELLS US IN HIS MESSAGE, THE LORD HAS
GIVEN US THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE SALT
AND LIGHT IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
BUT, WHILE IT MIGHT SOUND SIMPLE, IT CAN BE VERY
INTIMIDATING FOR US TO STEP OUTSIDE OF OUR
COMFORT ZONE AND BE VULNERABLE WITH OTHERS.
FORTUNATELY, WITH GOD'S HELP IT IS MADE POSSIBLE.
YET THERE ARE THOSE WHO ACTIVELY WORK TO SILENCE
THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE.
FOR INSTANCE, THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, WHICH
ONCE DID GOOD WORK IN THE LATTER DAYS OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND HAS NOW TAKEN TO LABELING
BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIANS AMONG SO-CALLED "HATE
GROUPS."
EVEN THIS VERY MINISTRY HAS RECEIVED THAT
DESIGNATION.
IT'S PART OF THEIR SECULAR LEFT ATTEMPT TO
MARGINALIZE AND SILENCE THOSE WHO SPEAK BIBLICALLY
ON ISSUES LIKE SEXUALITY AND MARRIAGE.
AND SADLY, THE MEDIA AND MUCH OF CORPORATE AMERICA
BELIEVES THE SPLC'S DESIGNATIONS AS GOSPEL.
THAT'S WHY WE MADE AN IMPORTANT DECISION TO FILE
A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW
CENTER.
AND WE NEED YOU TO STAND WITH US.
THIS GROUP IS DOING TREMENDOUS DAMAGE, AND WE
MUST RESIST THEM IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO OFFICIALLY
LABEL TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANITY AS HATE
SPEECH.
CAN I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING A GENEROUS
DONATION TO HELP US WITH THIS LAWSUIT?
THE SPLC, ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN PUBLIC
DISCLOSURES, HAS MORE THAN $300 MILLION IN ASSETS.
WE CANNOT COUNTER THAT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT:
OR CALL TOLL FREE:
OR GO ONLINE TO:
WE ALSO INVITE YOU TO SIGN THE PETITION TO
REPRESENTATIVE TREY GOWDY, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, WE'RE
ASKING HIM TO HOLD HEARINGS ON THE SOUTHERN
POVERTY LAW CENTER.
THEIR FALSE HATE DESIGNATION LED TO A
SHOOTING AT ONE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, BY A RADICAL
HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST WHO SELECTED HIS TARGET FROM
THE SPLC'S DEFAMATORY HATE MAP.
AND THEY'VE NEVER OFFERED A WORD OF APOLOGY.
YET THE MEDIA- AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE
GOVERNMENT- STILL OFTEN RELY ON THEIR BIASED
INFORMATION.
THE TRUTH MUST BE EXPOSED.
PLEASE, HELP US WITH A GENEROUS DONATION TO PRESS
THIS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE SPLC, AND GET YOUR
PETITION TO CONGRESSMAN GOWDY ASKING FOR HEARINGS
INTO THEIR ACTIVITIES.
YOU'LL ALSO BE HELPING US TO CONTINUE THE VITAL,
ONGOING WORK OF THIS MINISTRY.
SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT:
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WE HERE AT D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES
ARE STANDING FOR TRUTH AND DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM.
I'M FRANK WRIGHT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EDITION OF KENNEDY
CLASSICS.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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