Commitment to Truth
with Cedrick Brown
We Are the Salt of the Earth
Sunday, June 7, 2026
A. WE’RE THE SALT IN THE EARTH: Matthew 5:13 ▪ do all things for the glory of God: do all things for the opinion, judgment, view of God; resulting in praise, honor, and glory. 1. (V13a) We are to INFLUENCE the earth. ▪ Key Word(s): the earth: the inhabited earth, the abode of man and animals; Key Verse(s): Acts 17:6-8 2. (V13b) We cannot become TASTELESS. ▪ Key Word(s): become tasteless: to be foolish, to act foolishly; Key Verse(s): Luke 14:34-35 B. WE’RE LIGHT IN A DARK WORLD: Matthew 5:14-16 ▪ Key Word(s): light here is defined as: a heavenly light such as what surrounds angels when they appear on earth; world here is: the inhabitants of the earth, men/women, and the human family. 1. (V14) We cannot try to HIDE. ▪ Key Word(s): cannot be hidden: you cannot be concealed; you cannot escape notice. 2. (V15-16) We are to shine to glorify GOD. ▪ Key Word(s): glorify: magnify, celebrate; to honor; to make glorious; to make renowned; to cause the dignity and worth of some person (God) to become manifest and acknowledged; Key Verse(s): Philippians 2:14-15; Ephesians 5:13-16 C. WE’RE A FRAGRANCE WHEREVER WE ARE: 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 ▪ Key Word(s): aroma: a smell or order; fragrance: a sweet smell; a sweet odor, spoken of the smell of sacrifices, agreeably to the notion that God smells and is pleased with the odor of sacrifices; a thing well pleasing to God. 1. (V15) We embody the aroma of CHRIST. ▪ Key Verse(s): Ephesians 5:1-2 2. (V17) We’re not like the MANY. ▪ Key Verse(s): Ephesians 4:17–3
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