16. Sermon on the Mount Secrets - Be Salt and Exercise Jesus' Power Part 4

So far we have discussed two of the three things Jesus had said on the topic of salt serving excellently as an antiseptic. The third thing Jesus said was when He told the disciples during the storm:

“You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm” (Matthew 8:26).

Jesus made two points in this passage. First, by saying, “You of little faith,” he implied that they should have spoken to the elements. They should have commanded the storm themselves, giving Jesus’ power a channel to work through. He expected them to exercise their faith and the spoken word so that He could solve the problem through them.

The second thing Jesus did was to command the wind and waves to calm down. Everything Jesus did was through commands, from the creation until the end of His ministry. He prayed through the night to get rhema; the living word or revelation instructions from the Father, and then He gave His commands. This means that He received the instructions from the Father, which gave Jesus the faith He needed that the Father will back His commands with His power, simply because it was the Father in the first place who told Him what to do. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17 KJV). If we hear from God what He wants us to do, we will have the faith that He will back us up and do what we ask or command, since we do what the Almighty expects of us: His will.

How can we be salt on the earth and clean out its sepsis? Firstly, we need to become aware of God's concern for this sick earth. We need to focus away from our carnal thoughts, doubts, fear, and hatred and adopt His compassion and thoughts.

Then we need to have faith. We need to believe that He can and wants to deal with this sepsis. We need the faith to believe we can be His channels. Then we need to spend much time in prayer and fasting to bring every situation before God and hear from Him how he'd like to deal with it. Lastly, once we know how to deal with it, we need to command His will into every situation as Jesus did.

There is no record of Jesus publicly begging the Father to heal somebody. He rebuked and commanded. So if the sepsis of this earth becomes a concern to you, isolate yourself to God, get the rhema solution to the problem, and then command it into the heavens and onto the earth. “‘What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.’” (Matthew 10:27).

        What do you think will happen to this sick earth if all the millions of Christians do this on a daily basis?

Next, we'll talk about salt as being a preserving agent. To be continued.

For children and adults who are prepared to learn in a childlike way. For more information see http://t-a-c.co.za