Salt and Light (Matthew 6)

“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves, treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

I believe chapter 5 and 6 should have been one chapter.

Our Lord continues to teach us how to be the salt and the light, we are taught about giving. We are never to give to impress. Let us never obey the Father but seek glory, let us live to glorify the Father.

Our Lord, teaches us to pray.

Without prayer we cannot bring the Father’s flavour and light,

Prayer continually reminds us to surrender to our Father,

Prayer reconciles us to our Father, and His Kingdom,

Prayer gives us an opportunity to confess and seek forgiveness from the Father,

Prayer teaches us to forgive for how can we not forgive when we have been forgiven.

Our Lord teaches us how to fast.

Denying self for the Father’s glory is fundamental in following our Lord. Again we are taught not to do to impress but to glorify our Father in our lives.

We are warned about materialism and the love of money more than our Father.

The last teaching in this chapter our Lord teaches us is about absolute trust in the Father.

As followers of the Lord we must know that our Father loves us and provides for us, and we should trust Him.

We are taught the best way to live is to put the Father and His kingdom first, and He shall provide for all we need for this life.

Not just material things but all we need in this life.

Let us always remember the only way we can be salt and light is when we seek to live in Father's way just as our Lord did.