YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH

Mathew 5: 13

I. Three Ways the Earth Is Decaying

   A. Resetting our moral threshold downward

   B. Resetting our shock threshold downward

   C. Resetting our view of sex downward

II. Five Ways Christians Should Be Like Salt

   A. Both of us should be preservatives

   B. The Church and salt should be penetrating powers

   C. Both should be pervasive

   D. Both the Church and salt should act in a positive manner

   E. Salt and the Church should be preventive

III. Take Homes

   A. If we are salt, we can not stay in the shaker

   B. We are called to be salt - not honey

   C. We influence through truth and love

   D. We use the power of example to influence others

   E. We must be the church that moves the world - not move with the world

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Please be back with us tonight at 6 PM for our first Sunday Singing

WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY . We are on Lesson 8 in the Study of the book of Romans. A great Video presentation by Richard Rogers, followed by a summary and discussion.

  Next Sunday, December 9, 2007 will be POTLUCK SUNDAY!! Please bring enough food for your family plus one more. Ladies get out your best recipes and show them what good cooks we have here at Melrose !

  The next LADIES CLASS MEETING will be held Saturday, Jan 5, 2008 at 10:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall. Please join us for the next session as we learn more about the Women of the Bible. Subject for the next lesson will be RUTH taught by Betty Randolph and Tricia Cobb.

  Third Saturday of the month Singing will be held here at

Melrose on Saturday, Dec. 15th, 2007 at 6 PM.

The singing is Beautiful.