Salt + Light - Grant Patrick

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Pastor Grant brought our House back from Sabbath by introducing a new collection of talks, ‘Open House.’ Sharing from Matthew 5:13-16, Grant reiterates that we are here to be a preservative to the goodness that was modeled by Jesus and reflectors of the marvelous light of God. So, we seek reconciliation, not retaliation. We resist greed through generosity. And finally, we submit to authority rather than rebelling against it. Salt + Light - Grant Patrick VERSES // Matthew 5:13-16,5:44-48, Genesis 1:3, James 1:17, John 8:12,9:5, 2 Corinthians 4:6, 1 Peter 2:9,3:5, Ephesians 5:8, Hebrews 10:24-25 #faith #christian #sermon #passioncity #passioncityatlanta #atlanta #passioncitychurch #atlantachurch #christianity #Jesus #God — With Passion City Online, you can join us every Sunday live at 9:30a and 11:45a, and our gatherings are available on-demand starting at 7p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com — Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurch1 — Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our Passion Kids Channel: https://passion.link/passionkidsonline — If you would like to give to our house, visit https://passioncitychurch.com/give/ — Check out Passion's books, music, and more at https://passionresources.com/ — At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. — Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncity/ Follow Louie Giglio: https://www.instagram.com/louiegiglio Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C. Discussion Questions // 1. What comes to mind when you hear that there is a call to be generous “with your life”? 2. What was Jesus’ purpose in sharing a metaphor about salt? What does it mean to be ‘salt’ of the earth? 3. Why did Jesus share the metaphor about light? What does it mean to be ‘light’ in the world? 4. Do you have a person from your past that comes to mind in thinking about what it looks like to embody these metaphors? 5. What do you sense or know is your contribution in conversations? Are you known as a negative person? What is your tendency? 6. How is it simultaneously true that Jesus is the light of the world and we – the Church – are the light of the world? 7. Pastor Grant urged us to be people who live as reconcilers. What does this look like and what about reconciliation makes it one of the most difficult things a Christian is called to do? 8. What does it look like, practically, to “hide a lamp under a basket”? 9. Pastor Grant shared about the Greek word for ‘light’ – ‘Photos’. What was his analogy about in comparing himself with his dad? 10. Pastor Grant shared about doing things that make you ‘brighter.’ What is something you need to do to live more brightly? 11. Is there a person in your life with whom you want to reconcile things? This may be a really difficult step but if you feel the conviction, it might be worth sharing it with the group. 12. What are the character traits of the people of God, according to Matthew 5?