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NASB | Matthew 5:13 ¶ "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:13 ¶ "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its taste (purpose), how can it be made salty? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and walked on by people [when the walkways are wet and slippery]. |
Subject: Was Martin Luther King Jr. wrong? |
Bible Note: Jesus whipped the money changers out of the temple twice. He called the religious leaders hypocrites. Was that similar to a peaceful demonstation march? A few year ago Rosa Parks and many others by law could not sit in the front of the bus. Blacks were cheated out of their lawful right to vote. Blacks were lynched and intimidated by the KKK and Nazis. I would not be surprised to find out that some of those under KKK hoods were regular church members. MLK came out asking "why white ministers were silent?" He pointed out to the conscience of America that closing their eyes to the problem of racism was not the answer. I felt glad when I learned that he had published many books even until his last year in 1967. But, I felt very frustrated when I found out that those books are out of print. Our schools have failed to create history studies from his books. Satan has long since moved on from racism to drug addiction, broken marriages, adultery, child molestation, and homosexuality in the churches. MLK was first and foremost a Gospel preacher. His message was based on Satan’s evil ways of his day. He would have spoken out against the prevailing evil of the day. So should we. The Gospel without the repentance message is useless. And no souls will be pointed to Christ until people hear a reason to repent. Pastor Glenn |