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SALT OF LIFE
Some people want to live their lives through others.
We talked in one episode of this program about Elvis,
and about making believe things that aren`t true.
There are people who want to dress like Elvis
and to live like Elvis.
They visit the city he was born in, and they want to sing like him.
Some even make their living as Elvis impersonators.
Sometimes we can get tempted to live our lives
through somebody else,
to fulfill our own needs of recognition.
Reasons are many for these needs to arise.
The Bible tells about John the Baptist,
who didn`t pretend to be someone else.
John writes:
"There came a man who was sent from God: his name was John.
"He came as a witness to testify concerning that light,
"so that through him all men might believe.
"He himself was not the light; he came only
"as a witness to the light." John 1:6-8 (NIV).
We can get tempted to fulfill our own needs of recognition
through God and through Jesus.
We are not called to seek our own benefit
by being religious or by making a show of sanctity.
We are called to believe in Jesus,
and just like John the Baptist, to testify of Jesus.
This is a call and an invitation from God for us.
And from Him we also get the strenght to follow that call.
Subtitles: Marika Finne