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SALT OF LIFE
If a person gets very famous, he is most likely to
get "new friends" wanting to benefit from his fame.
They want to "sponge" on this famous person.
There are for example many politicians, sportsmen and artists
who have got "spongers" and managers around them.
It seems to be a huge temptation
to ride on someone else`s success and fame
to get some worth of one`s own.
A very huge temptation.
When John the Baptist was making way for Jesus,
people wanted to call him the Messiah.
But John refused to accept that name.
For his mission was to testify of someone else,
not of himself.
According to John 1:8, "He himself was not the light;
"he came only as a witness to the light." (NIV)
John refused to carry the glory of Jesus
on his own shoulders.
We often forget this.
We think ourselves as the center of Cristianity.
We think Christianity is fo me and forget the fact,
that the central figure should be Jesus, not me.
We are not called to testify of ourselves
or of how we were born again. We are to testify of Jesus,
how He loves you and how He loves me.
This is our testimony.
Subtitles: Marika Finne