Would an oasis still be an oasis if it were moved into the middle of a jungle, or would it become just another ordinary plot?
We are to be like an oasis surrounded by dry barren land on every side. That is our calling, and that is how God can use us best. Heaven will come soon enough, but for now we must be willing to be set apart from the rest of the world.
(Matt 5:11-14)
Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
We are to be like an oasis surrounded by dry barren land on every side. That is our calling, and that is how God can use us best. Heaven will come soon enough, but for now we must be willing to be set apart from the rest of the world.
(Matt 5:11-14)
Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.