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Matthew 5: 13-20
\nPr. H. Adachi<\/p>\n

May the Grace and Peace of Jesus Christ be poured into the hearts of brothers and sisters in this sanctuary! <\/p>\n

Wherever we go to church, we see elderly people. It is immeasurable how much I\u2019ve learned from them. I learned much from my grandmother while attending a Russian Orthodox Church during childhood. I\u2019ve also learned from elderly people at Nogatamachi Church, Hiyoshi Lutheran Church, Resurrection Lutheran Church (of course), and Peace Lutheran Church near my seminary in Minnesota. The elderly are an invaluable source of information and advice, if we choose to listen.
\nWhen I was attending Nogata-machi Church in Tokyo, between 85 through 97, there was an old gentleman, over 80 years old, who came to the worship by bus every week. He was not very healthy but he regularly attended church.
\nI often drove him home after services. He and I did not talk much but just by being with him, I learned something\u2026through the Holy Spirit.
\nDuring the Easter season of the 1990s, he and his daughters decided to go to Israel. I was surprised that he wanted to go to Israel at his age. The family had a wonderful trip and came back to Tokyo. One day after they came back, the daughter went to her school to teach. When she returned home from work, she found that her father was sitting in a reclining chair with open Bible, but his Spirit already went to heaven. He did not go to hospital, nor was he carried by ambulance, but he died peacefully at home and was carried to heaven. A few days later, we celebrated his life at the church. <\/p>\n

Text today, Jesus told the people gathered on the mountain, \u201cYou are the salt of the earth.\u201d The salt makes food delicious and it is indispensable. I often use salty water to keep apples and cabbage fresh cut for several days. Salt also helps food preserve well and prevents decay. I often rinse my throat with salt; salt cleanses and purifies.
\nThen, Jesus told, \u201cYou are the light of the world.\u201d The light makes circumstances brighter. If it is dark, you can do almost nothing, except maybe meditation or sleeping…if there is light, you can do a lot. Light not only makes surroundings bright, but also the light purifies and cleanses. For example, we often put our cutting board outside in the sun so that the board is sterilized. Light, like salt, is indispensable.
\nThe people gathered were sick and many were worrying about their lives and thought to themselves that they were useless. Amongst the crowd, some were old and some were caregivers\u2026I believe many were depressed. To those people, Jesus said, \u201cYou are the salt that is indispensable and the light that is also indispensable.\u201d
\nHe did not say, \u201cYou should be the salt or the light\u201d This was not an imperative statement but it was an indicative one. In other words, you are followers of mine, you are already indispensable, the salt and the light, through God\u2019s grace and through the Holy Spirit. This was Jesus Christ\u2019s uplifting proclamation to the crowd.
\nJesus said, \u201cIf salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?\u201d I hear him saying, \u201cYou are already the salt of the earth, and the salt is salt, so you won\u2019t lose the saltiness.\u201d
\nHe also said, \u201cNo one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket.\u201d I believe a bushel basket is a basket used to measure, but it is usually put upside down when it is not used. Therefore he said, \u201cNo one hides the lamp under the bushel basket to shut out the light.\u201d
\nTherefore, I hear him saying, \u201cSince you are the light of the world, don\u2019t hide yourself, rather reveal yourself to the world.\u201d Jesus said, \u201cShow your good works.\u201d
\n\u201cSince you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you do good works. And other people see your good works guided by the Holy Spirit; then they praise the Holy Spirit and glorify God.\u201d <\/p>\n

Brothers and sisters gathered together in this sanctuary are called by Jesus Christ. The same words that Jesus told the crowd 2000 years ago are spoken to you here today. If we think about ourselves, we often worry that \u201cwe are not serving the world well or that we are useless.\u201d We let our insecurities get in the way of God\u2019s plans for us.
\nHowever, Jesus is saying to us, \u201cYou are indispensable and worthy. You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.\u201d Therefore, without hesitation go and reveal yourself to the world and allow yourself to shine guided by Jesus Christ and helped by the Holy Spirit.
\nThen people will look at you filled by the Holy Spirit and praise not you but God and will follow Jesus. This is the indicative statement that Jesus is telling us today.
\nAt the beginning of this message, I told you about the brother who was over 80 years old at that time. That church was and still is full of worshippers every week. His presence influenced many people including his children and grandchildren and now they are influencing others through the work of the Holy Spirit wherever they are. I know one of his grandsons became a pastor of the United Church of Christ in Japan.
\nAlso, at Resurrection Lutheran Church, through your faith in Christ guided by the Holy Spirit, may your faithful presence influence people in the world so that they may praise God and follow Jesus Christ! Amen.<\/p>\n

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H. Adachi May the Grace and Peace of Jesus Christ be poured into the hearts of brothers and sisters in this sanctuary! Wherever we go to church, we see elderly people. It is immeasurable how much I\u2019ve learned from them. I learned much from my grandmother while attending a Russian Orthodox Church during childhood. I\u2019ve also learned from elderly people at Nogatamachi Church, Hiyoshi Lutheran Church, Resurrection Lutheran Church (of course), and Peace Lutheran Church near my seminary in Minnesota. The elderly are an invaluable source of information and advice, if we choose to listen. When I was attending Nogata-machi Church in Tokyo, between 85 through 97, there was an old gentleman, over 80 years old, who came to the worship by bus every week. He was not very healthy but he regularly attended church. I often drove him home after services. He and I did not talk much but just by being with him, I learned something\u2026through the Holy Spirit. During the Easter season of the 1990s, he and his daughters decided to go to Israel. I was surprised that he wanted to go to Israel at his age. The family had a wonderful trip and came back to Tokyo. One day after they came back, the daughter went to her school to teach. 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