Candle to Salt

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A tall white candle is blown out and covered with a clear plastic tube. The candle can be easily seen through the clear tube. The candle never leaves anyone's sight during the entire trick. Picks up the candle by the base, and it Visibly Turns to Salt. All traces of the candle are gone.

Has it happened to you? It's late at night. You're home alone and the power goes out right in the middle of a really good show. You peer out the window but the street is dark without a street light shining anywhere up or down the street. What little moon there must be in the sky is hidden by clouds because there doesn't seem to be any light coming from the sky either. You stumble toward the closet to find a flashlight. You stub your toe on a chair. Dancing around holding your toe you stumble on something, but you don't know what you stumbled on because you're too busy trying to see your injuries. Even with that experience you still don't really know what darkness really is. Unless you have experienced darkness so real you can almost feel it, you don't really understand what darkness is.

I'm talking a darkness even darker than the kind you experience camping on a moonless night. The kind of darkness that keeps you in your tent until you can find a flashlight. The uneven ground and protruding roots or even trees themselves are dangerous obstacles when it is really dark. Or the darkness that comes after a hurricane leaves you without power inside a house with board covered windows. I am talking about the darkness of sin.

Sin produced darkness. A darkness that prevents people from seeing things as they really are. Darkness that makes people think sin is good. A darkness that blinds people as to what is right and what is wrong. Sin produced a darkness so thick that only the love of God could penetrate it. That's why God sent His Son into the world. He knew that in the darkness of sin people would need a light.

Bill Wilson an incredible minister to dark areas of New York City tells a wonderful story that happened to him one Christmas several years ago.

It was the day of their big toy give-away. On that Sunday they give every child that attends a toy. For many children that toy would be the only toy many children would receive for Christmas. The attendance was always high and the excitement matched the numbers. Bill Wilson was driving one of the routes. At one stop a little child held out a tiny package, wrapped crudely in crumpled paper. �You give me presents, I want to give you something,� the child explained. Bill smiled, thanked the child and moved the bus back onto the busy highway, putting the tiny package on the dash of the bus.

But the child began to clamor, �No, I want you to open it now.� The child was so insistent that he felt he had no choice but to find a place to move to the side of the busy traffic and open the package.

As Pastor Wilson pulled off the highway, all the children gathered around the front to watch Bill Wilson open his tiny package. It was a miniature baby Jesus in a manger. The kind that comes with a nativity set, without all the other pieces. It was obviously something the child had found in the garbage. It was dirty and the paint was chipped.

Again Pastor Wilson thanked the child and started to put the gift on the dash. Again she was persistent. She rescued the figure and cupped the tiny Jesus in her hands to make it dark around the tiny figure. Look, did you see it? �Jesus shines in the dark.� Sure as her words the tiny figure glowed in the darkness of her hands. The figure was made of material that caused it to glow in the dark.

And Praise God, He does! Jesus shines in the dark. There is no situation too dark that the light of God�s love will not shine in it.

That brings us to our responsibility as a Christian. (Move to the candle and light it.)

Jesus said in Matthew 5:14-16 (KJV) Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. {15} Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. {16} Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let is shine" is more than a song. It is our responsibility as a believer. If you are a believer that light is in you. Don't hide it. Let it shine.

(Blow out the light) What happens if we don't let our light shine. Some people may never see the light of God's love unless you show them. (Pour out the salt) We are not only called to be light. We are called to be salt. Salt is a preservative. Salt makes people thirsty. You know the drill. You eat potato chips and then you want something to drink.

We are supposed to be salty Christians. By that I mean, our testimony and the way we live should make people want to know Jesus. But what happens if we are not salty Christians? Without Jesus people will be lost for all eternity. That puts a big responsibility on our shoulders. Be a light. Be salty. Share Jesus with your friends. It's only polite to share good things with your friends.

Magic Light Bulb

Or you could use this amazing light bulb that lights up in your hand to teach your children to be soul winners in a dark world. Easy to use. Comes with gospel dialogue or patter.

Other resources to help you teach children how to people soul winners. Make the Bible Come Alive

The Farmer Bliss story as told on the Make the Bible Come Alive CD or DVD is a great story to use when encouraging children to share Jesus with their friends. You can order the CD or DVD by clicking Make the Bible Come Alive CD $4.95