Pass the Salt Please!

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet." – Matthew 5:13

In ancient times, refining salt was not a perfected process, and the mineral was often contaminated with other ingredients. It was not that the salt lost its taste, but over time, was leached out of, or dissolved away, leaving only the contaminate. The point that Jesus was making is that salt is good, but if over time dissolved away, became useless. Likewise with the saltless disciple, where only sin remained.

The "salt," was also a metaphor for God's wisdom used by the Rabbi's of the day. As pure salt does not lose its flavor, once learned, God's message will never lose its influence or importance. Through Christ, God put forth His doctrine, seasoned with knowledge and grace, so that His truth remains constant, and His significance will never be lost.

Seeking and Following,

Dean

You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you, wherever you are, God has put you there; He has a purpose in your being there. Christ who dwells within you has something He wants to do through you wherever you are. Believe this and go in His grace and love and power.