Bible Reading: Matthew 5:13 and Mark 9:38-50
Key Verse: Verse 13
- 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.
Key Words:
Ye are the salt of the earth
Christians are salt: they
preserve, they create thirst, and they add flavor. Religion does none of these things.
Sodium is an extremely active element found
naturally only in combined form; it always links itself to another element.
Chlorine, on the other hand, is the poisonous gas that gives bleach it
offensive odor. When sodium and chlorine are combined, the result is sodium
chloride—common table salt—the substance we use to preserve meat and bring out
its flavor. Love and truth can be like sodium and chlorine. Love without truth
is flighty, sometimes blind, willing to combine with various doctrines. On the
other hand, truth by itself can be offensive, sometimes even poisonous. Spoken
without love, it can turn people away from the gospel. When truth and love are
combined in an individual or a church, however, then we have what Jesus called
“the salt of the earth,” and we’re able to preserve and bring out the beauty of
our faith.
What to do:
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Religion focuses on what it believes to be truth. Christianity
focuses on truth and enforces it with love.
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