Jesus taught, “Salt is good for seasoning. But if it LOSES ITS FLAVOR, how do you make it salty again? Flavorless salt is good neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown away. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!” (Luke 14:34-35) This is interesting because salt in its natural form, without additives, doesn’t lose its saltiness or flavor. Salt is a mineral compound consisting of sodium and chloride (NaCI). It is an EXTREMELY STABLE substance like a Christian should be. It can only lose its flavor if it’s contaminated with other substances.
For the Christian, the salt of the earth, “You are THE SALT OF THE EARTH. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.” (Matt. 5:13) This is to be understood of the disciples and apostles of Christ; who might be compared to “salt“, because of the savory doctrines they preached; as all which are agreeable to the Scriptures are, and are of the evangelic kind, which is full of Christ, serve to exalt Him, and to magnify the grace of God; and are according to godliness, and tend to promote it: also because of their savory lives and conversations; whereby they recommended and gave sanction to the doctrines they preached, were examples to the saints, and checks upon wicked men. These were the salt “of the earth.“ In order for us to lose our degree of saltiness, the Gospel would have to be diluted in our life. We would become a complacent Christian, a person who does not protect the TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL in our life from the rainfall of other ideas and ideologies–Buddhism, Islam, and all the various false teachings. We would be one who mixes the Truth with many other beliefs.
“You are the SALT OF THE EARTH, You are the LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” (Matt. 5:13-16)
Your Personal Pastor -Bill Stockham