Can Saltiness Be Restored?
24019 Matthew 5:13 The Context: Jesus was teaching what is often called The Sermon on the Mount. He is challenging His hearers with the need to live lives that have a truly righteous influence on the world around them.
God Asks Us: “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.” (Mark 9:50 / Luke 14:34)
jne: Jesus is looking for people who will live in our unrighteous culture and influence it with righteous living. Our culture is certainly the way it is because of it’s own distance from God. But Jesus’ question should arrest the attention of all who claim to be His followers and prompt us to ask ourselves: What are some ways I have compromised with my culture and thus not been a righteous influence in it? In what real ways am I a part of the solution rather than a part of the problem?
God Asks Us: “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.” (Mark 9:50 / Luke 14:34)
jne: Jesus is looking for people who will live in our unrighteous culture and influence it with righteous living. Our culture is certainly the way it is because of it’s own distance from God. But Jesus’ question should arrest the attention of all who claim to be His followers and prompt us to ask ourselves: What are some ways I have compromised with my culture and thus not been a righteous influence in it? In what real ways am I a part of the solution rather than a part of the problem?