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. -Matthew 5:13
God bless and gets all the glory!
The Lord has been keeping me in the beatitudes as given in the sermon on the mount.
For years I wondered the significance of salt in that passage until I discovered that salt was an element used in worship at the temple. See Lev 2:13
The Prophet Ezra in Ezra 7 was prescribed unlimited salt by the pagan King Artaxerxes for the purpose of worship. This signifies that in the ancient world it was known that the God of Israel desired salt.
So Jesus referring to the disciples of that day and Christians today as salt comes as no surprise. Simply because real worship must have a pleasing flavor and aroma to God.
In the world today Christians must work so that worship remains authentic and not watered down by the demand to be entertained.
We find many places of worship today as sultry and seducing as nightclubs. I hear that some churches even bring comedy as part of revival.
I have nothing against being entertained in the right setting and atmosphere, meaning sometimes entertainment may be allowed at church. But in the house of the Lord when it is time to worship we must entertain only the Lord as the audience of our worship.
And our worship must be from the heart...blessings SALT, BE SALTY.
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