Salt of the Earth

In the Beatitudes, Jesus shows us the qualities that should be present in every child of God.

In Matthew Chapter 5 from verse 13 Jesus teaches His followers that they are to be salt and light.

Matt 5:13 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.

When Jesus says to His followers that they are salt He is indicating that they are very valuable, as well as necessary in this world.

Salt creates thirst: If you live a life for Christ in your community or in your school or in your workplace then it is possible, to create a thirst in others to know God.

It is a powerful witness when people see the joy and peace that Christ gives to the life of the Christian.

Salt brings healing: Lives are rescued from disaster, burdens can be lifted, sorrows can be eased and souls can be restored from spiritual disaster when God works through His people as the salt of the earth, to bring healing and hope.

Salt Irritates: When you rub salt on a wound it can irritate.

The Apostle Paul was Salt in His World and in the places where Paul preached he caused both revivals and riots.

When the salt of the Gospel is applied to the wounds of a spiritually decaying world it can have an irritating effect upon the unsaved.

You and I as believers in Jesus Christ must make contact with those unsaved in this decaying world in order to have a preserving effect.