Bible Questions Answered:
“What did the Lord mean by saying if
you loose salty savor...”
Shelby/ Liverpool, England United
Kingdom
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Matthew 5:13-16 NLT
13 “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.
14 “You are the light of the
world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.
15 No one lights a lamp and then
puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where
it gives light to everyone in the house.
16 In the same way, let your good
deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your
Heavenly Father.
Our loving Creator,
knew that many things on earth were needed to sustain life, and that
salt, was one of those things!
This crystalline
mineral of sodium chloride is absolutely essential for life.
And salt is an
important method of food preservation, especially for meat. Used in
canning and refrigeration.
Where and how is
salt found?
Salt may be found
in salt-laden spring water, where the water is boiled down until
powdered salt remains.
Rock salt deposits,
are mined.
Sea salt is
obtained by evaporating sea water (warmed by sunlight) in shallow
salt pans.
Can salt loose it's
saltiness?
Yes! Many around
the world have learned the lesson of salt storage. Salt in bags for
instance, may not, be stored on the ground!
When this is done,
moisture enters the salt, and it becomes worthless granules. When
this happens and it has, one may not throw it out into his fields,
because if he does, nothing will grow there! The only place to throw
it is out into the street, because it is worthless!
Our Savior was
warning His followers, if we loose our devotion to Him, we are of no
value to ourselves or to a lost world!
Again our Lord,
used another story this time of light. When someone lights a lamp, he
doesn't light it to hide it under a basket, what sense would that
make? He lights a lamp to light up his whole house.
Christians, you
were not “saved,” to become a closet believer!
You were saved by the precious death of our faithful Lord, who life
was spent in witnessing to the lost.
Mark 16:15,16 KJV
15 And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be damned.
Mark 8:34-38 KJV
34 And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples
also, He said unto them, Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever
shall lose his life for My sake and the gospel's, the same shall save
it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in
this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall The Son Of
Man be ashamed, when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the
holy angels.
Mark 5:16 KJV
In the same
way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone
will praise your Heavenly Father.
How's your saltiness?
