Salt

Mathew 5:13
"Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of me."

Mark 9:50
"Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltiness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves and have peace one with another."

Colossions 4:6
"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man."

James 3:12
"Can the fig tree, my bretheren, bear olive berries? Either vine, figs? So can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh."

Jesus identifies His followers as salt. "You are the salt of the earth," says Jesus. "Earth" in this statement does not mean our planet. Earth, in this instance, means man or humanity. "You are the salt of humanity," says Jesus.


Salt is a preservative. As salt, Christians must do what they can to preserve life.
Christians not only preserve life – or prevent decay – but they also promote life and growth.

We live as the salt of the earth when we offer prayers of intercession for the world; when we pray to God to work in hearts with His Word and Spirit; when we ask God to be patient so that the ungodly can have time repent

Christians preserve life – they prevent destruction and decay – by resisting sin, evil, and wickedness in our land. All across our land and even within the church we see sin and immorality becoming more and more acceptable. If God's people live and function as salt then they are like the watchman on the walls of Jerusalem who call the people to arms because of the enemy's approach.

We are supposed to be like salt. Salt irritates, we're supossed to irritate people. We're not supossed to just love them and pray for them, (altho thats important too) we're supossed to show them they are wrong, and that they need God. Who do you need to talk to about God? Who is that person that you pray for, but only tell them the "good" parts about God. You never tell everything, you never make them uncomfortable. You're not being the Salt of the Earth.

Salt irritates. Go irritate someone.