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Please pass the SALT!
Deborah-Leigh:
Hello Forum
Jesus said in Matt 5 :13 You are the salt of the earth but…BUT…if the salt looses its saltiness……
What is the second witness to the above scripture?
What do you think would make salt loose its saltiness?
What are the qualities of salt that this scriputure could be pointing out that we should cultivate and value.?
I have been reflecting on what SALT means and would appreciate your insights, reflections or testimonies regarding the meaning and relevance of SALT. :D
Peace to you
Arcturus :)
iris:
Hi Arcturus,
Mark 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost
his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves,
and have peace one with another.
Col. 4:6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt,
that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Rom. 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make
for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Iris
brothertoall:
I kinda look at it this way. I know salt makes things taste better. I do not know anyone who does not like salt.Now really think about that.
bobby
Deborah-Leigh:
Hello Iris and Bobby
Thank you for your valueable input.
.... salt is good in SMALL doses IF only it has not lost its saltiness. Of course grace and peace and preserving the bond of peace among the brethren is scriptural and common sense. In support of your insights we are cautioned that there are six things that the Lord HATES and indeed seven are an ABOMINATION to Him the seventh thing being one who sows discord among his brethren. Proverbs 6 : 19
So WHAT is the test of saltiness? Is the preservation of peace and the presence of grace = saltiness? What is this then......
...."Woe to you"....and..."You poor and silly and thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless...".......
What is that? Where is the grace in that? Where is the peace in those words?.....Do these words show grace or peace?
Certainly the persons to whom this was addressed by Jesus first and secondly Paul to the Galatians Chapter 3 might show something deeper about salt and its applications.
i can see that edification might have been the result of such a responce.....is there a key to understanding this SALT in edification?
Peace to you
Arcturus :)
Redbird:
Ray's paper on winning souls for Jesus explains this some. I think severe persecution can make one loose their saltiness, along with fear - which is one of the enemies greatest weapons.
Lisa
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