Title: Salt and Christians (Matthew 5:13)
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Salt and Christians (Matthew 5:13)
“You are the salt of the world; if salt loses its taste, with what shall it be salted?
It's useless, just tossing it outside and trampling on it."
I like bitter herbs. So, when my family made kimchi without godol, I used it.
I often ask them not to let the taste go away.
This is because Godolppaegi kimchi tastes best when you use it.
If it is salted and soaked in water for too long, all the bitterness will go away and the bitterness will disappear.
Godolppaegi Kimchi is really tasty. Godolpagi kimchi that was not used is no longer Godolpagi kimchi.
It is not.
All things have a unique taste that only they have. And the taste to the other person
It will have several impacts. Sugar has a sweet taste and pepper has a spicy taste.
All. If sugar has no sweetness, it is no longer sugar. Chili peppers that do not have a spicy taste are no longer
It is not. But in Matthew 5, Jesus said, "Ye are salt..."
All. Salt has a salty taste.
Why is it that the saints are not called sweet candy, but rather salty salt?
would you? This seems to be due to the saltiness function of salt. The salty taste is as follows.
has five unique features.
The first is the ability to benefit others.
You can't get a fun feeling just from the salty taste of salt itself. but other foods
When mixed in moderation with the salt, the taste of that salt is no longer salty.
It hides its own saltiness and reveals the taste of food more distinctively. sacrificing yourself
It is the taste of salt that makes things beneficial.
What if salt gets into food and claims only its saltiness?
Not only is it not salt, but even if it is salt, it is fake salt. Real salt melt yourself
It makes the taste of others taste better.
That's why Philippians 2:3 says, "Let nothing be done through strife or vanity, but in lowliness of mind.
Each considers others better than themselves.”
The taste of salt is the feeling of being good for others.
The second is the anti-fading function.
The Israelites ate salt when making the covenant. It prevents salt from spoiling i.e. spoilage
Because it has a function. The promise of faithfulness and lasting friendship by eating salt
is.
In Numbers 18:19, it says, “All the holy things that the children of Israel offer as offerings to the Lord, I will
I give it to you and to your descendants as a reward, for it is the unchanging salt before the LORD to you and your descendants.
It is a covenant.”
In other words, God's unchanging covenant is called the "salt covenant."
If there is a change in the faith of the saints, then those are the last days. Contaminated by the evils of the world, faith changes
If you lose it, you will no longer be able to take on the role of salt in the world.
The third is the seasoning function.
When you make food, even if you add all the seasonings, if the salt is left out, the food becomes tasteless.
All.
There were times when it was difficult for us to make a living. Dip in soy sauce on the bare rice without any side dishes
Dunn's time. The seasoning that aroused our appetite at that time was Miwon. That
Anything you put in was delicious. I put it in soup and put it in stew. Miso in fresh water
It was delicious if you just loosen it and put it in moderation. But what seasoning is better than Miwon?
That's salt. You need a believer like seasoning.
The fourth is the catalytic function of burning.
The Jews dried camel dung, which was common when making fires for cooking, and used it as firewood. By the way
It is said that if you light a fire and sprinkle salt, it acts as a catalyst, improving the firepower and burning it for a long time. woo now
Lee Church needs this kind of salt. It can act as a catalyst to rekindle a burning fire.
is a saint like salt.
In Leviticus 6:12, it says, “A fire shall be kept on the altar constantly, so that it is not extinguished, and the priest cut down the wood every morning.
They shall burn it, and lay the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat of the peace offering on it..."
I did.
The altar of God is the altar of fire.
There is always a fire to burn at the altar of God. It is the fire of the Holy Spirit. the fire of the Holy Spirit
It should look something like this:
Fire of Prayer / Prayer with Fire
Fire of Praise / Praise with Fire
Fire of Service / Service with Fire
The fire of evangelism / It must be evangelism with fire. Act as a catalyst for these fires to rise
You should.
Fifth, it has the function of causing thirst.
Salt makes you thirsty. So, the saints who have become salt are always thirsty for spiritual thirst.
is. They are thirsty for Jesus Christ, who is the source of living water. But the saints who have lost their taste are spiritually thirsty
There is no ham.
Regarding what was iniquity to the people of Israel, the prophet Jeremiah said in Jeremiah 2:13:
said this.
“My people have done two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and they have made cisterns for themselves.
It has been dug, and it is a broken cistern that cannot hold water."
What were the two sins of the Israelites?
1) They abandoned the source of living water.
Jesus is the source of living water. But the living water was dried up by forsaking Jesus. is that a sin
All. Evil. In John 7:38, the Lord said, “He who believes in me, as the scripture says,
Rivers of living water will flow."
2) I dug a puddle myself.
I dug a puddle to get living water myself This is a pagan religion that claims to be saved on its own.
means. A puddle dug by itself does not produce bottled water. 'Cause it's a broken puddle
is. A bursting puddle cannot quench your thirst.
So those who try to quench their thirst in the bursting puddles must eat salt.
In other words, those who have thrown away the source of living water must eat salt. Then your spiritual thirst will be restored
Will be.
Salt is the unchanging Word of God. Hearing the Word not only creates spiritual thirst, but also
You will discover the truth that satisfies your thirst. And each saint takes on the role of salt
Doing so will make the viewers feel spiritual thirst.
Everyone! Is it salt?
Are you keeping the taste of salt? Isn't it salt that has lost its taste? When salt loses its taste
It will be thrown away and trampled on. We Christians need to regain the taste of salt. so the unbelievers
Be these commendable Christians.
In Acts 2:47, the appearance of the early church that was filled with the Holy Spirit is expressed as follows.
“And he praised God, and he was praised by all the people, and the Lord added day by day those who were being saved.
If you look carefully at these words, the saints praised God with the praise they received from all the people.
You can tell it's cool.
Unbelievers do not praise God.
However, if the saints live according to the word of God and live a life of salt, unbelievers will
Praise. Then we return that praise to God and glorify God.
After all, Christians live a life of salt, and if they live a life praised by unbelievers, God
It is said that the number of those who receive this glory and are being saved because of it increases every day.