Are You A Salty Christian

Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:13-16

Focus Verse: Matthew 5:13  “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.”

The sermon on the mount was a collection of many messages by Jesus.  In these verses, Jesus was talking about salt.  In Jesus' day salt was so valuable that sometimes people were even paid with salt instead of money.  When there was no refrigeration it was a challenge to keep meat from rotting, so salt was used to preserve the meat to keep it from spoiling. This is still a method used today.

It is true that if you are going to be an effective Christian you will need to be a salty Christian. How are we called "the salt of the earth"?  Today in the world I see a society that is spoiling.  Sin in this world is causing rot or evil to spread, but a salty Christian can speak out against such evil and help rescue those who are trapped by it.  Salty Christians can spread the gospel and teachings of Jesus to be the cure in our culture today.

Salt also creates thirst.  I love to eat country ham biscuits.  The ham is salt cured (preserved), so after I eat one I’m very thirsty.  A salty Christian is going to stimulate a thirst in others to know God!  1 Peter 3:15 says, “If someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.”  Are you living as a salty Christian?  This world needs to see Jesus through you.

Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries