Are You Salty? 11/19/2015

Good Morning,

Warm one day, cold the next. The temperatures are up and down like a Springer Spaniel in a pheasant field. I am drinking a big cup of Door County Highlander Grog as I write. The steam is rising from the cup signaling the start of a new day.


Matthew 5:13-16New International Version (NIV)
¹³ “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

What does it mean to be the "salt of the Earth One writer put it this way. "
   "You are writing a gospel,
    A chapter each day,
    By deeds that you do
    And words that you say.
    Men read what you say...or what you write,
    Whether faultless or true.
    Say, what is the gospel
    According to you?"

How do others see Jesus in you? This is looking at salt as a seasoning or preservative, which is exactly the way most people see it used. We need to keep our "spiritual flavor" in Christ whole, that we might be the light to others.

Now where I live salt is also used to melt ice and snow. It is very effective for that purpose. One byproduct of salted safe roads each spring are deteriorated pavements. The salt does eat up concrete and cars. But we spread the salt, knowing the cost. If we did not spread salt on the sidewalks and highways there would be more accidents and fatalities. Some Christians do not spread themselves like salt because it might offend some. The Gospel of Jesus Christ calls sin, a sin, and the wages of sin is eternal death.  They prefer to let others go through their lives in danger of eternal life in hell like an unsalted highway in an ice storm. Their speech is not seasoned with words like heaven and hell, repentance or judgment. They won't shake the salt from the shaker. They keep it bottled because they do not want to rub someone the wrong way. Winter salt for ice just goes and does it's job. It doesn't choose to be tethered to political correctness and only eat Fords and leaves the Dodge trucks alone. It goes out and completes what it is supposed to with everything it touches.

Romans 1:16New International Version (NIV)
¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

Pass the salt please.

Marty