THE JESUS WAY – Salt

Matthew 5:13 (NIV)
“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.”

What would the world be like without Christians?

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J. Oswald Sanders, “Jesus didn’t tell his followers to be salt, carry salt, or scatter salt. He said, ‘Ye are salt … for He was not speaking of activity but of influence.”

Jesus made us salt when He made us .

You are not salt because of your track record. You are salt because of your .

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Hendrickson, “Salt…has…a negative function. It combats deterioration. Similarly, Christians by showing themselves to be Christians… are constantly combating moral and spiritual decay…To be sure, the world is wicked. Yet God alone knows how far more corrupt it would be without the restraining example, life, and prayers of the saints.

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The only thing this world may hate more than Christians is our .

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Matthew 25:34-40 (NIV)
³⁴ “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶ I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ ⁴⁰ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

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