You are theSalt of the Earth

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” Matt. 5:13

Beatitudes - v. 3-12Similitudes - v. 13-16

Salt & Light

Mark 9:50Luke 14:34

• Meats salted to preserve

• Godly influence

• Proverbs 14:34 “exalts a nation”

• Influence of Christians on others

– To make them better

Sodom & GomorrahGen. 18-19

• II Kings 2:19-22 - purify the waters

• Christians promote purity

• Phil. 4:8 “good report”• Christians separate from world

• Influence thinking of others

• Salt causes thirst

• Mt.5:6 “...thirst after righteousness”

• Godly influence helps

• 1 Pet. 3:1-2 “without the word be won”

• Lead others to Christ

• Makes food taste better

“Salt is the stuff that makes things taste bad when it is left out.”

Job 6:6 “Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

• Christians sweeten life

• Gal. 6:2 “Bear ye one another’s burdens”

• 2 Cor.1:3-5 “be able to comfort them”

• Influence can enhance life for others

Salt Can Become Useless

• Salt can lose its saltiness

• Useless / destructive

• Christians can loose influence• 1 Cor.15:33 ASV “Be not deceived: Evil

companionships corrupt good morals.”

• Corrupt = to spoil, ruin

• “good for nothing”

Salt Can Become Useless

• When the world enters our life

• 1 John 2:15-17 “love not the world”

• Rom. 12:2 - “be not conformed”

“be ye transformed”

Salt Can Become Useless

• Cast out• Useless if we lose our influence

• Become hypocrites– Despised by the world– No respect from the faithful

“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?” Luke 14:34

Jesus compares us to Salt...

• Preserve

• Purify

• Make Thirsty

• Enhance flavor

InfluenceInfluence

Jesus compares us to Salt...

• Preserve

• Purify

• Make Thirsty

• Enhance flavor

InfluenceInfluence

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” Matt. 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” Matt. 5:13

Sermon by Arthur Pigman

Evans Church of Christ

515 Gibbs Road

Evans, Ga. 30809

706-855-1249

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Sunday Morning October 6, 2013