Jesus Christ declares His disciples the salt of the earth in the Sermon on the Mount. Salt preserves the world from destruction by holding back wrath until His work completes, as seen when only one grain remained before the Flood. It enhances life through conduct and speech that make surroundings palatable to God. As living sacrifices, disciples season offerings with purity, durability, and covenant permanence, maintaining peace among themselves. A little salt brings blessings like love and kindness. If flavor is lost by absorbing the world, they become useless and are thrown out, though repentance restores purity. Also see sermons and articles about Salt of the Earth.
Matthew 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.
Related Scriptures
Leviticus 2:13 And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
Mark 9:50 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.'
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Numbers 18:19 “All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD with you and your descendants with you.”
