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Today we look at a passage that comes right after Jesus just pronounced blessings over those the world considers foolish, powerless and despised.
Jesus was not saying they are blessed because they are powerless, despised or foolish.
He was making the point that when those who the world reject come into the reign of God, they are blessed far above the world’s powerful, popular, rich, and wanted.
He was telling the foolish, powerless, and despised that the reign of God and the blessed life is open to everyone including them through Jesus.
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It is this Group of people that Jesus says...
You are the salt of the earth.
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What does it mean to be the Salt of the earth?
Salt was used for one major purpose in the ancient world.
To preserve and fight off decay.
Preserve meats and other foods that can rot.
And it is for this reason salt was used as a symbol of God’s eternal covenant with His people.
Ezek
Ezek
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Jesus is saying that those in the Reign of God are to be a preserving agent in this world and a sign of God’s Covenant to the Nations.
A little background:
After the tower of Babel God divorced himself from the nations
And gave the nations over to principalities to rule over them.
The principalities rebelled against God and led the nations away from God.
God has promised through Jesus He will bring the nations back to Him and free them from their slavery to the fallen angels.
Rev 7:9-10
As God’s Kingdom people we are called to be the sign of God’s promise to the Nations.
We are the salt of the earth!
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But if we lose our saltiness we are useless.
If we fail to act as a preservative -
If we fail to be a symbol of hope -
God has called His people to be salty!
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How can we be salty in our city, family and the nations?
S - Show them Jesus
A - Affect our city (positively influence our city towards the Kingdom of God not away from it.)
L - Love our neighbor/enemies
T - Take people to Jesus
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