John Burnett: “Therefore, salt is good;
but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be
seasoned? 35 It is useless either for the soil or
for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, [a]let him hear.” Those who are not working
for the kingdom are useless and will be thrown into the fire.
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Mike Grimm: “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can
it be made salty again? 35 It is fit neither for
the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.
“Whoever has ears to hear,
let them hear.”
Salt can lose its flavor. When it
gets wet and dries, nothing is left but a tasteless residue. Many Christians
blend into the world and avoid the cost of standing up for Christ. But Jesus
says if Christians lose their distinctive saltiness, they become worthless.
Just as salt flavors and preserves food, we are to preserve the good in the
world, help keep it from spoiling, and bring new flavor to life. This requires
careful planning, willing sacrifice, and unswerving commitment to Christ’s
kingdom. Being “salty” is not easy, but if a Christian fails in this function,
he or she fails to represent Christ in the world.
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Tomorrow’s reading for Luke 15:1-4
15 Tax collectors and other notorious
sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. 2 This made the
Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with
such sinful people—even eating with them!
3 So Jesus told them this story: 4 “If
a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he
leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one
that is lost until he finds it?
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