Did you ever see pictures of all the salt deposits in the Dead Sea which is located in Israel? When we visited there, we experienced floating on top of the water because of the high salt concentration. It was one of my many highlights in Israel, recalling the words of Jesus calling us salt.
Believers ARE the salt of the earth. Let’s look at the scripture in full, “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.” Matthew 5: 13
So, what is this “good” that Jesus was referring to? Good is honest, sound, valid, cheerful, honorable, worthy, conscientious, moral, genuine, humane, kind, fair, useful, skillful, adequate, and friendly.
Good is that which it was created and ordained to be.
Being “good for nothing” is not a positive phrase that…
