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WHAT IF SALT LOSES ITS SALTINESS?
MONDAY, JULY 17
Hebrews 6:1-8
Matthew 5:13
“but if the salt have lost his savour.”
WHAT IF SALT LOSES ITS SALTINESS?
Along the South and Southwest of the Dead Sea, there is a long ridge of rock salt. When it is contaminated with other minerals it may lose its saltiness and it is thrown onto the road, trodden under the feet of men.
Can we lose our saltiness in this world? The answer is “yes,” as our Lord uses the possible condition “if.” However, those who are truly born again, will never lose their salvation, as the Lord Jesus has promised (John 10:28-30). However, when they are backsliding, they cannot be a good testimony for the Lord. They lose a godly influence and cannot be trusted. When they repent and come back to the Lord, He is able to make them salty again.
Our Lord says that we are the salt of the earth (v13) after He teaches the qualities of God’s children (vv3-12):
(1) Realising spiritual poverty: When we are proud and despise others, we may lose some saltiness in our spiritual life.
(2) Mourning: We may lose some saltiness if there is still a known sin in our lives that we have not mourned over and forsaken!
(3) Being meek, teachable, and receptive to God’s Truth: We may lose some saltiness when we doubt God’s Word.
(4) Being hungry and thirst for God’s righteousness: We may be losing saltiness if we do not desire God’s Word and a right stand before God.
(5) Being merciful: We may lose some saltiness if we are unforgiving and unkind toward others.
(6) Being pure in heart: We may be losing some saltiness when we are compromising and contaminated with sins, worldliness, wrong doctrines, etc.
(7) Being peacemakers: We may be losing some saltiness if we are ashamed of the Gospel of peace and unwilling to share it with others.
(8) Being faithful in persecutions: We may be losing some saltiness when we are not faithful to the Lord and His Word unto death.
THOUGHT: Take heed or I may lose the quality of a true Christian life.
PRAYER: Father, help me be alert and live a true Christian life in Thee.