I THE SYMBOLISM OF SALT  Ye are the salt of the earth



A. SALT REQ'D IN OT SACRIFICES

Leviticus 2:13; Ezra 6:9; Ezekiel 43:24;

 

B. IT WAS  SYMBOLIC  OF THE RATIFICATION OF A COVENANT

Numbers 18:19; 2 Chron. 13:5;

 

C.  SALTING IS SYMBOLIC OF PURIFICATION

2 Kings 2:20-21; Ezekiel 16:4-6; Mark 9:49; Col. 4:6;

 

II  BELIEVERS AS SALTY SALT



A. A SYMBOL OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT

Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 54:17; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:13-14; Matthew
16:18; Luke 1:32-33; John 10:27-30;
Romans 8:33-39; 2 Peter 1:11;

 

B. PRESERVERS OF THE TRUTH

Matthew 10:20; John 16:13; John 17:17; 1 Cor. 2:13; 2 Cor. 12:6;
 Col. 2:8; 1 Tim. 3:15;

 

C. PURITY IN A CORRUPT WORLD

Psalm 12:6; Psalm 19:8; Proverbs 30:5; John 15:3; Ephes. 5:26;
 Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John 1:7; Rev. 1:5; Rev. 5:9;

 

D. EFFECTIVE SEASONING


1. testifying that the worlds deeds are evil


John 7:7; John 8:41; 2 Cor. 4:18; 1 John 2:16; Jude 1:15



2. refuting its system and its philosophies
 

Matthew 12:39; Matthew 12:45; Matthew 16:26; Luke 21:34; Romans
1:22-23; Romans 12:2; Galatians 6:14; Ephes. 5:11; Col.
 2:8; Col. 2:20; Col. 3:2; 2 Thes. 3:6; Titus 2:12; James 4:4; 1 John 2:15;

 


SALT OF THE EARTH



Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have
 lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is
 thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be
 trodden under foot of men.





III  BELIEVERS AS SALTLESS SALT
 
".......but if the salt have lost his savour,"



1. HOW DO WE BECOME INEFFECTIVE?



A. BY BEING WORLDLY

Proverbs 14:12; Matthew 13:22; John 17:6; John 17:9; John
 17:11-16; Romans 1:22-23; Romans 12:2; 1 Cor. 3:19; Ephes. 5:11;
 Col. 2:8; James 1:27; James 4:4; 1 John 2:15-17;

 

B. BY A LACK OF SPIRITUAL DILIGENCE


a. in prayer

Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 64:7; Daniel 9:13; Luke 11:10; Acts 17:27;
Hebrews 11:6; James 1:6-7; James 4:2-3;

 
b. in obedience

1 Samuel 15:22; Luke 16:12; John 14:23; John 15:10; Acts 5:29;
 Ephes. 5:6; 1 John 2:17;

 
c.  in duty

Proverbs 21:13; Matthew 7:26; Matthew 12:50; Matthew 25:44-45;
Mark 8:34; Luke 10:25-28; John 7:17;

 

C. BY  EMBRACING  FALSE TEACHING

Jeremiah 23:21; Jeremiah 23:32; Matthew 24:5; Acts 20:29-30;
 Galatians 1:8-9;1 Tim. 4:1-4; 2 Tim. 3:1-7; 2 Tim. 4:3-4;

2 Peter 2:1-3; 1 John 4:1-6;

 

2. THE REPERCUSSION OF INEFFECTUALITY

"....it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and
to be trodden under foot of men."


Matthew 7:19; Matthew 7:21-22; Matthew 12:45; John 15:6; Romans
8:5-7; 1 Cor. 13:1-2; Ephes. 2:8; Philip. 3:19; 2 Tim.
2:25; Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26-29; Hebrews 12:15-17;
2 Peter 2:18-22; Jude 1:12-13; Rev. 21:8;

 

3. HOW CAN WE BECOME EFFECTIVE AGAIN?

"....wherewith shall it be salted? "
 
Isaiah 55:7; Hosea 10:12; Joel 2:13; Luke 13:1-5; Luke 15:18-24;
Romans 11:20-23; Hebrews 9:14; 1 John 1:7; Rev. 2:4-5