ARE YOU A SALTY CHRISTIAN - PART TWO

 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet." Matthew 5:13 (CSB)

Yesterday we looked at the many uses of salt. Salt was an important (and still is) commodity in the days of Jesus. Salt was very important.

Our Witness as Christians is even more important!

Our Witness, like salt, doesn’t always have to be big and bold, but it should always add value, it should bring a quality that people are attracted too. Salty Christians are those whose mere presence lifts us up because we know they will encourage us just being around them.

Do you know Christians like that? Are you one? Christ Living in you, Reigning in your life will transform you into a salty Christian, one who adds flavor wherever you go.

Recently I was called on because someone had just lost a loved one. What do you say? What do you do?

Sometimes our Witness isn’t in what we say, it’s in just being there, being present. I shared very little, but I let them know I was there, and I told them I would be there in the weeks to follow if they needed to talk about what happened.

Being a salty Christian is the influence that you have over other people’s lives to season, and preserve them for eternal life.

Christ is saying let your influence season people’s life for the kingdom.

Salt changes things; a little salt can flavor a big pot of beans. It only takes a little salt to flavor a whole community, a whole neighborhood, a whole workplace.

But friends, if the salt never gets poured out of the shaker, then it’s no good. Salt that never leaves the shaker is just a decoration on the table.

As Christians we are called to season, to influence the people we come in contact with. We need to make it a conscious decision to get involved with the unsaved.

So, let me ask you:

·      How can you pour yourself out this coming week?

·      Is your life making people thirsty for Jesus?

·      Is your life a pleasant seasoning in your home, community, work, and church?

·      Is your life showing people the preservation that comes in a life in Christ?

·      Is your life declaring your friendship to those you come in contact with?

Jesus said, “You are the Salt of the earth” – ARE YOU?