YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Matthew 5:14 – You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. The light in the world is the Lord’s church. Imagine what...

THE COVENANT OF SALT

2 Chronicles 13:5 – Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? Salt in the Scriptures speaks of covenant. Offerings in the Old Testament were made with salt. As 1 Chronicles 13:5 states,...

SALT THAT IS TASTELESS IS GOOD FOR NOTHING

Matthew 5:13 – It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. Jesus is warning the multitudes of Israel. For centuries this people had been “stiff-necked and stubborn” (Acts 7:51). For the next forty years, from the time...

YOU ARE THE PRESERVATIVE OF THE EARTH

Matthew 5:13 – You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. As Jesus addresses the multitudes, He is speaking to the...