Heh what do you think of these questions asking about Matthew 5:13, which is about Salt, and Lot's wife?

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I just wondered if you would check out these questions and let Blessed Sammy know if the woman lot's wife who became salt is what is being talked about here in Matthew 5:13.

13"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

Answer 1

Salt is considered white gold; something valuable and important
Salt is necessary for survival.
Jesus reminded his deciples that they should be precious to the world, as salt is to life, and not to lose their saltiness as when diluted in water.

Lots wife turned to a "pillar of salt": This idiom is used to make a strong statement for the lesson to be learned. A pillar of salt will be remembered better than a pillar of stone. An emphasis is put on the moral of the story by referring to it as salt.
In real, she might have gotten burned to charcoal or her salty body fluids may have oozed out of the skin. Since such literal descriptions are usually not used in the Bible, the happening was depicted as a pillar of salt.

Answer 2

Your question has a bit of pepper to it. While the question is all in fun, I thought you might like a bit of background on how "Salt can lose it saltiness"

It used to be that the biblical people went to the edges of the Great Salt Sea (Dead Sea) and took a shovel full of dirt from the shore line. That chunk of dirt with salt on top was simply called "salt." The chunk was placed ...say on a kitchen ledge...and the salt picked from the top of the chunk. When all the salt was gone...all that remained was the chunk of earth, and that was tossed out.

Answer 3

No, This is something entirely different. This is talking about Christians being the salt of the earth, we are used to spread the gospel, but if we do not spread the gospel then we are like salt that has lost its saltiness. How can we be salty again: Repent, if not we become of no use to the Lord. That does not mean that we are no longer saved, it just means that He will not use us for His Glory until we repent

Answer 4

I never heard that it has anything to do with Lot's wife, but it does show that Jesus knew nothing of chemistry. Salt cannot lose it's saltiness--it's salt! You can put it in water and dissolve it, but it remains salt, as you can find out by tasting the water. It can be mixed with other chemicals and substances, but the individual grains remain salt. You might dig salt out of the ground in solid form, and it can be trapped in a matrix of rock or another mineral, but it is still salt; remove the surrounding matrix and you can taste it.

Salt was a valuable commodity in Jesus' time. I think it was in ancient Rome that the phrase first developed, "Worth his weight in salt," or "Worth his salt" because of slaves sometimes being traded for their same weight in salt (not sure, though...it's what I've read somewhere and dunno if it's true).

Answer 5

I never did understand this whole 'salt of the earth business' being a good thing, If you salt a field, nothing will grow there. And knowing how the Bible discriminates against women, it wouldn't suprise me if Lot's wife were useless and needed to be 'trampled'.

Answer 6

While there have been finds that may validate that there were two cities that may have been the "genesis" of the Sodom and Gomorrah story, there clearly is no evidence that the were consumed by fire or destroyed by a supreme being. This is not to mention the various problems with the story in the first place, that make it unbelievable.

Answer 7

people are considered the salt of the earth.

Answer 8

I don't think so, but then again, I never really thought about it either. I'll give it some more thought, but I still don't think it refers to Lot's wife. I could always, (and usually am) be wrong.