"Salt" is considered a preservative. However, in the Bible did you know that "salt" pictures judgement?

Question

For reference see the following verses:
"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."

"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6).

"Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?" (Luke 14:34).

"For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt." (Mark 9:49).

"And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt." (Leviticus 2:13).

"But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt." (Genesis 19:26).

Lover of Blue-Malcome Smith does not determine truth.....the Bible does! I suggest you do a word study on "salt" and after comparing Scripture with Scripture as the Lord says (1 Cor. 2:13), see if you come to the same understanding. Don't trust men...trust the Bible! Jeremiah 17:5 states: "Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD."

Lone Ranger-if you are talking about the "local churches", you are wrong! God brought judgment on Jerudalem because the people had departed from the commandments of God. The Lord tells us in 2 Thesalonians 2, that there will come a "falling away"...not in church attendance but in departing from the word of God. And guess what? Judgment does not begin with the unsaved but with the House of God, ie., the church! The eternal church (Jerusalem above) consists of only true believers, there are no "tares" (unregenerate) there.

Answer 1

Yes wonderful insight! This gives me a new understanding of Colossians 4:6 as well!

Answer 2

Salt does not imply judgement in any of the verses you quoted. You are correct that salt is a preservative. The bloody sacrifices proscribed by Leviticus had to be salted before either being burned up or boiled (depending on which sacrifice it was). This was merely a symbol of what was to come. Actually, the judgement was demonstrated by the act of sacrifice; the "good news" (Gospel) was symbolized by the salt. Since born again Christians are saved ("preserved") by this good news and we are commanded to proclaim it, we are now the "salt" of the earth. But if we lose our motivation to proclaim the good news, we have lost our "saltiness" and are good for nothing. EDIT: Stop reading Harold Camping, LatterRain. He is a false teacher and false prophet. And when you quote his false teachings, YOU become a false teacher, too!

Answer 3

Salt is a picture of many things, not just one.

Jesus called us the salt of the earth and one interesting attribute of this I recently heard a preacher by the name of Malcolm Smith. He noted that when we Christians walk by or get around people they get thirsty for God.

Some will hate us because we warn of the coming judgments for the unrepentant - part of being salt. But we do preserve that which is Holy, good and worth living and dying for - Christ!

God Bless!

Answer 4

Actually, by saying Christians are the salt of the earth, God is saying that if we were not here the earth would become unpalatable and He would destroy it. This is why the Church is taken to a place of safety on earth before the wrath of God takes place in Revelations.

Answer 5

Interesting metaphor. Thanks for shaing that thought. Salt also symbolizes transformation. Those of us in Christ are "change agents." We have been called to change the world around us through the message of Christ.

John 3:16
Romans 10:9
1 John 1:9
Hebrews 11:1-6

Have faith dear friends in God.

Answer 6

'"Salt" is considered a preservative.'

Tell that to a slug.