Based on Scripture, salt seasons and sweetens and preserves and keeps. Salt flavors food (Job 6:6) and prevents corruption (Leviticus 2:13, Ezekiel 43:24). Elisha once used salt to purify drinking water (2 Kings 2:19-23). Salt is no spice or mere flavoring but, in biblical wording, binds us together (Numbers 18:19), and speaks of hospitality, friendship, […]
The Parables of Jesus: Lesson 11: The Parable of the Lamp
January 23, 2018 by
Intro Earlier, in both Mark 4 and Luke 8, Jesus told The Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:9, Luke 8:5-8) and then explained it (Mark 4:10-20, Luke 8:9-15). He did this to prevent a misunderstanding about “the mystery [Greek, musterion, mystery; Latin, sacramentum] of the kingdom of God” (Mark 4:11, Luke 8:10). On the heels […]
Matthew 5:13-20: You are Light; You are Salt
February 10, 2014 by
Picture a world shrouded in the deepest of darkness and gloom, stifling everyone and everything. But this darkness is not physical, it’s spiritual. You see this world in your mind’s eye, and it’s a hostile place full of hurt and pain. The powerful oppress the poor, prying loose the last penny from their hands. Although […]
