"have SALT (?) in yourselves.."

[debs]

have salt in yourselves and live at peace with one another.
Terrific words..we all wanna "amen' that one, but what do you understand salt to be, where do you get it and why does it cause us to live in peace with one another(christians)? anythoughts out there...No such thing as a wrong answer here, so go for it

 

[LouisBooth]

Well what do you think Christ ment when he said you are the salt of the world?

 

[Blessed-one]

salt is good for cleaning wounds, so i'm venturing a guess here... we're to be the comforters to the world? and do things that Christ require us to do?... maybe it's sort of the same meaning with the next verse:
"You the light of the world"

just be Christ's followers and show the world the meaning of being God's children.

 

[LouisBooth]

Well look at the verse...why does he say loosing saltiness..how can salt loose its saltiness?

 

[Blessed-one]

we fall away from the love of Christ?....

 

[LouisBooth]

"we fall away from the love of Christ?...."

The ONLY way salt can "loose" its saltiness is to dilute it. Christ is saying do not dilute the word of God. People attempt this all the time by adding things in that they believe. Some examples I would cite are its okay to sin sometimes (homosexuality IMO), name it claim it..etc..this is just some of what i've seen recently.

 

[Blessed-one]

oh, i see, thanks for the clarification Louis.
so it's like twisting the Word of God.

 

[LouisBooth]

"so it's like twisting the Word of God."

Yes, or combinding it with other teachings such as hinduism buddism, new age, etc...

 

[debs]

I was reading the word prior to this and Jesus is talking about sin and the fires of hell.

Then He says that everyone will be salted with fire (thats us). It seems to me as his words unfold that the salt He speaks of is the knowledge of Gods grace as revealed to us who are redeemed.
I think this is the salt He is speaking about: we carry with us the knowledge of Gods grace, thats what helps us to live in peace with one another: the common ground that makes us equal. ..more thoughts?

 

[Blessed-one]

before i read Louis's reply, i was thinking more in line of Christians losing their love for God (falling away from Christ), losing their zeal in lives with God during difficult circumstances... thus... losing our saltiness.

um, my view seems to overlap a bit with your idea there. I think it all comes back to losing ourselves to actions that are against God's will.

 

[GraftMeIn]

hmmm our saltiness, I feel the salt is Gods spirit within us. the more we allow his spirit to work through us, the saltier we become. We can lose our saltiness when we allow things in our life that we shouldn't, and if we try to supress Gods spirit from working through us, by trying to hide it from others to escape the humiliation of what they might think of us for holding onto what we believe in.