(Matthew 5:13-16) "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 under foot by men. "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 the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house."Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."(NAS)
Jesus called his disciples "the salt of the Earth" and "the light of the world".
Jesus gave us the teaching of the salt and light in the Bible. In Matthew 5:13-16, he tells his disciples that they are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, emphasizing the importance of their influence and impact on the world around them.
Both salt and light. Salt has both a preservative and a flavoring element to it. This is what Christians are to be in the world. They are also to shine God's light of truth in a dark world.
Salt put on the fish was the best preservative hence 'salt of the earth' phrase was used to mean the preserver of the world. Christians are to stop earthly decay and moral decay.
you know salt makes food sweet and light makes dark places bright so we are the salt of the world means that you are part of the ministry of god and are to draw more people to Christ same as light you are to show light to lead UN believers to Christ so that they will be Christians and be part of Gods kingdom and go to heaven
The word "salt" is in the King James Version of the Bible 41 times. It is in 35 verses.
The motto of Aoyama Gakuin University is 'The Salt of the Earth and Light of the World'.
Yes it was the main currency hence the phrase worth its weight in salt or worth its salt.
Read the Bible.
What she says with a grain of salt
It comes from the King James Version of the Bible, in Matthew 5:13, which says: "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." Salt was more valuable than gold in the ancient world. When Jesus said to his disciples, 'Ye are the salt of the earth.Ye are the light of the world.' he was saying they were more valuable than gold, and by extension, so was anyone who would suffer persecution for their loyalty to him. The phrase has been used ever since to praise the very best kind of people. It has come to be typically used to pay a compliment to the finest common folk, humble, unsung heroes, decent, hardworking, dependable and unpretentious, the type that quietly give of themselves for the benefit of others and their community.
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