Salty You do not salt a living thing; you salt a dead one, that it may not be a rotting one. A. Maclaren 2/24/2019
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Matthew 13:16-17 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
Matthew 12:6-8 - I tell you, something greater than the temple is here Matthew 12:6-8 - I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
Matthew 12:41 - The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 12:42 - The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Luke 24:44 - Then He said to them, “These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
John 8:12 - Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:56 - Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.
John 5:39-40 - You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about Me, yet you refuse to come to Me that you may have life.
John 5:45-47 - Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father John 5:45-47 - Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope. For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote of Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?
John 5:36 - But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John John 5:36 - But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about Me that the Father has sent Me.
John 10:7-9 - So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
Luke 4:17-21 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor….
Matthew 5:13-16 would be shocking as well…
Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
Galatians 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11 - Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Galatians 6:15 - For neither circumcision (Jew) counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, (Gentile) but a new creation.
For Our Consideration If Jesus was the smartest person that ever lived, does it change how we read His words? How is the Sermon on the Mount good news to the poor and captive? Is it to you? What does being compared to salt mean to you in your daily life? What does being a new creation mean to you in your daily life?
Prayer Focus Thank You Father for loving us so much that You sent Your Son to die in our place. Thank You for the outpouring of Your Spirit and for the preservation of Your Word. Thank You for another day to learn, grow and walk on with You in Your Kingdom.