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TODAY'S SCRIPTURE VERSE:

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. Matthew 5:13

SALT

Salt is a most peculiar substance. When added to food in the right proportion it enhances the flavor thereby making it more appetizing. Jesus here declares "ye are the salt of the earth:", or that which is to season or make more acceptable. The church is to have an effect upon the earth, and it is this effect that Christ is speaking of. One of the the church's greatest means of effecting this world is thruogh prayer. The word of God firmly establishes this in several passages. James 5:16b reads "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much". Psalms 2:8 declares "ask of me, and i shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession". Matthew 7:7 adds "ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:".

But if the salt has lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? The apostle Paul declared in 2 Cor. 2:16 "to the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. and who is sufficient for these things"? Salt will preserve if it has not lost it's savour, and salt will also burn in a wounded world of sin. Lord help us not to be worthless, but that Christ our (savour) abide richly in us!

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