Jesus and the Salt Talks. Part Four.
The metaphor of salt in Scripture has been a difficult one to wrap my brain around. Here is what I’ve learned, and I hope you have, as well.
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Jesus and the Salt Talks. Part Three.
In this week’s article, we are going to look at these two verses from Colossians 4:5–6: “Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.”1
Jesus and the Salt Talks. Part Two.
In last week’s post, we looked at how the Lord, through Scripture, makes a connection between salt and, for lack of a better term, eternalness. His covenant is a covenant of salt (Numbers 18:19; 2 Chronicles 13:5) and is thus eternal. It will not rot or decay. Jesus called for our actions to be salted, so that our deeds were truly in Him and thus eternal (Matthew 5:13-16).
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