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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.
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
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).
Jesus talked about salt. What does salt have to do with God? Jesus said that we are the salt of the earth. What does that mean?
