You are like salt. Meat was salted to keep it from spoiling. The followers of Christ preserve the world. Ten men who worshipped God would have saved the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18:32). But if salt loses its taste. Rock salt was used at that time. If the saltiness had been lost, it had no value. Likewise the Christian who does not obey God has no preserving value (see Revelation 3:16).
Verse Matthew 5:13. _YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH_] Our Lord shows here what the preachers of the Gospel, and what all who profess to follow him, should be; the _salt_ of the earth, to preserve the w...
YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH - Salt renders food pleasant and palatable, and preserves from putrefaction. So Christians, by their lives and instructions, are to keep the world from entire moral corrup...
5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7 _ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .) 2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
Mt. here brings together material (_a)_ found scattered in Lk., (_b)_ peculiar to himself. MATTHEW 5:13. SALT AND LIGHT. Good men are not only rewarded in the coming age, they help the world now and...
IV. THE SALT OF THE EARTH. 13. YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH. The disciples, those who are citizens of the kingdom, and who may be persecuted for Christ's sake. Salt preserves from corruption. The dis...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48) As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel. In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that the hour has struc...
YE. Representing the kingdom of Matthew 5:3 with Matthew 4:17. ARE. represent. Figure of speech _Metaphor._ App-6. SALT. Compare Mark 9:50;...
(2) Their responsibility, Matthew 5:13-16. 13. _Ye are the salt of the earth_ Here the disciples and primarily the Apostles are addressed. Those who fulfil the condition of discipleship have a respon...
ΤῸ ἍΛΑΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ΓΗ͂Σ. Salt (1) preserves from corruption; (2) gives taste to all that is insipid; (3) is essential to all organised life. So the Apostles alone can save the world from corruption; the gos...
VER 13. "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....
_JESUS' TEACHING ABOUT INFLUENCE AND LAW MATTHEW 5:13-20:_ Those that exhibit the characteristics of the beatitudes become the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Those with humble and pure...
ΆΛΑΣ (G28) соль. О значении соли _см._ DA; TDNT. ΜΩΡΑΝΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΜΩΡΑΊΝΩ (G660) быть/делать глупым; о соли — стать безвкусной, пресной (RWP). ΆΛΙΣΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΆΛΊΖΩ (G4...
DISCOURSE: 1295 CHRISTIANS THE SALT OF THE EARTH Matthew 5:13. _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,...
YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH— This relates to all the disciples who were then present, Luke 14:34 and also to all Christians in general (1 Thessalonians 5:5.Philippians 2:15.); but more especially to...
B. THE MISSION OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN TEXT: 5:13-16 13. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to b...
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. YE ARE...
18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42. 21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11. 23 See Mar_1:21-39. 25 Compare Mar_3:7-8. 1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23. 1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
5:13 earth; (a-7) Or 'land.'...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20), that it is
WHEREWITH, etc.] i.e. either, 'Wherewith shall the world be salted?' or 'Wherewith shall the salt' (i.e. the disciples) 'be salted?' cp. Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34. Salt in Palestine, being gathered in an...
THE RELATION OF CHRIST'S DISCIPLES TO THE WORLD. Nothing corresponding to this section is found in St. Luke's sermon, but parallels occur in Luke 14:34 and Luke 11:33. The section is well placed by St...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29 INTRODUCTION This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH. — The words are spoken to the disciples in their ideal character, as the germ of a new Israel, called to a prophetic work, preserving the earth from moral putrescence and...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
_Disciple functions_. It is quite credible that these sentences formed part of the Teaching on the Hill. Jesus might say these things at a comparatively early period to the men to whom He had already...
ἄλας, a late form for ἄλς, ἄλος, masculine. The properties of salt are assumed to be known. Commentators have enumerated four. Salt is pure, preserves against corruption. gives flavour to food, and as...
THE NEW SALT AND LIGHT OF HUMAN SOCIETY Matthew 5:10-16 We must expect to be persecuted, if we hold up the pure light of a consistent life amid the evils of the world. Men hate the light which expose...
In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
Ye (2) are the salt of the (d) earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be (e) salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of me...
The former instructions Jesus Christ gave to the multitude. Now he addresses his apostles, styling them the salt of the earth, meant to preserve men from the corruption of sin, and to make them relish...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_THE CHRISTIAN IN SOCIETY_ ‘Ye are the salt of the earth.’ Matthew 5:13 Our present topic is the Christian in society. The words of the text were spoken to those whose social surroundings were far...
Matthew 5:13.Ye _are the salt of the earth. _What belongs to doctrine is applied to the persons to whom the administration of it has been committed. When Christ calls the apostles _the salt of the ear...
He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside. The str...
YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH,.... This is to be understood of the disciples and apostles of Christ; who might be compared to "salt", because of the savoury doctrines they preached; as all such are, wh...
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. Ver. 13....
_Ye_ Not the apostles, not ministers only; but all who possess and manifest the graces spoken of in the preceding verses, and are truly holy and righteous; _are the salt of the earth_ Appointed to be...
SALT OF THE EARTH; means of its preservation, by your holy doctrine, prayers, and example. LOST HIS SAVOR; become worthless. Some think there is here an allusion to the fact that the salt in that cou...
THE CHIEF FUNCTIONS OF THE DISCIPLES IN THE WORLD. The Lord continues to address His disciples directly: YE ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH; BUT IF THE SALT HAVE LOST HIS SAVOR, WHEREWITH SHALL IT BE SALTE...
From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
13-16 Ye are the salt of the earth. Mankind, lying in ignorance and wickedness, were as a vast heap, ready to putrify; but Christ sent forth his disciples, by their lives and doctrines to season it w...
In our Christian course we are not to trouble ourselves with what men say of us, and do unto us, but only to attend to our duty of holiness, and an exemplary life, which is what our Saviour presseth p...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I Spiritual substance, again, they describe as having been sent forth for this end, that, being here united with that which is animal, it might assume shape, the two el...
Matthew 5:13 You G5210 are G2075 (G5748) salt G217 earth G1093 but G1161 if G1437 salt G217 flavor...
THE PERSECUTION OF THE GODLY, AND THE BLESSEDNESS THAT IS SEEN TO BE THEIRS AS A RESULT. THEY WILL THEREFORE BE LIKE THE PROPHETS OF OLD WHO WERE ALSO PERSECUTED, AND WILL BE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND...
“You are the salt of the earth, But if the salt have lost its savour, With what will it be salted? It is from then on good for nothing, But to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.” ‘You are...
THE DISCIPLES ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH (5:13-14). Jesus' first declaration about His disciples is that they are the salt of the earth. And this is then followed by a grave warning. For it is possibl...
RATHER THAN DESERVING REPROACH AND CALUMNIATION THEY ARE TO BE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (5:13-16). Having commenced His sermon by revealing what the disciples are, by virtue of...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
The scene (Matthew 5:1), the formal preface of the Evangelist (Matthew 5:2); the opening description of the citizens of the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:3-10); their relation to the world ...
Matthew 5:13. YE, _i.e.,_ the disciples, though not yet forming a distinct organization. The influence here spoken of depends not upon external organizations, but upon the power of Christ in the indiv...
LOST ITS SAVOUR (μωρανθη). The verb is from μωρος (dull, sluggish, stupid, foolish) and means to play the fool, to become foolish, of salt become tasteless, insipid (Mark 9:50). It is common in Syri...
Matthew 5:13 Consider: I. The high task of Christ's disciples as here set forth. "Ye are the salt of the earth." The metaphor wants very little explanation. It involves two things: a grave judgment a...
Matthew 5:13 Influence of Christian Character. I. Christians such Christians as those to whom the Beatitudes of the previous verses belong are called to be, and will be, the "salt of the earth," and...
Matthew 5:13. _Ye are the salt of the earth:_ The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve it. So, dear friends, if God's grace is in you, there is a pungent savor about you w...
Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,-_ Our Saviour soon gathered a...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light. Christ's relation to the law. Divorce. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
_Salt of the earth._ THE ELECT OF GOD I. Here is Christ’s sublime definition of the Christian life, and of those who compose His Church. The Church exists for the world’s sake more than for its own....
A PINCH OF SALT Ye are the salt of the earth. Matthew 5:13. Have salt in yourselves. Mark 9:50. If someone were to tell you that you might have either sugar or salt but not both, which would you ch...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:13 As SALT is beneficial in a number of ways (preservative, seasoning, etc.), so are disciples of Jesus who influence the world for good....
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE SALTINESS OF FAITH MATTHEW 5:13; MARK 9:49-50; LUKE 14:34-35; MARK 9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every
CHAPTER 5 _Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was? "Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT _The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and po...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 5:1 AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew 4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of scripture. Matthew five, And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has sat down, his disciples came unto...
2 Peter 2:20; 2 Peter 2:21; Colossians 4:6; Hebrews 6:4; Leviticus 2:13
Have lost his savor [μ ω ρ α ν θ η]. The kindred noun [μ ω ρ ο ς] means dull, sluggish; applied to the mind, stupid or silly; applied to the taste, insipid, flat. The verb here used of salt, to become...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
Ye — Not the apostles, not ministers only; but all ye who are thus holy, are the salt of the earth — Are to season others. Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34....
Our Saviour compares Christians in general, and his ministers in particular, unto salt, for. double reason. First, Because it is the nature of salt to preserve things from corruption and putrefaction...