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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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5:13 earth; (a-7) Or 'land.'...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Matthew 5:13 You G5210 are G2075 (G5748) salt G217 earth G1093 but
G1161 if G1437 salt G217 flavor...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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). B...
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_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....
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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...
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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....
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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....
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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
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Peter 2:20; 2 Peter 2:21; Colossians 4:6; Hebrews 6:4; Leviticus
2:13
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...