You Are The Salt Of The Earth Sermon – Sermon outline by Tom Moore on Jesus’ statement from Matthew 5:13, You are the salt of the earth. He discusses the meaning and the application.<\/p>\n
INTRODUCTION:<\/p>\n
A. We now leave the Beatitudes altogether and move into the next section of the Sermon on the Mount<\/p>\n
1. Remember, however, that the Beatitudes have to do with two things<\/p>\n
a. Faith – beginning, growth, maturity and testing<\/p>\n
b. Character of people who would be disciples of Jesus<\/p>\n
2. It is essential to remember the beatitudes because they set up a foundation upon which the rest of the sermon is built<\/p>\n
B. Tonight we look at Jesus’ statement about salt<\/p>\n
1. You are the salt of the earth<\/strong>, Matthew 5:13<\/p>\n 2. This must have amazed the people who heard it for they were not among the world’s powerful or elite, or in any way in a position to think of themselves as able to impact the world<\/p>\n 3. However, Jesus knew something about both the world and them that is not always readily apparent<\/p>\n C. Tonight, then we will concentrate on the statement of Jesus, “you are the salt of the earth.”<\/p>\n 1. We are tempted to begin immediately talking about the people and the fact that Jesus said, “you are the salt of the earth.”<\/p>\n a. First, we must understand that whatever the statement means, we must first understand the clear implication about the world<\/p>\n b. We must understand what Jesus knew about the world before we can understand about salt<\/p>\n 2. Jesus clearly implies that the world is full of decay, full of things that lead to illness and death<\/p>\n a. The world has something called sin which is loose and on a rampage<\/p>\n b. The tendency of the world is toward that which is evil and bad<\/p>\n c. The world is corrupt and offensive, it is polluted, decaying and dying<\/p>\n 3. Note a few verses that give us the biblical concept of the world<\/p>\n a. Psalm 14:1-3<\/p>\n b. Jeremiah 17:9<\/p>\n c. Genesis 6:5-6<\/p>\n 4. If you understand the implication about the world in Jesus’ statement, his intention for us as salt becomes clear<\/p>\n a. Salt works because it is fundamentally different from that to which it is applied<\/p>\n b. Just as the beatitudes taught us, we are to be different from the world<\/p>\n c. Only when we are different, can we really have the effect that Jesus had in mind<\/p>\n 1. To understand what Jesus reveals about God’s people, now we must understand some things about salt<\/p>\n a. Salt is a preservative – rubbed into meat, for example, it prevents the meat from decaying, and keeps it good to eat<\/p>\n 1) Note that salt doesn’t make something good<\/p>\n 2) Salt can only keep something from becoming bad<\/p>\n b. Salt is an antiseptic – dissolved in a glass of water, it helps kill the germs that cause a sore throat<\/p>\n 1) You don’t gargle with salt-water to stay healthy<\/p>\n 2) You gargle to kill the germs<\/p>\n c. Salt is a seasoning agent – sprinkled on bland food, it helps to enhance the flavor<\/p>\n 1) Salt by itself doesn’t taste so good<\/p>\n 2) Salt applied to food makes it better<\/p>\n 2. When we make the application of this image of salt to the people to whom Jesus spoke, it becomes clearer what Jesus wanted his disciples to do<\/p>\n a. We are to function as a preservative in the world<\/p>\n 1) This applies specifically to the tendency of the world toward the rottenness of sin<\/p>\n 2) We do this by being different from the world in which we live<\/p>\n 3) I think you see this effect when a godly man or woman makes his or her presence known to the world<\/p>\n 4) Often, the fact that a godly person is present, stops the trend toward sin and worse sin<\/p>\n b. We are to function as an antiseptic in the world<\/p>\n 1) Again, this applies specifically to sin in the world<\/p>\n 2) We do this by living faithfully to God<\/p>\n 3) I think you see this effect when our involvement in life not only stops the trend toward sin, but turns the trend back toward God<\/p>\n 4) We do this when we have opportunity to help set the pace and the agenda by which the world lives<\/p>\n c. We are to be a seasoning agent in the world<\/p>\n 1) This applies to the fact that without God, life becomes dull and bland and causes people to seek the ever-elusive thrill<\/p>\n 2) Without God, man is on a never-ending quest for meaning and satisfaction<\/p>\n 3) You see the salt-effect in the changed lives, values, meaning and purpose in God’s people<\/p>\n 4) We do this by helping people see there is an alternative to the constant downward spiral of despair<\/p>\n 3. Consider what these verses say about the Christian and the world<\/p>\n a. Ephesians 5:1-4<\/p>\n b. John 17:15-18<\/p>\n c. Philippians 4:4-8<\/p>\n d. Philippians 4:11-12<\/p>\n e. Romans 12:1-2<\/p>\n f. 1 John 2:15-17<\/p>\n 4. Finally, in this you are the salt of the earth sermon…<\/p>\n 1. Essentially, the question is:<\/p>\n a. “What happens when salt is no longer different from that to which it is applied?<\/p>\n b. “What happens when salt no longer functions as salt?”<\/p>\n 2. We know something has happened to the salt if the saltiness is lost<\/p>\n a. Basically, about the only way this can happen is for the salt to become mixed with another element to the extent that it is made ineffective<\/p>\n b. This happens when the people who are to be different from the world become just like the world<\/p>\n c. It that happens, we can no longer preserve, purify or season the world because we will have the same need of salt as they do<\/p>\n 3. Such is useless to both God and man<\/p>\n CONCLUSION: [ conclusion of this you are the salt of the earth sermon ]<\/p>\n A. We are called to change the world in which we live<\/p>\n 1. We do it by being different from that which is normally found in the world<\/p>\n 2. We do it by practicing the life of God in the midst of a sinful world<\/p>\n B. Here is where we need to begin making some real examination of ourselves<\/p>\n 1. Is there a clear distinction between your life and that of the people who live around you?<\/p>\n 2. Are you indifferent to the condition of the world and to your responsibility to affect your part of the world for good?<\/p>\n C. You are the salt of the earth, Matthew 5:13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You Are The Salt Of The Earth Sermon – Sermon outline by Tom Moore on Jesus’ statement from Matthew 5:13, You are the salt of the earth. He discusses the meaning and the application. INTRODUCTION: A. We now leave the Beatitudes altogether and move into the next section of the Sermon on the Mount 1. … Continue reading “You Are The Salt Of The Earth Sermon – Our Relationship to the World – Bible Outlines”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}DISCUSSION: [ discussion of this you are the salt of the earth sermon ]<\/h2>\n
A. “YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH” REVEALS SOMETHING ABOUT THE WORLD<\/h3>\n
B. “YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH” REVEALS SOMETHING ABOUT GOD’S PEOPLE<\/h2>\n
C. WHAT IF SALT LOSES ITS SALTINESS?<\/h3>\n