What Does it Mean to Be The Salt of the Earth? | 4 Powerful Ways Christians Impact Culture with Harry Walls
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Jonny Ardavanis
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🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Jesus calls Christians "the salt of the earth" - but what does this actually mean for believers today? In this powerful teaching on Matthew 5:13, discover the four essential functions of salt and how they apply to Christian living in our modern world.
Harry Walls breaks down the biblical meaning of being "salt of the earth" through these key aspects:
The symbol of purity in speech and conduct
- A preservative that inhibits corruption and promotes growth
- A seasoning that brings joy and makes life better
- A substance that provokes thirst for Christ
Learn practical ways to step out of the "salt shaker" and engage with your community while maintaining your Christian witness. Whether you're an athlete, business professional, or parent, this teaching will equip you to live as salt and light in today's culture.
🎯 Key Topics:
Matthew 5:13, Christian living, Biblical teaching, spiritual growth, Christian influence, cultural engagement, discipleship, Christian witness
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| 0:00.0 | I'm talking Christians now. You got to get out of the salt shaker. |
| 0:03.9 | Out of the salt shaker into the world, engaged productively and proactively in a penetrating way. |
| 0:12.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:12.7 | By your presence, if you're potent, you promote what's good in the culture. |
| 0:17.6 | The world is better because you're in it. |
| 0:19.6 | And the world is less dark. |
| 0:22.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:23.1 | If you're associated with anything because you inhibit that corruption. |
| 0:34.6 | Well, Harry, thanks for joining. I've heard you teach several times on what Jesus says in Matthew 513. I'll read it for us. And then I want you to jump in. Jesus says in Matthew 513, you are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. |
| 0:57.6 | He goes on from there to say you are the light of the world. But one of the things that I find comfort in is Jesus is not telling those who are his own to be anything other than what they are. |
| 1:06.0 | He's not saying you should be salt or you could be salt or you can be salt. He says you are. And if I'm a Christian, |
| 1:12.7 | and I'm hearing the words of Jesus plainly, I'm the salt of the earth. I need to understand |
| 1:18.0 | what that even means in order that I might live in alignment with what the revelation of God's |
| 1:23.8 | word tells me. So what does it mean to be the salt of the earth? What are the implications |
| 1:29.0 | of what Jesus says here to every Christian of all time? I think it's important contextually |
| 1:36.2 | to know that when Jesus said that, salt was rare and valuable. And what he was saying is, |
| 1:43.8 | you are rare and valuable and you bring blessing and valuable. And what he was saying is, you are rare and valuable, and you bring blessing |
| 1:47.5 | and benefit to the world in which you are in as a kingdom citizen, unless you've lost the |
| 1:52.6 | qualities of salt, the virtues of salt, the qualities of it that make it valuable. |
| 1:59.7 | Roman soldiers were paid sometimes in salt, which is where you get |
| 2:04.4 | the statement not worth your salt. It was rare. Taxes were paid with salt. And so I think it's |
| 2:11.6 | important to understand that when they heard those words, they were hearing you are rare, valuable, and your life is productive |
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