Matthew 5:13;
Salt.
It is worded differently in Mark 9:50;
"Salt is good, and if it loses it's saltiness, how can you make it salty again?
Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other".
Here you see it is a command by Jesus for something we should do, not something we already have.
Therefore, it is not a case
of saved
unsaved
saved again
This does not play into the picture
What does "have salt in yourselves mean"?
Jesus said we are the salt of the earth, not of ourselves.
2 Chronicles 13:5
A Salt Covenant
Salt was added to sacrifices as a sign of purification (of the sacrifice).
If we are the salt of the earth, we are the purification of the earth. Or at least, the Sign of it and even literally at times.
Salt makes things endure. It shows that the covenant was permanent. It endured because it had salt added to it. When two made a contract in the O.T. they ate the same salt together to show that the contract was forever.
Now in Mathew Jesus says we are the salt.
There are no more salt covenants.
Jesus abolished the Ceremonial Law.
So salt is a preservative.
For what?
1. To preserve the word of God and pass on what Jesus expects from us.
2. To keep us from legality. We love FIRST, and then we do His work.
3. To preserve our devotions to God. To be devoted to Him.
God "heals" us....
We "heal" the world.
Israel's salt came from the Dead Sea. It was impure.
If WE are impure, we lose all of the above.
We cannot preserve the word of God.
We cannot do His work.
We cannot be devoted to Him.
We cannot heal the world.
We become disloyal and are of no use.