Salt Without Savor - Luke 14:34

Luke the beloved physician wrote about Jesus, “there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first, and consults whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an ambassage, and desires conditions of peace. So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.”, and in chapter fourteen and verse thirty-four of his book Luke shared how Jesus says, “Salt is good: but if the salt has lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?” where we read:

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

The verse reads, “Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, ...” Luke began with the words, “Salt is good” or “salt that is used to season food and sacrifices as well as protecting food from putrefaction is beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable and admirable”: “but if the salt” which means “however, nonetheless, notwithstanding and moreover whether and perhaps the salt” “have lost his savor” or “has become flat, tasteless and lacking in strength”. Luke shared how Jesus declared “salt” is a “good” season for it's use unless that “salt” has become “flat and insipid”.

The verse goes on to say, “... wherewith shall it be seasoned?” Luke continued with the words, “wherewith” or “by and in which way” “shall it be seasoned” which means “will the food or sacrifice be made savory, preserved and prepared”? Luke shared how Jesus questioned how “food” would be “seasoned” if the “salt” has lost it's original “savor”.

When we consider Luke's words in this verse, we see how Jesus wanted “salt” to fulfill it's original purpose, and the same is required of those who follow Him. People who surrender their lives to Jesus will be a “seasoning and preserving” agent in the world as long as they continue in their relationship with Him. God wants to use people in His Kingdom, and whoever will yield themselves to Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord” will be His “salt” in the world bringing “taste” and “preservation” to everyone they encounter.

Next time Luke shares how Jesus says, “it is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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