This document discusses Jesus' teaching about salt from the Sermon on the Mount. It provides several Bible verses that reference salt and its symbolic meaning. Salt is used to represent believers who should season and preserve the earth. However, if salt loses its flavor, it is useless except to be trampled underfoot. The document argues that obedient Israel has historically been the "salt of the earth," preserving God's truths. It cites several passages connecting Israel to blessing the earth.

1. SERMON ON THE MT (MAT 5:13-16)
Phil 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exaltedhim, and given him a
name which is above every name:
Ps 89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the
earth.
Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the
preeminence.
Ps 138:2 I will worshiptoward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy
lovingkindness andfor thy truth: for thou hast magnifiedthy word above
all thy name.
Ps 56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not
fear what flesh can do unto me.
Ps 56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
Quote of the day: "Maybe the best place to rediscover the kingdom of
God is bouncing on Jesus's knee."
No, He wrote a book all about it… The Bible, When did Jesus ever bounce
any on one his knee when he was here?
John 3:3 Jesus answeredand said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
(Salvation is the first step to discover the K.O.G.)
Matt 21:29-31 29 He answeredand said, I will not: but afterward he
repented, and went. 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And
he answeredand said, I go, sir: and went not. 31 Whether of them twain
did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto
them, VerilyI say unto you, That the publicans andthe harlots go into the

2. kingdom of God before you. (Repentance is a good place to discover
the K.O.G.)
Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God
is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mark 9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to
enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than havingtwo eyes to be
cast into hell fire: (Self-denial is a good place to discover the K.O.G)
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonishedat his words. But Jesus
answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hardis it for them
that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! (God’s Word(s) is a
good place to discover the K.O.G)
SERMON ON THE MT (MAT 5:13-16)
Jesus teaches about salt Mark 9:49; Matthew 5:13
Mark 9
49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted
with salt.
Matt 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith
shall it be salted?
As salt, being of a hot and dry nature, isapt to bite and fretthe raw skin or
flesh, so the Word of God, preached and applied to men’sconsciences, is
apt to cause pain and grief.—G. Petter
The valuable commodity of salt is commanded to accompany every
sacrifice. Lev 2:13
Lev 2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offeringshalt thou season
with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenantof thy God

3. to be lackingfrom thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou
shalt offer salt.
Salt is used to make a covenant Num 18:19
Num 18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the
children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons
and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of
salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
2Chr 13:5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave
the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his
sons by a covenant of salt?
God cannot ‘swallow’ some things without salt. Job 6:6
Job 6:6 Can that which is unsavourybe eaten without salt? or is there
any taste in the white of an egg?
Ps 85:10-11 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness
and peace have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall springout of the earth; and righteousness shall look
down from heaven.
Prov 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquityis purged: and by the fear of
the LORD men depart from evil.
Luke 11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees!for ye tithe mint and rue
and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgmentand the love of
God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone.
Afflict thecomfortableand comfort theafflicted.
Mic 1:2-4 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein
is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his
holy temple.
3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come
down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

4. 4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall
be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured
down a steep place.
Amos 6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD
the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his
palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is
therein.
Mic 3:5 Thus saith the LORD concerningthe prophets that
make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace;
and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare
war againsthim.
Mic 2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the
LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to
him that walketh uprightly?
Amos 7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam
king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspiredagainstthee in the
midst of the house of Israel: the landis not able to bear all his
words.
It is sometimes used for destruction Ezek 47:11
Ezek 47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall
not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Matt 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith
shall it be salted?
Mark 9:50
Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it?
Luke 14:34
Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shallit be seasoned?

5. Ezra 6:9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks,
and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven,
wheat, salt, wine, and oil, accordingto the appointment of the priests
which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
Ezra 7:22 Unto an hundredtalents of silver, and to an hundred
measures of wheat, and to an hundredbaths of wine, and to an
hundredbaths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
Col 4:6 Let your speech be alwaywith grace, seasoned with salt,
that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Matt 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,but to be cast out,
and to be trodden under foot of men.
Luke 14:35 Itis neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; [but] men castit
out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
2Kgs 9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down:
and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses:
and he trode her under foot.
The obedient remnant of Israel has always been the salt of the earth. This
Remnant of Israel is always connectedwith earth:
Gen 12:1-3 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of
thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto
a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and
make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

6. Isa 49:6-10 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou
shouldest be my servantto raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
restore the preservedof Israel: I will also give thee for a light
to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end
of the earth. 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel,
and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom
the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and
arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is
faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. 8
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee,
and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve
thee, and give thee for a covenantof the people, to establish
the earth, to cause to inheritthe desolate heritages; 9 That thou
mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in
darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and
their pastures shall be in all high places. 10 They shall not
hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them:
for he that hath mercy on them shall leadthem, even by the
springs of water shall he guide them.
Mal 4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and
the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the
earth with a curse.
Matt 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in
a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy
thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Jer 50:20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity
of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of
Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I
reserve.
Jer 31:36-37 36 If those ordinances departfrom before me, saith
the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation

7. before me for ever. 37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be
measured, and the foundations of the earth searchedout beneath, I
will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith
the LORD.
The word “cast out” occurs 13 times in Jeremiah (Jer 6:7
Jer 7:15, Jer 9:19, Jer 14:16, Jer 15:1, Jer 16:13, Jer 22:26, Jer 22:28, Jer 23:39, Jer 36:30, Jer 49:36, Jer 51:34, Jer 52:3)
, which precedes the
Babylonian captivity, and typifies the captivity of Israelunder the Antichrist(Rev
11:1-4).
Rev 11:1-4 1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the
angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the
altar, and them that worshiptherein. 2 But the court which is without
the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the
Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and
two months. 3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and
they shall prophesy a thousand two hundredand threescore days,
clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two
candlesticks standingbefore the God of the earth.
Jer 9:19 For a voice of wailingis heard out of Zion, How are we
spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the
land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Amos 5:11-12 11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the
poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of
hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have plantedpleasant
vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold transgressions andyour mighty sins:
they afflictthe just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in
the gate from their right.
Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon
thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of
sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in
everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy,
and to anointthe most Holy.

8. Exod 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said,
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me
unto you.
Exod 7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the
LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the
waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Exod 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy
son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I
have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
Exod 11:7 But againstany of the children of Israel shall not a dog
move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that
the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
2Chr 7:14 If my people, which are calledby my name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked
ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will
heal their land.