The Sermon on the Mount-The King's Mandate: The Influence of Salty Saints

Sermon Series: The Life of Christ: From Creation to the Cradle to the Cross to the Crown

Sermon Title: The Sermon on the Mount-The King's Mandate: The Influence of Salty Saints

Sermon Text: Matthew 5: 13

Sermon Date: September 18, 2016

I. A Description to Analyze - “You are the salt of the earth,

       A. Salt seasons  -- Colossians 4:5 “Let your speech always be season with salt.”
       B. Salt preserves

                    i. Salt prevents decay

                    ii.Salt restraints corruption
       C. Salt heals
       D. Salt burns
       E. Salt penetrates

 II. A Danger to Avoid-but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

III. A Destiny to Abhor-It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.