"13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it[the earth?] be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men."
Chapter five of Matthew is the beginning of a three chapter long teaching Jesus is giving to the people (also called the Bergpredigt in germany).
In German there is a funny description about how Jesus starts his teaching.
"2Und er tat seinen Mund auf, lehrte sie und sprach:".
Diffrent than in the english Bible that i read it mentions that Jesus opend his mouth and than began to speaking and than teach.
There are quite alot of information and most of these things iI do understand literally but in some cases I i was not really able to find and grasp hold of something what has meaning to me. So even if I think like there is a lot to write about the teachings Jesus is giving these people in the past and still giving to us people, I do not really fell able to say much. But I hope that my Bible understanding will grow and that when I read the Bible the second, third time there will be more and more things I do notice and words wich amaze me. ( I do not know what you guyes experienced but this was mine. You know this is the first time for me to read the bible constantly and to take time to think about it. And till now I am gaining profit for what I am thankful. Reading and writing here really does help me.)
I think we all have read at least once every verse in chapter five.
Expecially the part about the salt and the light. And often its more the light which is being emphasized. But sill i decided to take verse 13 where in one verse everything about the salt is told.
(Ah a question. Is there a difference between earth and world? Is there like a difference in dimension?)
The contet of this verse sould again makes us questioning ourselves.
How salty are we? Do we have a good taste or any taste?
Just imagine to be considered as something useless and to be no longer good for anything in the eyes of God. That would be really sad. And as long as you do not have the worth of a proper salt corn sould have you are outside. (hm if we consider ourselves as a salt corn than we are really small) I think the clear seperation and division is scary but it also gives us something sure, firm and of course very clear line.
There should be no inbetween(the line is too narrow^^).
After reading this chapter I also got the feeling that there is still a lot of things for me to learn and to understand. This is good.
And most of all to be learnd is to be sure about what I belive in, may God help me.
Amen
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:)you will definitely learn something new everytime you read something, even if it's the same verse. i'm glad you are reaping what you are sowing :) i'm sure everyone else feels the same, because i do too. sometimes just to read it through is different then having to actually think about something. and it's again different to write your thoughts down, because then your thoughts become more concrete. that's when we can really point our fingers and say, "i learned this".
by sharing it, we are helping other people learn what we have learned without having to go through the same steps. this can edify those who has never thought about a passage the same way you did. or perhaps bring this passage forward to someone who had constantly overlooked it thinking there is nothing to be learned.
but i'm sure you have noticed that it is different just reading other people's and doing one yourself. you will remember what you have wrote a lot better, because you took every step yourself to get there. and that's when it will edify you the most.
I really thank God for what we have accomplished spiritually this week :)
May the Lord continue to guide us in knowing Him better :)
oh yeah, about earth & world.
usually in regular language, earth refers to the prmitive physical thing that is the sphere with the dirt, the oceans, the mountains, etc...
the world usually refers to the earth itself with everything else added and developed on it. the inhabitants and the society it creates, etc...
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