Salt and Light
Speaker: Dr. Donald McKay and Steven Axe
On the May 2, 2009 Battle Lines broadcast, we discussed Jesus’ call for His disciples to be salt and light. We asserted that the primary reason for the decay in our culture is that Christians are not being faithful as salt and light. In the first century, salt was used primarily as a preservative for foods. It slowed decay. Christians can and should have a positive influence on a culture. Christians are a preservative from God’s judgment because, while Christians are here, the Spirit is here and God is still at work. Even just 10 righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah would have preserved the cities from destruction. The two sources of light – a city and a lamp – have something in common: both are seen, both give off light. Christians shine the light of the truth of Christ in a dark and erring world. Two common points emerge from these two images: 1) Ineffectiveness: Salt can lose its saltiness and light can be hidden. Let’s not be ineffective. 2) Benefit...