SALT - that reminds me of my favorite scenes from Chosen. Season 2, Episode 8… Matthew & Jesus working on his sermon.

Matthew says:
What does “you are the salt of the earth” even mean, I am not good at metiphor.

Jesus replies:
Salt preserves meat from corruption, it slows it’s decay. I want my followers to be a people who hold back the evil over the world.

Salt also enhances the flavor of things, I want my followers to renew the world and be part of it’s redemption.

Salt can also be mixed with honey and rubbed on the skin for maladies. I want my people to participate in the healing of the world - not it’s destruction.

Later in the scene Jesus says:
I told you, these things will make sense to some but not to others. I don’t want passive followers. Those who are truly committed will peer deeply into it looking for truth.

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