Luke 14:34-35
“Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Tag: Perseverance and Commitment Matter
The context of the above passage comes at the end of Jesus talking about commitment. Note Jesus words:
Luke 14:26-27
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
And:
Luke 14:33
So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Verse 33 should be part of 34-35. There should not be a break, although most Bibles indicate some break in the chapter. The thought shows that Christ demands that our commitment to Him is one that preserves. We should be committed just as salt is salty. The mindset is that IF salt were to lose its saltiness, what can you do? It is good for nothing. If something else loses its taste you can use salt to revive it. But, what revives salt? If we have been drawn to Christ and we walk away, stop believing, tire of the walk, what can help us? We are good for nothing; only worthy to be tossed out. God demands a commitment that we follow through with what we say we are going to do. We can’t follow through without the power of the Spirit in our lives. But, but faith we can trust that God will enable us to keep our commitments to Christ.
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