This Epiphany Sunday we begin worship with:
You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.
Because Jesus was speaking with substance and authenticating that substance with miracles, He was being followed by a great crowd. Wanting to say many important things, He moved up the mountainside so He could be heard and gathered His disciples around Him. So, the Sermon on the Mount was at times to the crowd and sometimes to His disciples.
The Beatitudes, which precede this verse, were to the crowd. They conclude with Jesus turning to His disciples and speaking directly to them (Matthew 5:11-13). First, He warns them and explains to them the blessing of being persecuted for His sake. Then, He speaks today's truism.
Salt does not lose its taste. It is either salty or it is not salt.
They are either His disciple, who is willing to stand out, be different, not work on Sunday, who prays before meals, and then, for His sake, loves the unlovable . . . or they are not salt.
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