Flesh & Spirit Part 45 Gentleness 3

Oswald Chambers says in his book, 'Studies in the Sermon on the Mount;
"'You are the salt of the earth.' Some teachers today seem to think our Lord said, "You are the sugar of the earth," meaning the ideal of the Christian is gentleness and winsomeness without any curative discomfort. But our Lord's illustration of a Christian is salt, one of the most concentrated things we know, something that preserves wholesomeness and prevents decay."

He goes onto say;

"It is a disadvantage to be salt. Think of the action of salt on a wound, and you will realize this.
If you get salt into a wound, it hurts—and when God's children are among those who are "raw" toward God, their presence causes discomfort. The man who is wrong with God is like an open wound, and when "salt" gets into him, it causes annoyance and distress—he becomes spiteful and bitter. The disciples of Jesus today preserve society from corruption; the "salt" of their presence causes irritation, which leads to their persecution."

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