Sunday, June 7, 2026 | Pastor Rob Vance

Matthew 5:13-16

We have an impact on one another. Be a good influence.

This passage doesn’t tell us to add salt to our lives. It says you are the salt.

Be what you were created to be.

#1 – Christians are like salt in that they have infinite value in this world.

Salt was a necessity of life in ancient times. It was sometimes used as payment, it was so valuable. They were dependent on salt to preserve food.

Being called “salt” is a compliment!

Job 6:6–can flavorless food be eaten without salt?

We add flavor to this world.

We are valuable people because we tell others who Jesus is.

#2 – Christians are like salt in that they act like a preservative.

They didn’t use freezers or canning in ancient times. They used salt to preserve food.

We are to arrest the decay of our world.

The book What If Jesus Hadn’t Been Born? demonstrates the good things Christians have had on this world: value of human life (against infanticide), adopt unwanted babies, orphanages, Red Cross, colleges and universities, treatment of the insane.

Barna research indicates the average Christian is indistinguishable.

We are supposed to be different!

Many times, we are not salt like we should be. There should be something about us that points people to Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 2:7–The Holy Spirit works through the church.