Be SALTY (& the Lord will Help you There) Mark 9:50 (Episode #179)
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Salt is always associated with Sacrifice. (There's that OT shedding light on the NT again). The Lord says Salt is good. Don't be Unsalty.
I think He is saying in the context of this passage about self assessment and radical self surgery that this is normal. We are supposed to be regularly assessing, regularly repenting, and regularly resolving to walk the hard road of sanctification. It sure beats the even harder road of judgment.
Remember, the Lord meets us here at the headwaters of our sin: "I am glad you are here! I have been waiting for you. I will help you. I have made a way for you."
"Be SALTY" my friend. Which means to walk the walk of holiness, of thinking, and of doing something about it. There, right there, we'll find Him waiting for us. Listen and BE SALTY