5th Sunday after Epiphany

Matthew 5:13–20

Christians Look Like Christ



Jesus did not say, the earth needed sugar poured on it, but rather salt. As

any dentist will tell you, sugar promotes decay. Salt stops the decay. And

that’s what we have been blessed to do. And just what are we to do?

What does the ‘salty’ life look like? Simply put, it is to be what Jesus has

blessed you to be. You are ‘poor in spirit,’ ‘meek,’ hungry and thirsty for

righteousness,’ ‘merciful,’ ‘pure in heart,’ ‘peacemaker,’ and ‘persecuted

unjustly,’ and you rejoice in the fact that you are blessed by God.

You are blessed because you carry the life of Jesus inside you. Your ‘saltiness’ is not yours. It is

Jesus’. We have been blessed with His ‘poverty’ and His ‘meekness’, His righteousness, His

mercy and His pure heart and His peace, and yes, His persecution, His cross.