Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of Luke)
我夜间的歌曲《路加福音》
Text: Luke 14: 34-35
ADDRESSING PEOPLE FORTHRIGHTLY
“Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavour, how shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Luke 14:34-35
1. Salt
a. It was used extensively in the days of the Lord Jesus.
i. To season food.
ii. To preserve food (meat, fish etc..
iii. In basic medical attention (cleansing of wounds).
iv. As part of a person’s wages.
b. Unrefined Salt
i. Salt was taken from sea water.
ii. They were extracted from the sea water.
iii. The quality of salt was not very significant.
iv. It can lose its salty flavour.
2. The question the Lord Jesus put to His hearers.
a. If Salt has lost its flavour,
b. What then would it be good for?
c. The normal practice when Salt has lost its flavour:
i. It is fit for nothing.
ii. It is just simply thrown away.
iii. This was a sobering thought.
3. What was the Lord Jesus seeking to teach?
a. Salt has its own contribution to life.
b. Every human being has something to offer in life.
i. A sense of moral good.
ii. Something to offer to life and society.
c. But Sin can destroy basic human morality.
i. Life can then become like salt that has lost its flavour.
ii. Life becomes listless.
iii. It can also become meaningless.
d. Sin must be dealt with or it would have a devastating effect on life.
4. “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
a. It is our responsibility to hear.
b. We must make appropriate responses.
c. The danger of salt losing its flavour is very real!
经文：路加福音 14：34-35
直率地教导众人
“盐本是好的，盐若失了味，可用什么叫它再咸呢？或用在田里，或堆在粪里，都不合适，只好丢在外面。有耳可听的，就应当听！”
《路加福音14：34-35》