We just learned about the Beautitudes that Jesus talked about on his famous Sermon on the Mount.
Another thing that Jesus told his followers in his sermon is that we are the salt of the earth.
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
In the time Jesus was speaking, salt was very important. It was used to help food stay fresh, to help make candles last longer, to help plants grow and to make food taste better.
Since it was so important, when Jesus told his followers they were the salt of the earth, he was saying they were very important, and that they needed to be the helpful flavor of the world and helped save people.
(from: wikipedia - matthew 5:13)
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