Sermon 117

📖 Sermon 117 – The Salt That Has Lost Its Savour

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Text: Luke 14:34–35

Introduction

After warning His followers to count the cost, Jesus concludes with a solemn illustration: “Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?” True discipleship produces a distinct, preserving influence. A profession without reality is worthless.

I. The Value of Salt

A. Salt preserves
It hinders corruption — a picture of the Christian’s influence in the world.

B. Salt purifies
The Gospel cleanses hearts and lives.

C. Salt seasons
It adds flavor — Christian character brings grace, kindness, and truth.

II. Salt That Loses Its Savour

A. A startling possibility
Salt in Palestine often contained impurities and could lose its strength.

B. A warning to professing Christians
A name without power, religion without holiness, profession without obedience.

C. Such salt is “neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill”
It is thrown out — a symbol of final rejection.

III. The Application Jesus Makes

A. “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear”
A call to self-examination.

B. Real discipleship has reality
Grace produces humility, obedience, and perseverance.

C. Beware of empty profession
Let us hold fast to Christ and seek His renewing grace daily.

Conclusion

Salt is good — and Christians are called to be salt in the earth. But only living union with Christ preserves our savour. Let us abide in Him, that our witness may be pure, strong, and enduring.