{"id":791,"date":"2024-06-25T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=791&2024"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T00:01:18","slug":"being-salt-mark-9-38-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/being-salt-mark-9-38-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Salt: Mark 9:38-50"},"content":{"rendered":"
Focus Passage: Mark 9:38-50 (NASB)<\/div>

38<\/sup>\u00a0John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” 39<\/sup>\u00a0But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.<\/span> 40<\/sup>\u00a0For he who is not against us is *<\/span>Or on our side<\/em><\/span>for us.<\/span> 41<\/sup>\u00a0For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers<\/em> of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.<\/span> <\/p>

42<\/sup>\u00a0“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.<\/span> 43<\/sup>\u00a0If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,<\/span> 44<\/sup>\u00a0[*<\/span>Vv 44 and 46, which are identical to v 48, are not found in the early mss<\/span>where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE<\/span>, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED<\/span>.<\/span>] 45<\/sup>\u00a0If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell,<\/span> 46<\/sup>\u00a0[*<\/span>See v 44, note<\/span>where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE<\/span>, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED<\/span>.<\/span>] 47<\/sup>\u00a0If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell,<\/span> 48<\/sup>\u00a0where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE<\/span>, AND<\/span> THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED<\/span>.<\/span> <\/p>

49<\/sup>\u00a0“For everyone will be salted with fire.<\/span> 50<\/sup>\u00a0Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again?<\/em> Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”<\/span> <\/p>

Read Mark 9:38-50<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

One of the interesting metaphors I find in Jesus\u2019 teaching has to do with salt. In several places in the gospels, Jesus uses salt to describe a truth He wanted His followers to understand. In one of the most concentrated uses of the word salt, Mark describes one of Jesus\u2019 ideas using this word six times in two verses.<\/p>\r\n

Following Jesus\u2019 warnings about stumbling in one\u2019s faith, Mark gives us one of Jesus\u2019 big ideas. He tells us Jesus concludes by saying, \u201cFor everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 49-50)<\/p>\r\n

In these two verses, the word salt is used as a noun, a verb, and as an adjective. This set of two verses also includes three somewhat unique ideas.<\/p>\r\n