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Finding the Way

 After I researched a few articles, specifically on how far one could see a single candle, I was bombarded with technical jargon concerning the efficiency of the candle, variables in the eye, air, and candle. To my fright, there were even formulas to help calculate everything listed concerning these variables. After I fled from the overwhelming sites, I realized the differences in the research of light and salt. Pure salt is good for its purpose. If salt becomes contaminated and cannot serve its purpose, it needs to be thrown out. Light is different in that, light’s effectiveness is subject to outside influences. However, even if light is weak, it still gives off light. You can actually see this observation in Jesus’s words. “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men” (Matthew 5:13). “Let your light shine before me in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). What is it about a Christ-follower’s faith that could make them worthless and what is it about a Christ-follower’s walk that is adjustable?

First, we need to understand that society would become a dark and hopeless place without people to live out the love of God. This is what Jesus was trying to explain in this parable. He was trying to remind His disciples that hope had come to this earth. Through Jesus there was an end to the bondage that Satan had on mankind. It was His followers’ responsibility to live out this message in their lives (Ephesians 4: 17–32).
If you look at the spiritual aspect and the comparison that Jesus is metaphorically using, Christians are a necessity to society. Our purpose as Christians is to add that life-giving additive of hope that Jesus provides, along with strong morals and ethics. Society needs to see Christians living out their faith and acting as a beacon of light in a dark world.
Excerpt from Finding the Way; Proclaiming Jesus as Truth, “Proclaiming Salt and Light of the World; Parables of Salt, Light and the Seed” pg. 120-121.



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