The Damage from Spiritual Deterioration and Dullness (Part 3) by Dr. Rod Mattoon

About this sermon

* Matthew 5:13— Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden underfoot of men. Someone once said, “I’m not totally useless. I can be used as a “bad example.” If there was anything or anyone that should NOT be a bad example or useless, it should be a child of God. The Christian is salt and a light in the world. If he or she is useless, it affects the lives of others in a detrimental way. Jesus asked if the salt loses its savor or saltiness, how will it become salty again? The impotence or weakness of the salt noted here is the loss of saltiness. The phrase "lost his savor" is translated from the Greek word moraino {mo-rah'-ee-no} from which we get our English word "moron." The word moraino means "to be or act foolishly, to make flat or tasteless; to lose the purpose for which something exists." Applied here it means the salt has become dull, that is, insipid, tasteless, or flat. Applied to behavior, it means "to play the fool or be foolish." Christians can lose their moral and spiritual savor by playing the fool, disobeying the commands of God, and leaving God out of their lives just as the people described in the book of Romans did. How do we do this? What causes us to lose our savor, our testimony, our effectiveness, our influence for the Lord Jesus Christ? In this message, we examine several causes. This 29-minute message was preached on Wednesday night, July 13, 2022, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.