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For the 5th Sunday of Epiphany, Lindsey and Adam read Matthew 5:13-20. \u201cYou are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot.\u201d Yikes!<\/p>\n
How did we go from blessings to the threat of being trampled so quickly?<\/p>\n
Remembering that everything is grounded in the context of love for the most vulnerable, Lindsey and Adam wrestle with the text and glean good news from these difficult words.<\/p>\n
We are<\/i> the salt of the earth. We are made to give the world variety and flavor\u2026 and we are also made to preserve the world. Stewards of the earth. Caretakers of each other. We do not have to do anything to earn this honor or position. We are already made in God\u2019s image.<\/p>\n
How might we lose our saltiness? How might we lose sight of our vocation as God\u2019s image-bearers?<\/p>\n
Who throws us out? Who does the trampling?<\/p>\n
And does following Jesus guarantee that we won\u2019t be trampled? Just look what happened to him\u2026<\/p>\n
We are the light of the world. Does light glorify itself or shine on others? Is there anything we would rather keep hidden in the darkness? What risks come with living into our role as light?<\/p>\n
How does Jesus regard the law and the Pharisees, teachers of the law? Adam and Lindsey explore ways to avoid an anti-Semitic reading of this text. Not all Pharisees are the same, and Jesus is critiquing a method of interpretation and exposing its consequences, not condemning a group of people. Jesus fulfills the law by living it out within a framework of mercy, not sacrifice. If we use the law to condemn anyone, we turn it from an instrument of grace into an instrument of death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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