Marked By Salt
Marked – Week 25
April 10, 2022
Key Scriptures
Key Points
- Jesus instructs the disciples regarding the consequences of sin.
- Jesus describes hell as unquenchable.
- Jesus instructs His disciples that all will be salted and go through fire.
- Salt was used in covenant making as well as offerings.
- Salt is one part sodium and one part chloride and is immutable.
- Salt purifies, preserves, seasons, and changes to everything it is added to.
- Jesus says we must be the salt and bring peace.
- Each item of food in the Passover meal has meaning and each item may be dipped into a bowl of saltwater. The saltwater bowl represents the tears of the slaves.
Discussion Questions
- What does Jesus’s description of sin and hell mean to you?
- Discuss in your group how we can be salt to the world.
- Salt was used to symbolize faithful friendship. Discuss the fruit that has been born from friendships within your group.
*Some manuscripts add verses 44 and 46 (which are identical with verse 48).