Tasteless Salt?

Jesus says, "You are the salt of the earth. But, if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men." In recent decades, government has become larger and involved itself more and more in everyday life. Spheres of society which were once controlled by Christianity are now under the influence of the state. But as I see it, discontent with government intrusion in matters once controlled by the Church is the direct result of the Church neglecting its responsibility to be the salt of the earth. It has become easy to blame big government, rather than to accept responsibility and make a change to help cure the ills of society.

It must be remembered that at best it was individual Christians who led the call for abolition of slavery, not the established Churches. Again, it was the government which moved to protect women and children from the "robber-barons" of big business. And even today, as racism threatens to tear apart whole communities, the Church remains sinfully silent. It is no wonder that government had to step into the picture. It has been the government and not the Churches which has brought about the needed changes. We are to blame, the body of Christ, for not working for better solutions in this imperfect world. If we loose our saltiness or even worse give up our saltiness, then we must expect to be cast out and trampled on by mankind.