Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?

Mark 9:30-50

Because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it. 

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

 “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

For whoever is not against us is for us. Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. 

And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where “‘the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.’ Everyone will be salted with fire.

“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

Why?

The disciples did not understand what Jesus said, they still thought Jesus will be king and they are searching for a future position in the coming kingdom. But Jesus mentioned is the kingdom in eternal.

All of us are living in this world, and this is a temporary place, everything will be gone, and only the kingdom of God will exist forever.

The core of our belief is love. Only love endures forever and loves makes each peace and joy.

We are the salt in this world so we can't lose its saltiness.

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耶穌第二次預言他將受難復活的事，門徒不明白也不在意！門徒看重自己的前途。

為首的應當去服事眾人，帶領眾人進入神的國！服事眾人就是去服事最不起眼的人，服事最沒有影響力的人。

約翰質疑不是玩的門徒怎麼可以奉耶穌的名趕鬼，這想法和法利賽人一樣，認為這是專利！任何妨礙人進入神的國都要除去。給水是生活服事，生命引領為更重要服事。對神有信心，我們就不擔心我們的權柄、能力被別人學去拿去，神才是這一切才能、生活所需...的供應者，所以不怕別人也奉耶穌的名趕鬼！

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How?

Be salt in this world, otherwise, our faith and identification are lost.