As I was reading my Bible today a verse jumped out at me.  That verse is 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 under foot of men.”

When I read this my first thought was, “I sure know some “good for nothing Christians”.  Then I thought I had better do some research to make sure that my label is the Bible label for them.  When I looked up each word of the phrase “good for nothing” I found it means exactly what it says.  The word “good” means to have or exercise force.

So, Jesus is telling us that a “good for nothing Christian” is a person who professes Christ as their Saviour; but, they do not have any force or exercise any force.  Now, I do not think that we need to beat people over the head with our family-sized King James Bible and compel them to repent or perish.  There are too many pathetic, powerless people of God.

The force is the Holy Spirit of God working through us to convince people that they are lost and on their way to hell.  Oh, by the way, when salt had lost it’s power to preserve it was thrown out into the streets and used as pavement.  Are you pavement or a preservative?

So, how are you doing?