MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 5:13a “you are the salt of the earth.”

TEACHER’S OBJECTIVE
1. Identify salt and what it is used for.
2. State that “I am the salt of the earth”
3. Say that salt is good.

CENTRAL TRUTH
We are the salt of the earth.

INTRODUCTION
Whenever Mummy is cooking in the kitchen, have you ever seen her put some white particles in
the food. It is called salt. Without it, Mummy’s food will not be sweet.

PROGRESSION OF EVENTS
1. Salt is sweet and it is a preservative.
2. The Bible says that we are the salt of the earth. Meaning without the followers of
    Jesus, life will not be sweet and it will be easily destroyed because there is no salt
    (Preservative) to preserve it.
3. If a seasoning has no flavour, it has no value.
4. If Christians make no effort to affect the world around them, they are of little
    value to God.
5. Christians are to salt the earth with the love and message of God, if not we become
    useless to God.
6. If you as a Christian are not affecting the world around you then you will lose your savour.
7. You are thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.

LIFE APPLICATION
When you are salty, you will affect the lives around you, you will also be a seasoning and a
preservative to them. You are to salt the earth with the Love and message of God. You are to
affect others positively, just as seasoning brings out the best flavor in food.

MESSAGE OF SALVATION
It is only when Jesus is in your life that you can be the salt of the earth. Without Jesus
in your life you cannot impact others positively.

CONCLUSION
If you are salty, you are just like a shining light that has effect on everything around. You will
affect everything around you and you will also have long life since salt is a preservative.

CHALLENGE
Have you ever tasted food that has no salt in it? How does it taste? Tasteless! So is your
life if you refuse to be salty. No one will want to relate with you and you will be useless.

INVITATION
Jesus is the one that has the power to make your life salty, why not invite him into your heart
now and see what He will make of your life. (Teacher to lead the children in Salvation prayer).

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Say the memory verse.
2. What salt used for?
    (a) It is used as seasoning to give taste and add flavour to food.
    (b) It is also used as a preservative.
    (c) It is also a Purifying agent.

NOTE: The teacher is to explain to the children what a preservative is and a purifying agent.
A preservative is something we use to keep food from going bad. A purifying agent is
something used to make something pure by removing dirt or harmful things.

DAILY DEVOTION
MONDAY        - Genesis 19:26 – Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt because of disobedience.
TUESDAY       - Job 6:6 - Food without it salt is not sweet.
WEDNESDAY  – Leviticus 2:13 – Salt is a seasoning.
THURSDAY     - Luke 14:34 - Salt is good
FRIDAY          - Mark 9:50 - Be salty
SATURDAY     - Colossians 4:6 – Let your speech be seasoned with salt.
SUNDAY         - Matthew 5:13 - Thank you Jesus for making me the salt of the earth.