...the service that they perform for the world is expressed with the help of three images in 5:13—16: the salt of the earth, the light of the world, and the city built on a hill. The second part (see Matthew 5:17—48) concerns Jesus and the Jewish Law. The...

...12:2. In the written version in Strength to Love, King/Paul defines the addressees of the letter as "the salt of the earth," "the light of the world," and the "vitally active leaven in the lump of the nation." See page 129. 10. "Paul's Letter to American Christians,"...

...always includes these three aspects of life, love and lips. Being the Good News: Evangelism is being the "salt of the earth," the "light of the world," and the "aroma of Christ." Christians are to be the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13a), not merely the salt...

...correctly. The sermon presupposes life in community and its positive impact for the common good as the salt of the earth, the light of the world, and the city on a hill. The sermon makes no sharp distinction between law and love. Rather, law and love work...