Salt of the Earth
The greatest speech ever given was Jesus' Sermon on the Mount Speech, no other speech as stood the test of time as well, and even to this day it is one of the most quoted writings. Even though the speech is still popular, some parts of the speech may be confusing, such as the part that follows the Beatitudes, Matthew Chapter 5, Verse 13, which 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 be trampled underfoot." Nowadays, to say to someone that they are the salt of the earth sounds like an insult, but for most of world history this would have been seen as a complement. Salt use to be extremely valuable and the word salary actually comes from the Latin word for salt ( salis). The question arises, who is the salt of the earth? Jesus says "you", but who is the you that he is talking about. Is it the people in attendance at the speech, or ...