Section 5
In verse 33 the Lord says, "So therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be My disciple." The problem is not how much we have. The crucial matter is that in following the Lord we must pour out whatever we have. In order to be His disciples, we must renounce all our possessions.
BECOMING TASTELESS AND BEING THROWN OUT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
In 14:34 and 35 the Lord goes on to speak of salt: "Therefore, salt is good; but if even the salt becomes tasteless, with what will you restore its saltness? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they will throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear." Salt by nature is an element that kills and eliminates the germs of corruption. To the corrupted earth, the follow ers of the Lord Jesus should be such an element keeping the earth from being fully corrupted.
The Lord indicates that it is possible for salt to become tasteless. For the followers of the Lord to become tasteless means that they have lost their salting function. They have become the same as earthly people, with no distinction from the unbelievers.