Lesson 35
SERMON ON THE MOUNT: SALT AND LIGHT
Matthew 5:13-16
1. The "Sermon on the Mount" runs from Matthew 5:1 - 7:29. How
would you describe it in a nut-shell? __________________________
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2. In what sense is "earth" meant here? ___________________________
3. How is it that we are "the salt of the earth"? _________________
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4. What is meant by the phrase, "but if the salt have lost its
savor, etc."? __________________________________________________
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5. How can this be applied to us? _________________________________
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6. What is seen as the condition of the earth to need salt? _______
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7. To what does the word "world" refer in verse 14? _______________
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8. How is it that we are "the light of the world"? ________________
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9. What is the source of that "light"? ____________________________
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10. What does a city set on a hill represent? ______________________
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11. What is meant by a "candle"? ___________________________________
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12. What are "good works"? _________________________________________
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13. What are the results of "good works" when observed by the world?
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