Here there can be no self-conscious awareness of human goodness or nobility, no standing on rights, and no opposition between people. Here God's love gives strength and joy, for here, having nothing means having everything. God's creation can never be brought about by human efforts. The new creation in Christ's spirit has nothing to do with the efforts of people as they are today. He recognizes that the new creation is a being that stems from the Creator.
Salt is salt, or it is less than dung fit only to be thrown out .
Light burns and shines and warms. If it does not do this, it is not light. Light, like salt, does its task by consuming itself. The person who gives up his own life becomes happy doing so. Only out of such love can there be fellowship.