7. If we want to be friends of Jesus we must love him best of all and
obey his words, no matter how hard we may find it to do so.

8. The love of Jesus in our heart helps us to be good and makes it easy
for us to obey him and do hard things for his sake.

9. Salt is useful to keep food good and to make it taste pleasant to us.

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10. If the salt loses its taste and strength it is useless and is thrown
out.

11. So it is with our love for Jesus; if it is not strong and true it
will be of no use to us or anyone else.

12. The true love of Jesus in our hearts grows stronger day by day and
makes us useful and helpful to those around us.

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QUESTIONS.

What is the Golden Text?

What is the Truth?

1. What did Jesus tell the people they must do if they wanted to be his
disciples?