Let your Light Shine
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5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. 6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
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“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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Preamble
Salt
Impact and Influence the World
Cleanse and Prevent Moral Decay
Light
Share the true knowledge of God
Shine for Jesus
Shine for Jesus
Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
Church is not a social enterprise - economic, social or political problems
The Church’s main responsibility to is to “shine” - reveal the knowledge of God
Spread the message of salvation
That the lost may be found
“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
That those found may be strengthened in the faith
Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
That God may be glorified
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
What is it to Shine?
Visible & Radient
Golden Lampstand in Temple (tree of life)
a reminder of God giving life
adam and eve through sin were cut off from God, and the tree of life
indictative of the Messiah, who would reconcile His people
Lamps in the home
on lampstand to give light to all the house
homes for average people normally were normally only one room
Let your light shine
Let your light shine
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Jesus in his teaching unifies Loving God, Loving His Word (scriptures), with keeping His commandments
This duality is the light we shine
Jesus later teaches ...
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
Some deeds are publically sseen and they are unavoidable
Unbelievers will at times hear the songs of praise sung by God’s children
Wordly people take not of the quiet trust in God manifested by believers in times of trial and distress.
Christians go out of their way, risking danger and even death, in order to entend help to the suck and dying.
Tutullian, AD 200, wrote “but it is mainly the deeds of a love so noble that lead many to put a brand upon us. They say ‘See how they love one another’ for they themselves are animated by mutual hatred; ‘ see how they are ready even to die for one another’ for they themselves will rather put to death.
It is a fine thing that these good works are seen by men
Jesus wants His light to be seen in through us
But we do not do for ourselves but for the “Glory of your Father who is in heaven”
He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’
My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
Let you light shine...
In the Community
So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
In the Home
Parents:
You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
Children:
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
Paul goes on to teach about those who are employed to serve in the home
Fathers:
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Provide for Family:
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Husbands:
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Wives:
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct.
but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,
Summary:
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
In the darkness - Preach the Gospel
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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