THE LIGHT
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“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Main Idea: God desires for you to live a life of impact.
Main Idea: God desires for you to live a life of impact.
Key Question: Are you living a life that makes an impact?
Key Question: Are you living a life that makes an impact?
1. The light is a person. (v. 14)
1. The light is a person. (v. 14)
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
“You are...
john 8:12
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
The light does not light itself. Its dependent on another source
For so the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
2. The light has a place. (v. 14-15)
2. The light has a place. (v. 14-15)
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
“set on a hill....on a lampstand”
You don’t get to choose where you shine… You just shine.
For so the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.
3. The light has a purpose. (v. 15-16)
3. The light has a purpose. (v. 15-16)
Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
“give light to all who…see good works.”
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
4. The light has a priority. (v. 16)
4. The light has a priority. (v. 16)
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
“glorify your father...”
Glorify = “to make visible”
“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.