Sermon Tone Analysis

INTRODUCTION:

Darkness is depicted a evil

Depicted as blindness

Depicted as punishment

WHY LIGHT?

Ecclesiastes 2:13 (NKJV)

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly As light excels darkness.

Light is Pleasant

and very comfortable.

“Truly Light is sweet,” saith Solomon, “and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun,”

How grievous is it to be blind, or to be kept in a deep and dark dungeon without seeing or beholding the Light.

Likewise:

The word or Gospel of Jesus Christ is very pleasant, and a delightful thing.

Precious Light of God’s word.

Light is Prosperous

compared to gladness, and a good day,

Light Penetrates

it is of such a piercing and subtle nature, that it conveys itself into the least crevice; you can hardly make a fence so close as wholly to keep out light.

Likewise:

The word of God is of a searching and penetrating nature,

It is a hard matter for a man, though never so wicked, to shut out or prevent the Light of God’s word from darting into and piercing of his evil and accusing conscience.

Light Presents

(manifest)

Great Light discovers and makes things manifest, causing them to appear as they are in their proper nature: which in the dark, many times are taken to be that which indeed they are not.

When you would see what a thing is, that you may make a true judgment of it, you bring it to the Light.

The word and blessed Gospel of Christ is so great a Light, that it makes wonderful discoveries to the children of men.

“Whatsoever maketh manifest,” saith the apostle, is Light,

The Word presents

That there is a God, but also what a God he is.

Not only his being, but also his manner of being.

The state of man, before he fell and after his fall.

The horrid nature of sin.

The Eternal love of God to lost man, together with the severity of God towards fallen angels.

The Lord Jesus Christ and his blessed design in coming into the world: his incarnation, nativity, life, death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession, &c.

What is necessary to be known, believed, or practised in order to salvation,

Light Pilots (directs)

It guides men in their way: the traveller by the benefit of Light sees what path to keep; and how to avoid the dangers that may attend, should he turn to the right hand or to the left.

Likewise:

The word of God directs and guides men in the right way.

Hence David saith, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a Light unto my paths,”

God is gracious unto mankind in this respect, viz., he leaves them not at an uncertainty without an infallible guide in matters of religion.

Light is often used in Scripture as a symbol of the presence of God in the world.

It is often especially associated with the word of God, the salvation brought about by God, or the person of Jesus Christ.

GOD COUNTENANCE IS A LIGHT THAT LIGHTENS OUR LIGHT

LOOKING FORWARD TO PROMISE OF HIS LIGHT

Psalm 112:4 (NKJV)

Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; [He is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Psalm 118:27 (NKJV)

God [is] the LORD, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

PROMISE OF HIS LIGHT FOR ALL TO SEE

Isaiah 42:6 (NKJV)

“I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles,

Isaiah 42:16 (NKJV)

I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known.

I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight.

These things I will do for them, And not forsake them.

Isaiah 49:6 (NKJV)

Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’

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Matthew 4:16 (NKJV)

The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.”

NOW SAINT ARE COMMANDED

Matthew 5:14

“You are the light of the world.

A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 5:16

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

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.”

John 9:5

“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 11:9 (NKJV)

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day?

If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

John 11:10

“But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

John 12:35 (NKJV)

Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you.

Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

John 12:36 (NKJV)

“While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”

These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.