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M. Punshon.I. D. Hughes, M. A. We can bury the light of the Word under cowardly and indifferent silence.IV. Notice how unlimited the sphere of the natural light is. That where it is not manifest in the life, it does not exist.III. IV. Hughes, M. A.I. Let Christ be all and in all. A light covered up. Be real, let all be really addressed to God.3. 2. Hence it appears that we ought frequently to contemplate the examples of good men, out of which there are so many and so great advantages to be drawn. We should get rid of that undue reserve which keeps the real character from being as powerful an influence for good as otherwise it might be.2. "Glorify your Father which is in heaven."(W. The withholding of a good example may be more fatal to religion than positive irregularities, because the turpitude of the latter destroys their power of seduction.3. The nature and property of light is to radiate. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE. The success of the gospel was made to depend not on preaching, but upon living men.V. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will so powerfully represent to unbelievers the reasonableness and excellency of the Christian religion, as well as the usefulness and advantage of it, towards the present and future happiness and well-being of mankind, that they will be led to examine into the grounds of it. As a father he will have proper regard for the spiritual good of his children.6. Moberley, D. C. L.)Lustrous ChristiansW. 3. I. )LinksMatthew 5:14 NIVMatthew 5:14 NLTMatthew 5:14 ESVMatthew 5:14 NASBMatthew 5:14 KJVMatthew 5:14 Bible AppsMatthew 5:14 ParallelMatthew 5:14 Biblia ParalelaMatthew 5:14 Chinese BibleMatthew 5:14 French BibleMatthew 5:14 German BibleMatthew 5:14 CommentariesBible Hub. Light is self-evident and consistent.3. In the original language these statements are in an emphatic tense, meaning it would not be wrong at all to say “you and you alone are…” [meaning Chris tians]. That where it is not manifest in the life, it does not exist.III. )Example is the source of the Christian's most powerful influence on the world. It matters not though we be unseen, if but the light be clear; for then we are fulfilling the command.(W. 3-10):III. So we may feast our eyes upon a paradise of flowers, and get much of heaven out of it, but the moment we venture to say, "Who did this — where is he? 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. The WORLD'S MORAL DARKNESS IMPLIED. D. Sermon # 4 “Let Your Light Shine” Matthew 5:14-16 We are now in our fourth in our series based on Christ’s Commands. A reproducer of this light.3. Light an emblem of purity.2. A personal work to every man who is the subject of it.4. Of course, by that we mean it is a sinful place. All the glass in the optical instruments, whether they are intended for scientific purposes, or for ordinary use, should be free from dross.(S. A reflector of spiritual light.2. This light discloses God, the way to heaven, etc. II. A. We should learn in them to see our own faults, and to mend them. A. , D. D.I. 2. The moral qualities enjoined in Christianity are in the highest degree natural — not artificial or secondary. Happiness.II. 1. It is part of the Sermon on the Mount, and is one of a series … Hide it under a bushel? By so doing will engage them in some serious reflections upon the Christian religion.II. Not to let our works be seen when they ought to be seen would be to desert our Lord. Its not doing what it was intended to do. Hughes, M. Matthew 5:14 NASB 95 “You are the light of the world. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians provoke men to a curious observation and examination of them, and also of the grounds and principles from which they proceed.III. There must be nothing to mar the brilliancy of the light. Slocombe.Our measure of light will depend greatly upon the clearness and sensibility of our spiritual perceptive and receptive capacities. Light quickens any life there may be in the darkness. Fraser, D. D.If he persists in this selfishness, his penalty is sure. This is to be done by the position we take up.2. )Christian ConsistencyW. Curling, M. M. You may have a window all covered with dust, and spun over with the cobwebs of spiders, that have not been disturbed for years, and the passer-by, in the darkness, will take no note of its impurity. Christ's disciples are light-bearersrather than light. CHRISTIAN PROFESSING. He calls us both salt and light. Unity.5. M. Hence it appears that we ought frequently to contemplate the examples of good men, out of which there are so many and so great advantages to be drawn. There is a moral constitution by reason of which Christian qualities seem admirable to men. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. The QUALIFICATIONS needed by Christ's disciples for a right discharge of the duties of their position and calling (vers. As a member of the Church of Christ he must show good will.4. Goode, M. A.of the world. We turn our eyes up to him and he rebukes us with darts of fire; he says, "Look down, not up: look at the works, not the worker." There must be nothing to mar the brilliancy of the light. Every man influences all about him, and receives influences from them, and if there be not more exports than imports, he is a poor creature at the mercy of circumstances.(A. The positive injunction that Christians are to do all in their power TO SECURE THAT THEIR LIGHT SHALL SHINE AS BRIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE. Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. The moral qualities enjoined in Christianity are in the highest degree natural — not artificial or secondary. , D. D.)Christian example leads to the discovery of Christian sympathyWhen the English minstrel went to seek for his master of the Lion Heart, he played everywhere the monarch's favourite tune, and was at length rewarded by hearing its notes sent feebly back to him from the prison wherein Richard was confined. 3, 8, 12; Revelation 21:10). The bad is something interposed between the original creative design and the execution. A. In the way of privilege.2. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. EXPLAIN THE SYMBOL.1. A. W. W. And Jesus is telling his disciples and consequently, us, that we are to go and be lights in it. Consider the LIGHTING.1. You may have a window all covered with dust, and spun over with the cobwebs of spiders, that have not been disturbed for years, and the passer-by, in the darkness, will take no note of its impurity. Slocombe. It is also the most successful way of winning the esteem of the world. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. Let the separate deeds be hidden, according to the precept of the sixth chapter; let the general design of goodness be known, according to the text. No, no! Not to let our works be seen when they ought to be seen would be to desert our Lord. Hughes, M. A. This will be the result of Christian consistency. )Christians must be receptive of lightS. As a servant he will be obedient.9. M. Taylor.Do you ever pause to think out how it is that our streets are nightly lighted up? its what they do. We have been united to Jesus and Jesus is the Light of the World. We should learn in them to see our own faults, and to mend them. 16; 1 Thessalonians 2:19), the approval of God (ver. His calling is from the elevated position he occupies, to shed light upon the whole world.II. Do not fear that you incur any danger of ostentation in performing visibly such religious observances as your parents or teachers direct.2. THEIR DUTY. Do not be as a dark lantern, burning with the shades down and illuminating nothing and nobody.(A. We should learn in them to see our own faults, and to mend them. Positive.III. Be consistent.4. The true disciple's POSITION and calling. A prism, analyrically solving this moral light, and exhibiting its beauties of colour.(S. That they may see your good works, not yourselves, but your actions. Candles are not lit to be looked at, but that something else may be seen by them. THE END with a view to which the exhibition takes place. The nature and property of light is to radiate. It is the most successful method of illustrating truth and imparting instruction. Do not fear that you incur any danger of ostentation in performing visibly such religious observances as your parents or teachers direct.2. A reflector of spiritual light.2. Modestly but yet bravely carry out your Christianity, and men will see it. A work which needs sustaining.5. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 1. It may appear from this that secrecy is necessary to prayer and almsgiving; but that it is not the lesson inculcated, is evident from the tenor of Scripture. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. It is the light of Christianity that solves the deepest questions and answers the most anxious inquiries of mankind. There must be nothing to mar the brilliancy of the light. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. By so doing will engage them in some serious reflections upon the Christian religion.II. Kindled from the Sun, they are to go forth and cast their light upon the world. "See your good works."III. This rule may serve for some external direction in this perplexed case. THE MEANS BY WHICH THIS WITNESS-BEARING MAY BE THE MOST EFFECTUALLY DONE.1. List out people God has called you to be a light to and discuss specific ways you can seek to be a light to them. Illustrate effect of opening a window in a foul, dark dungeon. Taylor. Not to be seen of men. Be The Light Shirt Matthew 5 14 Tshirt, Christian Shirt, Bible Scripture, Inspirational Tee, Matthew 5:14 ,faith T-Shirts Gift Men Women MichaelGiftEveryday. The QUALIFICATIONS needed by Christ's disciples for a right discharge of the duties of their position and calling (vers. The bad is something interposed between the original creative design and the execution. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians provoke men to a curious observation and examination of them, and also of the grounds and principles from which they proceed. (Sir William Dawes, Bart. 2. Beecher.)I. ", 3. Ye are the light of the world. Light signifies knowledge and moral purity.II. Be modest in other things. They sat upon the floor; and therefore tall lamp-stands were required, in order that the light might be diffused over all the room. Be consistent.4. Habitual holiness is required. (Read the entire sermon - Matthew 5:14-16 Christians the Light of the World) You are the light - Not " a " light, but " the " light. A. A. Light allows people to see. APPLY THIS TRUTH TO THE CASE BEFORE US.1. 2. (1)It must be done under the influence of faith in Christ. Taylor. )Christians must be receptive of lightS. They will recognize the truth and Divinity of Christ's religion, and many will be thus led to embrace it for themselves. The impressions which a Church makes on the moral consciousness of the community in which it byes is a fair test of its life and power.(H. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.” Explanation and Commentary on Matt 5:14. Its unmistakeable there. (2)From love to God(3)with a view to His glory.2. It was Michael Angelo who, according to the beautiful illustration of a Boston preacher, placed his candle so in his pasteboard cap that his own shadow might not fall upon his work. They will recognize the truth and Divinity of Christ's religion, and many will be thus led to embrace it for themselves. The first thing to be done with a lamp is to light it. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. Parker.It is thus that his own sun works daily in the heavens: who dares look at the sun when he so shines as to fill the earth with all the beauty of summer? )Spiritual modestyG. M. This Christian profession should be made in union with the Church of Christ. )Spiritual modestyG. From shop MichaelGiftEveryday. Goode, M. In the same way the evil deeds of open and avowed unbelievers are taken no notice of by the world, for there is no light behind them. That they may glorify your Father which is in heaven.(D. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it … The success of the gospel was made to depend not on preaching, but upon living men.V. It is the most successful method of illustrating truth and imparting instruction.II. God, not Self, the End of Christian Example, If You are not Warming the World, the World is Chilling Y, Keep the Light Bright or You Will Hear of It, Men More Ready to Shine Socially than Morally, Th,E Light to Reveal the Work, not the Worker. )Christian example not transientBe not a flashing meteor, exciting transitory curiosity with thy blaze of profession.Men more ready to shine socially than morallyDr. Moberley, D. C. L.)Lustrous ChristiansW. Men are to see the works, not the worker.4. Wythe., Dr. J. Cussing. It was a dark world indeed when the light rose and streamed forth from Bethlehem (see Matthew 4:16; Luke 2:32; John 1:4, 5; 2 Corinthians 4:6). The greatest praise we cam bestow upon a religion is to practise it. Every man has a light peculiar to himself.2. THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LIGHT POSSESSED BY CHRISTIANS WHICH PECULIARLY BELONGS TO THEM. , D. D.)Christian example leads to the discovery of Christian sympathyWhen the English minstrel went to seek for his master of the Lion Heart, he played everywhere the monarch's favourite tune, and was at length rewarded by hearing its notes sent feebly back to him from the prison wherein Richard was confined. What is needed is the answer. 6. "But," said he, "there was one argument in favour of Christianity, which I could never refute — the consistent conduct of my own father."(Anecdotes.)I. All the glass in the optical instruments, whether they are intended for scientific purposes, or for ordinary use, should be free from dross.(S. You cannot see them, but there are ships passing and repassing there to every point of the compass. THEIR DUTY. THEIR CHARACTER. "God is the eternal fountain of all honour and glory, therefore, strictly speaking, cannot be dishonoured; He cannot but be glorified, because to be Himself is to be-infinitely glorious. So there are Christians among us who, while letting their light shine, contrive to paint themselves upon the glass of the lamp in which it is enclosed. Consider the PLACING.1. A lamp must be fed with oil, or it will not keep alight.4. I feel every night as I look at my burner as if all the eyes of all the sailors of the world were looking at my lights, and watching me!" If such was his care of lights, the extinction of which could lead only to temporal catastrophes, oh I what should be ours!I. Knowledge.3. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will be a sure means of recommending them to the favour and esteem, love and friendship, of unbelievers; and consequently a sure means of gaining opportunities of conversing familiarly with them, insinuating truth into them, and making them willing and easy to receive it.IV. We should avoid all self-display.(W. 3. Hughes, M. Maclaren, D. D.)Missionaries the lightF. 1. Slocombe. The object of light is to disclose what would be otherwise unseen. It is better adapted to good than bad. "Glorify your Father which is in heaven."(W. And there are many who put such devices on the window, through which the light of their characters shines, that no beholder is ever moved to think of God. A Good Life the Great Means of Glorifying God, Christ Shines into the World Through the Lives of His People, Christian Example Leads to the Discovery of Christian Sympathy, Christian Example Must be Free from Inconsistency. The reproof of ostentation does not apply when the motive is already good. Christian men individually, and the Christian Church as a whole, shine by derived light. Our works make us unmistakably stand out in a dark world. The world, though corrupt, is very sensible of what Christian practice ought to be.2. The second command to follow me calls for a total change in Goode, M. The Christian's place and functions.III. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. THE WORLD THE SPHERE. Both of these substances are valuable and both are useful. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will be a sure means of recommending them to the favour and esteem, love and friendship, of unbelievers; and consequently a sure means of gaining opportunities of conversing familiarly with them, insinuating truth into them, and making them willing and easy to receive it.IV. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Many people claim the name of Christ, but how many shine brightly in the world? A reproducer of this light.3. )Glorifying GodH. Now, similarly, Christ is the hidden source and centre of the world's enlightenment; but Christians, united to Him by the spiritual tubing of faith, draw off from Him that influence by which they are enabled, each in his own place and in his own measure, to dispel some portion of the darkness by which they are surrounded.(W. A reflector of spiritual light.2. On the contrary, many advantages may arise to the cause of religion from the exhibition of piety. This Christian profession should be made in union with the Church of Christ.II. "And glorify your Father which is in Heaven." (Sir William Dawes, Bart. Maclaren, D. D.I do say that if the fountain never rises into the sunlight above the dead level of the pool there can be very little pressure at the main; that if a man has not the longing to speak his religious convictions, these convictions must be feeble.(A. 9), everlasting blessedness (vers. Hence it appears that we ought frequently to contemplate the examples of good men, out of which there are so many and so great advantages to be drawn. Our outward, observable, public works make who we are and whose we are manifestly clear. Moberley, D. C. L.)Lustrous ChristiansW. That is all you and I have to do — tend the light, and do not like cowards cover it up. The impressions which a Church makes on the moral consciousness of the community in which it byes is a fair test of its life and power.(H. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. THE END with a view to which the exhibition takes place. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Curling, M. Why would anyone light a candle and then hide the light? A word about THE GREAT CONCEPTION OF A CHRISTIAN MAN'S OFFICE WHICH IS SET FORTH IN THIS METAPHOR. H. Irreligion is artificial.II. The Lights of the World. )Christian example an argument of weightAnecdotes., W. S. Dewstoe.A young minister, when about to be ordained, stated that at one period of his life he was nearly an infidel. The moral qualities enjoined in Christianity are in the highest degree natural — not artificial or secondary. S. Cut the current and the electric light dies, slacken the engine and the electric are becomes dim, quicken it and it burns bright.(A. WHY SHINE. Matthew 5:14 Context. The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. )Keep the light bright or you will hear of itThe Preachers' Monthly., James Stewart., Christian Age.I read somewhere of a traveller at Calais going one dark and stormy night to the lighthouse there. Secrecy in good deeds is not absolute, but relative; not positive, and for its own sake, but in order to exhibit the vitiating effect of ostentation. 3-10): III. Their song, like that of the cuckoo, is a constant repetition of their own name, and the listener is wearied with its iteration. 1. W. Wythe.1. But the principle guide in cases like these is not to be found so much in an external rule as in a spiritually enlightened discrimination, which feels instinctively when is the time for secrecy and when for publicity.How dangerous to our Christian modesty everything must be which takes off from the delicacy of our natural modesty.1. A prism, analyrically solving this moral light, and exhibiting its beauties of colour. Thats foolish. W. )Christ shines into the world through the lives of His peopleW. Slocombe.1. "Glorify your Father which is in heaven.". It is upon this state of facts that Christ ordained that men should carry their moral faculties up to the highest degree of excellence. Not being far from shore, he had frequent … We are a … The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. INTRODUCTION One of the scariest things for most of us to do in our Christian life is to witness. Beecher.)I. It is upon this state of facts that Christ ordained that men should carry their moral faculties up to the highest degree of excellence.IV. M. Taylor.Do you ever pause to think out how it is that our streets are nightly lighted up? The genuine Christian's character — "light."II. Consider the LIGHTING.1. )A good life the great means of glorifying GodW. A whole world is grasped in the Divine love. A lamp must be fed with oil, or it will not keep alight. Maclaren, D. D.I. And its job is Make things in a sinful world better through through its message of hope in the Gospel. )These words are descriptive of: —I. Habitual holiness is required. )Spiritual modestyG. What!" Kindled from the Sun, they are to go forth and cast their light upon the world. M. Taylor.Do you ever pause to think out how it is that our streets are nightly lighted up? That there is light in us at all makes it all the more important that we should keep ourselves pure. So there are Christians among us who, while letting their light shine, contrive to paint themselves upon the glass of the lamp in which it is enclosed. )God glorified by our good worksH. Starring Tom Hanks, (who some would say is equally beloved), the film offers … D. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians provoke men to a curious observation and examination of them, and also of the grounds and principles from which they proceed.III. A great central storehouse of coal-gas is accumulated, and with that all the lamps are connected by a hidden system of pipes, so that each is supplied with the necessary quantity; and, as the result, we can thread our way through the intricate places of the city as easily, if not as safely, by night as by day. By that discovery, to which we have been so long accustomed that we have ceased to reckon it wonderful. Slocombe. Let it not be so with us. The traveller said, thoughtlessly it may be, "What if one of these burners should go out to-night? This will be the result of Christian consistency. Secrecy in good deeds is not absolute, but relative; not positive, and for its own sake, but in order to exhibit the vitiating effect of ostentation.2. It is a demonstration of the practicability of religious life, as well as the truthfulness of Christianity, and the most successful method of removing objections to it.III. II. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. By the exertions which we make for the conversion of our fellow men. It was Michael Angelo who, according to the beautiful illustration of a Boston preacher, placed his candle so in his pasteboard cap that his own shadow might not fall upon his work. Slocombe.1. This light discloses God, the way to heaven, etc. The word light implies a saving knowledge of the truth. The Christian must show that he is earnest about religion. Punshon. The scandal is, not to see religion opposed by unbelievers, but that Christians dare not maintain their religion with zeal and proclaim it as their greatest honour and glory. A prism, analyrically solving this moral light, and exhibiting its beauties of colour.(S. By that discovery, to which we have been so long accustomed that we have ceased to reckon it wonderful. We are naturally inclined to imitation.6. The greatest praise we cam bestow upon a religion is to practise it.(S. Oh, sir," said he, "look at that dark and stormy sea. Jesus brought Light through his word and his works. When I was a lad, in my native town, I knew a painter there whose favourite works were all portraits of himself, taken in different costumes; and one of England's most famous poets produced a series of writings, in which his moody, misanthropic self was ever the central figure. They show the Divine wisdom of His doctrine. Its self evident. We turn our eyes up to him and he rebukes us with darts of fire; he says, "Look down, not up: look at the works, not the worker." CHRISTIANS ARE THE BEARERS OF THIS LIGHT INTO ALL THE ENDS OF THE WORLD. As a son he will show the excellence of his principles. A. Browse Sermons on Matthew 5:14-16. The silver reflectors are burnished to the brightest purity, and every funnel and glass are absolutely without a spot. Then our Lord goes on to explain what kind of a light it is to which He would compare His people — the light of a tamp kindled. Our mission is to enlighten the sphere in which we are placed, etc. )Christians the light of the worldD. God alone can light you; teachers may polish.2. If you are not warming the world, the world is freezing you. "See your good works."III. 1. “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty. Jesus knew all the attainments of the earth, and He could appreciate their excellency and beauty too;... but nothing of all this could east light on the deepest problems that agitate the human heart — what must I do to be saved? The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will be a sure means of recommending them to the favour and esteem, love and friendship, of unbelievers; and consequently a sure means of gaining opportunities of conversing familiarly with them, insinuating truth into them, and making them willing and easy to receive it. Maclaren, D. D.I do say that if the fountain never rises into the sunlight above the dead level of the pool there can be very little pressure at the main; that if a man has not the longing to speak his religious convictions, these convictions must be feeble.(A. The best style in writing is that which gives the thought with such transparency that the reader sees nothing else; and that is the noblest Christian character which shows the most of Christ. The bad is something interposed between the original creative design and the execution. W. Wythe.1. A Christian that hums with holy love to God cannot be-unnoticed.II. The passage read to the end will remove the difficulty suggested. THE MEANS BY WHICH THIS WITNESS-BEARING MAY BE THE MOST EFFECTUALLY DONE. Candles are not lit to be looked at, but that something else may be seen by them. Matthew 5:14-16 NKJV “You are the light of the world. Our mission is to enlighten the sphere in which we are placed, etc.(Dr. (Matthew 5:14-16) Ye are the light of the world. It is possible for good men to smother and shroud their light. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will so powerfully represent to unbelievers the reasonableness and excellency of the Christian religion, as well as the usefulness and advantage of it, towards the present and future happiness and well-being of mankind, that they will be led to examine into the grounds of it. Matthew 5:14-16 This Little Light of Mine Dr. Philip W. McLarty When “Papa Mack,” as the children call him, asked me to do the children’s sermon this morning, of course, I said, “Yes!” Secrecy in good deeds is not absolute, but relative; not positive, and for its own sake, but in order to exhibit the vitiating effect of ostentation.2. Goshen only has light: Christians once dark; hut have received light.1. This is to be done by the position we take up.2. Candles are not lit to be looked at, but that something else may be seen by them. There’s no question about it. Irreligion is artificial.II. That to attempt to conceal or hide our light is to betray our trust, and hinder the cause of piety, and render our lives useless.V. Let the separate deeds be hidden, according to the precept of the sixth chapter; let the general design of goodness be known, according to the text. 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