Let Your Light Shine

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Let Your Light Shine
Matthew 514-16

• That men may glorify your Father in heaven

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Let Your Light Shine

• You are the light of the world. A city on a hill
  cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp
  and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on
  its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the
  house. In the same way, let your light shine
  before men, that they may see your good deeds and
  praise your Father in heaven.

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Study Question

• Since God is light, and in him is no darkness at
  all (1 John 15), how could God create darkness
  as He states, I form the light, and create
  darkness (Isaiah 457)?

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What does it mean to let our light shine?

• Good words vs. good works

• Good work is meeting a basic need in the life of
  another person and, wherever possible, letting
  his authorities get the credit for it.

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What do you know about darkness?

• Revealing Gods power (Exo 1021-22)

• Form of Gods protection (Exo 1419-20)

• Motivation to seek hidden things of God (Exo
  1021-22)

• Confounds the wicked (Prov 419)

• Used as punishment (Prov 2020)

• Exploited by evil men (Isa 2915)

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About Our light -

• When the children of light do not separate from
  the children of darkness, they lose their most
  powerful witness.

• Our light is of no benefit unless it is displayed
  for all to see.

• Give and forget. Receive and remember.

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About Our light -

• The ultimate good work is to turn others to
  righteousness. (Dan 123)

• A grateful heart reflects the glory of God. A
  murmuring heart communicates the gloom of the
  world. (Phil 214-15)

• Our light may seem very small to us. However,
  others see the greater light of God behind our
  sacrificial actions.

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Ways to Brighten Our Light -

1. Turn away from all darkness. (Act 2618)

1. Expose all things to the light. (1 Cor 45)

1. Look unto Jesus (Psalm 46)

1. Forgive all offenders (1 John 29,11)

1. Engraft the Word of God (Psalm 119105,130)

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Ways to Brighten Our Light -

1. Put on the armor of light (Rom 1312)

1. Have set times of fasting (Isa 586-8)

1. Have a generous eye (Matt 622-23)

1. Show love with good works (1 John 317)

1. Gather with other believers (1 John 17)

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Name of God

• The Lord Revealed

The Lord Is Our Light and Glory (Exo 1321)
Jesus Christ Is the Light of the World (John 812)
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Generosity vs. Stinginess

• Generosity is demonstrating the nature of God by
  wisely reinvesting the resources that He has
  entrusted to us.

• Generosity follows the laws of the harvest. The
  more we sow, the more we reap.

• The test of generosity is not how much we give,
  but how much we have left.

• Generosity is the result of focusing on Gods
  riches rather than our resources.