matthew 5:14 sermon

The REWARDS of a right discharge of our duties as true disciples. Daniel With regard to almsgiving, the Psalmist, speaks of it as properly exciting the esteem of men. 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. The Christian must show that he is earnest about religion. ", (1)As in their own souls they possess Christ. The human mind was constructed so that every faculty in its organization tends to produce good qualities. EXPLAIN THE SYMBOL.1. 4. "See your good works."III. Men are to see the works, not the worker.4. And its job is Make things in a sinful world better through through its message of hope in the Gospel. )Example is the source of the Christian's most powerful influence on the world. Kindled from the Sun, they are to go forth and cast their light upon the world. Fraser, D. D.If he persists in this selfishness, his penalty is sure. And yet He is pleased to say that our sins dishonour Him, and that our obedience glorifies Him. The moral qualities enjoined in Christianity are in the highest degree natural — not artificial or secondary. Maclaren, D. D.)A good example a rebuke of evilA. The word light implies a saving knowledge of the truth.2. Fraser, D. D.)Wanted, much wanted, bright ChristiansD. Beecher.)I. 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. 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. - R.T. 1. He must keep within the limits of his proper place.(E. The world is “in the dark” about God, but Christians “turn on the lights”. Every man has a light peculiar to himself.2. Be modest in other things. The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. And so the text seems to offer the antidote to its own difficulty. And it gives light to all who are in the house. 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. 9), everlasting blessedness (vers. Dewstoe. That they may see your good works, not yourselves, but your actions. "And glorify your Father which is in Heaven." LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE. The Christian must show that he is earnest about religion. Moberley, D. C. L.)Lustrous ChristiansW. Parker. The success of the gospel was made to depend not on preaching, but upon living men.V. "Glorify your Father which is in heaven."(W. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. As a member of society he must be blameless.2. His calling is from the elevated position he occupies, to shed light upon the whole world.II. We can bury the light of the Word under cowardly and indifferent silence.IV. Three things are necessary to render a work good. The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. Hide it under a bushel? Not only the honour but the progress of religion depend upon your examples. And so the text seems to offer the antidote to its own difficulty. 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. 9. A reflector of spiritual light.2. Consider the PLACING.1. Let it shine,Let it shine,Let it shine. The REWARDS of a right discharge of our duties as true disciples. Not to let our works be seen when they ought to be seen would be to desert our Lord. , 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. 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. By so doing will engage them in some serious reflections upon the Christian religion.II. THE DUTY OF CHRISTIANS TO EXHIBIT THEIR LIGHT IN A GODLY CONVERSATION. )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, (3)with a view to His glory.2. Modestly but yet bravely carry out your Christianity, and men will see it. The hatred of men, the esteem and love of men, the unspeakable blessedness of seeing others led by our influence to worship God (ver. 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. THEIR DUTY. The story is told of a lighthouse keeper who worked on a rocky stretch of coastline and who received his new supply of oil once a month to keep the light burning. I. 3-10):III. THE MEANS BY WHICH THIS WITNESS-BEARING MAY BE THE MOST EFFECTUALLY DONE.1. The SHINING.(C. 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. Show me the worker," the sun answers us with a rebuke of intolerable light.(Dr. A lamp must be fed with oil, or it will not keep alight. A. CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE. 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 are naturally inclined to imitation.6. It is the most successful method of reproving wrong-doing.V. I. Every man has a light peculiar to himself.2. It is with borrowed rays that the Christian at any time illuminates others.II. Taylor. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Moberley, D. C. L.What are the limits of lawful showing of our deeds, so that we may not break the law which bids us be secret?1. Before the incarnation Christ was the light of men; also the historic Christ is the source of all revelation. The positive injunction that Christians are to do all in their power TO SECURE THAT THEIR LIGHT SHALL SHINE AS BRIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE.1. W. No, no! Maclaren, D. D.)Missionaries the lightF. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Men oppose light and yet light is pleasant to them.III. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. But so soon as a man becomes connected with Christ and His Church, the light that is within him will be sure to make manifest his inconsistencies to all around.God, not self, the end of Christian exampleW. 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." Nominal Christianity is not biblical Christianity. All the glass in the optical instruments, whether they are intended for scientific purposes, or for ordinary use, should be free from dross.(S. IV. As a father he will have proper regard for the spiritual good of his children.6. These were " burning and shining lights " in the darkness; these displayed the glory of the Saviour's love and power to save, in the very midst of Satan's empire.(F. That professors of religion, who live like other men, give evidence that they have not been renewed. 2. In analyzing that power there are three or four elements.I. God is glorified by our repentance — faith — charity.(H. They sat upon the floor; and therefore tall lamp-stands were required, in order that the light might be diffused over all the room. “What makes us as Christians the light of the world? 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. 3. This implies that the true light has been kindled in us. This little light of mine,I'm gonna let it shine Slocombe.Our measure of light will depend greatly upon the clearness and sensibility of our spiritual perceptive and receptive capacities. It matters not though we be unseen, if but the light be clear; for then we are fulfilling the command.(W. THEIR DUTY. 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. Negative.2. V. That good actions will be seen, and will lead men to honour God. As a servant he will be obedient.9. THE END with a view to which the exhibition takes place. Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”. It is better adapted to good than bad. The object of light is to disclose what would be otherwise unseen. He must shine: —. Slocombe. IMPLICATIONS. Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. These rules will aid spiritual modesty.(G. 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. The bad is something interposed between the original creative design and the execution. Maclaren, D. D.)Missionaries the lightF. We should avoid all self-display.(W. Slocombe.1. THE END with a view to which the exhibition takes place. Do not fear that you incur any danger of ostentation in performing visibly such religious observances as your parents or teachers direct.2. Irreligion is artificial.II. )The Lamp and the BushelA. 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. This holy light possesses a peculiar character, which the light of mere science, literature, or secular knowledge has not and cannot have. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Matthew 5:14-16. Show me the worker," the sun answers us with a rebuke of intolerable light.(Dr. There is a moral constitution by reason of which Christian qualities seem admirable to men. The moral qualities enjoined in Christianity are in the highest degree natural — not artificial or secondary. Moberley, D. C. L.What are the limits of lawful showing of our deeds, so that we may not break the law which bids us be secret?1. So in us there should be nothing of evil to draw away men's eyes from the light and fix them upon our imperfections. Fraser. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." THE END with a view to which the exhibition takes place. It visits poor and rich. MEN THE LIGHT-BEARERS. 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. All the glass in the optical instruments, whether they are intended for scientific purposes, or for ordinary use, should be free from dross.(S. The passage read to the end will remove the difficulty suggested. How CAN MEN, THE CREATURES, BE SAID TO GLORIFY THE CREATOR? Light is derived, and therefore humble.2. F. Goode, M. A., W. W. Your good works may be seen, and ought to be seen, but to God's glory, and not your own. Look at the primitive Schwartz, at the devoted Brainerd, at the zealous Corrie, and many others; Oh! THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LIGHT POSSESSED BY CHRISTIANS WHICH PECULIARLY BELONGS TO THEM. 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. Fraser, D. D., D. Fraser, D. D.(D. Fraser, D. D.)The figure of the house-lamp suggests domestic Christianity; that of the conspicuous city the more public and collective duty of Christians.(D. 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. But so soon as you put a light behind it you thereby reveal its filthiness to every beholder. A Divine work.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. “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty. M. Taylor.The purpose of letting our light shine is, that God, not ourselves, may be glorified. In this day, they would have used candles for light. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Partridge, M. A.Some suppose that they need not set a shining light, but keep from great irregularities.1. 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? In like manner, if wherever you go you would sound out the music of your Christian experience, other hearts would respond to the melody, and your joy would be redoubled.Christian example must be free from inconsistencyThe visitor to a lighthouse is struck with the perfect cleanness of everything about the lantern or the lamps. 9), everlasting blessedness (vers. It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. Eventually, our sound theology (what we learn here in church and in our personal Bible study) has to make its way into sound application and good works. As a member of the Church of Christ he must show good will. It is with borrowed rays that the Christian at any time illuminates others.II. Be real, let all be really addressed to God.3. )God glorified by our good worksH. That there is light in us at all makes it all the more important that we should keep ourselves pure. Taylor. M. )Christians must be receptive of lightS. Our works make us unmistakably stand out in a dark world. It is not enough to be Christians only to ourselves, we must be so before God and men. The thought of having to explain salvation and the Bible to a person without Christ paralyzes many. The eye was not made any more for beauty in the outward world than a man's moral nature was made for beauty in the moral world. Do not be as a dark lantern, burning with the shades down and illuminating nothing and nobody.(A. Fraser, D. D.)Shine by expressed convictionA. Fear; Birth; Darkness; Twins; Enlightenment; There … Cut the current and the electric light dies, slacken the engine and the electric are becomes dim, quicken it and it burns bright.(A. As a father he will have proper regard for the spiritual good of his children. The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. This Christian profession should be made in union with the Church of Christ.II. (James Stewart. By so doing will engage them in some serious reflections upon the Christian religion. Starring Tom Hanks, (who some would say is equally beloved), the film offers … "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." If such was his care of lights, the extinction of which could lead only to temporal catastrophes, oh I what should be ours!I. Look at the negative side of this injunction, which requires that we REMOVE EVERYTHING WHICH TENDS TO HIDE OR OBSCURE THE LIGHT.1. The genuine Christian's character — "light."II. By the exertions which we make for the conversion of our fellow men. Slocombe.Our measure of light will depend greatly upon the clearness and sensibility of our spiritual perceptive and receptive capacities. The genuine Christian's character — "light.". Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But so soon as a man becomes connected with Christ and His Church, the light that is within him will be sure to make manifest his inconsistencies to all around.God, not self, the end of Christian exampleW. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men." The success of the gospel was made to depend not on preaching, but upon living men. Goode, M. A.of the world. 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. 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." 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. Believers are "the light of the world. Jesus brought Light through his word and his works. This rule may serve for some external direction in this perplexed case. Ye are the light of the world. )Work entailed by Christ on His peopleS. Many people claim the name of Christ, but how many shine brightly in the world? And since its dawn, even those bright things that were proposed as substitutes for it, this light has seized and made handmaids to it. Yet Jesus says that there is something far more powerful than our talk; it is our walk. All earnest Christian conviction will demand expression; and all deep experience of the purifying power of Christ upon character will show itself in conduct.III. The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. 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? (2)As in their life and labour they exhibit Christ.II. By that discovery, to which we have been so long accustomed that we have ceased to reckon it wonderful. I. W. )The beauty of moral qualitiesH. This is to be done by the position we take up.2. There is a right way of shedding light.3. 1. Ye are the light of the world. V. 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. )Christians must be receptive of lightS. 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. But so soon as a man becomes connected with Christ and His Church, the light that is within him will be sure to make manifest his inconsistencies to all around.God, not self, the end of Christian exampleW. But so soon as you put a light behind it you thereby reveal its filthiness to every beholder. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Beneath the surface of all this beauty... we find lurking the most revolting immorality. God is glorified by our repentance — faith — charity.(H. Your good works may be seen, and ought to be seen, but to God's glory, and not your own. M. As a subject he must be orderly.3. 14 Ye are the light of the world. 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. 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. III. That they may glorify your Father which is in heaven.(D. All others are in darkness. These rules will aid spiritual modesty.(G. Light is derived, and therefore humble. You and I live in a world that, yes is beautiful and has some wonderful places and beautiful sights to see. Matthew 5:14-16 Ye are the light of the world. This rule may serve for some external direction in this perplexed case. Must use their blessings for the good of others, their knowledge, holiness, and happiness. 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? Cussing. 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. That religion, if it exists, cannot be concealed. A light covered up. )Christ shines into the world through the lives of His peopleW. Cooper.I. D. Fraser.Persons who are not averse to make all the show they can in social life are wonderfully sensitive about any disclosure of spiritual conviction or feeling.(Dr. It is with borrowed rays that the Christian at any time illuminates others.II. As a subject he must be orderly.3. Hughes, M. I want you to look at three passages with me. Let Christ be all and in all. A. Barnes. Wythe. 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. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual. "And glorify your Father which is in Heaven." Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Matthew 5:14 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD" I. The eye was not made any more for beauty in the outward world than a man's moral nature was made for beauty in the moral world. It is impartial; it is universal. THEIR MOTIVE.1. In looking at a painted window, we think more of the artist and his picture than of the light. 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. As a neighbour he must be accommodating.5. Not only the honour but the progress of religion depend upon your examples. (The Preachers' Monthly. They didn’t have light bulbs back then. There must be nothing to mar the brilliancy of the light. These were " burning and shining lights " in the darkness; these displayed the glory of the Saviour's love and power to save, in the very midst of Satan's empire.(F. It is with borrowed rays that the Christian at any time illuminates others.II. 16; 1 Thessalonians 2:19), the approval of God (ver. Maclaren, D. D.)A good example a rebuke of evilA. There is a moral constitution by reason of which Christian qualities seem admirable to men. Slocombe. "Glorify your Father which is in heaven."(W. THE CERTAINTY THAT IF WE ARE LIGHT WE SHALL SHINE. Do not fear that you incur any danger of ostentation in performing visibly such religious observances as your parents or teachers direct. 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