The Light and the Lights
Matthew 5:14-16
14 You are the light of the world. A city that is
set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 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.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glorify
your Father in heaven.
Matt. 5:14-16
The Light and the Lights
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
• Individual and Collective Lights
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
• Individual and Collective Lights
• Light of Morality
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
• Individual and Collective Lights
• Light of Morality
• Light of Doctrine
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
• Individual and Collective Lights
• Light of Morality
• Light of Doctrine
• From Darkness into Light
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of
the world.
John 9:5
He is no longer in the world, therefore…
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
– He is THE Light, we walk in light
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
– He is THE Light, we walk in light
– He is Light, we are lights
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
– He is THE Light, we walk in light
– He is Light, we are lights
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and
John, and perceived that they were uneducated and
untrained men, they marveled. And they realized
that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:13.
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
• Individual and Collective Lights
Individual and Collective Lights
• Matt 5:14-16
14 You are the light of the world. A city that is
set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 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.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glorify
your Father in heaven.
Matt. 5:14-16
Individual and Collective Lights
• Matt 5:14-16
• Ye (plural) are the light (singular)
14 You are the light of the world. A city that is
set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 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.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glorify
your Father in heaven.
Matt. 5:14-16
Individual and Collective Lights
• Matt 5:14-16
• Ye (plural) are the light (singular)
• Collective light is brighter!
14 You are the light of the world. A city that is
set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 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.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glorify
your Father in heaven.
Matt. 5:14-16
Individual and Collective Lights
• Matt 5:14-16
• Ye (plural) are the light (singular)
• Collective light is brighter!
• Cannot be hidden; one light may be
hidden but not many!
14 You are the light of the world. A city that is
set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 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.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glorify
your Father in heaven.
Matt. 5:14-16
Individual and Collective Lights
• Matt 5:14-16
• Ye (plural) are the light (singular)
• Collective light is brighter!
• Cannot be hidden; one light may be
hidden but not many!
• Need to become part of local church
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
• Individual and Collective Lights
• Light of Morality
The Light of Morality
• Let your lights shine
14 You are the light of the world. A city that is
set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 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.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glorify
your Father in heaven.
Matt. 5:14-16
The Light of Morality
• Let your lights shine
• Men in darkness show their darkness by
their deeds. Christians in the light show
their lights by their actions.
The Light of Morality
• Let your lights shine
• Men in darkness show their darkness by
their deeds. Christians in the light show
their lights by their actions.
19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has
come into the world, and men loved darkness
rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 3:19
The Light of Morality
One of the characteristics of the world in which we live is
the lowering of standards. Standards of honesty, standards
of diligence in work, standards of conscienti-ousness,
moral standards, all tend to be lowered. The Christian must
be the person who holds aloft the standard of absolute
purity in speech, in conduct, and even in thought. . . No
Christian can depart from the standards of strict honesty.
No Christian can think lightly of the lowering of moral
standards in a world where the streets of every great city
provide their deliberate enticements to sin. No Christian
can allow himself the tarnished and suggestive jests which
are so often part of social conversation. The Christian
cannot withdraw from the world, but he must, as James
said, keep himself "unspotted from the world." (Jas 1:27).
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
• Individual and Collective Lights
• Light of Morality
• Light of Doctrine
The Light of Doctrine
• Phil. 2:14-16
The Light of Doctrine
• Phil. 2:14-16
14 Do all things without complaining and disputing,
15 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,
16 holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice
in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or
labored in vain.
Phil. 2:14-16
The Light of Doctrine
• Phil. 2:14-16
• Not let it shine, but shine it!
The Light of Doctrine
• Phil. 2:14-16
• Not let it shine, but shine it!
• Morality will attract, but will not teach
The Light of Doctrine
• Phil. 2:14-16
• Not let it shine, but shine it!
• Morality will attract, but will not teach
• Teaching doctrine is not optional
The Light of Doctrine
• Phil. 2:14-16
• Not let it shine, but shine it!
• Morality will attract, but will not teach
• Teaching doctrine is not optional
27 Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light;
and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
Matt. 10:27
The Light of Doctrine
• Phil. 2:14-16
• Not let it shine, but shine it!
• Morality will attract, but will not teach
• Teaching doctrine is not optional
• To fail to teach is to say, “You
should’ve stayed in heaven!”
The Light and the Lights
• We Mirror His Light
• Individual and Collective Lights
• Light of Morality
• Light of Doctrine
• From Darkness into Light
From Darkness to Light
• Believe
Mark 16:16
From Darkness to Light
• Believe
Mark 16:16
• Repent
Acts 17:30
From Darkness to Light
• Believe
Mark 16:16
• Repent
Acts 17:30
• Confess Faith
Rom. 10:9
From Darkness to Light
• Believe
Mark 16:16
• Repent
Acts 17:30
• Confess Faith
Rom. 10:9
• Be Baptized
Acts 22:16
From Darkness to Light
• Believe
Mark 16:16
• Repent
Acts 17:30
• Confess Faith
Rom. 10:9
• Be Baptized
Acts 22:16
Added to His church, His body, His kingdom
From Darkness to Light
• Believe
Mark 16:16
• Repent
Acts 17:30
• Confess Faith
Rom. 10:9
• Be Baptized
Acts 22:16
Added to His church, His body, His kingdom
• Be Faithful
Rev. 2:10