)Christian example a converting agencyAnecdotes.When Lord Peterborough lodged for s, season with Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray, he was so delighted with his piety and virtue, that he exclaimed at parting, "If I stay here any longer, I shall become a Christian in spite of myself."(Anecdotes. -------------------- Your good works may be seen, and ought to be seen, but to God's glory, and not your own. But so soon as you put a light behind it you thereby reveal its filthiness to every beholder. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. There must be a proper control of the temper. 2. John Piper Nov 4, 1984 320 Shares Sermon. Scripture: Matthew 6:1–15. Kindled from the Sun, they are to go forth and cast their light upon the world. Men are to see the works, not the worker.4. The light that is in him will wax dim and incur great risk of going out, because it is shut up, and not set to burn on the lamp-stand,where the fresh air may reach and feed the flame.(D. 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 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. The light that is in him will wax dim and incur great risk of going out, because it is shut up, and not set to burn on the lamp-stand,where the fresh air may reach and feed the flame.(D. As a neighbour he must be accommodating. 3-10):III. Christians are made what they are to attract 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. A lamp must be fed with oil, or it will not keep alight.4. Hughes, M. A.I. Prayer. )LinksMatthew 5:15 NIVMatthew 5:15 NLTMatthew 5:15 ESVMatthew 5:15 NASBMatthew 5:15 KJVMatthew 5:15 Bible AppsMatthew 5:15 ParallelMatthew 5:15 Biblia ParalelaMatthew 5:15 Chinese BibleMatthew 5:15 French BibleMatthew 5:15 German BibleMatthew 5:15 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)with a view to His glory.2. V. It is also the most successful way of winning the esteem of the world. (2)From love to God(3)with a view to His glory.2. Action.4. W. He answered, "Great, they never found out.". )The importance of good exampleS. Men may see God through our works.(A. Wisdom Literature Minor Prophets Johannine Writings That is all you and I have to do — tend the light, and do not like cowards cover it up. Because Christ has put light into His people, he does not intend it to be hid.II. how Godlike was their employ. Maclaren, D. D.)A good example a rebuke of evilA. There are some germs of truth, even in dark heathen systems, and these the light of Christ is sure to quicken. 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. This obligation of giving light is still further enforced by the thought that THAT WAS CHRIST'S VERY PURPOSE IN ALL THAT HE HAS DONE WITH US AND FOR US. It is better adapted to good than bad. J. Wilmot Buxton., Dr. A. Barnes.1. Hughes, M. )Christians must be receptive of lightS. If such was his care of lights, the extinction of which could lead only to temporal catastrophes, oh I what should be ours!I. 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." 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. Let our song be like that of the skylark, as he rises with dewy breast from his lowly earth-couch, singing as he soars, until, unseen in the deep blue above, he rains a shower of melody on the listening earth. 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. 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. There has been great difficulty in the way of securing the division of the electric light. Matthew 2.1-12. 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. Before the incarnation Christ was the light of men; also the historic Christ is the source of all revelation. I. 3. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Do not fear that you incur any danger of ostentation in performing visibly such religious observances as your parents or teachers direct.2. This rule may serve for some external direction in this perplexed case. The nature and property of light is to radiate. Skip to content. (James Stewart. He must shine: —1. To put it bluntly, a person who does not feel for others when they hurt has some serious psychological problems. )God glorified by our good worksH. 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. 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. "See your good works."III. We run through the “to do list” while intoning the words of the Prayer on autopilot. Maclaren, D. D.)The duty of letting our light shine before menE. The moral qualities enjoined in Christianity are in the highest degree natural — not artificial or secondary. The world is dead, Christianity its salt. Rees. INTRODUCTION. These rules will aid spiritual modesty.(G. Slocombe. Men are affected by what they see.(W. All others are in darkness. 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. And so the text seems to offer the antidote to its own difficulty. CHRISTIAN PROFESSING. Punshon. W. Wythe.1. This will be the result of Christian consistency. IV. Matthew 5:1-15 New International Version (NIV) Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount 5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. Curling, M. The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. Poetical Books Neither do men light a candle Which may be read impersonally, "a candle is not lighted": and by it may be meant the Gospel, and gifts qualifying men to preach it; which, like a candle, was lighted in the evening of the Jewish dispensation, though not confined to the land of Judea; but has shone throughout the world, being as a candle to be removed, and has been … Partridge, M. Poetical Books And since its dawn, even those bright things that were proposed as substitutes for it, this light has seized and made handmaids to it. THE WORLD THE SPHERE. The darkness should not extinguish our light. 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. The Fulfillment of the Law Sac.). That professors of religion, who live like other men, give evidence that they have not been renewed.IV. It is with borrowed rays that the Christian at any time illuminates others.II. 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. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. Maclaren, D. D. A sunbeam has no power to shine if it be severed from the sun than a man has to give light in this dark world if he be parted from Jesus Christ. His position is like that of a city set on a hill, eminently conspicuous; he "cannot be hid," and he ought not to try to be hid. 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. 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. On the contrary, many advantages may arise to the cause of religion from the exhibition of piety. Goshen only has light: Christians once dark; hut have received light.1. The Christian must show that he is earnest about religion. Both statements are true. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Matthew 5:12: Sermon on the Mount: 1. the Beatitudes: Marcus Dods : Matthew 5:3-12: Five Gates to Happiness: W.F. Be modest in other things. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. This Christian profession should be made in union with the Church of Christ. The Old Testament THE END with a view to which the exhibition takes place. The “teachers of the law” strove to fence the … The criterion at the judgment.(W. II. 1. It attracts attention.IV. These verses present a similar analogy Wise Men and Foolish King. THEIR DUTY. Illustrate effect of opening a window in a foul, dark dungeon. 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. The bad is something interposed between the original creative design and the execution. )Christ shines into the world through the lives of His peopleW. Cut the current and the electric light dies, slacken the engine and the electric are becomes dim, quicken it and it burns bright.(A. 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.4. )A good life the great means of glorifying GodW. 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. II. )Christ shines into the world through the lives of His peopleW. 2. Good intentions to exercise more regularly, to stick to that diet, to save more money, to be more patient, to study more for that upcoming test, to go to Bible study. How SHINE. Matthew 5:7 Blue Letter Bible. - Matthew only. -------------------- In this message, we will look to Matthew 6 to study Jesus' teaching on this vital practice. Our Deepest Prayer: Hallowed Be Your Name. How does the matter stand between our profession and our conduct?(W. Pentateuch Beecher.)I. 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? The greatest praise we cam bestow upon a religion is to practise it. W. If the light which you let shine in your profession be the true light, there will be good works to be seen. 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. II. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. )Christians the lightW. John Piper Jan 4, 1987 13 Shares Sermon. Both statements are true. 2. II. As a member of the Church of Christ he must show good will.4. W. Matthew 1.18-25. I. CHRISTIAN PROFESSING. Light quickens any life there may be in the darkness. 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. A. 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. There is a right way of shedding light.3. 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. As a member of society he must be blameless.2. Men are to see the works, not the worker.4. M. Taylor.The purpose of letting our light shine is, that God, not ourselves, may be glorified. This implies that the true light has been kindled in us. 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. 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. 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. )LinksMatthew 5:15 NIVMatthew 5:15 NLTMatthew 5:15 ESVMatthew 5:15 NASBMatthew 5:15 KJVMatthew 5:15 Bible AppsMatthew 5:15 ParallelMatthew 5:15 Biblia ParalelaMatthew 5:15 Chinese BibleMatthew 5:15 French BibleMatthew 5:15 German BibleMatthew 5:15 CommentariesBible Hub. Men are to see the works, not the worker.4. Yet like many treasures, priceless and wonderful (think family, water, education, life itself), we take it for granted. John Piper Feb 9, 1986 2.1K Shares Sermon. Hallowed Be Thy Name: In All the Earth Missions Week. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. 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. Feb 2, 1986. 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. The passage read to the end will remove the difficulty suggested. Poetical Books 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. Goode, M. M. Taylor.The purpose of letting our light shine is, that God, not ourselves, may be glorified. 6. The WORLD'S MORAL DARKNESS IMPLIED. - The Sermon on The Mount - Matthew 5:33-37- Pastor Andy Molyneux -------------------- The bible says concerning Jesus that in Him was life and the life was the light of man. 3. Our relationship with God remains broken. D. The success of the gospel was made to depend not on preaching, but upon living men.V. 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. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. This implies that the true light has been kindled in us. Fraser. As a father he will have proper regard for the spiritual good of his children.6. Your good works may be seen, and ought to be seen, but to God's glory, and not your own. A reproducer of this light.3. Do not fear that you incur any danger of ostentation in performing visibly such religious observances as your parents or teachers direct.2. Not to be seen of men. God forbid that such a thing should ever occur. CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE. ENFORCE THE DOCTRINE.1. 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. Maclaren, D. D.)If you are not warming the world, the world is chilling yA. This light discloses God, the way to heaven, etc. Neither do men light a candle Which may be read impersonally, "a candle is not lighted": and by it may be meant the Gospel, and gifts qualifying men to preach it; which, like a candle, was lighted in the evening of the Jewish dispensation, though not confined to the land of Judea; but has shone throughout the world, being as a candle to be removed, and … Three things are necessary to render a work good. His position is like that of a city set on a hill, eminently conspicuous; he "cannot be hid," and he ought not to try to be hid. In the way of duty and obligation.(F. Jesus begins his first great sermon with the word "blessed." Not to be seen of men. Scripture: Matthew 6:5–15. 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. CHRISTIAN PROFESSING. M. 1. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." The gas would be unavailable without the lamps; the lamps would be useless without the gas. A reproducer of this light.3. Maclaren, D. D.)The purity of example the primary care of the ChristianA. 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. Cooper.I. Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness. Poetical Books THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LIGHT POSSESSED BY CHRISTIANS WHICH PECULIARLY BELONGS TO THEM. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. What else can we do but join that unfaithful servant and say, "Master, I knew you to be a hard man, … so I was afraid. The moral qualities enjoined in Christianity are in the highest degree natural — not artificial or secondary. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. A prism, analyrically solving this moral light, and exhibiting its beauties of colour.(S. Do not be as a dark lantern, burning with the shades down and illuminating nothing and nobody.(A. 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. Luke-Acts Feb 9, 1986. That where it is not manifest in the life, it does not exist.III. J. Browse Sermons on Matthew 10:5-15. Dr. Philip W. McLarty. Three things are necessary to render a work good. Men oppose light and yet light is pleasant to them.III. Beneath the surface of all this beauty... we find lurking the most revolting immorality. M. Taking to God weather it is by spoken word or by thought, is the actual act of fellowshipping with almighty God. We should learn in them to see our own faults, and to mend them. 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? Negative.2. That religion, if it exists, cannot be concealed.II. Barker : Matthew 5:11, 12: Pulpit Commentary Homiletics. But so soon as you put a light behind it you thereby reveal its filthiness to every beholder. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Matthew 10:5-15. M. Taylor.The purpose of letting our light shine is, that God, not ourselves, may be glorified. -------------------- 5:15 → "Sermon on the Mount", painted by Alexander Bida in 1874. Holiness of heart and life.3. )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 Faith of a Centurion. THE MEANS BY WHICH THIS WITNESS-BEARING MAY BE THE MOST EFFECTUALLY DONE. Wisdom Literature Matthew 5:15 and Matthew 5:16 are the fifteenth and sixteenth verses of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.They are part of the Sermon on the Mount, and is one of a series of metaphors often seen as adding to the Beatitudes.The previous verse compared the disciples to a City upon a Hill that can't be hidden. Men are affected by what they see.(W. THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LIGHT POSSESSED BY CHRISTIANS WHICH PECULIARLY BELONGS TO THEM. 9), everlasting blessedness (vers. In His sermon on the mount, Jesus had much to say about prayer b. -------------------- Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. It is better adapted to good than bad. Maclaren, D. D. A good man or woman reveals the ugliness of evil by showing the beauty of holiness.(A. The Old Testament Maclaren, D. D.)The purity of example the primary care of the ChristianA. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." Wythe., Dr. J. Cussing. Candles are not lit to be looked at, but that something else may be seen by them. IV. Modestly but yet bravely carry out your Christianity, and men will see it. This rule may serve for some external direction in this perplexed case. A parabolic word pointing out that such a policy in the natural sphere is unheard of and absurd.— καίουσι, to kindle, accendere, ordinarily neuter = urere; not as Beza thought, a Hebraism; examples occur in late Greek authors (vide Kypke, Obser. Maclaren, D. D.)No light apart from ChristA. II. 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. As lamp-stands, we can hold Christ the Light up, by. Modestly but yet bravely carry out your Christianity, and men will see it. Their song, like that of the cuckoo, is a constant repetition of their own name, and the listener is wearied with its iteration. The glory of God.2. Both statements are true. The light that is in him will wax dim and incur great risk of going out, because it is shut up, and not set to burn on the lamp-stand,where the fresh air may reach and feed the flame.(D. D. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point To do — tend the light. ( H profession and our conduct? ( W ( c ) 3! 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