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Be The Light Sermon.
Be The Light Sermon.
Salutation
Title
Read Passage.
How do we becoming the light of the world. There are three ways to
become the light of God. 1) Accept Christ’s role in our lives. 2) Make
sure that other people can see the light of Christ in us. 3) Give glory to
At church little Jane had listened to a sermon on "Let Your Light Shine."
The only part she remembered was the text, but she didn't understand
what it meant until her mother explained, "It means being good, obedient,
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and cheerful." In the afternoon there was trouble in the nursery, and Jane
excused herself for being naughty by saying, "I've blowed myself out." —
Church Business.
Application
- Martin Luther King Jr- “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can
do that.
- It took Christ and his light, the true light, to drive out our darkness.
- Because When Christ comes into our lives he brings the light with
him.
- But Christ does not keep the light to himself he imparts it to us.
the power of Christ over our lives. We say that we are in darkness
without Christ and he is the only one who could save. The light
came from God to man. Christ did not just reveal his light to us
when we got saved. No, the light of Christ was working on us long
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church. It was working in our aunts who were doing intercession on
our behalf.
Christ has reveal himself to us, we can reveal who Christ is to other
people.
- The Light of God is power. Light is also power. When God called
the light onto the earth, he was exercising power in heaven and in
- When you turn on the lights, the power of electricity goes through
your house. The places that were dark are now light. Now you can
or something else.
- The Light of God has given us power. When we call upon the name
can use the light of God for the purpose of God and for the
kingdom. Anyplace that was dark is now filled with light. Your
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- Take for instance our eyes. In order for us to see, the light must
reflect off of our eyes and the parts of our eyes respond to the light
- So it is with the Light of God and us. The light of God reflects in us
and our spirits respond to this light and see the image of Christ.
- We must walk in power and show people the revelation of the Light
of Christ.
John 1:4-6.
2. Make sure that other people can see the light of Christ in us.
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and
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In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
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- And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
- The darkness that unbelievers are trapped in does not comprehend God.
- But you are not just an evangelist when you are talking to someone about
Christ.
- You are an evangelist even when no words are spoken. You are an
evangelist when you sleep. You are an evangelist when you play.
Everywhere you go you are an evangelist. And by you actions you will
Ralph Waldo Emerson said- “Your actions speak so loudly, I can not hear what you
are saying.”
- We are not human doers, we are human beings. We do not do the light of
astronaut John Glenn. Around the world television and radio sets
were more popular that day than all other issues combined.
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unfolding throughout the day. One of the inspiring sidelights of the
after he was in orbit, John Glenn looked down from 120 miles
saw the bright glow from the Australian continent. 'The lights show
up very well and thank everybody for turning them on,' said Glenn
from his space ship. What a warming contrast to the dark, black
-The Light of God extends even further than it. It goes across the
universe from heaven to earth and was embodied in our Saviour who died
for us so that we could be set free from darkness. The Light of the Lord
leads us to live.
Job 22:28- Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and
- We must give glory to God in what we do, so that it would attract people to
God. If we are attracting people to us, because of the light we think we have,
then I am sorry to say that what we have is darkness and not light. Its
light. People may see us and glorify God. If people see us, and want to say
bad words about our God then we have a problem. People should know the
Christ we serve by the light that is in us. A famous philosopher once said, “I
like their Christ, I don’t like their Christians. So the light that is in us we
must claim as our own, and we must walk in the way of the Lord. So that
when people see us they see Christ and they see the Christ in you and me.
- A little boy walked along a country lane one dark night, with his
father, and carried the lantern. The black silence all about
walk on, the light will shine to the end of your journey."
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- We may feel that we do not have enough of the light of Christ, but
may feel as if we are not worthy, we are nobody, and God cannot
use us. The Bible is filled with people who say, who am I? But
overflowing. People will see it and say they want to be like us and
the Christ we follow. They will say Holy is the Lord that we serve
Call to Action
We must be the light. The light of the world. Because Christ is the
light of the world. Christ came to not only be the light, but to give
the light to us. So let us shine our light, so that way people can be