sermon on matthew 5:16

Christian men individually, and the Christian Church as a whole, shine by derived light. 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. 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? (2)From love to God(3)with a view to His glory.2. 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. The best style in writing is that which gives the thought with such transparency that the reader sees nothing else; and that is the noblest Christian character which shows the most of Christ. 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. )Christians must be receptive of lightS. how Godlike was their employ. 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. The test of discipleship.2. Be real, let all be really addressed to God.3. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. ", (1)As in their own souls they possess Christ. Goode, M. The genuine Christian's character — "light."II. By so doing will engage them in some serious reflections upon the Christian religion. A prism, analyrically solving this moral light, and exhibiting its beauties of colour.(S. 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. A lamp must be trimmed if it is to give a good light.(H. But so soon as you put a light behind it you thereby reveal its filthiness to every beholder. You cannot see them, but there are ships passing and repassing there to every point of the compass. 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. Sermon on the Mount: 2. 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. Taylor. Christ is the true Light that came into the world, and when we trusted Him as Saviour. 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. 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. God forbid that such a thing should ever occur. Now, similarly, Christ is the hidden source and centre of the world's enlightenment; but Christians, united to Him by the spiritual tubing of faith, draw off from Him that influence by which they are enabled, each in his own place and in his own measure, to dispel some portion of the darkness by which they are surrounded.(W. The moral qualities enjoined in Christianity are in the highest degree natural — not artificial or secondary. Our relationship with God remains broken. "Glorify your Father which is in heaven."(W. 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. Rees. The hatred of men, the esteem and love of men, the unspeakable blessedness of seeing others led by our influence to worship God (ver. 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. )Christian example not transientBe not a flashing meteor, exciting transitory curiosity with thy blaze of profession.Men more ready to shine socially than morallyDr. Light signifies knowledge and moral purity.II. THE END with a view to which the exhibition takes place. There is a right way of shedding light.3. , D. D.I. Fraser, D. D.)Wanted, much wanted, bright ChristiansD. Share. Beecher.)I. That they may glorify your Father which is in heaven.(D. )Spiritual modestyG. In analyzing that power there are three or four elements.I. M. Taylor.Do you ever pause to think out how it is that our streets are nightly lighted up? As a subject he must be orderly.3. 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. A. Matthew 5:16 (NASB) He was tired and he wanted some rest. 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. The true disciple's POSITION and calling. It matters not though we be unseen, if but the light be clear; for then we are fulfilling the command.(W. Wythe. THE DUTY OF CHRISTIANS TO EXHIBIT THEIR LIGHT IN A GODLY CONVERSATION. III. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. It attracts attention.IV. Fraser, D. D.If he persists in this selfishness, his penalty is sure. (Matthew 5:14-16) Ye are the light of the world. The genuine Christian's character — "light."II. Matthew 5:16. Slocombe. And there are many who put such devices on the window, through which the light of their characters shines, that no beholder is ever moved to think of God. M. IV. A reflector of spiritual light.2. 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. Men are to see 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. (The Preachers' Monthly. That where it is not manifest in the life, it does not exist. Negative.2. J. This doesn’t just refer to monetary possessions or physical belongings, but to the time and talents that God gives all of us. "But," said he, "there was one argument in favour of Christianity, which I could never refute — the consistent conduct of my own father."(Anecdotes.)I. W. Wythe.1. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. Scripture: Matthew 5:1–12. Illustrate by heathen customs: Malagasy sprinkling the people; Chinese paper-money sent to the dead. Consider the LIGHTING.1. The lowest requirement of Christian consistency is the absence of every evil work — the least immorality vitiates the entire profession. Show me the worker," the sun answers us with a rebuke of intolerable light.(Dr. Modestly but yet bravely carry out your Christianity, and men will see it. A reflector of spiritual light.2. CHRISTIAN CONSISTENCY. THEIR DUTY. IV. (Christian Age. Now, similarly, Christ is the hidden source and centre of the world's enlightenment; but Christians, united to Him by the spiritual tubing of faith, draw off from Him that influence by which they are enabled, each in his own place and in his own measure, to dispel some portion of the darkness by which they are surrounded.(W. Curling, M. Taylor. 12 views. THE MEANS BY WHICH THIS WITNESS-BEARING MAY BE THE MOST EFFECTUALLY DONE.1. 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. Sermon: Matthew 1: 18-25 Jesus, our Immanuel Over the last few weeks, a new advertising poster has popped up in Adelaide, Australia, to a mixed reception. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. THEIR CHARACTER. Our mission is to enlighten the sphere in which we are placed, etc.(Dr. 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. 5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. The success of the gospel was made to depend not on preaching, but upon living men.V. Loving the Family, 1 John 3 2. Kindled from the Sun, they are to go forth and cast their light upon the world. Spurgeon. How SHINE. Not to let our works be seen when they ought to be seen would be to desert our Lord. Men may see God through our works.(A. EXPLAIN THE SYMBOL.1. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. It is possible for good men to smother and shroud their light. The WORLD'S MORAL DARKNESS IMPLIED. A. If the light which you let shine in your profession be the true light, there will be good works to be seen. 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. Let Christ be all and in all. These rules will aid spiritual modesty.(G. 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. )Work entailed by Christ on His peopleS. Feb 9, 1986. God is glorified by our repentance — faith — charity.(H. It is not enough to be Christians only to ourselves, we must be so before God and men. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Slocombe.1. M. )Hidden light diesD. 3. On the contrary, many advantages may arise to the cause of religion from the exhibition of piety. But so soon as you put a light behind it you thereby reveal its filthiness to every beholder. A. , 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. This is to be done by the position we take up.2. John Piper Jan 26, 1986 340 Shares Sermon. Notes. This holy light possesses a peculiar character, which the light of mere science, literature, or secular knowledge has not and cannot have. Be modest in other things. CHRISTIANS ARE THE BEARERS OF THIS LIGHT INTO ALL THE ENDS OF THE WORLD. Maclaren, D. D.)If you are not warming the world, the world is chilling yA. Solomon prayed before an assembly. Three things are necessary to render a work good. 16 Let your a light so shine before men, that they may see your good b works, and c … Easterns did not use tables and chairs. By that discovery, to which we have been so long accustomed that we have ceased to reckon it wonderful. II. A distinction of efficacy — "light of the world.". )These words are descriptive of: —I. Moberley, D. C. L.)Lustrous ChristiansW. Christians are made what they are to attract the world. He calls us both salt and light. how Godlike was their employ. Be modest in other things. )Th,e light to reveal the work, not the workerDr. As a neighbour he must be accommodating. )Spiritual modestyG. 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. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. Maclaren, D. D. A good man or woman reveals the ugliness of evil by showing the beauty of holiness.(A. Light an emblem of purity.2. 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? 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. These verses present a similar analogy The gospel light makes so impressive heathen darkness. A word about THE GREAT CONCEPTION OF A CHRISTIAN MAN'S OFFICE WHICH IS SET FORTH IN THIS METAPHOR. THE WORLD THE SPHERE. As a master his Christian character must shine. John Piper Jan 26, 1986 340 Shares Sermon. Now, similarly, Christ is the hidden source and centre of the world's enlightenment; but Christians, united to Him by the spiritual tubing of faith, draw off from Him that influence by which they are enabled, each in his own place and in his own measure, to dispel some portion of the darkness by which they are surrounded.(W. A separating work.3. Maclaren, D. D.ou. M. Punshon.I. W. Wythe.1. It matters not though we be unseen, if but the light be clear; for then we are fulfilling the command.(W. M. Taylor.Do you ever pause to think out how it is that our streets are nightly lighted up? )Christ shines into the world through the lives of His peopleW. A. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. The city is lit by lamps, and yet it is the gas that lightens it. Men may see God through our works. 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? "Ye are the light of the world." Maclaren, D. D. A good man or woman reveals the ugliness of evil by showing the beauty of holiness.(A. how Godlike was their employ. 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. )Example is the source of the Christian's most powerful influence on the world. 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." 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. Habitual holiness is required. Be consistent.4. There is a moral constitution by reason of which Christian qualities seem admirable to men. M. Taylor.Do you ever pause to think out how it is that our streets are nightly lighted up? The hatred of men, the esteem and love of men, the unspeakable blessedness of seeing others led by our influence to worship God (ver. He must shine: —1. God alone can light you; teachers may polish.2. , 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. A Divine work.2. Fraser, D. D.)Shine by expressed convictionA. 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. The Sermon on the Mount starts with the Beatitudes and then Jesus has something to say about the role of his followers. 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. In the way of privilege.2. The human mind was constructed so that every faculty in its organization tends to produce good qualities. Taylor. Light signifies knowledge and moral purity.II. This Christian profession should be made in union with the Church of Christ.II. Be modest in other things. 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. Let it not be so with us. The QUALIFICATIONS needed by Christ's disciples for a right discharge of the duties of their position and calling (vers. 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. A reproducer of this light.3. )The Lamp and the BushelA. 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. M. Taylor.The purpose of letting our light shine is, that God, not ourselves, may be glorified. Our Heavenly Father shall be glorified by the influence for good we thus exert over the minds of those who see our good works. Curling, M. We can bury the light of the Word under cowardly and indifferent silence. Let Christ be all and in all. The well-pleasing of men.II. Blessed Are the Meek. It is also the most successful way of winning the esteem of the world. The positive injunction that Christians are to do all in their power TO SECURE THAT THEIR LIGHT SHALL SHINE AS BRIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE.1. Believers are "the light of the world. W. They show the Divine wisdom of His doctrine. That they may glorify your Father which is in heaven. TO let our light shine is, undoubtedly, to make a Christian profession. Goshen only has light: Christians once dark; hut have received light.1. Partridge, M. A. The traveller said, thoughtlessly it may be, "What if one of these burners should go out to-night? Maclaren, D. D.)Missionaries the lightF. Goode, M. W. Spurgeon. It is possible for good men to smother and shroud their light. Goode, M. 3-10):III. Curling, M. A.I. )The light of Christian exampleH. That religion, if it exists, cannot be concealed.II. 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. (Sir William Dawes, Bart. 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. Look at the primitive Schwartz, at the devoted Brainerd, at the zealous Corrie, and many others; Oh! )The Lamp and the BushelA. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. But so soon as you put a light behind it you thereby reveal its filthiness to every beholder. "And glorify your Father which is in Heaven." The Preachers' Monthly., James Stewart., Christian Age. 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. )Christian example not transientBe not a flashing meteor, exciting transitory curiosity with thy blaze of profession.Men more ready to shine socially than morallyDr. 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? "He hath dispersed abroad," etc. In the sixth chapter our Lord gives cautions. 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. They will recognize the truth and Divinity of Christ's religion, and many will be thus led to embrace it for themselves. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." Hughes, M. A. In the way of duty and obligation.(F. However, both are vastly different in the way they approach their respective functions. John Piper Feb 2, 1986 1.1K Shares Sermon. There are two ways by which you equalize the temperature of a hotter and a colder body, the one is by the hot one getting cold, and the other is by the cold one getting hot. A. Scripture: Matthew 5:5. 1. Positive.III. Children’s Sermons Hymn Lists. Slocombe. The next thing to do with a lamp is to set it where it may be seen and give light.3. Hughes, M. Before the incarnation Christ was the light of men; also the historic Christ is the source of all revelation. I. 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. )God glorified by our good worksH. Knowledge.3. Beecher., Sir William Dawes, Bart. The silver reflectors are burnished to the brightest purity, and every funnel and glass are absolutely without a spot. 3. 6. Look at the primitive Schwartz, at the devoted Brainerd, at the zealous Corrie, and many others; Oh! (4) by the sympathy that strengthens all other 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. Moberley, D. C. L.)Lustrous ChristiansW. In analyzing that power there are three or four elements. 14 Ye are the a light of the world. Maclaren, D. D.)The purity of example the primary care of the ChristianA. against ostentation in religion. Be real, let all be really addressed to God.3. Show me the worker," the sun answers us with a rebuke of intolerable light.(Dr. There must be nothing to mar the brilliancy of the light. "God is the eternal fountain of all honour and glory, therefore, strictly speaking, cannot be dishonoured; He cannot but be glorified, because to be Himself is to be-infinitely glorious. 1. M. Taylor.The purpose of letting our light shine is, that God, not ourselves, may be glorified. That is all you and I have to do — tend the light, and do not like cowards cover it up. Maclaren, D. D.The lighthouse-keeper takes no pains that the ships tossing away out at sea may behold the beam that shines from his lamp, but all that he does is to feed and tend it. That professors of religion, who live like other men, give evidence that they have not been renewed.IV. 15 Neither do men light a a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. It is the light of Christianity that solves the deepest questions and answers the most anxious inquiries of mankind. The best style in writing is that which gives the thought with such transparency that the reader sees nothing else; and that is the noblest Christian character which shows the most of Christ. 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. Solomon prayed before an assembly. )A good life the great means of glorifying GodW. Maclaren, D. D.)A good example a rebuke of evilA. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them." J. Wilmot Buxton.)I. Beecher.)I. The holy and exemplary lives of Christians will naturally attract the eyes of unbelievers. They will recognize the truth and Divinity of Christ's religion, and many will be thus led to embrace it for themselves. That where it is not manifest in the life, it does not exist.III. IV. Hughes, M. 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. Cooper.I. The glory of God.2. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. II. The best style in writing is that which gives the thought with such transparency that the reader sees nothing else; and that is the noblest Christian character which shows the most of Christ. And yet He is pleased to say that our sins dishonour Him, and that our obedience glorifies Him. 9), everlasting blessedness (vers. I. Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen. 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? )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. Happiness.II. He must keep within the limits of his proper place.(E. The silver reflectors are burnished to the brightest purity, and every funnel and glass are absolutely without a spot. That is all you and I have to do — tend the light, and do not like cowards cover it up. His sense is this; that the light of the Gospel, which he had communicated to them, the spiritual knowledge of the mysteries of grace, which he had favoured them with, were to be openly declared, and made manifest before men. As a father he will have proper regard for the spiritual good of his children. 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. W. Wythe.1. against ostentation in religion. Look at the primitive Schwartz, at the devoted Brainerd, at the zealous Corrie, and many others; Oh! Not only the honour but the progress of religion depend upon your examples. It’s interesting that this is a phrase commonly used outside the Bible also. Just as the glorious orb of day, prying into the recesses of rocks and valleys, receives from the glassy lake and the limpid stream, and from every bright object, beautiful reflections of himself, though nothing could be seen at all without his own light; so God, contemplating the race of man, though he finds among us nothing but what He Himself enables us to exhibit, discovers in every heart that is faithful, in every heart that is pure, in every heart that is holy, merciful, and kind, beautiful representations of His own sublime perfections, and these He is pleased to call glorifications of Himself, though they are made so only by His own gracious acceptation.(H. 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